Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7124713 | Anti-cribbing device An anti-cribbing device for horses uses a member, which is placed in the mouth of the horse by piercing through the gum above the front teeth. The member extends forward of the front teeth and prevents the horse from applying force on the front teeth, when attemptin... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6901928 | Superglottic and peri-laryngeal apparatus for supraglottic airway insertion A superglottic and peri-laryngeal apparatus for supraglottic airway device insertion that contemporaneously clears a patient's upper airway of the tongue and other pharyngeal tissues, and raises the epiglottis without use of the medical practitioner's fingers in the... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6716029 | Anatomical tongue guards and bite block systems incorporating anatomical tongue guards A bite block system for maintaining the mouth of the patient in an open position during a dental procedure. In one embodiment, the bite block includes a plastically deformable material on at least a surface thereof for making an impression of the patient's teeth. Su... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6520909 | Adjustable tongue blade holder for endoscope The present invention contemplates a new device for adjustably attaching a tongue blade to an endoscope. In general, the device secures a tongue blade holder to the body of an endoscope and permits adjustment of the angle of the tongue blade with respect ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6520953 | Surgical instruments for minimally invasive surgical procedures A group or kit of surgical instruments (FIG. 26) for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures. In one embodiment the invention is an instrument (10) with a generally central longitudinal axis and a generally toroidal surface generally transverse to t... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6350235 | Tongue depressor and throat viewing assembly A tongue depressor and throat viewing assembly which includes a disposable flat blade for depressing the tongue of a subject in order to expose his larynx for inspection so that its condition can be diagnosed. Attachable to the trailing end of the blade i... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6224547 | Tongue depressor for use on oral examinations A tongue depressor, including an elongated strip or body having opposite ends separated by a flat midsection wherein each end is curved in an opposite or reverse direction. One end of the strip is curved upwardly while the opposite end of the strip is cur... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6142777 | Disposable dental mirror A disposable dental mirror and methods of making same. The mirror includes a long, thin, flat blade that provides both a handle and a mirror mount and has a reflective surface applied to one end thereof. The blade is made of a material which need not be s... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6096026 | Surgical instruments for minimally invasive surgical procedures A group or kit of surgical instruments (FIG. 26) for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures. In one embodiment the invention is an instrument (10) with a generally central longitudinal axis and a generally toroidal surface generally transverse to t... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6045499 | Tongue retractor A disposable tongue retractor having a tapered elongated body with downwardly curving hook ends.... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5984863 | Pediatric laryngoscopic blade An improved laryngoscope blade, where the lingual side of the blade, being the side that is presented against a patient's tongue during examination, defines a concave area which defines a cavity which allows the patient's tongue to be cradled during the e... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5980456 | Edible tongue-depressor and the like The present invention discloses an edible tongue depressor and method of use which may be used for conducting examinations of a patient's oral cavity. The depressor is a generally elongated member having generally convex shaped top and bottom surfaces wit... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5897492 | Candy tongue depressor A candy-tongue depressor for encouraging the cooperation of a child or teenager during an oral examination by a medical practitioner is provided. The device comprises, in combination: (a) a thin, flat, nonedible stick with a longitudinal axis; the nonedib... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5891019 | Tongue depressor for children and method A tongue depressor includes a blade including a tongue contact portion, a flavor coating secured to the tongue contact portion, a stylized handle portion, and a structure for detaching the stylized handle portion from the tongue contact portion. The blade... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5846195 | Tongue depressor for medical use A tongue depressor for medical use comprising a non-toxic thermoplastic material and an aromatic sweetener and/or its derivatives, which are molded by process of injection molding originating an article of vibrant colors, with taste and smell, being 8 to ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5730597 | Lip and cheek retractor A tripartite dental instrument includes a curved-trough-like lip retractor, flat-fin-like cheek retractor and a straight handle. The handle and the cheek retractor are separately connected to the lip retractor at nearby locations and are each obliquely or... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5697890 | Tongue depressor A tongue depressor with an elongate body having a tongue depressing end portion extending at a downward angle from the body and in the form of a ring with an aperture.... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5656014 | Oral examination illuminating tongue depressor An illuminated tongue depressor is formed by an elongated relatively narrow body having a handle end portion containing a battery and a proximal end portion having a curvature conforming to the larynx defining a convex top surface and a concave ventral su... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5634885 | Tongue depressor with lollipop holder A tongue depressor which includes a blade and a holder. One end of the blade functions as a conventional tongue depressor. The other end of the blade accommodates the holder which functions to receive and grasp the stick of a lollipop. In another configur... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5553627 | Tongue depressor An improved tongue depressor (10) that has a flat elongated blade (12) having a first end (14) and a second end (16). To the first end (14) is integrally attached a first tongue-contact section (34) and to the second end (16) is integrally attached a seco... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5518503 | Oral examination tongue depressor An elongated relatively thin longitudinally arcuately bowed disposable tongue depressor having the major portion of its length characterized by a transverse wide substantially V-shape and having a flesh adhesive texture on the respective end portions of i... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5176151 | Oral prophylactics A resilient and flexible intra-oral device which control releases pharmaceutical preparations into the mouth. A preferred embodiment of the device is a silicone lollipop.... | 01/05/1993 |
| 4947829 | Modular blade laryngoscope A laryngoscope having a blade comprising a shaft positionable proximate the tongue and upper throat regions of a patient and means for removably mounting a tongue leaf with the shaft whereby different leafs can be used with the laryngoscope.... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4589848 | Tongue press This invention provides a tongue press that can be switchably adapted to both external and internal tongue press holder. The tongue press can be embodied in various types such as the type covering the whole surface area of the tongue and the type covering... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4210141 | Hiccough treatment appliance A cup-like appliance for treating hiccoughs includes a container portion adapted to hold a quantity of liquid, a dispensing portion for dispensing the liquid, and a tongue-depressor portion adjacent the dispensing portion for projecting into the mouth of ... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4196724 | Tongue locking device A suction producing formation is elastically contracted to apply suction upon release, to a tongue receiving receptacle inserted into the mouth of a patient. The tongue tip is thereby wedgingly engaged with the rearwardly converging walls of the receptacl... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4079478 | Tongue brush A device for cleaning the human tongue is disclosed and includes an elongate handle having a support frame extending from one end thereof and a fibrous cleaning member slidably carried on the support frame. The opposed end of the handle is disposed substa... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4041937 | Medical implement A tongue blade having a pressure pad for firmly depressing and holding a patient's tongue. The blade includes an attachable bite guard for protecting the patient's teeth and for maintaining a clear air passageway through the patient's mouth. A depth guide... | 08/16/1977 |
| 3971370 | Tongue and jaw positioning article The article of this disclosure is to be used to prevent injury to persons who may be subject to periodic or other types of seizures in which grinding of the teeth, of the jaws, and possible biting of the tongue such as may occur in epileptic seizures, ele... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3946736 | Respirator assist device A respirator assist device intended to be connected to a hand operated vacuum pump such as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,612,722 and includes a tubular tongue depressor and sealing means encircling the lips of the user; then, upon manually closing the nose... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3943592 | Tongue cleaning device The invention concerns a device for tongue brushing, the use of which maiins positive oral hygiene and application thereto controls proliferation of plaque forming bacteria and the like. It is the object of this invention to remove from the tongue popula... | 03/16/1976 |
