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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163238 | Automated micro-well plate handling device An automated micro-well plate handling device for removing a micro-well plate from within a vertically stacked plurality of micro-well plates and transferring the removable micro-well plate to a receiving area. A vertical storage device for storing the vertically st... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8061789 | Storage device with pivot arm A storage device. The storage device has at least one pivot arm that is pivotally mounted to a support frame. A storage rod is attached to the pivot arm(s). The pivot arm(s) control the movement of the storage rod between a conveniently accessible lower use position... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8038940 | Automated machine for transferring solution from a source microwell plate to a destination microwell plate An automated machine for transferring solution from a source microwell plate to a destination microwell plate. A plurality of pins is used for transferring the solution. The pins are attached to pin assemblies. The pin assemblies are attached to the circumference of... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8029553 | Portable laser and process for pain research A process and laser system for in vitro and in vivo pain research, pain clinical testing and pain management. In preferred embodiments of the present invention a diode laser operating at a 980 nm wavelength is used to produce warmth, tickling, itching, touch, burnin... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7942720 | Animated “peek-a-boo” stuffed toy creature A child's stuffed teddy bear embodiment is made with arms that are animated by an internal electronically-controlled electric motor. The paws at the ends of arms are normally located initially so as to cover the bear's eyes, with the head inclined slightly and the e... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7935882 | Self powered electric generating food heater A self-powered food heater. The food heater includes a burner with an electric fuel pump and an electric blower, a fire box, a water tank and electronic controls. The food heater also includes a set of thermoelectric modules compressed against a heat transfer surfac... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7900943 | Constant velocity joint rear wheel suspension system for all-terrain vehicle A rear suspension system for an all-terrain vehicle having a chassis and at least three wheels. Two trailing arms are pivotally connected to a chassis. Each of the trailing arms includes a drive shaft bearing. A CV joint pivot arm is pivotally connected to the chass... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7898212 | Portable solar generator A portable PV modular solar generator. A plurality of wheels are attached to the bottom of a rechargeable battery container. At least one rechargeable battery is contained inside the rechargeable battery container. A power conditioning panel is connected to the rech... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7853355 | Pharmaceutical dispensing system for medicament and pre-packaged medication This invention focuses on resolving outstanding problems of pharmaceutical dispensing systems. A need for dispensing of both medicaments and pre-packed medications has been addressed. This invention comprises an accurate counting system for multiple concurrently dis... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7815865 | Liquid dispensing device A liquid dispensing device. The liquid dispensing device has a tray for holding a liquid at a relatively constant level. A syringe is used for drawing fluid from the tray. A liquid container containing a liquid is positioned upside-down in the tray. Atmospheric pres... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7649138 | Thermoelectric device with surface conforming heat conductor A quickly attachable electric generator device for producing electric power from surfaces of hot or cold pipes. The invention provides a thermoelectric unit which includes a pedestal comprised of a material with high thermal conductivity on which a thermoelectric mo... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7645228 | Sexual enhancement device A sexual enhancement device for improving a user's sexual experience. A prostate pad is positioned adjacent to a male user's perineum below his prostate gland. A first prostate strap is connected to the prostate pad and is looped behind the user's neck. When the pro... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7584757 | Phalloplasty technique A technique for penile enlargement. The apparent length of the penis is first increased by cutting ligaments that attach the penis to the pubic bone. Then the girth of the penis is increased by making two cuts making two apertures in the penile skin near the base of... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7530553 | Water misting gun A high-velocity water misting gun with a very high-speed radial inflow hydraulic turbine mounted on the same shaft with an axial flow air compressor wheel compressing air discharged at high velocities through an exhaust air nozzle. A preferred embodiment utilizes a ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7506598 | Fitted deck for boat, yacht or ship A fitted deck and a method for installing the fitted deck above an as-built deck of a boat, ship or yacht (sometime referred to hereafter collectively as a vessel). Threaded stud elements are stud welded or glued to the surface of the as-built deck of the vessel to ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7505133 | Optical metrology systems and methods Metrology systems and methods that measure thin film thickness and or index of refraction of semiconductor wafers with at least one deposited or grown thin film layer. The present invention measures near normal incidence and grazing angle of incidence reflection (us... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7503567 | Automated wheelchair An automated wheelchair for moving over a contact surface. The automated wheelchair includes an operator chair for seating the wheelchair operator, a control computer, an operator input device for transmitting operator inputs to the control computer, and two wheelch... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7492120 | Mobile solar generator A portable PV modular solar generator for providing electricity to a stationary electrically powered device. A plurality of wheels is attached to a rechargeable battery container. The plurality of wheels allow for movement of the PV modular solar generator so that t... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7484940 | Piezoelectric fluid pump A compact, high capacity pump for pumping fluid. A first one-way valve is between an inlet port and the pump's fluid chamber. A second one-way valve is between the pump's fluid chamber and an outlet port. A diaphragm separates a piezoelectric stack from the fluid ch... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7445293 | Restraint safety device A restraint safety device. A chest clip is slidingly attached to a first shoulder strap and a second shoulder strap. The chest clip includes a first chest clip half removably attached to a second chest clip half. A child resistant lock prevents a child from inadvert... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7406189 | Computer controllable LED light source for device for inspecting microscopic objects A device for inspecting microscopic objects. A plurality of LEDS is arranged in an array underneath a lens. Some of the LEDS are lighted and some of the LEDS are unlighted. A computer is in control of the LED array. The computer turns on selected LEDS from the array... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7402167 | Portable laser and process for producing controlled pain A process and laser system for in vitro and in vivo pain research, pain clinical testing and pain management. In preferred embodiments of the present invention a diode laser operating at a 980 nm wavelength is used to produce warmth, tickling, itching, touch, burnin... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400050 | Quantum well thermoelectric power source A quantum well thermoelectric module providing very high conversion of heat energy in to electrical energy. In prefered embodiments the module provides electric power for monitoring, measuring or detecting any of a variety of things (such as temperature, smoke, othe... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7372646 | Adjustable focus lens system An adjustable focus lens system with at least two lens units and a mechanism to adjust the position of at least one of the two lens units relative to the other in a direction generally perpendicular to a viewing direction. The first of the two lens units has a speci... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364702 | Liquid dispensing device A liquid dispensing device. The liquid dispensing device has a tray for holding a liquid at a relatively constant level. A syringe is used for drawing fluid from the tray. A liquid container containing a liquid is positioned upside-down in the tray such that the ope... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7352889 | Automated storage and retrieval device and method A device and method for the automated storage and retrieval of trays holding subject matter. A computer system is programmed to control a storage gantry to move the trays between a storage rack and an automated machine. In a preferred embodiment, the subject matter ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7342170 | Thermoelectric module with Si/SiC and BC/BC super-lattice legs A super-lattice thermoelectric device. The device is comprised of p-legs and n-legs, each leg being comprised of a large number of very thin alternating layers of two materials with differing electron band gaps. The n-legs in the device are comprised of alternating ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7297090 | Personal exercise device A personal exercise device having a body mounted shaft housing for mounting a shaft at a position near the rear portion of a user's waist. A shaft is confined within the shaft housing. Two leg mounts are attached to each of two legs of the user near the user's knees... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7274009 | Frame-shuttered CMOS image sensor with simultaneous array readout A frame shuttered CMOS image sensor with simultaneous array readout. An array of CMOS pixels are printed on a silicon substrate. Within each pixel is a light sensitive region comprising a photo sensitive diode for converting photons into electrical charge and at lea... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7236243 | Hand-held spectrometer A hand-held portable modular spectrometer unit. The unit includes a detachable head containing a light source and optical components for detecting spectral information from light reflected from or transmitted through a target and a processor for converting the detec... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233392 | Spectral imaging device with tunable light source A spectral imaging device with a narrow band spectrally tunable light source. The light source includes an optical parametric oscillator that can be tuned across a wide range of wavelengths while illuminating a target. In a preferred embodiment, a Q-switched YAG las... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7185452 | Fingernail holder for fingernail polish bottle A product and method for the display of fingernail polish dried on an artificial fingernail which in turn is attached to a polish bottle containing the polish. In a preferred embodiment a fingernail holder is connected to a bottle cap of the fingernail polish bottle... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7176809 | Environmental data recorder for micro-well plate An environmental data recorder for recording environmental factors acting on micro-well plates. The environmental data recorder has sensors for sensing environmental factors and it has a microcontroller programmed to receive and process inputs from the sensors. The ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168106 | Cam-actuated toilet seat lifting device A toilet seat lifter means is described, using a minimally simple lever and cam means with a counterweight balanced action arm. The device is adaptable to all standard toilets available today, an improved version of these inventor's prior invention. The new lifter o... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7150378 | Clean container for paint and other fluids A container body has a main opening large enough to permit passage of large paintbrushes or sprayer suction lines and filters. This opening is covered with a large cap that comprises a bayonet-type seal. Special features in the cap and in the body combine to provide... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7147609 | Penile volumetric measuring device A volumetric measuring device for measuring a body part. The device includes a fluid container filled with fluid. The fluid container has a body part opening for permitting the insertion of a body part and a displaced fluid opening for permitting the flow of fluid t... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7100238 | Bendable extension arm A bendable extension arm. A stiffening wire having a first end and a second end is connected at its first end to a wire receptor and at its second end to another wire receptor. A sheath covers the stiffening wire and prevents over bending of the stiffening wire. In ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7068473 | Piezoelectric microactuator for improved tracking control of disk drive read/write heads A disc drive actuation system for precisely positioning a read/write head over a selected track of a rotatable disc. The actuation system comprises a flexure, a slider, and a read/write head firmly attached to the slider. A first drive unit is used to pivot the flex... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7065326 | Millimeter wave communications system with a high performance modulator circuit A high data rate communication system operating at frequencies greater than 70 MHz and at data rates of about 1.25 Gbps or greater. Preferred embodiments include modulators with a resonant LC circuit including a diode which is back-biased for “off” (i.e., no tra... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7038234 | Thermoelectric module with Si/SiGe and B4C/B9C super-lattice legs A super-lattice thermoelectric device. The device includes p-legs and n-legs, each leg having a large number of alternating layers of two materials with differing electron band gaps. The n-legs in the device are comprised of alternating layers of silicon and silicon... | 05/02/2006 |
