Did You Know...
...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8011538 | Dispensing tool An apparatus for dispensing material is provided having a body portion and housing for supporting cartridges filled with materials for dispensing. The housing includes a dispensing end, an attachment end, and an elongated opening for receiving the cartridges. The ap... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7708169 | Compact powered caulking gun with scissor type dispensing mechanism Compact powered caulking gun comprising of a body consisting of two clamshells. A removable cartridge cradle with a three position, rheostatic extrusion speed regulator, Forward-On, Off, Reverse-On switch attached to the body. A motor operatively coupled to an actua... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7445135 | Container and pusiier A container, which houses a liquid such as a sealant in a flexible pouch 11 in a sealed state, is provided with a spout 2 that is constituted by an extrusion nozzle 22 and a spout base member 21 and formed on one end thereof so that the e... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7371241 | Multi-use surgical cement dispenser apparatus and kit for same The present invention is directed to a system and method for percutaneous delivery of bone cement during a surgical procedure. The system of the present invention has a plunger assembly 100, comprising: a shaft having a first end, a middle section, and a seco... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364054 | Dispensing tool A tool for dispending one- or multi-component masses contained in cartridges or foil bags includes at least one handle (4; 34; 54), at least one piston rod (5; 35; 55) a displacement mechanism (6; 56) for displacing the at least one piston rod (... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7334709 | Pneumatic caulking gun A pneumatic caulking gun includes a gun body, an air valve, a control unit, a trigger, a barrel, a push plate, a connecting base, a safety valve, and a push rod. Thus, the trigger is pressed to fill the pressurized air with the barrel successively to push the push p... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325702 | Orthopaedic paste delivering tool and method for continually delivering the paste The present invention discloses a technique for continually delivering an orthopaedic paste into a bone, which will harden in the bone and act as a medical implant. The present invention uses a replacement mechanism in delivering the paste stored in a chamber throug... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7306129 | One way valve assembly A one way valve assembly flows a sterile flowable substance from a source to an outlet orifice and prevents any backflow of contaminants through the one way valve assembly when the flowable substance ceases to flow. The valve assembly includes an elastomeric membran... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7293678 | Caulking gun A C-gun type caulking gun which is similar to a conventional caulking gun in all respects except that it is designed to accept a non-standard disposable caulking cartridge having double the capacity of the standard 0.33 liter (11 ounce) disposable cartridges or to a... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290543 | Fluid product dispensing device A fluid dispenser device having a body (1), a fluid reservoir (3) containing two half-doses, a dispensing mechanism that dispenses a half-dose of fluid upon actuation, and an energy accumulation mechanism (50, 51, 55) that accumulates energy in ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289878 | Apparatus and method for modifying operation of an electric gun driver A method and apparatus for providing adjustment of current-related dispensing parameters in an electric dispensing gun. A control circuit receives user-selected inputs corresponding to dispensing parameters of the gun and converts those inputs into digital signals. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7278555 | Dispensing apparatus A dispensing apparatus is provided for dispensing viscous product from containers of product, usually by extruding product from a container outlet. Product is discharged by a plunger which causes product to be discharged, and the plunger is operated by a drive arran... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7264141 | Fluid dispenser with passive pressurization A fluid dispenser from which fluid may be dispensed upon passive pressurization of a fluid reservoir therein. Upon exposing a nib of the fluid dispenser to the surroundings, either by disengagement of a cap or extension or contraction of the fluid dispenser, the flu... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261220 | Cordless DC caulk gun A cordless device for dispensing a viscous material including housing components for a product cartridge, a DC motor, an air pump, and a rechargeable battery. The device has a pressure limiting switch that maintains a pre-determined pressure of compressed air in a g... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7198623 | Fiber-coated dental infusor systems and methods of use A method for controlling bleeding during dental procedures using a medicament delivery system having a medicament under pressure and a hollow cannula having a fiber coated distal delivery end through which the medicament is dispensed, includes: (i) applying under hy... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7192267 | Power dough and food materials press A cookie press includes a helically-threaded rod that advances forward as it is being rotated about its axis by a gear. As a result, a plunger is advanced and pushes dough down a barrel and squeezes the dough through an aperture at the end of the barrel. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182228 | Cartridge with connection for a pump-drive and fluid handling system In a cartridge for a fluid, as well as a system for handling a fluid using such a cartridge, the cartridge has a tank shaped as a cylinder with an opening to admit and discharge the fluid, as well as a piston that can be moved forward and/or back in the tank in orde... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7175055 | Frontloaded injection device A frontloaded injection device that includes a cartridge holder into which a replaceable cartridge containing a fluid is inserted. The cartridge holder includes a closing element such as a pair of claws which are displaceable in a radial direction. The closing eleme... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163130 | Portable gas powered fluid dispenser A caulking gun has a tubular chamber to surround sleeve-like rigid tubes and compressible sausage type containers containing viscous materials including sealants, adhesives, caulking, mastics and the like. When rigid tubes are loaded into the chamber, compressed gas... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7163128 | Hard ice cream dispenser A hard ice cream dispenser configured to dispense hard ice cream. The hard ice cream dispenser comprises a housing support structure; a drive assembly coupled to and supported by the housing, and having a plunger drive means configured to displace a plunger; a sleev... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7140343 | Overload protection mechanism According to the invention, an assembly includes at least one piston assembly (4105), a rotating member (4130), and a transition arm (4110). The transition arm couples the piston assembly (4105) to the rotating member (4130). The a... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140518 | Atomizer An atomizer that includes a tubular sheath having at least two tooth-edged slits, a compressible and expandable reservoir preferably made of accordion-like pleats and placed inside the tubular sheath allowing only a neck portion with an opening to extend outside of ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134566 | Container lid with closure member A lid for a container holding a flowable substance has an annular top wall. A side wall depends from the top wall, and has a mounting portion for connecting the lid on the container. The top wall has an opening that is adapted to permit the flow of the substance thr... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131551 | Container lid with closure member A lid for a container holding a flowable substance wherein the lid has a body with a top wall, a side wall, and a mounting portion for connecting the lid on the container. The body has a drink opening and at least one retaining member positioned in the top wall in v... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128244 | Safety cap for fluid dispensing cartridges A removable safety cap (10) for use with an ink cartridge or other fluid holding container having a nozzle (34) extending from the dispensing end. The safety cap (10) prevents the flow of ink out of the cartridge or, if ink escapes past the disp... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7100804 | Dispenser with a metering device A pressure medium-operated dispenser for dispensing a mass from a storage and dispensing container and including a housing, a dispensing device (13) supported in the housing (12) and having a pressure medium-operated plunger (15) with at least o... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7086565 | Module for dispensing adhesive and adhesive applicator incorporating the module A reusable or disposable adhesive dispensing cartridge including a housing for containing a quantity of adhesive, an adhesive delivery element connected to the housing and having a plurality teeth spaced apart by recesses and a plate movably mounted in the housing t... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7080936 | Wrap spring clutch syringe ram and frit mixer A wrap spring clutch syringe ram pushes at least one syringe with virtually instantaneous starting and stopping, and with constant motion at a defined velocity during the intervening push. The wrap spring clutch syringe ram includes an electric motor, a computer, a ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7073687 | Multi-front front catch plate design for various multi-component cartridges An front catch plate for manual, pneumatic or battery powe-operated dual-barrel dispensing guns of the type having a pair of laterally-displaced and adjustable plunger shafts with end-mounted pistons for extruding compound from both cartridges of a variety of sizes ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7037314 | Multiple band ligator and anoscope system and method for using same A hemorrhoidal ligator and anoscope system used to facilitate ligation of internal hemorrhoids. The ligating device consists of head, shaft and firing handle assemblies and is capable of storing and releasing multiple rubber bands singularly. The ligating device com... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032785 | Caulking gun having angle adjustment function A caulking gun includes a gun body, a push rod, a push plate, an adjusting knob, and a piston lever. Thus, the adjusting knob is rotated to move away from the push plate to increase the incline angle of the push plate, so that the push plate is locked on the push ro... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7032786 | Caulking gun having angle adjustment function A caulking gun includes a gun body, a push rod, a push plate, an adjusting seat, a driving member, and an elastic member. Thus, the adjusting seat is movable in the gun body by rotation of the driving member to adjust the incline angle of the push plate by guidance ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7032790 | Container, sealing cap and method for sealing a nozzle tip of a curable liquid dispensing container A cap for curable material dispensing containers prevents the material from curing after opening the dispensing nozzle. Thus, when mounted on a partially-dispensed container, the nozzle cap preserves flowable materials such as air-cured glues, sealants, caulks, etc.... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6997356 | Dispensing apparatus Dispensing apparatus is provided for dispensing viscous product from containers (10) of product, usually by extruding product from a container outlet. Product is discharged by a plunger (13) which causes product to be discharged and the plunger is oper... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6981868 | Dental filling instrument and attachment therefor A dental injecting apparatus for injecting a dental filler and a dental tool attached to such a dental injecting apparatus. The apparatus includes: an injection rod for injecting a dental filler; an injection rod driver for performing a dental filler injecting opera... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981618 | Container assembly for a substance to be applied A container assembly for a substance to be applied is provided that includes a injector housing, an application tip, and a closure cap. The application tip and the closure cap are alternatively removably securable to the outlet end of the injector housing in a subst... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6976608 | Cartridge charged with fluid materials and device for loading such cartridge to fluid dispensing apparatuses A cartridge-loading device is provided, to which a cartridge charged with a fluid material is loaded. The device comprises a cylindrical device body, piston, and nozzle. Both ends of the device body are opened to provide a bore therethrough. The cartridge is inserte... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6964357 | Stable upright fluid dispensing containers A stable upright fluid dispensing container in which a fluid is dispensed from the top of the container while the container remains in an upright position. The bulk of the fluid always remains in the bottom of the container. A passageway tube and a plunger apply pre... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6932237 | Method and device for generating a multi-component compound The device for generating a multi-component compound, in particular for dental purposes, by pressing out and mixing its components from cartridges (5), which open into a mixer (10), is characterized in that the advance speed of the motor (15) is... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6929157 | Multiple use dental viscous material dispenser A viscous material dispenser, and dispenser system and kit, can include a dispenser without a dispensing tip and one or a plurality of separate dispensing tips that are removably attachable to the dispenser. The dispenser can be used with many different types of vis... | 08/16/2005 |
