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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7082730 | Sealing system A sealing system (11) for sealing off a passage of a pipeline (2) in a wall (1) including a sealing strip (3) for sealing off the passage and three support members (4.1, 4.2, 4.3) for supporting the sealing strip (3). Each s... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6955402 | Office chair A fabric seat for a chair and a method and machine for manufacturing the fabric seat. The fabric seat comprises a seat frame that supports the outer circumference of a fabric material. The seat frame comprises grasping members that secure the fabric to the seat fram... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6730014 | Medical treatment method and device utilizing magnetic particles In a medical treatment method, magnetic elements are injected into organic tissues of a patient. The magnetic elements are disposed, upon injection, on opposite sides of tissues or a hole to be closed or collapsed. Owing to magnetic attraction between the magnetic e... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6663582 | Wearable medication vial holder, and vial for use therewith A wearable vial holder for securing at least one vial of medication on the person of a medical practitioner comprises a body-engaging member structured and arranged to be secured to a part of the body of a medical practitioner, and a vial gripper affixed ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6616622 | Surgical cast venting device A surgical cast venting device comprises an elongate strip of porous fabric material and a number of relatively short, elongate plastic tubing members distributed over and attached to the elongate strip on one side thereof. The tubing members each extend ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6554786 | Lymphoedema bandage A compression dressing for the treatment of lymphoedema can be applied directly by a patient without requiring the assistance of trained nursing staff. The dressing comprises a panel (1) of elastically stretchable material the outer surface of which has a... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6017606 | Reusable multicompartment thermal compress The present invention is directed to a reusable thermal pack that comprises a bag formed of a water-permeable fabric defining a plurality of laterally adjacent compartments, and a superabsorbent polymer disposed in the bag compartments, wherein the polyme... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5603145 | Sheet-form hook and fastening system using it A sheet-form hook capable of hooking to a material to be hooked, comprising a sheet-form substrate having thereon at least one projected portion formed by bending at least one piece notched in the substrate to at least one surface side of the substrate, t... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5437623 | Wound dressing securement system The wound dressing securement device has one or more flexible adhesive base member strips that are secured to the skin around or at opposite sides of a wound with sufficient clearance for a wound dressing. A plurality of sheet retention members joined to ... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5125995 | Method of using a water-dispersible pressure sensitive adhesive tape on cloth body coverings A method of using a pressure sensitive adhesive to form a moisture resistant, water-dispersible tape is provided. The adhesive and tape are resistant to autoclavation conditions and/or moisture and body fluids during usage, and are water-dispersible when ... | 06/30/1992 |
| 4586499 | Surgical bandage disposable coupling device An arrangement for supporting a limb wound bandage includes a waist belt and couplers extending from the belt to the bandage, each coupler including a pair of clamp jaws with confronting intermeshing ridges and valleys sandwiching and gripping the bandage... | 05/06/1986 |