Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120046602 | Plasma Applicator and Corresponding Method The invention relates to a plasma applicator (1) for applying a non-thermal plasma to a surface (2), particularly for the plasma treatment of living tissue and especially for the plasma treatment of wounds (2), comprising a sealing cover (4) ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120041361 | Methods, Systems and Devices for Desufflating a Lung Area Methods, systems and devices are described for temporarily or permanently evacuating stagnating air from a diseased lung area, typically for the purpose of treating COPD. Evacuation is accomplished by displacing the stagnant CO2-rich air with a readily diffus... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120022436 | Disposable Environmental Control Chamber for Managing Wounds The portable environmental control chamber provides gas, as needed, to encourage healing and prevent infection. In one embodiment, the environmental control chamber acts as a hyperbaric chamber that can be affixed over a wound to supply oxygen to the wound bed. In anoth... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120003293 | NITRIC OXIDE-RELEASING DRESSINGS A wound dressing comprising nitric oxide gas producing component.... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110306924 | ATMOSPHERIC LOW-TEMPERATURE MICRO PLASMA JET DEVICE FOR BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATION There are provided an atmospheric low-temperature micro plasma jet device for bio-medical application comprising an electrode used as an anode, a gas injection pipe used as a cathode, a porous insulating material, a protection pipe, and an insulating case and manufactur... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110275983 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR THERMALLY AUGMENTED WOUND CARE OXYGENATION An oxygenation and temperature thermal therapy and oxygenation treatment pad with a plurality of air chambers is disclosed for treatment of skin wound tissues. The air chambers are filled and released by a valve assembly that may be separate from or integrated within th... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110275978 | Devices and systems that deliver nitric oxide The present disclosure relates to dressings, such as patches and bandages, and other devices and systems that deliver nitric oxide.... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110230819 | Harmonic Cold Plasma Device and Associated Methods A method for generating atmospheric pressure cold plasma inside a hand-held unit discharges cold plasma with simultaneously different rf wavelengths and their harmonics. The unit includes an rf tuning network that is powered by a low-voltage power supply connected to a ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110130713 | Apparatus for Body Treatment Consisting of a Shell Made of at Least Two Complementary Portions Apparatus formed by a shell that may be placed around a part of the body, wherein said shell comprises:
| 06/02/2011 |
| 20110130712 | WOUND HEALING DEVICE This invention provides wound healing systems, which delivers oxygen to the wound bed and applies negative pressure thereto, where the source of oxygen and negative pressure are simultaneously applied to distal sites of the dressing. Methods of treating wounds and metho... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110112468 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF SURFACE INFECTIONS WITH NITRIC OXIDE Topical exposure of nitric oxide gas to wounds such as chronic non-healing wounds may be beneficial in promoting healing of the wound and in preparing the wound bed for further treatment and recovery. Nitric oxide gas may be used, for example, to reduce the microbial in... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110106000 | Nitric Oxide Compositions and Devices and Methods for Cosmesis The present disclosure provides a device having a casing with a barrier surface and a contact surface and a composition in the casing having a nitric oxide precursor and an isolated enzyme or live cell expressing an endogenous enzyme, for converting the nitric oxide gas... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110104240 | Nitric Oxide Device and Method for Wound Healing, Treatment of Dermatological Disorders and Microbial Infections The present disclosure provides a device having a casing with a barrier surface and a contact surface and a composition in the casing having a nitric oxide precursor and an isolated enzyme or live cell expressing an endogenous enzyme, for converting the nitric oxide gas... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110092890 | MICROCLIMATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A microclimate management sheet, for placing against a person's body, includes a flexible generally fluid impermeable first layer, a flexible generally fluid impermeable second layer with a gas permeable region for facing a patient's body. The first layer is joined with... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110077584 | ACCESS PORT INCLUDING ROTATABLE SEALS A surgical access device includes a housing; an access member extending distally from the housing and being dimensioned for positioning within tissue, and defining a longitudinal axis; and a seal assembly disposed within the housing. The seal assembly includes first and... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110077585 | APC Dual Mode Theraputic Balloon Dilator A multi-mode therapeutic balloon dilator capable of stent placement, argon plasma coagulation (APC) and monopolar electrosurgery. The device comprises a housing or base having a mechanism for moving a wire within an elongated flexible tube, a balloon port, an injection ... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110054388 | Apparatus and Methods for Controlling Tissue Oxygenation for Wound Healing and Promoting Tissue Viability A non-invasive tissue oxygenation system for accelerating the healing of damaged tissue and to promote tissue viability is disclosed herein. The system is comprised of a lightweight portable electrochemical oxygen concentrator, a power management system, microprocessors... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110054387 | Oxygen Supply For Implantable Medical Device A method for replenishing gas in a subcutaneously implanted medical device containing functional cells comprising: inserting at least one needle, adopted to penetrate the skin and connecting a subcutaneously implanted medical device; connecting said inserted at least on... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110046544 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RELEASING A MASS FROM A BIOLOGICAL CAVITY An apparatus (1) for releasing a mass from a wall portion of a cavity, the apparatus (1) comprising at least one gas providing member (5) and at least one support means (4) adapted to in use deploy the at least one gas providing member (5<... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110034861 | Wound Ventilation System A wound treatment apparatus that ventilates a wound dressing with warm humidified oxygen and/or air at a very low flow rate while under a sub-atmospheric pressure. A controlled flow of filtered air and/or oxygen is selected or blended under atmospheric pressure. This ga... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110017217 | MEDICAL APPARATUSES INCORPORATING DYES The invention provided medical apparatuses incorporating dyes to facilitate proper positioning in patients, and methods for their use. The apparatuses can be, for example, tubes, catheters, or needles. In some embodiments, the dye is a near infrared fluorescent dye.... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110014297 | MULTIMODAL THERAPEUTIC HYBRID PARTICLE COMPLEX AND SYSTEM A multiple layer microbubble drug delivery system, multiple layer microbubble drug delivery vehicle, method thereof and fabrication method are disclosed. The microfluidic drug delivery system for producing multiple layer microbubbles includes a first inlet which receive... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110009809 | EPILATION DEVICE The invention the concerned with an epilation device for plucking hairs out of a user's skin having a vaporizer unit adapted to vaporize an application material. This allows for cooling the skin by applying a thin coating of application material prior to epilation as th... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110004151 | Treatment or Therapy Apparatus The apparatus is arranged to supply a flow of substantially pure oxygen to a person, and comprises a source of substantially pure oxygen gas, means for release of the substantially pure oxygen gas from the source into an ambient atmosphere; and means for cooling the sub... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100305498 | GAS MIST PRESSURE BATH SYSTEM The invention is to provide a gas mist pressure bath system, which is possible to control the amount of gas and liquid, pressure and others, and cause a gas mist to be absorbed through a skin and mucous membrane of a human living-body under an optimum condition, in whic... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100305497 | CARBON DIOXIDE EXTERNAL ADMINISTRATION DEVICE A carbon dioxide external administration device (1) according to the present invention, comprises a sealing enclosure member (2) capable of sealing off a body surface of a human or an animal from the outside air; a supply unit (3) for supplying carb... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100280436 | Apparatus and Method for Reducing Contamination of Surgical Sites Apparatus and methods for protecting a patient from surgical site infection from airborne microbes during surgery. A sterile gas flow conditioning emitter for affixation onto an anatomical surface of a patient adjacent a site of incision is anatomically shape conforming... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100268149 | ANTIMICROBIAL GAS IMPREGNATING DEVICES AND METHODS A nitric oxide gas-releasing conduit configured for surgical implantation through a patient's tympanic membrane. The nitric oxide gas-releasing conduit comprises a gas-permeable cured resin material configured for releasably sequestering therein gas. The gas-permeable c... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100234794 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING SURGICAL SITE INFECTION A system and method for performing a surgical procedure that are based on delivering air to a surgical site to prevent contamination of a wound or surgical instrument. A curtain of air above the surgical site prevents pathogens or pathogen laden particulates eminating f... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100217177 | Oxygen-Producing Bandage With Releasable Oxygen Source A device for delivering oxygen to a wound or injury includes a bandage, which includes a base defining an opening, a cover, and a locking mechanism for releasably securing the cover to the base. An oxygen source is in fluid communication with the cover, whereby oxygen i... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100179470 | PRESSURIZED CARBON DIOXIDE BATHING APPARATUS Provided is a pressurized carbon dioxide bathing apparatus for causing even a small amount of carbon dioxide to be efficiently absorbed from skin of a living body with the structure of a cover suit simplified, and the pressurized carbon dioxide bathing apparatus is to b... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100150991 | Combination Wound Therapy A device for providing improved wound healing is described. The device includes a vacuum system for applying a sub-atmospheric pressure to the wound, a gas supply system for applying a gaseous wound healing agent to the wound, and a controller connected with the vacuum ... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100143503 | COMBINATIONS OF NITRIC OXIDE AND SULFIDE AND METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF The present invention provides methods of reducing the cytotoxic effects of nitric oxide and sulfides comprising coadministering nitric oxide with sulfide. In addition, the present invention provides novel pharmaceutical compositions comprising both nitric oxide and sul... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100145260 | Harmonic Cold Plasma Device and Associated Methods A method for generating atmospheric pressure cold plasma inside a hand-held unit discharges cold plasma with simultaneously different rf wavelengths and their harmonics. The unit includes an rf tuning network that is powered by a low-voltage power supply connected to a ... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100130916 | Apparatus for transportation of oxygen to implanted cells Apparatus is provided which includes a housing, configured for insertion into a body of a subject. The apparatus includes functional cells coupled to the housing and a source of oxygen configured to supply oxygen to the functional cells. The apparatus further includes a... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100101579 | Portable Medical Gas Delivery System An apparatus and method for delivery of medical grade CO2 liquid to CO2 gas in a safe and consistent manner for delivery to a selected reservoir.... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100106079 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING A WOUND The present invention relates to a method of treating a wound and an apparatus for promoting wound healing. An enclosure is applied over the site of a wound and filled with a physiologically acceptable rinse solution. The physiologically acceptable rinse solution treats... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100082019 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR GENERATION OF SUBSURFACE MICRODISRUPTIONS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS A device comprises an energy source capable of generating short bursts of energy at a variable pulse repetition rates. The repetition rates range from a single shot to several hundreds Mega-Hertz so that selective, three dimensional interactions with a volumetric zone o... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100036374 | Electrosurgical System Having a Sensor for Monitoring Smoke or Aerosols An electrosurgical system includes an evacuator apparatus and a sensor. The evacuator apparatus evacuates aerosol and smoke generated during application of electrosurgical energy. The sensor is operatively coupled to the evacuator apparatus and senses the aerosol and sm... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100010421 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING THERAPEUTIC OXYGEN TREATMENTS The present invention provides an applicator for directing a flow of medically pure, therapeutic gas onto a selected portion of the body of a patient. The applicator receives the flow of medically pure, therapeutic gas, such as oxygen, from a source, via a conduit coupl... | 01/14/2010 |
