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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5833660 | Non-reusable syringe Non-reusable syringe having a syringe body, a hypodermic needle and a slidable piston for drawing and discharging fluid through the needle. In one embodiment, the non-reusable syringe includes a movable engagement member. A first position of the movable e... | 11/10/1998 |
| 4858491 | Fail-free actuator assembly A mechanical actuator assembly which automatically releases the load controlled by the actuator when the actuator jams or otherwise fails. The actuator assembly has two kinetic energy sources, the outputs of which are normally summed for application to th... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4589631 | Surgical staple remover A surgical staple remover has two pivotally connected arms, each of which is made up of a proximal handle piece and a distal nose piece. All four pieces are held together by a single pivot pin, and the handle and nose pieces of each arm interfit with one ... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4580712 | Surgical fastener applying apparatus with progressive application of fastener An apparatus for applying a relatively large number of surgical fasteners to body tissue, application of some fasteners is made to precede application of other fasteners in order to spread out and thereby reduce the peak fastener applying load or force.... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4576167 | Surgical stapler apparatus with curved shaft A surgical stapler including a stapling assembly, an actuator assembly remote from the stapling assembly, and a longitudinal shaft assembly having a longitudinally curved section for connecting the actuator assembly to the stapling assembly and for transm... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4576165 | Surgical ligation and cutting device with safety means A surgical instrument for ligating and cutting body tissue restrained in the instrument is disclosed. To ligate the tissue, the instrument applies a pair of plastic clips at spaced apart locations on the tissue. The clips are advanced towards the tissue a... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4573622 | Surgical fastener applying apparatus with variable fastener arrays Apparatus for applying an array of surgical fasteners. The apparatus includes a work transmitting member removably interposable between the member which supplies the fastener applying work and a subset of the fasteners in the array so that the subset can ... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4573468 | Hollow body organ stapling instrument and disposable cartridge employing relief vents Apparatus for circular surgical stapling of hollow organs comprising an instrument and disposable cartridge assembly. The instrument comprises a housing with a throughbore in which a tube is received for reciprocation by means of a manually operable squee... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4569346 | Safety apparatus for surgical occluding and cutting device A safety mechanism for use in apparatus which applies two spaced apart surgical clips to body tissue and cuts the tissue between the clips. The safety mechanism prevents the tissue from being cut if two clips are not properly positioned in the apparatus f... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4568009 | Surgical fastener applying apparatus Surgical fastener applying apparatus including an actuator and a removable surgical fastener containing cartridge. The cartridge fits loosely into a cartridge holder part of the actuator which translates linearly toward or away from an anvil part of the a... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4566620 | Articulated surgical fastener applying apparatus In apparatus including a distal surgical fastener applying assembly operatively connected to a proximal actuator assembly by a longitudinal shaft assembly, the shaft assembly includes an articulation for allowing the fastener applying assembly to be place... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4556058 | Apparatus for ligation and division with fixed jaws A surgical instrument for ligating and dividing a tubular vessel. The instrument has two spaced apart channels, each containing surgical ligatures of plastic or plastic-like material. A pusher mechanism associated with each of the channels advances the li... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4530453 | Surgical fastener applying apparatus In a surgical fastener applying instrument of the type in which the tissue is first clamped by operation of a lever mechanism, a releasable latch is included in the lever mechanism for releasably holding the tissue clamping elements at an intermediate lat... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4522327 | Surgical fastener applying apparatus A surgical fastener holding assembly for use in surgical fastener applying apparatus is removably mounted relative to the remainder of the apparatus by mounting means which allows the fastener holding assembly to both translate and pivot toward the associ... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4513746 | Instrument for applying plastic-like surgical fastening devices An instrument, method and two-piece plastic-like fastener for surgically fastening tissue by: (A) placing the tissue between: (1) a retainer of an absorbable material, that is located distally of the tissue and that has a hole which extends longitudinally... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4512345 | Surgical clip applying apparatus, and clips and clip train for use therein Surgical clip applying apparatus operable entirely by one hand for advancing clips one at a time into a pair of jaws which close the clip on body tissue. The clips are fed to the jaws in a line. The clips releasably intercouple with one another to form a ... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4508253 | Surgical fastener applying apparatus Surgical fastener applying apparatus including an actuator and a removable surgical fastener container cartridge. The cartridge fits loosely into a cartridge holder part of the actuator which translates linearly toward or away from an anvil part of the ac... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4506671 | Apparatus for applying two-part surgical fasteners In apparatus for applying a two-part surgical fastener including a fastener part having at least one prong and a retainer part having an aperture for receiving and retaining the distal end of the prong, the retainer part is initially held securely to the ... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4506670 | Two-part surgical fastener applying apparatus with frangible member In apparatus for applying a two-part surgical fastener including a fastener part having at least one prong and a retainer part having an aperture for receiving and retaining the distal end of the prong, the retainer part is initially held securely to the ... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4493326 | Automatic blood pressure system with servo controlled inflation and deflation A blood pressure system which cycles through an inflation cycle and a deflation cycle during which systolic and diastolic blood pressure in a patient is automatically measured. The blood pressure system basically comprises an inflatable pressure cuff syst... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4492232 | Surgical clip applying apparatus having fixed jaws Surgical clip applying apparatus having a pair of laterally spaced fixed jaws with opposing clip forming surfaces which are inclined toward one another in the direction in which a clip is pushed into the jaws. Tissue to be clipped is positioned between th... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4415112 | Surgical stapling assembly having resiliently mounted anvil A surgical stapling assembly including a resiliently mounted anvil member and a staple holding assembly containing a plurality of surgical staples and mounted relative to the anvil member for movement into substantially parallel spaced relation thereto to... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4410125 | Surgical stapler apparatus with curved staple pusher Surgical stapler apparatus of the type in which a surgical staple is formed around an anvil. The staple is driven by a longitudinally curved pusher which forms an arc of a circle and which is arcuately reciprocal in a similarly curved channel. The distal ... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4407286 | Surgical staples A surgical staple of the type which is applied by being bent around an anvil in a surgical stapler has two spaced surfaces transverse to the longitudinal axis of the staple and located so that when the staple is bent around the anvil, the transverse surfa... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4402445 | Surgical fastener and means for applying same A surgical fastener of plastic or plastic-like material includes initially separate fastener and retainer members. The fastener member has at least two parallel prongs, each of which fits into a respective one of at least two apertures in the retainer mem... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4402444 | Surgical stapling instrument with automatic frame reinforcement In a surgical stapling instrument in which tissue is stapled between the opposing legs of a U-shaped frame, the staple carrying assembly automatically engages the free ends of both legs of the frame to structurally reinforce the frame during operation of ... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4383634 | Surgical stapler apparatus with pivotally mounted actuator assemblies Surgical stapler apparatus in which the actuator elements can be pivoted out of the actuator housing to facilitate cleaning of the apparatus between uses without disassembly of the apparatus.... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4379457 | Indicator for surgical stapler An indicator for a surgical stapler viewable through a window adjacent the handle when the stapler magazine is within a spaced relation range to the stapler anvil; whereby, the staples are properly deformed and the stapled tissue is not inordinately crush... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4354628 | Surgical stapler apparatus having pivotally related staple holder and anvil Surgical stapler apparatus for forming an array of surgical staples in body tissue includes an anvil member against which the staples are crimped and a staple holder pivotally mounted adjacent one end of the anvil member so that the staple holder tends to... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4349028 | Surgical stapling apparatus having self-contained pneumatic system for completing manually initiated motion sequence Surgical stapling apparatus has a sequence of motion which is initiated manually and which is thereafter continued automatically by a pneumatic system contained within the apparatus. The pneumatic system uses relatively low pressure gas, and the apparatus... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4331277 | Self-contained gas powered surgical stapler A surgical stapler powered by a relatively low pressure gas supply contained in the stapler. The stapler has a mechanical linkage between the pneumatic actuator and the staple driver with a differential mechanical advantage to match the substantially cons... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4304236 | Stapling instrument having an anvil-carrying part of particular geometric shape Apparatus for circular surgical stapling of hollow organs comprising an instrument and disposable cartridge assembly. The instrument comprises a housing with a throughbore in which a tube that is received for reciprocation by means of a manually operable ... | 12/08/1981 |
