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...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5141506 | Systems and methods for creating substrate surfaces by photoablation A system for photoablating a photoablatable substrate (such as the cornea of a human eye) to create a rounded work surface includes a curved, hollow mirror for reflecting light capable of photoablating such surfaces. The curvature of the mirror determines... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5125922 | Method for laser surgery Method and apparatus for tissue cutting and cauterizing using a YAG laser and an optical fiber. YAG laser outputs at wavelengths of 1.06 and 1.3 microns are used for tissue cauterizing and cutting, respectively. In one embodiment, a multimode laser with m... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5116329 | Medical laser interconnect system The present invention comprises a first interconnect assembly and a second interconnect assembly which detachably connects to the first interconnect assembly. One of the interconnect assemblies includes a shutter for blocking an optical path. The first an... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5112328 | Method and apparatus for laser surgery Apparatus and method for laser surgery in which laser energy, pulsed or continuous, is focussed to a focus spot of ten to thirty microns which is located within tissue, or the like to cause highly localized heating. The pulsed radiation is in the TEM(oo) ... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5108388 | Laser surgery method An argon-flouride excimer laser or other laser source capable of generating far-ultraviolet radiation at 193 nm is pulsed with energy densities of greater than 20 mj per cm2 at a repetition rate up to 25 pulses per second to direct its radiatio... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5102409 | Method and apparatus for modification of corneal refractive properties A method and apparatus for modifying corneal refractive properties includes a laser source and an ring-like deflector positioned about the cornea. The ring-like deflector is contoured and positioned about the cornea. The contour of the deflector is select... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5098426 | Method and apparatus for precision laser surgery A system for effecting precision laser surgery includes an intensified surgical video microscope directed at the tissue to be operated upon and having zoom capability. The surgical microscope presents a microscopic image on a video screen in front of the ... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5092863 | Ophthalmological surgery apparatus and methods An apparatus for correcting the curvature of a cornea of an eye comprises a housing for placement on the cornea for altering the curvature of cornea to extend a portion of the cornea above a predefined plane parallel to a plane tangent to the eye. The app... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5092864 | Method and apparatus for improved laser surgery A method and apparatus for providing greater precision placement and control of the delivery of laser energy during laser surgery is disclosed and includes a pulse-controlled dye delivery system which may be coordinated with the delivery of laser energy t... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5086770 | Therapeutic apparatus with jewels Apparatus for producing a therapeutic radiation beam has a light/heat source (45 ) disposed behind a shield (42). The shield (42) is an apertured disc of silver or gilded copper. It has a multiplicity of apertures (43) in which there are jewels (48). Ther... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5084043 | Method for performing a percutaneous diskectomy using a laser A method for performing percutaneous diskectomy using a laser applies a laser beam from the laser to vaporize nucleus pulposus in the nucleus of the herniated disc. The wavelength of the laser beam will vary and depend on the laser system used.... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5074860 | Apparatus for directing 10.6 micron laser radiation to a tissue site A CO2 (10.6 micron) medical delivery end probe is described which enables line-of-sight viewing of a surgical site internally within a body within the very same endoscope used to house the probe. The end probe includes two different sections of... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5054486 | Remedial techniques for the treatment of painful disorders such as intervertebral disc hernia and the like Remedial techniques for the treatment of intervertebral disc hernia, stiff shoulders, rheumatics, allergy-related nasitis, lumbago, asthma, slipped disc, sprains and the like which do not require the use of drugs/medicines, comprise the individual or comb... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5046810 | Laser light applicator A laser light applicator comprises a laser light conductor fiber and a light guiding element of larger diameter than the fiber, distally connected thereto by means of a butt joint. The light conductor element is provided at its distal end with a ball head... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5019074 | Laser reprofiling system employing an erodable mask A laser system for reprofiling a surface comprising a laser and an erodable mask disposed between the laser means and the surface for providing a predefined profile of resistance to erosion by laser radiation, and control for controlling the laser such th... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5013311 | Envelope generator for a power beam The arrangement of this invention concerns a surgical apparatus, in particular for ophthalmological use. In addition to a power beam it includes a beam of coherent visible light (29) which is transformed into at least one elementary beam (30) by means of ... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5011483 | Combined electrosurgery and laser beam delivery device An apparatus coupled to a laser delivery device comprising a housing having a laser waveguide for receiving a laser beam from the delivery device and for transmitting the laser beam to an area of medical treatment and a connection for receiving radio freq... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4985029 | Laser apparatus for medical treatment A laser treatment apparatus wherein a tip member formed of a light-transmitting material having a low thermal conductivity and a high heat-resistant property is integrally welded to the tip portion of a fiber waveguide member connected to a laser beam sou... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4951663 | Method for enhanced sterilization of a living-tissue area of prospective surgical invasion The invention contemplates laser-aseptic phototherapy, for enhanced sterilization of an area of prospective surgical invasion of living tissue, by first administering, intravenously, orally or otherwise as appropriate, a photosensitizing agent having the ... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4932951 | Method and apparatus for controlling tissue growth and an applied fluctuating magnetic field An apparatus and method for regulating tissue growth in vivo are provided. The apparatus includes a magnetic field generator and a magnetic field detector for producing a controlled, fluctuating, directionally oriented magnetic field parallel to a predete... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4930504 | Device for biostimulation of tissue and method for treatment of tissue A device for biostimulation of tissue is disclosed comprising an array of substantially monochromatic radiation sources of a plurality of wavelengths, preferably of at least three different wavelengths. The radiation sources are arranged within the array ... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4878492 | Laser balloon catheter A laser balloon catheter intended primarily for coronary angioplasty includes a flexible tube having an inflatable balloon secured to its distal end, a central shaft within the balloon for carrying a guide wire, an optical fiber for carrying laser radiati... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4866243 | Laser applying apparatus A laser applying apparatus is provided with a laser source, setting means for setting the intensity of laser light applied to a portion to be irradiated, excitation means disposed in the laser source for selecting a stage of laser light intensity conformi... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4856512 | Laser head and microscope attachment assembly with swivel capability A microscope attachment assembly for mounting a portable surgical laser directly to a surgical microscope to permit the laser to be rotated with respect to the optical axis of the microscope to various physical positions so that if the position of laser o... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4850352 | Laser-surgical instrument with evacuation tip A laser surgical instrument is disclosed comprising a laser element mounted in a first hollow tubular member with a tapered open tip for insertion into a surgical site and having an opening at one for connection by a hollow tubing to a source of a purge g... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4724522 | Method and apparatus for modification of corneal refractive properties A method and apparatus for modifiying corneal refractive properties includes a laser source, computer control, and a plurality of deflectors including at least one rotating and translating deflector. A beam emitted from the laser source is deflected by th... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4715372 | Gas insufflation apparatus for use with an arthroscopic laser system The present invention is a gas insufflation apparatus which is used with an arthroscopic attachment having a gas inlet. A cylinder contains gas at a high pressure. A single stage regulator is fluidly coupled to the cylinder in order to regulate the inlet ... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4683884 | Noise attenuating smokeless surgical device A smokeless, low noise electrosurgical device includes a tubular housing having a passage extending axially therethrough, with one end of the passage connected to a source of negative gauge pressure. The other, inlet end of the housing is provided with an... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4580557 | Surgical laser system with multiple output devices A surgical laser system includes a laser, interchangeable peripheral output devices, a sensor effective to sense the power output of a peripheral device coupled to the sensor, and a control circuit for calibrating the radiation output of each device, inte... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4579430 | Method and apparatus for forming an image of the ocular fundus In contrast to techniques currently used such as the fundus camera, the strain to which the patient is exposed during the generation of an image of the ocular fundus is reduced by moving a laser beam across the retina in the form of a scanning raster and ... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4539987 | Apparatus for coagulation by heat radiation In a radiation coagulator having an electric incandescent lamp, in particular a tungsten-halogen low-voltage lamp, as radiation source, and a tissue contact element of a crystalline dielectric material transmissive to the radiation, forming a contact surf... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4492230 | Extension mechanism of adaptor for laser scalpel An extension mechanism of an adaptor for a laser-powered scalpel, in which an adaptor top portion is reciprocally movable in the axial direction along the length of the main body of an adaptor is disclosed. An internally threaded sleeve is mounted rotatab... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4485811 | Resection apparatus The resection apparatus includes a cutting instrument, e.g., a laser beam, and a unit for suturing the organ being resected, incorporating an oblong die with depressions for staples to bend, an oblong detachable staple body with a staple magazine and a st... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4478217 | Laser surgical apparatus In a laser surgical apparatus having a laser oscillator operable to oscillate to produce a laser beam, and an optical path connected to the laser oscillator for transmission of the laser beam, a hand piece at the fore end of the optical path is equipped w... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4470414 | Laser surgical knife A laser surgical knife characterized by switches, which can adjust an output power within the safe scope from the output power preliminarily set for a laser oscillator, mounted on an attachment of said laser surgical knife which is held by an operating su... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4228341 | Mechanical control system particularly useful for directing a laser beam A mechanical control system for moving a controlled device in response to the movement of a universally movable control member, comprises a first ball mounted for universal movement in a first socket; a second ball mounted for universal movement in a seco... | 10/14/1980 |
