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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5137507 | Magnetic ring for stimulating fingers or toes The purpose of this invention is to provide a magnetic ring for stimulating the correspondence part at the fingers or toes using the pressing, magnetic and metal-ionic effects of the ring. The magnetic ring of this invention comprises a multi-angled and c... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5123898 | Method and apparatus for controlling tissue growth with an applied fluctuating magnetic field An apparatus and method for regulating tissue growth in vivo are provided. The apparatus includes a magnetic field generator and a magnetic field detector for producing a controlled, fluctuating, directionally oriented magnetic field parallel to a predete... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5116304 | Magnetic stimulator with skullcap-shaped coil A magnetic stimulator comprising a skullcap-shaped magnetic stimulator coil (13) connected to a suitable power supply (15) is disclosed. More specifically, the coil (13) is wound from bottom to top such that its shape defines a skullcap, i.e., a somewhat ... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5106361 | Method and apparatus for controlling the growth of non-osseous non-cartilaginous solid connective tissue An apparatus and method for regulating the growth of connective tissue proper in vivo are provided. The apparatus includes a magnetic field generator and a magnetic field detector for producing a controlled, fluctuating, directionally oriented magnetic fi... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5100373 | Techniques for controlling osteoporosis using non-invasive magnetic fields An apparatus and method for preventing and therapeutically treating osteoporosis are provided. The apparatus includes a magnetic field generator for producing a controlled, fluctuating, directionally oriented magnetic field parallel to a predetermined axi... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5099756 | Radio frequency thermotherapy Apparatus for treating neoplasms in humans and animals comprising a hollow toroidal applicator which resonates at a specific radiofrequency, and which possess electrically conductive walls on which radial radiofrequency currents flow and generate a high d... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5088976 | Deformable magnetic field aiding coils for use in controlling tissue growth An apparatus and method for regulating the growth of living tissue are provided. The apparatus includes a deformable magnetic field generator and a magnetic field detector for producing a controlled, fluctuating, directionally oriented magnetic field para... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5085626 | Physiotherapeutic apparatus provided for producing a magnetic field to be used as a therapeutic means An apparatus for physiotherapeutic treatment of cells and tissues in a living body by directly inducing the magnetic energy of a magnetic field into the body in order to cure or stimulate repair of the treated body part. The magnetic field is generated by... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5084003 | Magnetic massage therapy device A massage device having a low-frequency voltage pulse generator (IG), which supplies an electromagnetic field coil (MZ), inside of which a human or animal body is placed, on the surface of which a magnet cover or magnet apron (MS) is located inside the fi... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5078674 | Magnetic stimulator coils Magnetic stimulator coils having a definable region wherein magnetic field intensity is greater than at other regions of the coil are disclosed. The definable region is formed by one or more corners in a coil and/or by a higher concentration of windings i... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5067940 | Method and apparatus for controlling the growth of cartilage An apparatus and method for regulating the growth of cartilage in vivo are provided. The apparatus includes a magnetic field generator and a magnetic field detector for producing a controlled, fluctuating, directionally oriented magnetic field parallel to... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5057095 | Surgical implement detector utilizing a resonant marker Apparatus for detecting a surgical implement in human or animal tissue comprises a detector responsive to the presence, within an interrogation zone, of a surgical implement to which a marker is secured. The marker is adapted to produce identifying signal... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5052997 | Diathermy coil A short but large apertured coil of the sloped-helix type allows deep heating of a part of the human body by RF waves, for example with a three-turn coil having a central part wherein parts of a pair of turns are parallel. The length of the coil equals tw... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5047005 | Method and apparatus for magnetically stimulating neurons An efficient method and apparatus for magnetically stimulating the neural pathways of a higher level organism, namely the human body, is disclosed. The method includes selectively applying sinusoidally fluctuating electric power to a stimulator coil that ... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5014699 | Electromagnetic method and apparatus for healing living tissue A non-invasive, portable electromagnetic therapeutic method and apparatus for promoting the healing of damaged or diseased living tissue including fractured bone and in particular nonunion or delayed union bone fractures are described. The method and appa... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5010897 | Apparatus for deep heating of cancer An apparatus for the deep heating of cancers employing two single turn coaxial coils of varying diameter ranging from 2 inches to 6 inches which rotate synchronously in planes which are parallel to each other with the central axis of each coil lying in ex... | 04/30/1991 |
| 5000178 | Shielded electromagnetic transducer An electrical to electromagnetic transducer for applying electromagnetic energy to damaged potions of the living body, which provides high efficiency generation of electromagnetic fields for electromagnetic therapy by directing electromagnetic radiation t... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4994014 | Process for treating diseased cells including the step of raising the subjects blood oxygen level A process for treating diseased cells in the living tissue of a subject. A solution of ferric oxyhydroxide or other intracellular chemically-generated, energy particles is intravenously injected into the subject. After the particles have been intracellula... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4994015 | Magnetic stimulator coils Magnetic stimulator coils having a definable region wherein magnetic field intensity is greater than at other regions of the coil are disclosed. The definable region is formed by one or more corners in a coil and/or by a higher concentration of windings i... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4993413 | Method and apparatus for inducing a current and voltage in living tissue A method for surgically non-invasively inducing, by a time-varying magnetic field, an electrical current and voltage in living tissue, and in particular bone tissue, to prevent osteoporosis and to enhance new bone formation, includes the step of applying ... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4940453 | Method and apparatus for magnetically stimulating neurons An efficient method and apparatus for magnetically stimulating the neural pathways of a higher level organism, namely the human body, is disclosed. The method includes selectively applying sinusoidally fluctuating electric power to a stimulator coil that ... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4932951 | Method and apparatus for controlling tissue growth and an applied fluctuating magnetic field An apparatus and method for regulating tissue growth in vivo are provided. The apparatus includes a magnetic field generator and a magnetic field detector for producing a controlled, fluctuating, directionally oriented magnetic field parallel to a predete... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4905698 | Method and apparatus for catheter location determination A method and apparatus (10) for determining accurately the location of the tip (14) of a catheter (16) inside biological tissue is disclosed including a locator (34) having a coil (38) wound axially on a core (36) and a detector (12) in the form of a coil... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4850340 | Therapeutic massage device A device for applying heat and vibration to the body to relieve pain and stiffness and to enhance blood circulation. Individual hollow cases are pivotally coupled together in a stand of cases, the ends of which are coupled to belt portions adapted to be a... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4757804 | Device for electromagnetic treatment of living tissue A solenoid device for treatment of body tissue such as bones or other regions with pulsed signals comprises a flexible flat belt for encircling a body part or cast surrounding a body part containing tissue to be treated. The belt has a plurality of parall... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4641633 | Electronic system for the activation, inhibition and/or modification of the development and functioning of cells, organs and organisms of living beings Instrumentation and methodology for the application of non-invasive electromagnetic fields characterized by sharp, unidirectional square waves with rising and falling times below 0.1 microseconds and frequencies below 120 pulses per second. The waves are ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4622953 | Process for the treatment of atherosclerotic lesions A process for the treatment of atherosclerotic lesions by the application of external electromagnetic energy capable of achieving biophysical alterations in the intracellular structure of the lesions, including stimulation of intracellular production of i... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4616629 | Coil construction for electromagnetic treatment of an afflicted body region The invention contemplates a single-coil configuration adapted for embedment in an orthopedic cast, for use in applying electromagnetic signals for osteogenic therapy. An otherwise flat circular multiple-turn coil is so permanently deformed as to establis... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4574809 | Portable non-invasive electromagnetic therapy equipment The invention contemplates a cast-embedable coil structure which includes a single connector fitting, designed for exposure externally of a completed cast and for removable mounting and electrical connection to a self-contained light-weight rechargeable p... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4552134 | Equipment for determining the position of a metal body in a medium with low electric conductivity The equipment for determining the position of a metal pin in a bone comprises a support, a radiating self-induction coil mounted on the support and two receiving self-induction coils mounted on the support. A receiving coil is arranged on either side of t... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4545368 | Induction heating method for use in causing necrosis of neoplasm Induction heating can be utilized to cause necrosis of neoplasm as a result of hyperthermia by a process involving the injection of particles having hysteresis heating characteristics into tissue either within or in close proximity to the neoplasm and the... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4527550 | Helical coil for diathermy apparatus A deep-heating diathermy apparatus consisting of a hollow tube adapted to receive a part of the body, or other dielectric material to be treated. An rf coil coaxially surrounds the tube and is driven by an rf generator. The total wire length of the coil i... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4445501 | Circuits for determining very accurately the position of a device inside biological tissue A method of and apparatus for determining very accurately the position of a device inside biological tissue comprising a detecting instrument with a probe, which probe generates a small magnetic field which can be disturbed by a magnetically permeable met... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4392040 | Induction heating apparatus for use in causing necrosis of neoplasm Induction heating can be utilized to cause necrosis of neoplasm as a result of hyperthermia by a process involving the injection of particles having hysteresis heating characteristics into tissue either within or in close proximity to the neoplasm and the... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4177796 | Magnetic thermal vibrational device for the treatment of arthritis and the like A device for simultaneously applying electromagnetic alternating directional energy, thermal, and vibrational energy to various areas of the body which has been found to reduce or even eliminate the pains and symptoms caused from arthritis, bursitis and o... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4176411 | Cardiac assist device employing electrically stimulated artificial muscle A left atrial to descending thoracic aorta shunt is encircled by an artificial muscle sheath consisting of a multiplicity of connected rod-like segments formed of an elastomer. Each segment contains a series of embedded electromagnets and surrounding disp... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4095588 | Vascular cleansing Encircling with a magnetic field controllable by a variable frequency and amplitude to propel red blood cells radially while rotating about a vascular axis so as to loosen and clear away vascular accumulations tending to block the vascular system.... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4066065 | Coil structure for electromagnetic therapy At least one layer of windings is so arranged to enclose an open space for treatment of a portion of a patient, for example the thorax, or a limb, shaped so that it encloses an open space which is elliptical or oval. The space enclosed thus is an oval or ... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4056097 | Contactless stimulus transducer A contactless stimulus transducer which induces a stimulus current into a living system by means of a changing magnetic field which is produced by an electric field winding on a ferro-magnetic core which consists of two similarly or nearly similarly shape... | 11/01/1977 |
