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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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| 20100154803 | COVER FOR BREAST DURING IMPLANT SURGERY, AND METHODS OF PERFORMING BREAST IMPLANT SURGERY A cover useful during invasive surgery of the breast includes an adhesively backed sheet and a closed tube that extends from the sheet. The tube is evaginated into an incision in the breast, the closed end of the tube is ruptured, and a breast implant can be inserted th... | 06/24/2010 |
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| 20080041399 | Sterile Enclosures An inflatable sterile enclosure is disclosed comprising a flexible membrane and at least a pair of rigid or semi-rigid panels which are arranged to pivot outwardly relative to one another on each side of the enclosure as it is inflated. At least one of the panels is tra... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20070151566 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT ACCESS DEVICE A surgical access device includes a single valve that forms a seal with a body wall and provides an access channel into a body cavity. The valve has properties for creating a zero seal in the absence of an instrument as well as an instrument seal for an instrument havin... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070051375 | Instrument introducer Instrument introducers and methods of using the same are provided to facilitate the introduction of a surgical instrument into a cavity or a body opening of a patient. The instrument introducers include a body portion defining a lumen therethrough, a flexible distal end... | 03/08/2007 |
| 20070006885 | Method of selecting or identifying a surgical gown A method and related system are provided for selecting a gown to be worn during a medical procedure according to a degree of barrier protection provided by the gown. A plurality of surgical gowns are provided having varying degrees of barrier protection. Each of the gow... | 01/11/2007 |
| 20060207609 | Covering for an aseptic treatment site A covering for an aseptic treatment site is disclosed. An exemplary covering includes a substrate defining an aperture which permits selective access to an aseptic treatment site on a patient; and a transparent cover is borne by the substrate and which is removably affi... | 09/21/2006 |
| 20060201521 | Surgical drape adapted for use with radiological equipment A surgical drape provides a volume to accommodate radiological equipment such as a C-arm x-ray device without pulling the bottom of the drape up which could otherwise interrupt the sterile field. In one preferred embodiment, the space is created with pleated or gathered... | 09/14/2006 |
| 20050241647 | Wound retractor An incrementally adjustable wound retractor (100), having a first ring (102) with a diameter greater than the desired diameter of the wound incision. A second ring (104), having an annular axis and a diameter greater than the desired diameter of the... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050061331 | Sanitary arm sleeve structure A sanitary arm sleeve structure includes an arm sleeve, adapted for receiving the user's arm therewithin, having an outer side, an opposed inner side, and a free edge end, and a sleeve protection layer having an upper edge end attached on the arm sleeve and a lower edge... | 03/24/2005 |
