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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6608461 | Apparatus for remotely controlling geared heads for motion picture and electronic medium cameras and methods for using same A two-axis or three-axis digitally controlled microprocessor for remotely controlling an existing manually operated geared head uses digital technology to provide full precise control of the geared head from a remote distance. Additionally, by utilizing t... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6605096 | Percutaneous suturing apparatus and method A suturing instrument and methods for placing stitches in soft tissues combines the functions of both independently grasping the tissue and passing sutures through the tissue to form a mattress stitch therein. The endoscopic suturing instrument comprises ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6591886 | Glue wheel for a quick change roll-fed high speed labeling system A quick-change roll-fed labeling machine employs a unique container flow path, resulting in higher labeling speed and precision label placement. The labeling machine comprises a conveyor for moving articles to be labeled, and an infeed screw assembly for ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6585730 | Method and apparatus for attaching connective tissues to bone using a knotless suture anchoring device An innovative bone anchor and methods for securing connective tissue, such as tendons, to bone, which permit a suture attachment that ties entirely beneath the cortical bone surface. Advantageously, the suturing material between the connective tissue and ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6581992 | Truck mounted crash attenuator A tuck mounted attenuator (TMA) is constructed to minimize length during use in a horizontal position and height in a vertical transport position, as well as to minimize wind resistance and buffeting at highway speeds. A modular construction is employed, ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6582453 | Method and apparatus for attaching connective tissues to bone using a suture anchoring device A bone anchor and methods for using same to secure connective tissue, such as tendons, to bone are disclosed which permit a suture attachment that lies entirely beneath the cortical bone surface. The bone anchor of the invention incorporates a deformable ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6579257 | Automated occlusion clamp for centrifugal blood pumps Retrograde flow in an extracorporeal blood circuit using a centrifugal blood pump is prevented by passing the blood line through a normally-closed powered occlusion clamp, and opening the clamp in response to powering of the pump or, preferably, in respon... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6571986 | Quick change roll-fed high speed labeling system having a segmented construction A quick-change roll-fed labeling machine system includes a conveyor for moving articles to be labeled, an infeed screw assembly for spacing and stabilizing the articles, a rotatable starwheel assembly having a plurality of spaced pockets for receiving ind... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6569067 | Method and apparatus for rehabilitating the shoulder A device, together with a method for its use, for ensuring that a patient's limb is maintained in a steady, predetermined oriented relative to the torso of the patient during an entire exercise routine. The device is versatile and, through particularly ad... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6565037 | Hybrid aircraft and methods of flying An aircraft includes an aircraft body that retains gas that is lighter than air and rotates about a vertical axis, and a cargo carrier attached to the body so that the carrier does not rotate with the body. The aircraft includes one or more propulsion dev... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6551330 | Linear suturing apparatus and methods A suturing instrument and methods for placing mattress stitches in soft tissues comprises an elongate shaft with a stationary jaw and a movable jaw disposed at a distal end thereof. The movable jaw is coupled to a handle grip at the proximal end of the sh... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6547753 | Pulsatile flow generation in heart-lung machines Pulsatile blood flow in a heart-lung machine is accomplished by pumping blood into a bladder at a constant rate, and cyclically emptying the bladder into aortic line of the heart-lung machine either by means of the bladder's own elasticity or by a mechani... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6547800 | Method and apparatus for attaching connective tissues to bone using a cortical bone anchoring device A bone anchor device for attaching connective tissue to bone comprises a disk adapted for insertion into a portion of bone to which the connective tissue is to be attached. The disk is movable between a bent orientation for presenting a smaller cross-sect... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6543719 | Oscillating air jets for implementing blade variable twist, enhancing engine and blade efficiency, and reducing drag, vibration, download and ir signature A porous surface on an aircraft structure driven with oscillating positive and negative pressures is used as an active control device for attenuating negative aerodynamic interactions. The porous surfaces can be driven with positive and negative pressures... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6533795 | Dual function suturing apparatus and method A suturing instrument and method for placing mattress stitches in soft tissues is described. An elongate shaft with a stationary jaw and a moveable jaw disposed at the distal end is coupled to a handle grip at the proximal end configured to manipulate the... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6532998 | Container filling apparatus and methods A modular container filling apparatus includes a simple pilot valve which can be operated by a push button, a bottle-engaging yoke, or a manual valve at the distal end of a bucket filling hose. The modular construction of the apparatus allows a plurality ... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6529751 | Optical detection and quantification of microair in blood Both the number and the size of microair bubbles in a bloodstream are accurately determined optically, independently of oxygen saturation, by monitoring the intensity of light transmission in the 800-850 nm range through the bloodstream and indicating the... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6524317 | Method and apparatus for attaching connective tissues to bone using a knotless suture anchoring device An innovative bone anchor and methods for securing connective tissue, such as tendons, to bone are disclosed which permit a suture attachment which lies entirely beneath the cortical bone surface, and wherein the suturing material between the connective t... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6520980 | Method and apparatus for attaching connective tissues to bone using a self-locking knotless suture anchoring device An innovative bone anchor and methods for securing connective tissue, such as tendons, to bone, which permit a suture attachment that lies entirely beneath the cortical bone surface. Advantageously, the suturing material between the connective tissue and ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6520712 | Safety delineators which easily stack A safety delineator is provided which includes a conical body portion and an upstanding handle portion. The handle has a substantially increased length relative to prior art delineators to permit full hand gripping of the delineator and also to assist in ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6478505 | Anti-rotational traffic channeling device In a traffic channeling device, a molded rib for attachment to an exterior surface of a bottom wall of a drum for inhibiting the drum from rotating relative to a rubber ballasting collar. The rib comprises an exterior surface for contact with the rubber b... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6478541 | Tapered/segmented flaps for rotor blade-vortex interaction (BVI) noise and vibration reduction An active control device for reducing blade-vortex interactions (BVI) noise generated by a rotorcraft, such as a helicopter, comprises a segmented trailing edge flap located near the tip of each of the rotorcraft's rotor blades. The various flap segments ... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6471477 | Jet actuators for aerodynamic surfaces A jet actuator positioned within a hollow space in an aerodynamic structure for controlling the flow over an aerodynamic surface thereof includes a movable member linearly displaced by a voice coil mechanism and a flexible diaphragm defining a compression... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6459777 | Directionally-mapped, keyed alpha-numeric data input/output system A data entry and processing system providing for simple two stroke entry of numerous auxiliary alpha-numeric data in addition to the single stroke entry of numeric data, using conventional data entry keys. The key array includes a set of radial direction ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6454937 | UV light reactor A water disinfection system includes a housing having a plurality of risers 207 therein for directing independent columns of water from a manifold at the bottom of the housing. An ultraviolet light source 214 is disposed above the risers to treat the wate... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6432039 | Methods and apparatus for reinforcement of the heart ventricles A device for treating heart disorders, and particularly cardiomyopathy. The device is comprised of a compliant containment structure shaped in a configuration such that it surrounds and encases the heart. Within this containment structure are housed two o... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6430855 | Sign stand with flexible upper mast portion A sign stand has a mast with a flexible upper portion. The flexible upper portion of the mast inhibits the mast from piercing a windshield of a vehicle when the sign stand is struck by the vehicle. The sign stand may have a sign mounted on the mast flexib... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6423269 | Pleat construction for bellows heat exchanger manifold Heat exchanging contact of water and blood with a pleated metal bellow heat exchanging surface in a heat exchanger for an extracorporeal blood circuit is improved by so forming the pleats of the bellows that the fluid chamber inside each pleat continuousl... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6418973 | Integrally woven ceramic composites A woven preform for a ceramic composite has a plurality of layers and structural members. The plurality of layer are of woven yarns of fibrous material. The structural members extend between the layers. The layers and members define interlayer spaces. One... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6414048 | Chemical grafting onto a substrate and coating composition A composition and method that provides a chemically grafted coating onto a substrate. The composition comprises an acrylate and a grafting initiator. The acrylate may be a waterborne urethane acrylate. The composition may also comprise resistance agents, ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6406783 | Bulk absorber and process for manufacturing same A bulk absorber has a continuous concentration gradient of particles with dielectric or magnetic altered properties. The bulk absorber may be made from foam or, ceramic. The particles may be carbon fibers, carbon black, carbon whiskers, coated hollow micr... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6402422 | Laterally stable vertical panel system A vertical panel system has a vertical panel and a base. The vertical panel has one or more panels. Each panel has opposing first and second panel surfaces and a plurality of edges, wherein the plurality of edges has a base edge. A tab extends from the fi... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6396881 | Minimum-delay frequency-shift-compensating complex demodulator with arbitrary phase adjustment A solid-state gyroscope in a closed flight-control loop produces a DSSC QAM body angular-rate output signal and a drive current, which is converted to a demodulation reference signal. The frequency of the demodulation reference signal drifts slowly. A dig... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6389624 | Portable child changing apparatus A lightweight, simple, foldable changing table is disclosed, which can be easily carried and utilized to provide a safe and clean platform on which a child can be laid, in any setting, including a floor, the ground, or the like. The portable changing tabl... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6387711 | Liquid intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) standards A solution of a non-reconstituted hormone and a preservative having a useful shelf life of at least six months, and, in some circumstances, at least a year. A series of solution of varying levels of the non-reconstituted hormone may be in a test kit and u... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6382870 | Nesting collapsible blow-molded barricade A sawhorse type of traffic barricade constructed from identical leg units. The legs are equipped with a stop to prevent them from opening beyond a predetermined point. The legs have the cross section of a right triangle, allowing the hypotenuse sides of t... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6378590 | Hot gas label applicator An apparatus and associated method for applying labels having a pressure sensitive adhesive on at least one face to articles. The label applicator includes a supporting structure supporting a label dispenser having a peeler bar and a label receiver. The l... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6375779 | Method for making structures having low radar reflectivity A lightweight, three dimensional structural article having low radar reflectivity characteristics and good mechanical properties is fabricated from a syntactic foam core having a structural outer skin. A syntactic foam sealing adhesive film is applied to ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6365133 | Dog chew toy containing edible pet toothpaste for dental care A dog chew is coated with a dried anti-tartar toothpaste on its outer surface. Upon chewing, the dog's saliva rehydrates the toothpaste, and the chewing action causes abrasive cleaning to occur at the gingival surface of the teeth.... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6364847 | Blood sampling device A blood sampling device is provided for mounting on a patient's forearm or other suitable body location, which incorporates an admixture reservoir and a closed blood sampling cavity in a single housing, the functional elements of which are firmly mounted ... | 04/02/2002 |
