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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182450 | Label, syringe body and syringe arrangement with label The label is executed as strip-shaped and adhered as directed in a self-overlapping fashion to a syringe body (1) which is inserted in a syringe protector formed from an insert (5) and a receiver (4). In the longitudinal direction of the strip i... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8034033 | Hypodermic syringe with vial attachment A medical syringe apparatus includes a syringe unit, a hypodermic needle attached to the syringe unit and at least one interfacing member for mating a labeled medication container to the syringe unit. The medication label is visible. The container remains mated to t... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7976508 | Medication safety system featuring a multiplexed RFID interrogator panel A medication safety system includes a panel mounted to an IV pole above a multi-channel infusion pump also mounted to the IV pole. The panel includes multiple RFID readers for reading the RFID tags placed on each of the medication containers mounted to the panel. Th... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7927313 | Medical device configuration based on recognition of identification information A medical delivery system (10) is provided for delivering a medicament (17) or fluid (17) to a patient. The system comprises a disposable element such as a line set (14) associated with a container (16) containing the fluid (17 | 04/19/2011 |
| 7918830 | Safety device for drug delivery devices and containers A drug administration safety device having a label configured to be attached to a drug container such as a syringe or IV bag, an adhesive on the back face of the label, and a backing or substrate for holding the label and protecting the adhesive prior to the applica... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7828776 | Chemical liquid injection system The present invention provides a chemical liquid injection system in which a chemical liquid injector can detect whether or not the injection of a liquid from a liquid syringe into a patient is inappropriate for a personal reason such as the development of a side ef... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7455662 | IV administration set identification system In an IV administration set including an IV solution container, a drip chamber having a hollow spike for introduction into the container, and an IV line having a port for delivering the IV solution to a patient, a system for identifying the components of the set inc... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7347841 | Protector for administering medicine A medicine assembly, and a protector that fits over at least a portion of the medicine assembly, the protector including a bar code and a locking element openable by means of a bar code reader reading the bar code, wherein when the locking element is in a locked ori... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341576 | Medical delivery/extraction system A medical delivery or extraction system comprising a needle assembly having a needle and a hub coupled to the needle. The hub includes a verification region or component. A syringe body rotatably coupled to the needle assembly includes at least one indicia on the ou... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7328837 | Method of attaching an RF ID tag to a hose and tracking system A hose tracking system having a hose assembly with an attached RF ID tag imbedded therein during manufacture, molded thereon or permanently attached. The RF ID tag is coded with an identification specific to the particular hose assembly. An RF ID tag reader is provi... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7303551 | Medical delivery/extraction system A medical delivery or extraction system comprising a needle assembly having a needle and a hub coupled to the needle. The hub includes a verification region or component. A syringe body rotatably coupled to the needle assembly includes at least one indicia on the ou... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299990 | RFID tag, printing paper, printer, and RFID system A radio frequency identification tag to be attached to printing paper includes an upper face that is opposite to a face to be attached to the printing paper, the upper face being made of a paper material substantially equal to the printing paper. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293803 | Method for indicating the user's name on a blood-sampling needle pen and the product thereof A method for indicating the user's name on a blood-sampling needle pen and the product thereof includes providing a see-through window on the housing of the blood-sampling needle pen, or having the housing made of transparent materials, forming a media compartment o... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7232066 | Systems and methods for tracking pharmaceuticals within a facility A medication-dispensing unit is provided for tracking medical products having a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag uniquely associated therewith. The dispensing unit includes compartments for receiving medical products therein, and readers for reading the RFI... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7195149 | Method of attaching an RF ID tag to a hose and tracking system A hose tracking system having a hose assembly with an attached RF ID tag imbedded therein during manufacture, molded thereon or permanently attached. The RF ID tag is coded with an identification specific to the particular hose assembly. An RF ID tag reader is provi... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192423 | Dispensing spike assembly with removable indicia bands A spike assembly for facilitating the supply of a fluid from a container to a hypodermic syringe, fluid conduit extending therethrough between first and second ends of a body, a piercing member located at the first end for piercing into the container to form a fluid... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7169135 | Fluid management and component detection system Devices that detect and monitor components and fluid used with an injector system, such as an angiographic injector system, are disclosed. The devices may include mechanical, electrical or software based indexing or keying features to ensure that only compatible com... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165715 | Apparatus for determining an optimal ergonomic setup A coding scheme is provided that relates to a dimension of a user. The dimension may be a hand size. Depending on the dimension, a code in the coding scheme may be determined. The code indicates an optimal ergonomic setup for a user. A user may thus use the determin... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164133 | Delivery device and method for its operation A system of marked medical containers comprises at least two containers having different properties in at least one respect, and at least one machine-readable marking on each of the containers, each marking being designed to allow discrimination between the differen... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7140542 | Systems and methods for tracking pharmaceuticals within a facility A medication-dispensing unit is provided for tracking medical products having a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag uniquely associated therewith. The dispensing unit includes compartments for receiving medical products therein, and readers for reading the RFI... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134200 | Device and method for identifying cables A device and method for identification marking of cables, especially electric cables, that are continuously provided with unambiguous markings at least in their end sections. The cable is cut such that the marking of interest is visible directly behind the shell of ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128729 | Angiographic injector system and method of use An angiographic injector system and a method of controllably delivering medical fluid to a patient from an angiographic injector system are disclosed. A multiple processor control system is used to actively control the injection process and to monitor sensed functio... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7115113 | Drug delivery and monitoring system A drug administration system includes a cradle attached about an intravenous injection port having a flange extending therefrom. The cradle supports first drug administration information in the nature of machine and human readable code, for example, barcode. A syrin... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7104973 | Medicament cartridge Many of those having diabetes take a combination of slow and fast acting types of insulin. It is important that the different forms of medicament do not become confused and that the patient does not receive the incorrect medicament. In combination a medicament deliv... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101352 | Pressure sleeve assembly A pressure sleeve assembly and a method of its use in a fluid injection system are disclosed. The pressure sleeve assembly includes a longitudinal base member, an endplate associated with the longitudinal base member, a fixed or freely removable door, a cylinder and... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098794 | Deactivating a data tag for user privacy or tamper-evident packaging Deactivating a data tag attached to packaging for user privacy or tamper-evident reasons. A data circuit stores identification information. A plurality of antennas is coupled to the data circuit. At least one antenna of the plurality of antennas is a removable anten... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7074209 | Drug delivery and monitoring system A drug administration system includes a cradle attached about an intravenous injection port having a flange extending therefrom. The cradle supports first drug administration information in the nature of machine and human readable code, for example, barcode. A syrin... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7044932 | Implantable drug pump access template An implantable drug pump and an access template for locating the implanted pump refill septum, also known as a refill port, or cathether access port are disclosed. The access template comprises a denial surface, an access port, and template labeling. The denial surf... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7044380 | Methods, systems and computer program products for communicating product status information Methods of communicating product status information include maintaining a record of a product identification string associated with a product of a user, the product identification string being associated with a corresponding batch of the product. A batch status requ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041941 | Medical item thermal treatment systems and method of monitoring medical items for compliance with prescribed requirements Various present invention devices enable adherence to requirements for medical items. A medical item of the present invention includes a monitoring or data recording device to monitor and/or record medical solution conditions. The device may further include indicato... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7018363 | Encoding and sensing of syringe information A syringe for use with a powered injector to inject a fluid into a patient that includes a length of material adapted to transmit or propagate electromagnetic energy therethrough. The length of material includes at least a first indicator positioned along the length... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6980111 | Medication tracking system An apparatus and method for determining the location of a medication container, such as an intravenous bag. ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6969865 | Systems and methods for detection and measurement of elements in a medium Systems and associated methods are provided for improving detection and measurement of elements in a medium, particularly the measurement of gaseous bubbles in liquid medium, such as blood injected into a patient's body. The systems include a radiation emitter to em... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966897 | Combined container-syringe and assembly method of the same The present invention provides a combined container-syringe comprising a syringe body containing a cylindrical-shaped cylinder; a cylindrical tip provided at the anterior end of said cylinder; a finger grip fitted to the posterior end of the cylinder; an injection n... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6955002 | Medication marking system A flag for labeling medications provided in a medication cup, for use in the sterile field operating room, has a cup section with an adhesive back surface peelably attached to a backing sheet. A flag section is attached to the cup section of the flag at a bend line.... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6929619 | Injector An injector 20 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 the following features: (1) a syringe m... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6929004 | Medicament carrier There is provided a carrier comprising a sheet (10) having a first portion and a second portion; a retainer (20) in said first portion for containment of product; a fold in said second portion such that the second portion is foldable towards said retai... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6846298 | Blood product delivery system The present invention provides methods and devices for maintaining the integrity of blood products throughout preparation, processing and application to a patient or desired site. Coding methods are incorporated onto or into processing and delivery containers which ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6733478 | System and method for providing information from a syringe to an injector A front-loading syringe which comprises a movable plunger for injecting liquid contrast media, is rotatably mountable on a front wall of an injector housing with an interference fit and in sealed relationship with respect thereto, with or without a pressure jacket, ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6613012 | IV administration set identification system A system is used for identifying IV administration set components, wherein the IV set includes an IV solution container, a drip chamber having a hollow spike for introduction into the container, and an IV line for delivering the IV solution to a patient. ... | 09/02/2003 |
