Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4530525 | Access port forming device and method A device and method for use in forming an access port, and also in forming a leakproof seal between a conduit (e.g., a catheter tube) and a thermoplastic film (e.g., the wall of an ostomy bag, wound cover pouch, or similar pouch). The device includes inte... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4460359 | Clamp closure assembly A closure clamp for the drainage outlet of an ostomy bag is disclosed. The clamp comprises an elongated strip of stiffly flexible plastic material having a centrally located winding portion and a pair of closure wings integral with and extending from the ... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4381765 | Ileostomy valve An ileostomy valve for controlling bowel continence. The valve includes drainage tube means having a flexible outer end portion and an inner end portion, securing means carried by the inner end portion for securing the latter to the stoma of a patient dee... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4134404 | Portable colostomy kit A colostomy kit which features a small, portable waste receptacle adapted to be strapped about the waist of the user. The kit includes a removable cover having an integrally formed inlet conduit with a self-contained control valve. The conduit may be conn... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4050461 | Stoma irrigation system A stoma irrigation device is disclosed which enables a colostomy patient to adapt a simple open-ended tubular sheet plastic drain sleeve of low cost, disposable type for use in performing any of the several standard methods of irrigation using a cone, a c... | 09/27/1977 |
| 3937224 | Colostomy catheter Colostomy-type catheter devices having multiple sealing balloons dispersed adjacent each end of a single tube, and having a side arm communicating with the lumen of the tube through which fluids may be introduced or withdrawn. Each balloon may have its ow... | 02/10/1976 |
