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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7311660 | Method and apparatus for heating and applying warm antifog solution to endoscopes as well as a distal lens protector A sterile, self-contained, disposable apparatus used for heating and applying solution to the distal end of endoscopes as well as an endoscopic lens protector. The heating mechanism is chemical, electrical or a combination of both. Further the apparatus serves as a ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7094219 | Intravenous fluid warming device A device for warming fluids being administered intravenously to a patient. The heating assembly comprising a warming pouch is wrapped and secured around a tube through which fluid is intravenously provided to the patient. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6918138 | Heated shower cap A liner for a shower cap has a chamber or ampoule containing a predetermined quantity of a supercooled liquid exotherm compound and a small amount of the compound in the crystal form, such that the crystal and the liquid are separated until time for use. Upon action... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6309598 | Electrochemical heater and method for sterilizing An electrochemical heating pad includes a corrugated sheet having alternating peaks and valleys defining channels of elongated compartments having sidewalls between the peaks and valleys. A dry mixture operable to be wetted and activated with an electroly... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6167718 | Self-carbonating self-cooling beverage container There is disclosed a self-cooling self-carbonating beverage container including a beverage container housing containing a liquid beverage, a coolant gas bottle inside said beverage container storing pressurized carbon dioxide, a tab located on an external... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6103139 | Single-use encapsulated hot pack activator An activator (10) made in accordance with the principles of the present invention includes activating crystals (11) that have been formed into a shape and then coated with coating (12). The activator (10) of the present invention can be used in any enviro... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5736110 | Activator for initiating crystallization of a supersaturated solution An improved activator and method is disclosed for initiating crystallization of a supersaturated solution within a flexible container. The activator comprises a flexible screen for immersing in the supersaturated solution within the flexible container. Th... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5275156 | Reusable heat releasing pack A reusable device for delivering a release of heat to an area such as a body portion. The device comprises a flexible, fluid-tight container holding a liquid which releases heat upon crystallization such as sodium acetate tetrahydrate. A trigger located w... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5143048 | Disposable infant heel warmer A heat pack comprised of a supercooled aqueous solution of sodium acetate and hydroxyethyl cellulose together with a plastic or glass disk or ampule containing sodium acetate crystals in a sealed, flexible container. Activation or crystallization of the s... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5058563 | Reusable warmers of the type employing a super-cooled solution and an activator The present invention provides reusable warmers of the supersaturated solution type that are substantially free of saddlebagging. The reusable warmers comprise a flexible container, and located within the container, a supercooled salt solution, an activat... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5056589 | Supercooled liquid thermal generator and improved triggering device A self-contained manually triggerable thermal energy pack includes a flexible enclosure containing a supercooled solution capable of being triggered to begin crystallization and a triggering structure including a single close turn helical metallic spring ... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4899727 | Imperforate groove trigger An economically fabricated trigger for initiating crystallization of supercooled solutions in flexible plastic containers, the trigger comprising a thin substantially imperforate metallic strip having a perimeter bounding a generally dish-shaped or concav... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4888188 | Disposable food feeder package An inexpensive disposable sanitary sealed food package extrudes paste-like food products to a feeder implement, such as a spoon, fork, or projecting knife therefrom. The package is in the form of a squeeze tube with a nozzle discharging to the feeder impl... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4872442 | Activator for initiating reaction in a heat pack and method for making same A highly reliable activator is provided for initiating the crystallization or destabilization of a super-cooled aqueous salt solution to cause generation of heat in a heat pack. The activator is characterized by a plurality of slits in a flexible metal ar... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4860729 | Method and apparatus for nucleating the crystallization of undercooled materials A method of storing and controlling a release of latent heat of transition of a phase-change material is disclosed. The method comprises trapping a crystallite of the material between two solid objects and retaining it there under high pressure by applyin... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4829980 | Trigger device for heat pack A trigger device for a heat pack comprises three helically-coiled, resilient metallic filaments (1,2,3) nested one within the other and of inwardly decreasing diameter, the filament (2) being wound in a sense opposite to that of filaments (1) and (3). Fle... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4587950 | Heat pack apparatus A reusable heat pack containing a solution of a salt hydrate capable of being supercooled to provide heat of crystallization upon inducement of crystallization, the heat pack being provided with a reusable trigger mechanism located on the surface of the h... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4580547 | Flexible heat pack containing super cooled salt solution A heat producing apparatus includes a plastic container having flexible walls which are interconnected along a linear zone or zones; a supercooled salt solution is in the container, to be triggered and crystallized, to produce heat; and a trigger floats i... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4572158 | Trigger to activate aqueous salt solution for use in a heat pack and method of making the same A trigger to activate a supercoolable aqueous salt solution wherein the trigger and solution are encased within a flexible container. The trigger is a flexible relatively thin sheet of material wherein there are a plurality of activator cuts that extend t... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4532110 | Protected trigger to controllably initiate crystallization A protected trigger usable in initiating crystallization of a supercooled salt solution comprises a thin metallic strip containing multiple openings. The strip is protected as by a peripheral frame and/or by a metallic coating.... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4460546 | Trigger to controllably initiate crystallization A trigger usable in initiating crystallization of a supercooled salt solution comprises a thin metallic strip containing multiple pin-hole size openings, and which is bendable with snap displacement. The strip may typically be non-ferrous.... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4379448 | Trigger to initiate crystallization A trigger to initiate crystallization of a supercoated salt solution comprises, (a) a thin strip having a perimeter, (b) said strip having a multiplicity of slits formed therein, each slit characterized as having opposed elongated edges which face one another ... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4077390 | Reusable heat pack containing supercooled solution and means for activating same A heat pack is made by enclosing supercoolable aqueous sodium acetate solution together with a metallic activator strip in a sealed, flexible container. The activator strip is a flexible metal strip having one or more fissures or slits extending therethro... | 03/07/1978 |