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...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182449 | Kit for parenteral administration of medicaments The invention relates to a kit for parenteral administration of drugs, particularly a kit for the infusion of those medicaments dissolved in solvents that extract toxic components from PVC, which is also suitable for the infusion of highly active medicaments, said k... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8167848 | Single-use pneumatic safety syringe providing gas-driven needle retraction A pneumatic retractable syringe has a plunger having an interior retraction lumen. The plunger and syringe barrel have cooperating locking elements so that the plunger is locked after use within the syringe barrel. After injection of medicament is completed, the nee... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167847 | Antiseptic cap and antiseptic cap equipped plunger and syringe barrel assembly The present invention provides an antiseptic cap for use with an access site having a housing with a wall defining a chamber, the wall having a set of threads on an inner surface of the wall; and an access site contacting surface associated with the housing having a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8147461 | Fluid dispensing device A fluid dispensing device for dispensing a fluid product having a dispensing outlet from which the fluid product is dispensable, a supply of the fluid product, a dispensing member mounted for movement in a dispensing direction along an axis X-X from a first position... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8021342 | Liquid medication dispenser A liquid medication dispenser includes a housing that has open top and bottom. The housing includes a central channel and a plurality of internal compartments disposed around the central channel. Each internal compartment is configured to hold liquid medication. The... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8016795 | Device for oral administration of a medicine An assembly for oral administration of a medicinal product to be reconstituted from an active principle in dry or liquid form and from a diluent, A device including a prefilled syringe with said diluent, able by itself to receive a parenteral injection member is pro... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7998120 | Prefilled syringe and production method for a barrel thereof A prefilled syringe composed of a barrel having a luer tip at one end and an open proximal end, the barrel having at least a three layer structure of an innermost layer, an outermost layer, both made of a polyolefin resin, and an intermediate layer made of a resin w... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7976506 | Syringe with selectable indicia of contents A syringe includes a barrel defining a liquid chamber, an aperture and two or more contents indicators; a plunger movable within said barrel whereby movement of the plunger in a first direction causes the liquid chamber to fill with a fluid and movement by the plung... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7972312 | Compac syringe A compact syringe comprises a cylindrical barrel, a stopper movable within the barrel and a detachable clip-on plunger. The plunger has a resilient c-shaped shaft for clipping onto the barrel's exterior when the syringe is not in use. When in use, the plunger is rem... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7927312 | Device for retaining and dispensing a free-flowing substance A device for retaining and dispensing a free-flowing substance includes a syringe-like retaining body (12) in which a retaining space (46) is formed. A displaceable piston (22) is axially introduced into the retaining space (46) and the r... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7901383 | Systems and methods for administering a medical regimen A medical regimen can be administered with a diagnostic and medication delivery system. In one form the system includes a medication delivery pen with a controller and a monitor for monitoring a characteristic of a bodily fluid with a controller. A case includes a c... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901382 | Automatic needle device An automatic needle device including a housing element, at least one resilient element arranged to be located within the housing element, at least one needle bearing element adapted, when actuated, to be displaced by the at least one resilient element with respect t... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7875005 | Syringe barrel with reinforcing rib Since this syringe has projections provided on the rear surface of a flange of a syringe barrel, when it is inserted in an insertion groove of a cylinder holder, the tips of projections are compressed and the flange is fixed. Consequently, even when a solution havin... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7854726 | Injector An injector that may be used to deliver radiographic contrast media and/or flushing solution into a patient's vascular system for the purposes such as obtaining enhanced diagnostic x-ray images. The injector includes a drive ram movable along its longitudinal axis, ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7811259 | Single-use pneumatic safety syringe providing gas-driven needle retraction A pneumatic retractable syringe has a plunger having an interior retraction lumen. The plunger and syringe barrel have cooperating locking elements so that the plunger is locked after use within the syringe barrel. After injection of medicament is completed, the nee... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7780635 | Apparatus and methods for delivering fluid and material to a subject The present invention provides fluid and material delivery methods and devices for practicing the methods. The invention provides a method of delivering cellular material comprising injecting the cellular material into a subject such that the injected cells retain t... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7749200 | Administration device comprising a priming function An administering apparatus for administering a fluid product, including a casing, a reservoir for the product, a driven device which acts on the product contained in the reservoir to deliver the product, and a drive device which acts on the driven device and perform... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7717879 | Anesthetic syringe An improved, very wieldy anesthetic syringe that allows for precise and repeated injection has a first hydraulic chamber behind a feed piston and a second hydraulic chamber behind the first hydraulic chamber, the hydraulic chambers being connected so as to allow for... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7704235 | System and device for medically treating an individual A system for medically treating/vaccinating an individual comprising a first syringe, containing an anticoagulant material therein, for drawing a sample of blood from the individual. A centrifuge is provided for centrifuging the sample of blood contained within the ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7678085 | Injection device An injection device for injecting selectable amounts of a substance includes an activating mechanism including an axially moveable operating button which can rotated in a resting position only, a tubular drive element non-rotatably connected to the operating button,... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7678084 | Medication dispensing apparatus with gear set for mechanical advantage A medication dispensing apparatus having a gear set (64) to provide a mechanical advantage to the plunging of the apparatus plunger (66). The gear set (64) has a first pinion (114) in meshed engagement with a rack of the plunger (102 | 03/16/2010 |
| 7637895 | System and device for medically treating an individual A system for medically treating/vaccinating an individual comprising a first syringe, containing an anticoagulant material therein, for drawing a sample of blood from the individual. A centrifuge is provided for centrifuging the sample of blood contained within the ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7635356 | Injection device An injection device comprising an outer housing inside which is located a medicament-holding barrel with a needle at one end thereof, at least part of the needle being moveable in and out of the outer housing, a plunger moveable within the barrel, an inner housing i... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7632251 | Volume adjustable, micro-injection device The present invention relates to a volume-adjustable micro-injection device. The device includes a base structure having a syringe positioning structure and a grip, in which the syringe positioning structure can flexibly accommodate injection syringes with different... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7618401 | Device for injecting a product, in particular for medical use This device comprises: a body housing a hollow injection needle and a container containing the injectable product; the needle is connected to the body but able to move relative to the latter between an injection position and a retr... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7597683 | Sterile syringe A syringe for a fluid comprises a cylinder, a piston portion arranged in the cylinder and slidable on its inside, and an operating means connected to the piston portion for sliding thereof. The operating means projects from a first end of the cylinder and the cylind... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7591805 | Integral flushing device The present invention relates to a flushing device having simple operation and one-handed control. The flushing device utilizes a plunger for expelling a flushing medium from the barrel of the flushing device configured such that the user can actuate the plunger eas... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7569035 | Automatic injector with anti-coring needle In one embodiment, an automatic injector comprises a cartridge adapted to contain a charge of medicament, a seal structure disposed toward a forward end of the cartridge, a plunger normally disposed in a generally rearward end of the cartridge and movable through th... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7563252 | Automatic pen-type injector A syringe (1) is moved bodily forward by a plunger (7) (after release of a spring 8) by acting through an O-ring pressing onto an enlarged head (16) of a syringe container (3), in order to expose the needle (5) of the syring... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7534230 | Systems and methods for administering a medical regimen A medical regimen can be administered with a diagnostic and medication delivery system. In one form the system includes a medication delivery pen with a controller and a monitor for monitoring a characteristic of a bodily fluid with a controller. A case includes a c... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7534229 | Needle protection device for an injection unit A needle protecting device including: a sleeve-shaped base body which may be connected to a casing of the injection device or is formed by a casing of the injection device, a needle protecting sleeve which is mounted on the base body, wherein, in a proximal protecti... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7470257 | Syringe safety device A syringe safety device coupling between a vial and a syringe, including a tubular connector having a first axial end receiving the vial and a second, opposing axial end releasably receiving a syringe. The tubular connector encloses a sliding joint having opposing o... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7465293 | Syringe for inducing therapeutically-effective proteins A syringe for inducing therapeutically-effective proteins includes a syringe and an inner structure having an inductor disposed thereon for encouraging development of a desired protein. ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7455661 | Safety shield system for prefilled syringe A medical device is provided which includes a shield system and a syringe which is coupled to the shield system. The shield system includes a syringe holder and a shield which is slidably coupled to the holder. A spring resiliently urges the shield from a retracted ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7435237 | Mixing syringes with breakable septums Methods and systems for treating medical devices. The treatment includes introducing liquid antimicrobial agents into medical devices. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431989 | Article with lubricated surface and method A method for preparing one or more lubricated surfaces of an article to reduce the break-out force and sliding frictional force. A lubricant is applied to one or more surfaces, and the lubricant-coated surface is treated by exposing the surface to an energy source, ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427275 | Medication dispensing apparatus with triple screw threads for mechanical advantage A medication dispensing apparatus that provides a mechanical advantage. During dose preparing, a nut rotating element (410) and a screw element (368) are in a first axial arrangement such that a screwing motion of the nut rotating element and screw ele... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7397730 | Device with time indicating means The invention relates to a timer device capable of performing one or more control actions in response to the time lapsed since a user initiated action took place. The timer device comprises contact means operatable between two conditions, timer means, and means for ... | 07/08/2008 |
| RE40428 | Syringe Having Needle Isolation Features The present invention is a syringe tip cap comprising a bottom portion, a top portion, an annular skirt extending therebetween and a plug that projects proximally from the bottom portion so as to be telescoped into the passage of a syringe tip. The plug provides mea... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393342 | Bone cement mixing and delivery system including a delivery gun and a cartridge having a piston, the delivery gun configured to release the piston A bone cement mixing and delivery system is provided. The system includes a mixing cartridge for receiving liquid and powder components of bone cement, a mixing device for mixing the components, and a delivery gun for discharging the bone cement from the mixing cart... | 07/01/2008 |
