"The abolishment of pain in surgery is a chimera. It is absurd to go on seeking it...knife and pain are two words in surgery that must forever be associated in the consciousness of the patient."
Dr. Alfred Velpeau, French surgeon ; 1839
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4162521 | Control circuit arrangement for laser aiming system having magnetic decoupling means A control circuit arrangement for a laser aiming system for aiming a weapon or firearm is characterized by a laser head operable to generate a coherent beam of light energy useful to assist in aiming a weapon. The laser head includes a high voltage power ... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4160285 | Point locating apparatus A point locating apparatus is disclosed for precisely locating a point from a known point where the position of the point to be located has been previously known. The apparatus of the present invention may be used to repeatedly locate an object, such as a... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4136926 | Achromatic illumination system for small targets A pair of light beams is directed to provide illumination that is substantially uniform from all directions on a small target by a system comprising a pair of corrector windows, a pair of planar reflecting surfaces, a pair of paraboloidal mirrors and a re... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4109304 | Device for coherent lighting of objects A device for coherent lighting of objects, wherein across the path of a coherent light beam of parallel rays emitted by a laser, there is arranged a means to transform said coherent light beam of parallel rays into an infinite number of parallel-ray light... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4048489 | Light operated target shooting systems An electro-optic light pulse generator is completely contained in a gun sight holder and serves as the light source in any light responsive target shooting system. The gun sight holder is arranged for mounting on any long barrelled gun without need for mo... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4035070 | Apparatus and method for optical generation of a structured charge-discharge pattern on a photoreceptor Apparatus and method for providing a structured distribution for charge stored on a photoreceptor element. An optical element located adjacent to the photoreceptor, includes two generally parallel reflecting surfaces, one surface being partially reflectin... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4010361 | Light deflection apparatus Light deflection apparatus is disclosed which uses a mirror to deflect a beam of light in response to an electromechanical transducer receiving an audio signal.... | 03/01/1977 |
| 4006970 | Laser light image generator A system is provided for generating a plurality of light images in different colors from a single laser light source, and moving these varying light images in predetermined paths in response to signals synchronized with music.... | 02/08/1977 |
| 3953034 | Laser beam golf swing training device A laser beam golf swing training device including a laser beam source mounted on or within the shaft of a golf club and a convex mirror located on the golf club head between the club face and hosel to spread a laser beam into a fan of light and project th... | 04/27/1976 |