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...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110230727 | Methods and Devices for Treating Sleep Apnea An implantable tissue retractor for treatment of a breathing disorder and related methods. The implantable tissue retractor comprises a shaft sized for insertion into a soft tissue located in a patient's oral cavity or pharynx. The implantable tissue retractor also comp... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20080096165 | Cheek And Lip Retractor A cheek and lip retractor is defined by a supporting member (4) supporting a pair of retracting elements (2) to be inserted at least partially in a patient's mouth (3), by a light source (11) fixed to the supporting member (4), and by ... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20070225570 | Endoscopic Bite Block System An endoscopic bite block system for increasing the speed and efficiency of an endoscopic procedure. The endoscopic bite block system includes a base member including a central opening and at least one tube attachment, a channel member latitudinally extending from an out... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070156028 | Magnetic surgical/oral retractor A magnetic oral retractor assembly for distending the cheek of a patient undergoing an oral dental/surgical procedure comprises a gripper element mounted to a support structure external of the patient's oral cavity and an intraoral retractor device for contacting the in... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20060252997 | Medical port device, kit and associated method In a trans-organ or flexible endoscopic procedure, a surgical device including an annular frame member made of substantially rigid material and at least one cushion element connected to the frame member and disposed along an outer surface thereof on at least two opposin... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060069316 | Retracting devices The present invention relates to a retracting device for retracting at least a portion of a user's mouth. The retracting device includes formations, which may be inter-engaging and/or non-inter-engaging with other dental tools or apparatus. The formations are adapted fo... | 03/30/2006 |
| 20060063979 | Retracting devices The present invention relates to a retracting device for retracting at least a portion of a user's mouth. The retracting device includes formations, which may be inter-engaging and/or non-inter-engaging with other dental tools or apparatus. The formations are adapted fo... | 03/23/2006 |
| 20050171406 | RETRACTORS Retractors discussed herein include lip retractors that have four channel retainers to retain four portions of the lips. The four channel retainers are attached to four resilient members, which are adapted to bias the four channel retainers outwardly away from one anoth... | 08/04/2005 |
