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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7326564 | Flow system for medical device evaluation and production In some embodiments, a flow system includes a medical device mount, fluid and a conduit containing the fluid and medical device mount. The conduit is mounted on an assembly that moves the conduit along with the medical device mount to induce relative motion of the f... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7254988 | Method and apparatus for testing pulsatile endurance of a vascular implant A method for testing the pulsatile endurance of a vascular implant 3 comprises placing a resilient insert 4 into the implant and repeatedly expanding and contracting the insert, thereby expanding and contracting the implant. The insert preferably has a... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7150762 | Pressure/temperature monitoring device for prosthetics An apparatus and method for monitoring aspects of a socket of a prosthetic limb having a residual limb contained therein. The apparatus includes and the method uses sensors for measuring one or more of pressure, force, temperature, moisture, and vacuum and one or mo... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7025778 | Endovascular graft with pressure, temperature, flow and voltage sensors An endovascular graft having one or more sensors attached to its internal and external surface, one or more power sources attached to its external surface and one or more transmitters attached to its external surface, the sensors capable of measuring pertinent param... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6881569 | Apparatus and method for evaluating tissue engineered biological material An apparatus and method that allows the visualization of leakage of cell culture media through a conduit wall of a tissue-engineered biological construct such as a semilunar heart valve or valve graft under controlled physiologic conditions. The apparatus and method... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6799380 | Template for a modular joint prosthesis component A template for use in matching parts (6, 8) of a modular joint prosthesis component to an image of a bone in which the prosthesis component is to be implanted, the prosthesis component including first and second parts (6, 8) which are fitted together t... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6638307 | Methods of surface treatment for enhancing the performance of a floating phakic refractive lens design A method of preparing phakic intraocular lenses from hydrophobic materials is described. In this process, the lens is tested to determine whether it can float submerged in an aqueous medium. If it cannot (e.g., if it remains on top of the aqueous medium),... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6626940 | Medical device activation system A medical device vibratory activation system is disclosed. The system includes an implantable appliance comprising a conductive material and a signal producing mechanism having a portion configured to be located relative to the implantable appliance. The ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6517576 | Implantable patch prosthesis having one or more cusps for improved competency A patch prosthesis includes at least one cusp extending from a length of an associated valve wall. An elongated sheet of biocompatible material is attached to the valve wall, such that a portion of the elongated sheet extends beyond an inflow end of the c... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6238437 | Able-bodied artificial foot phosthesis testing apparatus The present invention is footwear for use by an able-bodied person to test and appreciate the functions of a prosthetic foot. The footwear includes an upper for attachment to a user's foot and a mounting plate attached to the inside sole of the footwear. ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 5814098 | Adjustable sizing apparatus The present invention is a single apparatus that can be adjusted through a range of diameters to measure an anatomical tissue annulus. The apparatus includes an elongated support member having a proximal end and a distal end. An operator actuated movable ... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5792603 | Apparatus and method for sterilizing, seeding, culturing, storing, shipping and testing tissue, synthetic or native, vascular grafts An apparatus and method for sterilizing, seeding, culturing, storing, shipping, and testing vascular grafts is disclosed. Specifically, the present invention relates to an apparatus and method for seeding and culturing vascular grafts with human cells. Th... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5774202 | Method and optical means for improving or modifying color vision and method for making said optical means A method and optical articles for improving or modifying human color vision by using a color filter with a spectral transmission ͌(λ) to compensate for differences between a spectral sensitivity P*(λ), D*(λ), T*(λ) of an eye with impaired color visio... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5768134 | Method for making a perfected medical model on the basis of digital image information of a part of the body A method is set fourth for making a perfected medical model on the basis of digital image information of a part of the body. According to which this image information of a part of the body is converted, by means of what is called the rapid prototyping tec... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5716407 | Method of rendering identifiable a living tissue implant using an electrical transponder marker A passive transponder may be encoded with a number or code of up to 64 binary bits and then associated with or mounted to virtually any living tissue implant for implantation in a human. After implantation, the transponder's code may be conveniently read ... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5674288 | Implant with transponder marker A passive transponder may be encoded with a number or code of up to 64 binary bits and then mounted to virtually any prosthesis implanted in a human, such as a breast implant. After implantation, the transponder's code may be conveniently read with a hand... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5423334 | Implantable medical device characterization system A system for enabling the acquisition from outside the body of a patient of data pertaining to a medical device implanted therein. A characterization tag is secured to the medical device prior to the implantation thereof. The characterization tag is power... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5360014 | Sizing apparatus for heart valve with supra annular suture ring A sizing apparatus for a supra-annular heart valve comprising a sizing probe mounted on a bendable shaft. The sizing probe comprises a cylindrical body with a proximal surrounding lip, the body and lip having a combined height equivalent to a similar heig... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5320100 | Implantable prosthetic device having integral patency diagnostic indicia An implantable prosthetic device comprises a remotely detectible component disposed in the body forming the device for allowing the device to be detected by x-ray, ultrasonic, or MRI imaging. By disposing at least two remotely detectible components in the... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5300120 | Implant with electrical transponder marker A passive transponder may be encoded with a number or code of up to 64 binary bits and then mounted to virtually any prosthesis implanted in a human, such as a breast implant. After implantation, the transponder's code may be conveniently read with a hand... | 04/05/1994 |
| 4917703 | Bone ingrowth chamber An apparatus for studying tissue ingrowth in an implant under different experimental conditions, in particular in response to locally administered test substances is made of a bio-compatible material, preferably pure titanium, and is implanted in living b... | 04/17/1990 |
