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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7182915 | Pipette configurations and arrays thereof for measuring cellular electrical properties The present application is directed to pipette configurations, arrays of the same and methods for using such pipettes and arrays to accomplish electrical measurements, including whole cell and on cell measurements. In one aspect of the present invention, a pipette i... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7175608 | Device for the identification of the epidural space The invention provides devices and methods for identification of an epidural space. The invention also provides for visually determining when a needle enters the epidural space. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7144385 | Discharging implement for medical care For safely inserting a catheter into a chest cavity of a child or corpulent patient to be retained therein and for preventing atmospheric air from proceeding into the chest cavity during a removal of a penetrating needle, discharge equipment for medical procedures i... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7014066 | Container for dispensing a liquid and method of using the same A drinking cup having a spill proof lid and a container. The lid fits to the container. The container has a place to write information, such as a medication dosage. The container also scaled gradations to determine the volume of fluid in the container. ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6968964 | Nipple configuration for use in feeding and nursing newborn infants A nipple configuration for use on baby bottles and in breast shields particularly adapted for feeding and nursing newborns. The configuration includes body and nipple portions integrally formed of a soft flexible material and defining raised ridges or other surface ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6907879 | Agent delivery and aspiration device The methods and devices disclosed provides for the delivery of agents to an orifice cavity and subsequent aspiration of the agent and orifice contents from the orifice cavity and related areas. In one form, the delivery and aspiration system comprises an agent deliv... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6869419 | Unit dose low viscosity material dispensing system including syringe with breach An ampule having a body portion and a sealed end portion and a sealed delivery portion adapted for use in a delivery syringe system for controllably dispensing a low viscosity material, such as a liquid, gel, or paste. An ampule having sealed rear portions adapted t... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6764470 | Ear plug medication administration device A device for delivering a beneficial agent within a body cavity such as the ear canal. The device preferably includes a soft resilient casing that can be compressed to fit at least partially within the ear canal. Once inserted in the ear canal, the casing expands to... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6712803 | Drug dispensing system A drug dispensing system for substantially preventing addictive use of drugs. The system has multiple dispensers each containing a drug such as nasal spray. The drug in at least one of the dispensers is diluted to a first pre-selected concentration level with a dilu... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6689101 | Medical arrangement An injector device for delivery of liquid from a high pressure, the device comprising a housing, a pressure chamber 2 comprising a pressure barrel 4 for accommodation of at least one piston therein and having a front end opening 6 for ejection of the liqu... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6645180 | Single-use syringe Disclosed is a single-use syringe comprising a needle housing, a bore-containing fluid-delivery needle and a volume-containing element. The needle housing has a top surface to which the volume-containing element is attached, a needle attachment side to wh... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6605064 | Single-use syringe Disclosed is a single-use syringe comprising a needle housing, a bore-containing fluid-delivery needle and a volume-containing element. The needle housing has a top surface to which the volume-containing element is attached, a needle attachment side to wh... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6585693 | Blister syringe with optional bifurcated guard The present invention provides a unitary syringe having a mounted needle surrounded by a sheath having a break-zone. The fluid medicament to be injected is contained within a blister cavity formed between upper and lower polymeric layers. Accidental needl... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6277100 | Catheter guide wire introducing device and method A catheter guide wire introducing device for aspiration of a body part and insertion of a guide wire into the body part is provided. The catheter guide wire introducing device includes a flexible bulb. A fitting is located on the first end of the bulb. Th... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6120478 | Single use syringe There is disclosed herein a single use syringe (1) having a container section (2), a valve section (4) and a hollow needle (4a). The valve section (4) contains a one-way valve (40) which allows fluid to flow in only one direction through the valve section... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5873860 | Injection device The invention concerns a complete injection device which is ready for immediate use and whose injection member charged with an active substance solution and cannula form an inseparable unit. The invention also concerns a blister pack comprising at least t... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5848993 | Bulb syringe providing for visual observation of contents thereof and for enhanced deflation/inflation control A bulb syringe providing for uniform, hence repeatable, deflation/inflation of the bulb and a tactile-discernible limit of deflation of the bulb and resultant control over the consistency of degree of suction produced with the deflated bulb is allowed to ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5817066 | Bulb-type irrigation syringe The invention is an improved bulb-type irrigation syringe having an open end that is of a funnel shaped construction and having a recloseable lid that fits onto the top of the funnel shaped end of the syringe and down inside the top barrel portion of the ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5775546 | Dispensing bulb A dispensing bulb having a squeezable body portion and integral squeezable neck portion having a pair of diametrically disposed vent holes. An adaptor is mounted in the neck portion and is provided with a cylindrical portion extending into the bulb neck p... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5725509 | Air introduction system for medical needles An air introduction system for a medical needle assembly is provided and includes a flexible bladder, and a male luer assembly with an air valve which is biased to allow air to enter the air introduction system but not to exit. The air introduction system... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5701910 | Aspiration needle apparatus incorporating its own vacuum and method and adapter for use therewith An aspiration needle apparatus for collecting cell samples by withdrawing aspirate from tissue in a living body. An aspiration needle is provided which has a flow passage extending from its proximal extremity to its distal extremity. The proximal extremit... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5538506 | Prefilled fluid syringe A syringe which has been prefilled to include a prescribed liquid and also a gas. The syringe includes a reservoir, a chamber which is in fluid communication with the reservoir and an outlet which is interposed between the chamber and the reservoir. Sever... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5505712 | Medicament applicator with spatulate tip A fluid applicator includes a suction bulb, a screw cap, a finger support, an inner shaft, and an outer shaft that ends in a spatulate dispenser. The suction bulb connects with the thin tubular inner shaft, which extends throughout the applicator to termi... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5400923 | Apparatus for discharging contents of a sealed container A pump for discharging the contents of a sealed container, such as a test tube, is connected to a body member which includes an inlet path and a discharge path with a delivery tube in the discharge path. A predetermined clearance is provided between the e... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5370626 | Plungerless syringe A hollow, molded, disposable, plastic syringe is provided with an air trap chamber in fluid communication with a collapsible container portion. An umbilical passage connects the container to the chamber. With the air trap chamber extending upwardly from t... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5370631 | Method and apparatus for de-airing the heart An apparatus for de-airing the heart comprises a clear, resilient bulb fixedly secured to an aspirating needle. The bulb includes a valve which permits air, upon squeezing the bulb, to be discharged therefrom. The aspirating needle includes an axial passa... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5364358 | Device for controlling the inflation of a balloon catheter A device for controlling the inflation of a balloon catheter includes a variable volume chamber and an actuator to expel air from the chamber. Movement of the actuator is inhibited by a releasable latch to prevent unintentional inflation of the catheter. ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5290257 | Method and apparatus for de-airing the heart An apparatus for de-airing the heart comprises a clear, resilient bulb fixedly secured to an aspirating needle. The bulb includes a valve which permits air, upon squeezing the bulb, to be discharged therefrom. The aspirating needle includes an axial passa... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5154702 | Variable dosage dropper system A variable dosage dropper system improves upon the conventional dropper assembly (container, cap, pipette, bulb) by providing an annular overcap housing which completely encloses the cap and bulb to provide tamper resistant protection and has a locking co... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5114033 | Apparatus for discharging contents of a sealed container An apparatus for discharging the contents of a sealed container, such as a test tube, includes an inlet path and a discharge path with a delivery tube in the discharge path. A predetermined clearance is provided between the exterior of the delivery tube a... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5061239 | Intussusception air reduction system A system for the air reduction of intussusception in infants and children. The system comprises a main tube terminating of its distal end in an enema tip. The proximal end of the main tube is connected to an in-line filter which stops reflux of aerosol an... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4955871 | Single-use disposable syringe A single-use disposable syringe. In the syringe, a reservoir is formed of two sheets of thermoplastic material having expanded central portions that form a pair of convex domes. Both of the domes are compressible, and a connecting member spaces apart the ... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4883473 | Single use injection device A single use, single dose injection administering device including a drug or vaccine containing body and a needle wherein the sidewalls have memory causing at least one sidewall to collapse into the other during the administration of the vaccine.... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4693709 | Syringe An irrigation syringe is provided which includes a barrel having an axially extending annular groove open at the proximal end for receiving the connector portion of a resilient compressible syringe bulb in tight frictional fitting relation. The syringe ba... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4598698 | Diagnostic device A diagnostic endoscope useful to make remote examinations and retrievals having a pistol grip which includes a built-in flexible pneumatic bulb.... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4386607 | Enema apparata improvements relating to double contrast studies An enema administering apparatus insertable into the rectum for delivery of a contrast medium to internal portions of a patient's anatomy includes an enema tube joined to an enema tip wherein the enema tube and enema tip have a common contrast medium pass... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4378798 | Single shot stock of animal semen for artificial insemination of birds, especially turkeys, hens, and guinea fowl The present invention relates to single shot stocks of animal semen to be used for artificial insemination of poultry such as turkeys, hens and guinea fowl, of the kind comprising a tube presenting an opening of relatively small diameter so that the semen... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4333460 | Enema apparata improvements relating double contrast studies An enema administering apparatus insertable into the rectum for delivery of a contrast medium to internal portions of a patient's anatomy includes an enema tube joined at an enema tip wherein the enema tube and enema tip have a common contrast medium pass... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4136695 | Transvaginal sterilization instrument A method and instrumentation for sterilization of females has been devised in which one or more hypodermic needles can be inserted into the uterus to a predetermined position or location at the uterine cornu and the internal tubal ostra followed by inject... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4073294 | Negative pressure drainage vessel A negative pressure drainage vessel equipped with an interior resilient flexible diaphragm and means for producing a negative pressure on that side of such diaphragm which is proximate a fluid recovery area. The opposite side of the diaphragm is exposed t... | 02/14/1978 |
