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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431718 | Skin care device for taking out and removing sebum or other cutaneous impurities A skin care device includes a suction nozzle to be brought into contact with skin to suction skin impurities therefrom, a suction pump for generating a suction force of the suction nozzle, a mist nozzle installed near the suction nozzle, for ejecting a mist of liqui... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7399297 | Skin care device for taking out and removing sebum or other cutaneous impurities A skin care device includes a suction nozzle for drawing and removing sebum or other impurities from a user's skin while contacting the skin, a suction pump for generating a suction force for the suction nozzle, a mist nozzle, provided at a position around the sucti... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7320437 | Device for dispensing liquid A liquid dispenser (100) primarily for use in dispensing liquid drench to animals. The dispenser (100) is electronic in operation and has the ability to control the speed of its pump (5) according to environmental conditions including the viscos... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7215697 | Matched impedance controlled avalanche driver Controlled avalanche driver circuits and apparatuses for gas lasers. One embodiment typically delivers short, rapid, high voltage ionizing pulses in combination with an electric field whose magnitude is too low to sustain a normal glow discharge. The plasma is typic... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7153287 | Surgical/medical irrigator with removable splash shield A surgical/medical irrigator with a handpiece in which there is a pump from which irrigating fluid is discharged. The irrigating fluid is discharged from a discharge tube attached to the handpiece. Irrigating fluid is removed from the site to which it is applied thr... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144383 | Surgical/medical irrigating handpiece with variable speed pump, integrated suction and battery pack A medical/surgical irrigating handpiece with both a discharge line through which fluid is applied to the site and a suction line through which the discharge fluid is drawn away. The handpiece has a variable speed pulse pump. A single, variable-speed motor actuates t... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7124756 | Medical device for overcoming airway obstruction A medical device for overcoming upper airway obstruction when a patient is placed in a supine position, featuring a flat rectangular support base that attaches to the support frame perpendicularly, and a variation of lower jaw supports that attach to the support fra... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7021321 | Automated kitchenware washer An automated kitchenware washing tank has a pump system with a pump and fluid conduits to couple the pump between an intake opening through one of the walls and discharge openings in the wall of the tank. At least some of the discharge openings are preferably formed... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6918764 | Oral cavity cleaning device An oral cavity device wherein a pump is driven with a cleaning head introduced in the oral cavity to suck residual matter in the oral cavity and to drain it into a waste liquid tank in order to clean the oral cavity, and wherein a water feed port of a water feed tub... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6814576 | Oral cavity cleaning device An oral cavity cleaning device including a cleaning head having a liquid feed port and a waste port, a liquid feed passage connected to the liquid feed port through which liquid is fed, via a pump, to the cleaning head and into the oral cavity via the liquid feed po... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6746419 | Irrigation handpiece with built in pulsing pump A pulsed irrigation handpiece comprises a pulsed irrigation liquid outlet for applying liquid pulses to a surgical site, a pump unit reciprocatingly driveable for pumping pulses of irrigation liquid through the outlet, an electric powered drive unit for reciprocatin... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6193512 | Water jet teeth cleaning apparatus A jet water teeth cleaning apparatus comprises a shower head for releasably attaching the apparatus to the inlet pipe of a shower. A valve coupled to the shower head selectably diverts water through a flexible tube to a handheld unit. The hand unit includ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6099494 | Pulsed irrigator useful for surgical and medical procedures An irrigator (20) useful for surgical and medical procedures. The irrigator includes a handpiece (22) to which a tip assembly (30) is attached. The handpiece (22) includes a drain tube (50) that extends through the body of the handpiece and outside of the... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6059754 | Pulsed lavage pump with integral power source and variable flow control A self contained pulsatile surgical irrigation device includes a housing, a trigger moveably connected to the housing, a motor within the housing, a pump within the housing, and a mechanical drive train for coupling the motor to the pump. The trigger is m... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6022329 | Irrigation handpiece with built in pulsing pump A pulsed irrigation handpiece comprises a pulsed irrigation liquid outlet for applying liquid pulses to a surgical site, a pump unit reciprocatingly driveable for pumping pulses of irrigation liquid through the outlet, an electric powered drive unit for r... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5882319 | Lavage instrument The invention is directed to a self-powered lavage instrument used with an external fluid source for debridement of soft tissue. A housing includes at least two housing parts which are selectively attachable to and detachable from each other. A fluid nozz... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5718668 | Irrigation handpiece with built in pulsing pump A pulsed irrigation handpiece comprises a pulsed irrigation liquid outlet for applying liquid pulses to a surgical site, a pump unit reciprocatingly driveable for pumping pulses of irrigation liquid through the outlet, an electric powered drive unit for r... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5685829 | Hand operated hydro-therapy device A hydro-therapy device for use with home or club showers and physical therapist which consists of a flexible hose to connect to a diverter valve that is in turn connected to a water source. A shower head of choice is also connected to the diverter valve s... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5558646 | Devices and methods for bone/tissue preparation Devices and methods are provided for surgical lavage including pumping liquid to a bone or other tissue surface with a reciprocating pump mechanism operated by pressurized gas wherein pressurized exhaust gas is further utilized to accelerate the pulsed li... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5470305 | Irrigation handpiece with built in pulsing pump A pulsed irrigation handpiece comprises a pulsed irrigation liquid outlet for applying liquid pulses to a surgical site, a pump unit reciprocatingly driveable for pumping pulses of irrigation liquid through the outlet, an electric powered drive unit for r... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5170779 | Automated ear cleansing device A system for cleansing a patient's ear is disclosed. This system contains a control unit, a portable applicator, and a means for modifying the flow of fluid from the device when temperature or pressure limits are exceeded. The control unit contains a heater, a... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5147292 | Control handle with locking means for surgical irrigation A handpiece for a surgical irrigator and suction device includes a drip-free valve arrangement in which the portion of the flexible irrigation conduit is kinked in a V-shape. The extent to which the flexible irrigation conduit is kinked is controlled by a... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5099830 | Hydraulic breast enhancer The present invention provides a hydraulic breast enhancer comprising an applicator cup shaped to receive a user's breast, and a hydraulically operating breast stimulator connected to the cup. The stimulator includes a combination of a negative pressure g... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5086756 | Hand operated oral irrigation device for packaged liquids A device for irrigating the oral cavity with liquid from a commercially available, factory prepared package or container which includes a discharge nozzle and a hand operated pump unit for delivering an antiplaque or similar liquid of therapeutic value to... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5046486 | Compact pulsing pump for irrigation handpiece A surgical pulsed irrigation handpiece comprises a pistol-like housing having a handle and a barrel extending forwardly from the top of the handle. A finger actuable trigger is provided on the handle front edge. An axially elongate pulsing pump extends lo... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4803974 | Oral lavage apparatus The present invention relates to an oral lavage apparatus. The apparatus includes a hand-held trigger actuated device for providing liquid in streams of pulses and an external reservoir for holding the liquid to be distributed through the device. The inve... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4669453 | Lavage system A mechanism, such as a motor driving a pump, creates a pulsating fluid flow. A sensor senses an operating condition of the system and provides a signal representative of the condition. A controller responsive to the signal controls the pulsating fluid flo... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4655197 | Lavage system with variable frequency, flow rate and pressure A mechanism, such as a motor driving a pump, creates a pulsating fluid flow. There is a control for varying the pulsation frequency independently of the fluid pressure or rate of flow. Another control varies the pressure or rate of fluid flow independentl... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4635621 | Lavage system with replaceable pump A lavage system including a motor having a drive member, a pump housing having a door, a pump having a pump body and a driven member, a means for coupling the motor drive member and the pump driven member, and a means activated by the closing of the housi... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4607627 | Solenoid-actuated hygienic appliance An oral hygiene appliance combination has a housing into which liquid is fed and from which liquid is delivered into the mouth of the user. A pump within the housing is of a solenoid-actuated type and includes a chamber that inlets and outlets the liquid ... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4583531 | Hand-held pulsating jet lavage A hand-held pulsating jet lavage is shown having a hand-held housing that may be separately sterilized from a disposable pump cartridge which has been sterilized prior to use by gamma radiation or ethylene oxide gas light. The disposable pump may be easil... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4561431 | Lavage system with linear motor A linear motor drives a reciprocating pump to produce a flow of lavage fluid. In the preferred embodiment the motor is a moving coil linear motor and the coil is attached to one plate of a drive member comprising a pair of circular plates connected by thr... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4519385 | Lavage handpiece A hand-held instrument which provides for directing irrigating fluid to a surgical site through an irrigation passage, and which may also provide for suction of fluid and debris away from the surgical site through an alternate passage. The passages are ty... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4282867 | Cleaning fluid injection device A portable medical treatment device is provided which includes an injection nozzle shaped and dimensioned to enter a human body cavity. At least one pump is provided having a suction connection connectable to a cleaning fluid reservoir and having a delive... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4066072 | Comfort cushion for infants A comfort cushion for infants comprising in combination a fluid filled flexible elastic hermetically sealed infant supporting mattress; a pulsating fluid pump means having mattress inlet and outlet fluid conducting conduits communicating between the pump ... | 01/03/1978 |
