Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357818 | Self-retaining stent A stent is designed to be placed in a lumen of a patient and extend therethrough. The stent includes a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end includes a distal retention structure and the proximal end includes a plurality of radially extending flexible segmen... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7319905 | Passive fixation mechanism for epicardial sensing and stimulation lead placed through pericardial access An implantable lead having an elongated lead body that includes an electrical conductor extending between a distal end of the lead body and a proximal end of the lead body is disclosed. The lead further includes an electrode formed at the distal end of the lead body... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7232409 | Method and apparatus for displaying endoscopic images A method is disclosed for displaying endoscopic images that includes three-dimensional surfaces, variable viewing points, directions, and orientations. A computer receives a captured endoscopic image. A virtual surface is defined in the computer with the captured im... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7211042 | Image orientation for endoscopic video displays An apparatus and technique for compensating the display of an image obtained from a video camera system associated with an endoscope as it is moved through various orientations are described. The received optical image is converted to an electrical signal with an im... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7077285 | Oil container and a process for the production thereof What is proposed is an oil container which is suitable for use in optimizing the oil balance of an internal combustion engine or a transmission, particularly an automatic transmission, and which has low weight and can be produced in such a way that adverse effects w... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7048014 | Methods for creating woven devices Self expandable, woven intravascular devices for use as stents (both straight and tapered), filters (both temporary and permanent) and occluders for insertion and implantation into a variety of anatomical structures. The devices may be formed from shape memory metal... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7037258 | Image orientation for endoscopic video displays An apparatus and technique for compensating the display of an image obtained from a video camera system associated with an endoscope as it is moved through various orientations are described. The received optical image is converted to an electrical signal with an im... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7018401 | Woven intravascular devices and methods for making the same and apparatus for delivery of the same Self-expandable, woven intravascular devices for use as stents (both straight and tapered), filters (both temporary and permanent) and occluders for insertion and implantation into a variety of anatomical structures. The devices may be formed from shape memory metal... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6949113 | Barrier device for ostium of left atrial appendage A membrane applied to the ostium of an atrial appendage for blocking blood from entering the atrial appendage which can form blood clots therein is disclosed. The membrane also prevents blood clots in the atrial appendage from escaping therefrom and entering the blo... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6929621 | Drainage catheter with bifurcating tip The present invention relates to a catheter that includes an elongate body having distal and proximal ends, the elongate body having at least one lumen therethrough, a distal portion of the elongate body having a perimeter. First and second retention members of the ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6913600 | Endovascular system for arresting the heart Devices and methods are provided for temporarily inducing cardioplegic arrest in the heart of a patient and for establishing cardiopulmonary bypass in order to facilitate surgical procedures on the heart and its related blood vessels. Specifically, a catheter based ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6716230 | Vessel and lumen expander attachment for use with an electromechanical driver device A selectively coupleable and remotely actuateable surgical attachment for use with an electromechanical driver device for use in expanding occluded vessels and lumens. The attachment includes an axial rod which is coupleable to the electromechanical driver device, a... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6629987 | Catheter positioning systems The present invention provides a catheter positioning system which serves to control and stabilize a distal end of a catheter at a treatment site within a patient so that a medical procedure can be performed with accuracy. Generally, the positioning syste... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6629953 | Methods and devices for removing material from a vascular site An expandable cage is expanded within a narrowed region of a blood vessel. The expandable cage has openings therein so that plaque protrudes through the openings when the cage is expanded. A material removing element passes within the cage to remove the p... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6607506 | Embolic protection device having an expandable trap An embolic protection device for use in medical, veterinary, non-medical or industrial applications where removal of an obstruction from a small diameter vessel or vessel-like structure could produce particles, which, if allowed to remain in the vessel, c... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6599267 | Transluminal injection device for intravascular drug delivery A catheter including an injection port at or near the distal end thereof and a mechanism for causing the injection port to move between a first position and a second position. In the first position the injection port is substantially aligned with a centra... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6579254 | Medication adapter and method for use thereof By interposing an adapter between the endotracheal or tracheal tube inserted to a patient and the ventilation and suction systems that are connected to the endotracheal tube, a medication catheter could be inserted via an input port built into the adapter... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6485456 | Embolic protection device having expandable trap An embolic protection device for use in medical, veterinary, non-medical or industrial applications where removal of an obstruction from a small diameter vessel or vessel-like structure could produce particles, which, if allowed to remain in the vessel, c... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6443926 | Embolic protection device having expandable trap An angioplasty device and particle trap for use in medical, veterinary, non-medical or industrial applications where removal of an obstruction from a small diameter vessel or vessel-like structure could produce particles, which, if allowed to remain in th... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6348061 | Vessel and lumen expander attachment for use with an electromechanical driver device A selectively coupleable and remotely actuateable surgical attachment for use with an electromechanical driver device for use in expanding occluded vessels and lumens. The attachment includes an axial rod which is coupleable to the electromechanical drive... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6312407 | Occlusion of a vessel A device for occluding a vessel employs one of a number of different expansion members joined to one or more elongate members. The expansion member may include a braid, one or more coils, ribs, a ribbon-like structure, a slotted tube, or a filter-like mes... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6277402 | Method for treatment of multiple sclerosis and related disease states A method for treatment of multiple sclerosis and related disease states. A histamine H2 mimicking agent is administered in an amount which is effective to stimulate production of a cyclic AMP in the body. A phosphodiesterase inhibitor is administered in c... | 08/21/2001 |
| 5921944 | Vibratory device for treating voiding dysfunction A vibratory device (20) for treating female voiding dysfunctions, such as urinary stress incontinence, by inserting it into a patient's urinary tract and imparting vibrations to the urethral walls and the bladder neck. The device is made in the form of a ... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5476505 | Coiled stent and delivery system An intravascular stent and delivery system comprising a helically-shaped spring and means for expanding the stent from a first diameter to a second larger diameter, and releasing the stent for implantation within a vessel lumen; a method for intraluminal ... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5183465 | Apparatus for supporting and moving needles and trocars for penetrating the abdomen An apparatus is provided for supporting a Verres needle which includes a mechanism for grasping a portion of the abdomen such that the needle may be moved to penetrate the abdomen to create a space between the abdominal wall and the abdominal organs and i... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5098376 | Apparatus and methods for furling and introducing an extrapulmonary blood gas exchange device An in vivo extrapulmonary blood gas exchange device is disclosed having a hollow fiber bundle in gaseous communication with a coaxial dual lumen tube and having a furling apparatus for twisting one coaxial lumen relative to the other. The furling apparatu... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5081985 | Vibratory method and device for treating female voiding dysfunctions A vibratory method for treating female voiding dysfunctions by applying to the inner walls of the urethra radial expansion forces combined with axial friction forces. This improves blood circulation, trains the urethral sphincters, and produces massaging ... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5053009 | Drainage and instrument duct for the arthroscopy The luxation-proof drainage and instrument duct for the arthroscopy comprises a hollow cylinder (20) and a sleeve (30) longitudinally displaceable thereupon which are interconnected at the one end, while the sleeve (30), within the area of its connecting ... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4773400 | Expandable urethral bougies A mechanically-expandable instrument for treating diseases in the urethra and the neck of the urinary bladder, comprising a driver having two elements which, upon selective activation thereof, will reciprocate in two mutually opposite directions; a probe ... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4692139 | Catheter for effecting removal of obstructions from a biological duct A catheter for insertion into a biological duct such as an artery, comprised of a flexible aspiration tube disposed within a delivery sleeve and connected at one end to a source of vacuum for providing suction within the duct in the vicinity of a biologic... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4585000 | Expandable device for treating intravascular stenosis The intravascular expandable device is adapted to be inserted within and through the lumen of a blood vessel and to be manipulated therethrough to a stenotic area where it can be operated for re-establishing desired blood flow through the blood vessel. Th... | 04/29/1986 |
