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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7441321 | Method of manufacturing ultrasound transducer device having acoustic backing An ultrasonic transducer device comprising: an ultrasonic transducer array micromachined on a substrate; flexible electrical connections connected to the transducer array; and a body of acoustically attenuative material that supports the substrate and the flexible e... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7354427 | Vial adaptor for regulating pressure In certain embodiments, a vial adaptor for removing liquid contents from a vial includes a piercing member and a bag. The bag can be contained within the piercing member such that the bag is introduced to the vial when the vial adaptor is coupled with the vial. In s... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7320599 | Blood pressure simulation apparatus with tactile interface The blood pressure level in humans is a vital health parameter, yet the vast majority of people do not have a physical feeling for what normal and abnormal blood pressure levels mean in relation to the forces exerted on the heart and blood vessels. A blood pressure ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7314452 | Self flushing luer activated blood sampling devices A blood sampling device for allowing a fluid pressure measurement and a fluid sample to be taken from a patient, having an inlet port configured to receive blood from the patient, an outlet port configured to be coupled to a monitoring channel having an infusion flu... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7192414 | Programmable implantable pump with accessory reservoirs and multiple independent lumen catheter An implantable pump system includes: an implantable pump having separate chambers or reservoirs; and a catheter having two or more reservoir-specific inlet ports directed into respective lumens of the catheter. In one embodiment, the distal tips of the respective lu... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7167818 | Disease simulation system and method A system and method for predicting the effect of patient self-care actions on a disease control parameter. A future disease control parameter value X(tj) at time tj is determined from a prior disease control parameter value X(ti) at ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7047832 | Apparatus for measuring gas exchange A container having a port for holding a liquid medium and a reactant that interact to produce a change in gas levels within the container. A removable stopper for insertion into the port creating an airtight seal. A tube extending through the stopper into the contai... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7028927 | Flowrate control device, in particular for medical use The invention concerns a device comprising two components connected to each other with possible displacement of one component relative to the other, sealing means arranged between said two components, and flow rate adjusting means actuated by displacement of one com... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7000483 | Inflatable manometers An inflatable air cell pressure transducer. The air cell has a concavity formed therein. The concavity has two edges, wherein increased pressure within the air cell causes contraction of the concavity moving the two edges closer. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6970742 | Method for detecting, diagnosing, and treating cardiovascular disease A method of treating cardiovascular disease in a medical patient is provided. The method includes the steps of generating a sensor signal indicative of a fluid pressure within the left atrium of the patient's heart, and delivering an electrical stimulus to a locatio... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6635020 | Reusable fluid pressure transducer monitoring apparatus An apparatus for monitoring fluid pressure includes a reusable base section, and a disposable dome section detachably connected to the base section. The disposable dome section defines a fluid pathway and includes a dome viewing segment in fluid communica... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6485428 | Apparatus for and method of intravasal pressure measurement and low-contamination insertion of catheters for example into blood vessels The invention concerns a one-person-operable, sterilisable, medical pressure measuring apparatus (1: 6: 8: 11: 12: 23: 31), in particular for blood pressure measurement, wherein the pressure measuring apparatus (1: 8: 11: 12: 23: 31) has least one cannula... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6434411 | Method for measuring a conductive volume and device for implementing this method This invention relates to a process for measuring at least one dimension of a conducting volume, in which a measurement sensor (10) is placed in a cavity existing inside an homogeneous conducting or non-conducting body (11), the dimensions and resistivity... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6290652 | Correction of blood pressure measurements in invasive liquid-filled systems The invention relates to a method for the correction of measured value falsifications in invasive pressure measurements with a fluid-filled system, in which the measured pressure is passed via the fluid-filled system to an external pressure transducer, wh... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6214634 | Sensor device and method of forming a sensor device A sensor device (20) comprises a sensor package (22) having a cavity (24) formed therein, a sensor die (26) mounted on a bottom surface (28) of the cavity (24) and a protective coating (30) formed over the sensor die in the cavity. The protective coating ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 5758652 | System and method to measure the condition of a patients heart A system and method for measuring the heart condition of a patient is disclosed. The system includes a measuring device used to generate an absolute blood pressure signal indicative of the absolute blood pressure of the patient. A processing element recei... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5691478 | Device and method for remote zeroing of a biological fluid pressure measurement device A device and method for remotely zeroing a hydrostatic pressure compensation device are described which permit a fluid transducer, such as is used in conjunction with an intravenous catheter for the measurement of blood pressure, to be zeroed regardless o... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5579774 | Method and apparatus for monitoring local cerebral physiology An apparatus for continuous monitoring of cerebral blood flow and intracranial pressure for substantially the same local region of cerebral tissue. A combined probe includes an elongated housing member that contains an ICP probe and a single optical fiber... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5490514 | Medical manometer with flexible fluid collection tube A medical manometer replaces the conventional rigid vertical graduated cylinder with a flexible, graduated tube which is sufficiently pliable that it may be bent to drain the fluid collected during use. This flexibility further obviates the need for a sto... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5454374 | Pressure-measuring method and needle system for hemodialysis A method and devices for measuring pressure within blood vessels used for hemodialysis and also for flow of blood into or from such blood vessels during hemodialysis. In one aspect of the method, a currently available hemodialysis set is used. This set co... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5063936 | Internal pressure measuring device using catheter with multiple lumens Pressure measuring lumen allows a coarse pressure value of a subject to be read. A liquid filled lumen is allowed to pressure communicate with an atmosphere adjacent to a patient, through the use of a membrane and an atomosphere-opening lumen. A liquid pr... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4928693 | Pressure monitor catheter A blood pressure monitoring catheter for use in a Monorail™ intravascular system for measuring the pressure gradient across a stenotic lesion. It comprises an elongated, flexible, plastic, extruded, tubular member having a guidewire port extending throu... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4857043 | Apparatus and methods for measuring pulsatile blood process stream pressure A positive gauge blood pressure signal is transmitted to a gas column from a pulsatile blood flow stream hydrostatically higher than the pressure transducer. Particularly, a first conduit having a predetermined internal diameter smaller than a second cond... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4809709 | Pressure-sensing catheter system with compensation for atmospheric and configuration variations A catheter incorporates a pair of flexible conduits which are structurally united over a major portion of their length where bending is likely to occur during use so they both undergo the same deformations. Each conduit contains an aqueous column that ter... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4790328 | Device for diagnosis and treatment of urinary incontinence A cystometric device for use in the diagnosis and treatment of urinary incontinence caused by detrusor instability. The device includes an opaque, vertically-elongated, rigid body of substantially uniform cross section throughout its length having a verti... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4785821 | Pressure monitor and regulating device for administration of medicament A device for monitoring and limiting the fluid pressure during parenteral or intravenous administration of medication to a patient. The device includes a manometer tube connected at its lower end via a stopcock to the tubing through which the medication i... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4669484 | Automatic leveling device for hemodynamic pressure measuring system The present leveling device is operable with a hemodynamic pressure measuring system which includes a pressure catheter to be implanted in the body of the patient and pressure measuring device connected by a tube to the catheter and supported on a vertica... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4648406 | Physiological pressure measuring system A physiological pressure measuring system usable in conjunction with an intravascular infusion line leading to a patient whose pressure is to be monitored. The system includes a detector having a transparent chamber interposed in the line and a flexible b... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4621647 | Intracranial pressure regulating system Apparatus for monitoring and regulating intracranial pressure. Primary components are a manometer tube connected to a fluid collector, a transducer for dynamic electronic monitoring, and an automatic regulator. These components are interconnected by tubin... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4431009 | Apparatus for measuring blood pressure The open end of a catheter is inserted in the blood vessel of a patient. The catheter is connected by hollow tubing to a physiologic pressure transducer. The tube is filled with an intermediate pressure-transmitting fluid such as a physiologic saline solu... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4337780 | Muscle testing apparatus A technique and apparatus for muscle strength testing. A gauged pressure sensitive device is applied to the muscle while pressure to the muscle is gradually increased to a point just short of the muscle breaking point. The applied pressure at this pre-bre... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4335729 | Apparatus and method for suppressing resonance in an electromanometry system A novel apparatus and method for suppressing unwanted resonance in an electromanometry system. The apparatus includes a compliant air cavity connected through a variable impedance device which is coupled in parallel to the liquid-filled catheter of the el... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4301811 | Cystometry system A cystometry system to measure the pressure-volume relationship in the bladder of a patient from a source of fluid comprising, a catheter having an elongated shaft defining an infusion lumen communicating with an infusion opening adjacent a distal end of ... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4300572 | Fluid administering and pressure sensing apparatus An apparatus for selectively measuring central venous pressure and effecting hyperalimentation through a single catheter inserted into a central vein of the patient. The apparatus includes a manometer, a first selector valve connected to an upper portion ... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4282881 | Manometer for infusion apparatus A manometer for measuring the hydrodynamic pressure of fluids parenterally administered to a patient. The manometer includes a transparent housing which has a passageway formed in the housing that accommodates continuous flow of fluid therethrough. A pres... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4217911 | Cystometry system A cystometry system to measure the pressure-volume relationship in the bladder of a patient from a source of fluid comprising, a catheter having an elongated shaft defining an infusion lumen communicating with an infusion opening adjacent a distal end of ... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4170224 | Body fluid measuring device In apparatus for indicating and regulating the pressure of a selected body fluid, an elongated indicator tube with pressure limiting opening means is carried in a vented chamber and mountable in a substantially vertical position. A drip platform circumscr... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4135509 | Fluid pressure manometer A disposable venous blood pressure manometer of provided which includes a transparent tray having a longitudinal interior channel with a transparent plastic manometer tube disposed in the channel, a calibrated scale member in the tray behind the tube, and... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4072146 | Venous catheter device A venous catheter device including a plurality of independent and noncommunicating fluid conveying lumens housed within or formed in a single catheter. One end of each lumen is adapted to be connected to a different fluid source, such as an intravenous (I... | 02/07/1978 |
| 3980082 | Venous pressure indicator An intravenous infusion system combined with a venous pressure measuring instrument whereby the system is selectively capable of supplying fluid into the vein of a patient or of measuring his venous pressure without, however, exposing fluid in the system ... | 09/14/1976 |
