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...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6684015 | Method of self-aligning optical waveguides A first waveguide and a second waveguide are aligned by applying an alignment dot on end surfaces of the cores of first and second waveguides. The alignment dots are positioned in close proximity to one another, and are melted together. Surface tension pu... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6655924 | Peristaltic bubble pump A pump comprises a chamber with an inlet and an outlet. A first heating element is located in proximity with the inlet, and a second heating element is located in proximity with the outlet. The first and second heating elements are configured when heated ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6650823 | Method of creating a photonic via using fiber optic A photonic via is made in a substrate by making a hole in the substrate, heating the substrate, and inserting a fiber optic into the hole. In one embodiment, a lens can be made by applying a polymer on top of the photonic via and curing.... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6649937 | Semiconductor device with components embedded in backside diamond layer A semiconductor substrate with integrated circuit devices on its front side and a high thermal conductivity layer such as diamond on its back side, with components such as capacitors embedded in the high thermal conductivity layer and coupled to the front... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647032 | Thermally wavelength tunable laser having selectively activated gratings A thermally wavelength tunable laser having selectively activated gratings includes a core, more than one periodic arrangement adjacent to the core, and thermo-optical material adjacent to each periodic arrangement. At an off temperature, the refractive i... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6636671 | Markings for aligning fiber optic bundle A lithographic process is used to place a marking on a waveguide to indicate optical channels within the waveguide. A photonic component is positioned against the waveguide based on the markings and adjusted until aligned.... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6628865 | Alignment of optical fibers to an etched array waveguide A device and method of aligning two or more optical fibers on an array waveguide is achieved by etching grooves into the array waveguide. The two or more optical fibers are attached together by a retainer and placed into the grooves of the array waveguide... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6450699 | Photonic and electronic components on a shared substrate A device has both electronic and photonic components on a shared substrate. The electronic components may include a light source for providing a photonic signal around the substrate to the photonic components.... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6072808 | Method of providing and retrieving a data segment A data segment is provided with minimal access latency. The data segment is divided into three or more portions and provided via two or more channels. Each of the channels carries a portion of the data segment, the portion of the data segment carried by e... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6041355 | Method for transferring data between a network of computers dynamically based on tag information A method of controlling the transfer of data between a first and a second computer network comprises parsing content description language received from the first computer network by the second computer network to determine current tag information within t... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5956752 | Method and apparatus for accessing a cache using index prediction Index prediction is used to access data in a memory array. A virtual address is received at an input. The virtual address is translated to a physical address. The memory array is accessed at a predicted address. A portion of the predicted address is compa... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5925105 | Preventing processor domination during background data transfer in multipoint conferencing Preventing processor domination of a CPU by background transfers of teleconference object data during an electronic conference is accomplished by monitoring an external time spent by a CPU executing outside a background transfer manager. Transfers of data... | 07/20/1999 |
