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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5147401 | Artificial skin The invention relates to an artificial skin which is made up of (1) a water vapor-permeable, non-porous top layer of a segmented thermoplastic copolyester with a thickness of 5-200 μm, consisting essentially of a multiplicity of recurring long-chain-ester-uni... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5144944 | Skin closure dressing for eyelids A skin closure dressing for eyelids comprising a thin backing material, a layer of adhesive on one face of the backing material, a multi-layer pad covering a portion of the face of the backing material, at least one of the layers of the multi-layer pad be... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5135472 | Non-linting composite gauze material A durable hydrophilic substantially non-linting water absorbent drapable composite material useful as wound dressing comprises cellulose fibers coated with hydrophilic polymer. The cellulose fibers may be open weave cotton gauze. The hydrophilic polymer m... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5135518 | Heat-retentive wet compress A medical compress for hot or warm moist heat treatment. The compress is a multi-layered structure having a body of absorbent material sandwiched between a porous, liquid permeable layer and a liquid impermeable, heat-retentive layer, and a plurality of a... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5123900 | Moisture permeable double disk Skin contact devices are disclosed for treating the skin, including a film layer which is non-occlusive to the passage of water vapor, an occlusive layer adhesively affixed to the inner surface of the film layer, in which the occlusive layer does not perm... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5120325 | Color-matched sterile adhesive bandages containing melanin-like pigment composition A sterile bandage suitable for external application to a wound or injury of the human skin comprising a backing layer, a non-toxic pigmented composition coated onto or embedded into the top side of said backing layer, wherein said pigmented composition co... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5101837 | Bandage elevation device A bandage elevation device is provided based on two intersecting support members that are expandable in a scissors-like manner. Further articulated linkages provide a framework which, when supported by legs, will hold bandages off of wounds.... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5099832 | Packaged sterile adhesive dressing An adhesive dressing comprises a backing layer having a pressure sensitive adhesive layer over one surface thereof, a removable protector comprising two parts which covers the adhesive layer and extends beyond the backing layer at one or more edges and a ... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5090410 | Fastener for attaching sensor to the body A bandage for attaching a sensor to a part of the human body while protecting the sensor against contamination and permitting its reuse in which the sensor is located within a flexible transparent sleeve which is fastened to the adhesive inner surface of ... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5033462 | Intraoral trauma dressing A trauma dressing suitable for intraoral use, comprising an absorbent dressing to which is attached a retrieval strand, with the retrieval strand being sufficiently rigid to prevent collapse into the oral cavity of a patient, and the retrieval strand havi... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4935019 | Radiopaque polymeric composition A radiopaque, polymeric composition suitable for printing onto surgical fabrics to provide an X-ray detectable marker is obtained by dispersing a heavy metal salt such as barium sulfate in a liquid polymer carrier. The barium sulfate has an average partic... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4901714 | Bandage A layer of plastic, either in film or coating form, is bonded to a sheet of non-woven material to form a base. When film is used, it is preferably smaller in size than the non-woven material and affixed to the top surface thereof by an acrylic adhesive. T... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4788237 | Sugar-containing water-absorbing composition which facilitates fiber formation A copolymer of recurring units of at least one ,ଲ-unsaturated monomer and recurring units of at least one copolymerizable comonomer comprising, in its preferred embodiment from about 20 to about 80 percent pendant carboxylic acid units and fr... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4776331 | Bandage A bandage useful, for instance, in medical applications includes a rupturable sheet or strip having encapsulated fluid (liquid or gas). The sheet or strip is disposed between the body portion to be bandaged and the outer surface of the bandage. The sheet ... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4745916 | Sun block and glare reflective tapes and patches Sun blocking and glare reflective and absorptive tapes and patches for applications to skin areas of human individuals to block, reflect, deflect or absorb sunlight or artificial light to protect sensitive skin areas and the eyes. The tape and patch mater... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4715369 | Method of treating an injured part on the oral mucosa and the covering material for use thereof The present invention relates to a method for treating an injured part on the oral mucosa, which comprises covering the injured part with a covering material consisting essentially of a cellulose lower alkyl ether and a polyacrylic acid or its pharmaceuti... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4617207 | Thermoplastic resin sheet Disclosed herein are thermoplastic resin sheets having a thermal shrinkage within &#b1;0.3%, and a process for producing thermoplastic resin sheets by co-extruding a first thermoplastic resin and a second thermoplastic resin which is nonadhesive to the fi... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4480638 | Cushion for holding an element of grafted skin A cushion for pressing an element of grafted skin against the body surface, wherein the portion (2) to be applied to the body has a window or opening (4) the dimensions of which approximately equal that of the graft. The edges (6) of the window (4) are at... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4436089 | Pressure dressing with cushion A pressure dressing provided with a cushion for tightly holding an element of grafted skin, wherein the portion opposite the portion in contact with the body (5) has a rigid plate (4).... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4259467 | Hydrophilic contact lens made from polysiloxanes containing hydrophilic sidechains A hydrolytically stable, biologically inert, transparent, hydrophilic, contact lens comprising a polysiloxane containing hydrophilic sidechains is disclosed.... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4185626 | Material detectably by X-rays X-ray detectable filament of elastomeric material for incorporation in a surgical dressing, including an X-ray opaque substance in sufficient proportions to render the filament detectable by X-rays, the filament incorporating throughout its length a conti... | 01/29/1980 |
