...that the first rickshaw was invented in 1869 by an American Baptist minister, the Rev. E. Jonathan Scobie, to transport his invalid wife around the streets of Yokohama?
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7189201 | Method and apparatus for temporarily immobilizing a local area of tissue A method and apparatus for temporarily immobilizing a local area of tissue. In particular, the present invention provides a method and apparatus for temporarily immobilizing a local area of tissue within a patient's body cavity. In one embodiment, the tissue immobil... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7048683 | Method and apparatus for temporarily immobilizing a local area of tissue A method and apparatus for temporarily immobilizing a local area of tissue. In particular, the present invention provides a method and apparatus for temporarily immobilizing a local area of heart tissue to thereby permit surgery on a coronary vessel in that area wit... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7033525 | High conductivity polyaniline compositions and uses therefor The present invention describes compositions formed from polyanaline and carbon nanotubes, which exhibit enhanced conductivity and which provide uses in electronic circuit applications. ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 5215064 | Method for the pneumatic injection of fuel into a two stroke engine and corresponding two stroke engine An engine including at least one cylinder in which a piston moves delimiting a combustion chamber and a housing, with at least one opening for allowing fresh air to enter the combustion chamber and one pneumatic injection device. The fuel is atomized or s... | 06/01/1993 |
| 4667659 | Massaging device for massaging skin inside a cast, splint or the like This invention relates to a medical device and more particularly, to a novel medical device suitable for use as a skin massager to relieve itchiness, irritation and general discomfort of the skin felt by a person wearing a cast or splint. The device compr... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4210108 | Stepped piston two-stroke engines A two-stroke internal combustion engine having a stepped piston in which the cylinder casting has a bore of greater diameter to form a pumping part, a bore of lesser diameter to form a working part, exhaust port means in the working part and opposed trans... | 07/01/1980 |
| 3937188 | Two-cycle jet ignition engine with prechamber in piston A two-cycle spark ignition engine is provided with jet ignition means including a prechamber formed within the piston and connected by a restricted passage with the main combustion chamber. At piston bottom dead center, the prechamber connects with an aux... | 02/10/1976 |