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...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7654988 | Needle capture mechanisms Needle capture mechanisms and arrangements are provided. One such arrangement includes a needle defining a longitudinal needle axis having a sharp distal tip, a shank portion, and a needle feature defining at least one localized area along the shank of increased out... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7654987 | Administering device with a protective cap removing device and a needle protecting sleeve locking means A device for administering an injectable product including a casing, an injection mechanism including an injection needle pointing in an insertion direction, and a protective cap for the injection needle wherein, in one embodiment, the administering device includes ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7625360 | Spring clip safety IV catheter A safety IV catheter includes a unitary, resilient needle guard received in a catheter hub. The needle guard includes a proximal arm or wall that includes an opening through which a needle passes for axial movement. When the needle is retracted from the catheter, it... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7611499 | Spring clip safety IV catheter A safety IV catheter includes a unitary, resilient needle guard received in a catheter hub. The needle guard includes a proximal arm or wall that includes an opening through which a needle passes for axial movement. When the needle is retracted from the catheter, it... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7578807 | Insertion aid for inserting a cannula of a catheter head into organic tissue An insertion aid for inserting a cannula of a catheter head into organic tissue, in particular a catheter head for administering a liquid active substance, wherein the insertion aid includes a guide needle that is fixed to a grip section for removably inserting and ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7566327 | Needle protector Needle protectors for housing used blood collection needles are disclosed. The needle protectors are single-piece protectors that include an open distal end for receiving a needle hub (with needle mounted thereon). A retaining member locks the hub when the needle hu... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7549979 | Safety needle device A safety needle device for percutaneous drug delivery to a patient includes a housing that is slidably mounted on a second portion of a substantially L-shaped, hollow needle for drug delivery. The housing includes a chamber provided between a sleeve portion and a pa... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7455664 | Huber needle with anti-rebound safety mechanism A safety needle device is provided for protecting a user against needle-stick injuries. This needle device includes a needle housing having a distal housing opening. A needle is disposed within the needle housing and has a distal needle portion which extends away th... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7431713 | Infusion device with safety guard An infusion device has a body, flexible wings and a needle projecting generally at right angles from one end of the body. A guard is pivoted to the one end of the body. On one side, the guard has a channel so that the guard overlies the body in a first position ther... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428773 | Method for making a safety shield assembly and related combinations thereof The present invention is a method for assembling a safety shield assembly and more particularly a method for assembling a safety shield assembly with a fluid handling device. Preferably, the safety shield assembly may be assembled with a needle assembly, an intraven... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7422573 | Forward blunting wingset with leaf spring driven shield A shieldable needle device is provided. The shieldable needle device includes a housing, a needle cannula, a tip guard and a flexibly resilient drive mechanism. The housing includes a first lateral extension and a second lateral extension which are interconnected at... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7413562 | Safety shield for medical needles A medical needle shield apparatus is provided that includes a needle hub having a needle cannula extending therefrom. At least one shield is extensible from a retracted position to an extended position to enclose a distal end of the needle. The shield includes a bin... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7387616 | Safe medical needle apparatus A safe medical needle apparatus, including a needle duct having a needle head, a needle seat, in which the needle tail is installed; a safe protecting shell and a biasing part through which the needle duct can pass; A protuberant stop portion, which is provided on t... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387615 | Single use syringe having safety shield A single use syringe assembly includes a barrel having a chamber for retaining fluid, an open proximal end and a distal end including an elongate tip extending distally therefrom having a passageway therethrough in fluid communication with the chamber. A needle cann... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7367964 | Membrane syringe with cap The syringe is a prefillable or prefilled syringe having a syringe cylinder which is delimited to one side by a plunger and which to the other side opens into a syringe connection having a free end closed by a membrane. The syringe cylinder, the syringe connection a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367962 | Winged medical needle device The configuration of the present invention includes a winged shield that has a cylindrical shield tube and wings linked to a front end side of the shield tube, a hub that is inserted into an inner bore of the shield tube so as to be movable in an axial direction, an... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361160 | Injection apparatus comprising a needle-protecting device An injection device including a receptacle for an active substance, which is connected to an injection needle and is accommodated inside a sliding sleeve that can be displaced within a housing by a driving force. A sleeve-shaped needle-protecting device is displacab... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361159 | Passive safety shield A safety apparatus is provided which includes a needle hub having an arm extending therefrom and an extensible frame connected to the needle hub. The extensible frame includes a proximal segment that is hingedly connected to a distal segment. The extensible frame is... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361169 | Medical line stabilizer A medical line stabilizer includes an elongate rigidifying body having an axis. An open channel extends parallel to the axis which is adapted to receive a medical line, such as intravenous tubing. The medical line stabilizer is secured to the medical line with tape ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361166 | Cannula protecting cover A cannula cover for use with an injector or injection device, wherein the injector or injection device includes a dosing section and a cannula support, and wherein the cover is attached to the cannula support and can be retracted against a bias in order to expose a ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357784 | Safety shield for medical needles A medical needle shield apparatus is provided which is slidably movable along a medical needle from a proximal position where a distal end of the needle is exposed, to a distal position where the shield protects the distal end of the needle. The medical needle shiel... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357789 | Specially designed syringes for dispensing granular or powdered solids An apparatus and method for delivering a granular or powdered material, e.g., a bone growth promoting material. The inventive syringe apparatus includes a syringe barrel having a proximal and distal end, a lid attached to the syringe barrel that is selectively movab... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354422 | Spring launched needle safety clip A hypodermic needle assembly configured such that the movement of a needle shield into position to block the needle tip occurs as a direct consequence of a longitudinal force applied by insertion of a syringe plunger is provided. The hypodermic needle assembly accor... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354416 | Methods and devices for draining fluids and lowering intraocular pressure Methods, devices and systems for draining fluid from the eye and/or for reducing intraocular pressure. A passageway (e.g., an opening, puncture or incision) is formed in the lamina cribosa or elsewhere to facilitate flow of fluid from the posterior chamber of the ey... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351225 | Safety indwelling needle There is provided a safety indwelling needle comprising an inner needle unit 1 having an inner needle 11, an inner needle hub 13 provided on a proximal end of the inner needle 11 and a needle protecting member disposed at a distal side of... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351230 | Safety shield for medical needles A needle safety apparatus is disclosed which includes an inner bearing disposed within an outer bearing. The inner bearing is moveable to extend telescopically in a first interior space defined by the outer bearing. A second interior space is defined by the inner be... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347842 | Safety shield for medical needles A needle safety apparatus is disclosed which includes an inner bearing disposed within an outer bearing. The inner bearing is moveable to extend telescopically in a first interior space defined by the outer bearing. A second interior space is defined by the inner be... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344512 | Protector and blood pump system A protector effectively suppresses infections. The protector protects a tube entry part, where a tube passes through the skin of a living body, from infections, and includes a sticking part that is stuck onto the skin of the living body in a periphery of the tube en... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341452 | Dental material container with porous flow through applicator A dental nozzle, cartridge, capsule or container having a porous or foam flow through applicator connected at the discharge end thereof; and having a body portion containing or receiving a low viscosity dental material. In one form, a displaceable plunger or piston ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341576 | Medical delivery/extraction system A medical delivery or extraction system comprising a needle assembly having a needle and a hub coupled to the needle. The hub includes a verification region or component. A syringe body rotatably coupled to the needle assembly includes at least one indicia on the ou... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341573 | Safety shield for medical needles A medical needle shield apparatus is provided that includes a needle hub having an outer needle cannula extending therefrom. An inner needle is disposed for slidable movement with the outer needle cannula. At least one shield is extensible from a retracted position ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338465 | Infusion device and method thereof The disclosures made herein relate to an infusion device specifically adapted for syringe injections. In one embodiment of the disclosures made herein, an infusion device comprises a body including an accessible surface having a single inlet port therein, an engagem... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331939 | Infusion set An infusion set comprises a base member (60), an introducer cap (64), and an infusion cap (54). The base member (60) preferably comprises a soft cannula (52) extending from a lower side (118) of the base member (60), ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331949 | Urinary catheter with check valve The present invention provides a novel construction for a catheter that includes backflow prevention in the form of a check valve, which keeps the flow of drained fluid material from reentering the patient. The catheter construction of the present invention provides... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331941 | Prefilled hypodermic syringe A hypodermic syringe has a hollow body adapted to hold a liquid, an inner cap fitted over an end of the body, and an axially extending needle seated in the inner cap and having an outer point projecting axially outward from the inner cap and an inner point projectin... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326189 | Assembly of winged needle and protector sheath for winged needle A protector sheath for winged needle capable of accommodating a winged needle having a needle tube with a sharp blade edge, a hub firmly attached to a proximal end portion of the needle tube, and a wing provided on the hub is provided. The protector sheath has a cyl... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322963 | Telescopic safety arteriovenous fistula needle A telescopic intravenous infusion set and/or blood collection assembly is provided with a safety feature for covering the used needle. The safety feature is a telescopic device including a shield with handling wings, which when placed in cooperating relationship, al... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320682 | Safety device A safety device for a needle is provided. The device includes a spring biased sheath which acts to cover the needle before and after use. The safety device also includes a spring biased lock which is operable to lock the sheath in a safe position unless the biasing ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316669 | Protective cap for medical male luer fittings An improved protective cap and method for capping medical male luer fittings is provided. The protective cap may include inner and intermediate annular members extending from an end wall and defining a slot therebetween. At least one and preferably a plurality of de... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316668 | Needle shield assembly A safety needle assembly including a needle with an intravenous puncture tip, a shield in pivotal engagement with respect to the needle, and a hub in the form of a collar providing pivotal engagement between the needle and the shield is provided. The shield is pivot... | 01/08/2008 |