Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8021324 | Venous access port assembly with X-ray discernable indicia A venous access port assembly (10) having a housing base (28) with a discharge port (16), a septum (14) and a cap (48), with an interior reservoir (22). The housing base (28) is provided with X-ray discernable indicia... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7963939 | Syringe having extended blending path An injection device such as a syringe, which has a helical flow path for a solution in which the solvent and solute have been introduced. The helical flow path is formed by a helically configured member which has general overall configuration of a helical coil sprin... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7862539 | System and method for infusing toxins using safety set, connect set and cyto admin set The present invention provides a method for safely infusing a toxic fluid into a patient comprising the steps of drawing toxic fluid from a toxic fluid container into a withdrawing syringe, disconnecting a safety set from the toxic fluid container at a junction of a... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7776011 | Syringe devices and methods for mixing and administering medication The invention includes a device having a chamber within a syringe. A fluid passageway extends through a syringe piston. A valve is associated with the passageway controlling fluid passage through the piston. The invention includes a piercing structure having a head ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7749189 | Syringe devices and methods for mixing and administering medication The invention includes a device having a chamber within a syringe. A fluid passageway extends through a syringe piston. A valve is associated with the passageway controlling fluid passage through the piston. The invention includes a piercing structure having a head ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7731678 | Syringe devices and methods for mixing and administering medication The invention includes a device having a chamber within a syringe. A fluid passageway extends through a syringe piston. A valve is associated with the passageway controlling fluid passage through the piston. The invention includes a piercing structure having a head ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7731679 | Syringe devices and methods for mixing and administering medication The invention includes a device having a chamber within a syringe. A fluid passageway extends through a syringe piston. A valve is associated with the passageway controlling fluid passage through the piston. The invention includes a piercing structure having a head ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7635344 | Syringe devices and methods for mixing and administering medication The invention includes a device having a chamber within a syringe. A fluid passageway extends through a syringe piston. A valve is associated with the passageway controlling fluid passage through the piston. The invention includes a piercing structure having a head ... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7341575 | Medical injector and medicament loading system for use therewith The present invention discloses a medical injector and medicament loading system for use therewith. The medicament loading system includes cap for a medicament cartridge. The cap has a post for causing movement of the cartridge stopper toward the seal when the cap e... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7329235 | Powder and liquid mixing syringe A mixing syringe having a first sealed chamber containing a powder (powder housing) and a second sealed chamber containing a liquid (liquid housing). When the user needs to inject a patient, he or she holds the mixing syringe approximately upright and depresses a pl... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322956 | System and method for mixing at least four components System for mixing four components including a first syringe arrangement and a second syringe arrangement each with two chambers for holding components. Each of the two respective chambers of the syringe arrangements are connected in a uniquely defined fashion due to... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7267668 | Disposable syringe and cartridge with pneumatic chamber A syringe or cartridge having a hollow barrel with an open end and a second end suitable for attaching a needle assembly. A master plunger assembly that includes a master plunger and a plunger member is mounted in the barrel for longitudinal movement therein. A slav... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7252677 | Light generating device to intravascular use Light generating devices for illuminating portions of vascular tissue, to render photodynamic therapy. In one embodiment, a light source array preferably including a plurality of light emitting diodes, a focusing lens, and a light diffusing element are included in a... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7223262 | Connector, container with such a connector and fluid preparation device with a mating connector for such a container The invention relates to the field of connectors for connecting a container with a fluid preparation device for preparing a fluid, in particular a container with a concentrate for the preparation of dialysis fluid. In order to simplify the handling during both the m... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7195623 | Kit including side firing syringe needle for preparing a drug in an injection pen cartridge A kit and needle assembly for reconstituting a quantity of a lyophilized pharmaceutical. The kit of the invention may include a reconstituting appliance having a non-transparent needle covering portion with a hollow adapted to receive the inserted stoppered end of t... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7186241 | Syringe with needle penetrable and laser resealable stopper A syringe and a reconstitution syringe are provided for the delivery of controlled doses of any of numerous different sterile substances, such as vaccines, medicaments, pharmaceutical preparations, cosmetics, and food products. A plunger of the syringe defines a res... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182987 | Process of injection moulding a syringe from polyethylene wax containing polypropylenne, syringe obtained thereby and particulate composition therefor The invention provides a syringe barrel formed by injection moulding of a polypropylene composition, characterised in that said polypropylene composition contains a polyethylene wax. The invention further provides a syringe having a barrel formed by injection mouldi... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7164107 | Enhanced sample processing devices, systems and methods Devices, systems, and methods for processing sample materials. The sample materials may be located in a plurality of process chambers in the device, which is rotated during heating of the sample materials. ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7163013 | Apparatus for the nasal or oral delivery of a medicament An apparatus (1) for the nasal or oral delivery of a medicament, comprises: (a) a sealed flexible container (3) containing the medicament and a gaseous propellant for the medicament; and (b) a delivery device (5), comprising: (i) a main body par... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7112188 | Medication capsule, syringe used with medication capsule and method of administrating medication A medical syringe employs a capsule containing multiple doses of medication within a sealed storage chamber formed between concentric inner and outer walls. The inner wall forms a cavity including a delivery chamber from which a single dose of medication is ejected.... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7101354 | Mixing syringe with and without flush A displaceable valved stopper is disclosed which partitions a conventional syringe into proximal and distal chambers to provide a multi-chamber, mixing syringe assembly. Also the valved stopper and a valve assembly are disclosed for use in a single conventional syri... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090646 | Plunger-less syringe for controlling blood flow A plunger-less syringe and method of use are disclosed. The syringe includes an outer housing fixedly attached to an interior receptacle for receiving a quantity of blood. The syringe has a vent that allows air to escape from the receptacle as blood flows therein. T... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077827 | Syringe for sequential delivery of different fluids A syringe for sequentially administering different fluids includes a floating piston which separates the syringe into a first portion for receiving a first fluid to be administered and a second portion for receiving a second fluid to be administered. The floating pi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7048721 | Needleless syringe A needleless syringe that provides the necessary high pressure, is easily generated despite the utilization of relatively thin-walled glass ampules for storing an injectable medicine. A plastic body of the needleless syringe contains an interior space surrounded by ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7037289 | Apparatus and methods for dispensing an adhesive tissue sealant The present invention provides an improved dispenser suitable for quickly and easily setting up and dispensing multi-part tissue sealants or other multi-part compositions requiring separation of the components until just prior to application on the tissue surface. T... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7007829 | Hollow handle push-up piston for a food container A dessert container has a tube with a piston. The piston includes a food contact member slidably mounted in the tube. The piston also has a hollow rod extending from and suitable for use with the food contact member. With the piston thus mounted in the tube, wherein... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7001362 | Syringe for visco-elastic solutions A device for dispensing viscoelastic solutions, said device consisting of a syringe (1) which contains at least two viscoelastic solutions (V1, V2) having different properties, said solutions (V1, V2) being dispensed in succession,... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997357 | Discharge device for at least one medium A discharge device for at least one medium has at least two media reservoir sections positioned rigidly relative to one another and which pass into one another in their interior through a step shoulder. The reservoir sections are formed by two separate hollow bodies... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6981963 | Pre-filled safety diluent injector A safety needle-bearing device for mixing and injecting medication from a two-chambered cartridge is provided. The device includes a needle that extends through the forward end of a barrel. A two-chambered cartridge is attached to the barrel and contains components ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6976989 | Device for injecting an intraocular lens made of flexible material A device for injecting an intraocular lens, the device including a syringe body (1) having a piston (2) mounted therein. The body (1) constitutes a single piece and includes a cylindrical portion (3) capable of containing the lens (4 | 12/20/2005 |
| 6953447 | Pre-filled safety injection device with integrated waste collector The invention relates to a pre-filled injection device for injecting a liquid or semisolid composition into a subject, said injection device comprising: a housing (1) containing at its distal end the liquid or semisolid comp... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6945962 | Sequential syringe apparatus A medical sequential syringe apparatus has two or more fluids of predetermined volume dispensed therefrom. The apparatus includes a tubular cartridge containing fluid is sealed at one end by a membrane with a hollow tubular spike mounted at one end of the body facin... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6929620 | Injector for liquid medicine An injector for liquid medicine comprises a cylindrical body 1, first and second gasket 2, 3 contained in a lumen of cylindrical body 1. The cylindrical body 1 is provided with a fluid inlet 13 and a fluid outlet 14 in oppos... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6911021 | Safety syringe for taking blood A safety syringe for taking blood has a hollow barrel, a seal, a tube and a needle hub. The hollow barrel has an outside surface, a proximal open end and a distal closed end. The seal with an inner needle is mounted inside the hollow barrel. The tube has a proximal ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6907679 | Method for lyophilizing an active agent A process for lyophilizing a solution of an active agent in a container is provided. Solution of active agent is deposited into a container, the container is covered with a covering plate and placed inside a lyophilizing apparatus. Lyophilization can be conducted to... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6852103 | Sliding reconstitution device with seal The present invention provides a connector device for establishing fluid communication between a first container and a second container. The device has a first sleeve member having a first and a second end, the first sleeve member having at the first end a first att... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6685692 | Drug delivery system A drug delivery system stores a beneficial agent and mixes the beneficial agent with a component in a reservoir, the mixture to be delivered to a patient. A plunger in the drug delivery system delivers the beneficial agent to a reservoir containing a comp... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6673038 | Needleless injector cartridge A needleless injector cartridge, comprises an injection component (1) defining a void (17) therein for receiving medicament, and having an injection discharge orifice communicating with the void. The cartridge further comprises a transfer device (2) compr... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6666852 | Axially activated vial access adapter Axially activated vial access adapter allowing repeated withdrawal of a medical fluid contained in the container by the use of a needleless device such as a syringe barrel or IV set having a luer connector. The axially activated vial access adapter includ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6648852 | Dispenser for an adhesive tissue sealant A dispenser in which a dry powder (one component of a two-part adhesive tissue sealant and/or adhesive) is stored in a container (e.g., a carpule) having a septum at one end, an open end opposite the septum, and a movable plug. The powder is retained at t... | 11/18/2003 |
