Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7951136 | Coupler wrench A tip wrench/coupler having a generally hollow body for the storage and/or attachment of a tip, and a plurality of fluidic couplers that allow the wrench/coupler to connect two or more handpiece together in series, fluidically, thereby allowing the handpieces to be ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7147625 | Leg bag accessory An accessory is connected between a leg bag and a urinary catheter to prevent microorganisms migrating from the leg bag up through the catheter. The accessory has a sleeve, connectors to connect the sleeve to the leg bag and to the urinary catheter, a filter positio... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7128348 | Female connector A female connector including: a cylindrical core member having a luer taper on a distal inner surface thereof and a tube bonding portion formed on a proximal end inner surface and being formed with a flange at a distal extremity thereof; a cylindrical housing having... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7081109 | Sterile docking apparatus and method The present invention provides an inventive apparatus and method for docking of a male luer connector fluidly interconnected or interconnectable to a medical liquid source during one or repeated periods. As such, the invention has particular application to multiple-... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7037303 | Urinary flow control valve A flow control valve (22) such as for a catheter (10) allows discharge of urine from a bladder (12) by manual actuation. The valve (22) may be a double-duckbill valve (22) with a single slit (62) at one apex (60a | 05/02/2006 |
| 6955660 | Internal expansion syringe adaptor An adaptor for connecting a syringe to an aspiration and/or irrigation device, typically a medical device such as a catheter, cannula or needle, is described herein. The adaptor is comprised of two components: a deformable elastomeric expansion sleeve and a relative... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6663597 | Guidewire and catheter locking device and method Locking device that is mounted on an endoscope or the like for selectively securing the position of a guide wire and/or catheter relative to the endoscope or the like. The locking device preferably includes a side wall with an opening therein for receivin... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6599264 | Method and system for administering a medication A method and a needleless injection system for administering a medication. In order to simplify as far as possible the handling necessary for loading the injector with medication and thereby eliminate risks caused by a complex handling the method and syst... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6588427 | Heat and moisture exchanger adapter to closed suction catheter assembly and system having improved catheter cleaning An endotracheal suction catheter apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a distal end that is configured for allowing a catheter to be moved through the distal end and into the respiratory tract of a patient. The distal end defines a cleaning chambe... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6562023 | Catheter connector including seal ring and method A catheter connector includes an outlet tube (34, 36), and a compression seal (140) defining an undulating shape to product ring seals during use. A cam slot formed on a lever arm is useable in locking a locking sleeve (120) of the connector. The lever ar... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6210365 | Perfusion catheter system having sutureless arteriotomy seal and methods of use Apparatus and methods are provided for delivering oxygenated blood to a patient undergoing cardiac surgery using a perfusion catheter having a distal end carrying first and second sealing members. When the perfusion catheter is inserted through an arterio... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6196967 | Arthroscopic component joining system An arthroscopic or endoscopic component joining system for selectively and temporarily connecting instruments during closed surgical procedures. The system is modular and operable as a bridge system for connecting instruments to selected cannulas or as a ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6193706 | Guidewire extension system with tactile connection indication A guidewire extension system including a guidewire and an extension wire is disclosed. The system includes female and male connector segments located on the proximal end of the guidewire or the distal end of the extension wire. The hollow female connector... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5464400 | Epidural connector An epidural connector has a housing in two parts, one of which contains a resilient, compressible slug with an axial bore into which an epidural cannula is inserted. The slug has a hexagonal external shape with flats separated from one another by rounded ... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5429620 | Calibrated disconnect joint for urethral catheter A calibrated disconnect joint for use with indwelling urethral balloon catheters is included between main portions of a catheter-drainage tube (10) and a bag-drainage tube (16). The calibrated disconnect joint includes male and female portions (or tubular... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5217441 | Trocar guide tube positioning device A trocar penetration depth indicator has a first, inner housing including a first threaded section and longitudinally extending gripping fingers, and a second, outer housing including a camming surface and a second threaded section to engage the first thr... | 06/08/1993 |
| 4827926 | Flexible support arm for medical instruments A flexible, radiolucent support arm for use with medical instruments in surgical procedures can have its geometric configuration and orientation readily altered by the surgeon, and the support arm for a medical instrument, such as a brain retractor blade,... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4820280 | Pass-through tube for presurized chamber A pass-through tube for use in conveying intravenous fluid to a patient in a pressurized chamber, the tube including a tubular body having an outer surface shaped and sized to sealably mate with the interior surface of a connector passing through the wall... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4573978 | Angiographic syringe and connector for joining a catheter thereto An angiographic syringe and a connector for effecting the connection of a catheter to the syringe is disclosed. The connector is a tubular member that engages the syringe at the discharge end and removably engages a suitable end member of a catheter. In t... | 03/04/1986 |
