Celebrity Inventors
Lawrence Welk, the bandleader who entertained millions of Americans over a generation of broadcasting his TV show, once received a patent: for a music-themed design of an ashtray.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6236891 | Limited heat transfer devices and methods to shrink tissues The invention provides improved devices, methods, and systems for repeatably and reliably contracting fascia and other support tissues, particularly for the treatment of urinary incontinence. Rather than relying on a surgeon's ability to observe, direct, ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6185462 | Apparatus for electrically treating skin disorders An apparatus for treating skin disorders includes a case, an electrode structure having a metal ball tip electrode for contacting the skin, and a metal electrode mounted on a handle portion of the electrode structure. The electrode structure can be conven... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6080152 | Electrosurgical instrument An electrosurgical instrument includes an electrode assembly having an electrode mechanically interlocked with a non-conductive body to as to form a gap therebetween. In one embodiment, complimentary surface features of the respective electrode and the no... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5938661 | Single arm electrocautery probes for use with a resectoscope An electrocautery probe includes a single probe arm and an electrode. The electrode includes one end attached to the probe arm and a free end. According to one embodiment of the invention, the electrode is a wedge, preferably having a substantially triang... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5779700 | Roller electrodes for electrocautery probes for use with a resectroscope An electrocautery probe includes a pair of arms between which a roller electrode is mounted. The arms are joined at their proximal ends to an electrode lead and a mounting sleeve is provided intermediate of the arms and the lead for slideably coupling the... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5599349 | V shaped grooved roller electrode for a resectoscope A "V" shaped grooved roller forming part of an electrode for use with a resectoscope is shown. The electrode includes an electrode lead member having an elongated conductor member. The elongated conductor member has a first end and a second end with an in... | 02/04/1997 |
| 4622975 | Ear canal electrode A non-invasive, external ear canal electrode useful for transmitting sound stimulus to an ear canal and for conducting electrical signals picked up from the ear canal epidermal surface including a tube comprising electroconductive metal and having a resil... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4095601 | Electrotherapeutic apparatus An electrotherapeutic apparatus for external application comprising circuitry for generating direct-current voltage pulses having an amplitude between 4 and 22 volts and a frequency amounting to at least approximately 8.5 Hz.... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4037590 | Point pressure therapy device A small ball of desired size, to be pressed against the skin of a human patient in an area requiring therapy, is revolubly mounted in an end portion of a carrier which protrudes from a holder, with a portion of the carrier received in the holder for recip... | 07/26/1977 |
