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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7314479 | Space-creating retractor with vessel manipulator An instrument for manipulating a vessel in a patient includes a cannula having a lumen for providing insufflation to create a working space in the tissue of a patient, and a first manipulator for manipulating a vessel located within the working space. The first mani... | 01/01/2008 |
| D554759 | Modular medical device monitor and holder | 11/06/2007 |
| 7025718 | Method and device for correcting in-vivo sensor drift A method and device for reducing signal drift on a balloon catheter mounted pressure sensor by adjusting for signal gain and/or zero offset, and by separately calibrating the constant signal component and the time-varying signal component of an uncalibrated source s... | 04/11/2006 |
| D512147 | Thrombectomy device | 11/29/2005 |
| 6863648 | Balloon pump system having a pressure reservoir muffler A vacuum reservoir, for use with an intra-aortic balloon pump or other system, containing a muffling means having a honeycomb-like cell structure or other flow straightening structure. ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6830559 | Intra-aortic balloon catheter having a collapsible variable diameter inner tube An intra-aortic balloon catheter having a collapsible variable diameter inner tube. ... | 12/14/2004 |
| D491270 | Medical monitor | 06/08/2004 |
| 6679829 | Intra-aortic balloon pump having improved automated electrocardiogram based intra-aortic balloon deflation timing An intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) having improved automated electrocardiogram (ECG) based intra-aortic balloon deflation timing. Said IABP capable of automatically determining to either deflate the intra-aortic balloon upon the detection of the next car... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6616598 | Docking station for a transportable device A mounting device for securing transport patient connected equipment, specifically an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), in the typically crowded medical transport vehicle. An engagement stud on the IABP slides into a spring-loaded latch connected to a veh... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6179825 | Oval vascular catheter An apparatus and method for insertion of a catheter, such as an IAB catheter, into a blood vessel such that the cross-sectional area of the catheter will be minimized while the circumference of the catheter is maximized. The apparatus is formed as an oval... | 01/30/2001 |
| 5853421 | Guide wire with releasable barb anchor An insertion guide wire with an anchor formed in the distal end for precisely locating a subcutaneous arterial wound and inserting a guide sheath adjacent to said arterial wound. The hemostatic material can then be placed outside the wound. When the guide... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5824036 | Stent for intraluminal grafts and device and methods for delivering and assembling same A stent graft device for use with a insertion catheter for repair of defects in arteries and other lumens within the body. The stent graft is expandable upon deployment and during deployment the stent graft is retained in a smooth and set position within ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5685858 | Slidable seal for use with a catheter gard unit A catheter gard unit is disclosed herein which includes a flexible tapered introduction guide. The distal end of the tapered introduction guide, in a sheath procedure, is placed over a guide wire and into a sheath, both of which have been pre-placed withi... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5379098 | Apparatus and method for sequencing a transport system of an image-producing apparatus An apparatus and method for sequence a "two-up" imaging drum for four color process color is provided. The sequencing provides enough separation between the receivers to operate an image fixing station as a slower throughput speed then the linear speed of... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5323216 | Lateral moving fuser station In a reproduction apparatus, such as a copier, having a fusing station which includes a heated coated fuser roller and a pressure roller forming a nip for fusing a receiver passing through said nip, the fusing station is mounted for lateral movement in re... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5300182 | Laminator apparatus for making image proofs A laminating apparatus is provided to laminate a material such as paper stock. Once the paper stock is laminated an image is transferred to the laminated paper stock. The image transferred to the laminated paper stock appears as if the image had been prin... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5300183 | Flexure plate for a laminator apparatus A laminating apparatus for laminating a material such as paper stock. Once the paper stock is laminated an image is transferred to the laminated paper stock. A flexure plate is provided to maintain the paper stock or the laminated paper stock free of crea... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5298937 | High productivity method and apparatus for scanning simplex or duplex originals A scanning system that uses two cameras or scanners and two original document paths. If the system is to be used in a duplex mode, the original document is transmitted over a single document path while a first camera scans one side of the document and a s... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5296943 | Multi-path electronic camera assembly An apparatus, such as an electronic scanning camera, for use in conjunction with an electrophotographic reproduction device, such as a copier, recorder or printer, is provided for making reproductions of images from at least two separate and distinct imag... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5262826 | Friction and sprocket drive belt system A recording apparatus of the type having an endless movable belt on which an image is formed and transferred in registration to a transfer surface. Registration between the transfer roller and the printhead is provided in part by a sprocket engaging the b... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5257083 | Storage assembly for development stations in an electrostatographic reproduction apparatus A developer storage support assembly, in an electrostatographic reproduction apparatus having a removable development station for selective development of a latent image charge pattern on a moving dielectric member. The storage developer support assembly ... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5257071 | Pivotal photoconductor belt assembly An electrophotographic apparatus including an endless photoconductive belt member supported by a plurality of rollers. The photoconductive belt is pivotal about an axis of one of the plurality of rollers for movement into an operational position. Pivoting... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5246192 | Mounting apparatus for a scanner camera An apparatus for mounting the optical unit of an image forming apparatus so that when the optical unit is removed from its mounting, within the image forming apparatus, for maintenance or the like, it can be easily and accurately reinserted. The mounting ... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5241354 | Symmetrically flexible sheet stripping apparatus A symmetrically flexible separator device is placed immediately after and removed, by a pair of pads, from the nip between the fuser roller and the pressure roller in order to intercept the leading edge of an image-bearing receiver and thus reduce the ris... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5241159 | Multi-zone heating for a fuser roller A fusing roller is provided that has multiple pattern groupings of heat elements of different heating capacities located adjacent heat sensors within the fusing roller. The individual heat elements of the same grouping are of the same heating capacity, wh... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5226643 | Sheet transport and alignment apparatus with a self-aligning edge-guide A sheet transport and aligning apparatus that engages with a sheet to shift the sheet laterally during forward transport of the sheet by a roller. The lateral shift brings the sheet into engagement with a light weight pivotal edge guide which aligns to th... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5215299 | Spring elevator system for paper supply A paper supply tray having a constant force spring operated elevator platform for holding a stack of print receiving material is provided for use in a reproduction apparatus. The constant force spring in conjunction with a sheave and cable system moves th... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5216753 | Halftone compression with sharpness preservation Method and apparatus for compressing and enhancing gray-level, halftone, image data in copiers and printers. The input data is digitally halftoned to provide input halftone cells containing a plurality of individual pixels. The pixel density distribution ... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5212359 | Multiple interface safety switch actuating mechanism A multiple interface safety switch actuating mechanism, operable by actuators on the doors of a cabinet, is provided. The switch actuating mechanism, through abutting contact with a biased shaft activated switch, enables an apparatus, contained within the... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5203942 | Delaminator apparatus and method A laminating apparatus for laminating a material such as paper stock. A delamination system is provided for the laminating of the paper stock and the automatic separating of the substrate of the laminate from the paper stock while the releasable surface o... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5190280 | Sheet size indication means for a universal sheet feed cassette A universal sheet feed cassette for use in an apparatus using various commercially standard and commercially nonstandard sheet sizes during its operation. The universal sheet feed cassette discloses the size of the sheets contained within the cassette by ... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5162846 | Cover control mechanism In a reproduction apparatus, such as a copier, having a document feeder mounted on top of a scanner, a restraining mechanism is provided to restrict the pivotal travel of the feeder in relation to the pivotal travel of the scanner. This restraining mechan... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5129048 | Efficient data storage system for gray-scale printers Apparatus and method for producing a page output from electronic input data consisting of text and line graphics information and of pictorial information. The text and graphics information is converted to two-bit per pixel data and stored in a page buffer... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5124755 | Mechanical wide nip flexible fuser using multiple looped material belts An improved fixing assembly for fixing toners or the like on a receiving medium. The improved fixing assembly having a mechanical wide nip formed by a pair of nip forming belts with at least one of the belts being formed by multiple overlapping loops of c... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5125072 | Efficient data storage system for gray-scale printers Apparatus and method for producing a page output from electronic input data consisting of text and line graphics information and of pictorial information. The text and graphics information is converted to two-bit per pixel data and stored in a page buffer... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5121113 | Printer status and control panel Status and control panel for a remotely located printer. The panel includes input keys and a display device which can display various text strings, icons, screens, and multiple screen sequences. Each display format is prestored in volatile memory in the p... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5060013 | Hardcopy output device with test patch location sequencer Electrophotographic process control in copiers and printers using test patches at different locations within the image frame. Test patches or areas are placed at various locations in subsequent frames to reduce any memory discontinuities encountered when ... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5050000 | Error diffusion of subcells in digital halftoning A system for converting gray-level input data into binary output data and efficiently preserve much of the original sharpness information. The input data is divided into halftone cells which correspond to several pixels in the original image information. ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4514271 | Stable dispersion of alkylated polyvinylpyrrolidone and vinyl pyrrolidone Composition consisting essentially of: a. Poly (alkylated vinylpyrrolidone) which is a linear copolymer of: 1. alpha olefin having at least two carbon atoms; and 2. N vinyl monomer of the formula ##STR1## where R represents H, CH3 or C2 ... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513045 | Sheet type felt Sheet type felt material comprising 5-20 wt % glass fibers, 40-80 wt % cellulosic fibers, 5-25% binder and 3-20 wt % asphalt. The felt is made on conventional felt making equipment and may be used as siding or roofing underlayment or as facer for foam ins... | 04/23/1985 |
