"The abolishment of pain in surgery is a chimera. It is absurd to go on seeking it...knife and pain are two words in surgery that must forever be associated in the consciousness of the patient."
Dr. Alfred Velpeau, French surgeon ; 1839
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7493846 | Dual elevation weapon station and method of use A gimbaled weapon system (GWS) includes a method of recording target engagement during operation of the GWS. The GWS includes a sighting system, a weapon cradle and a weapon, wherein the weapon cradle is elevated using a first elevation drive. The sighting system is... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7231862 | Dual elevation weapon station and method of use A self-contained gimbaled weapon system (GWS) has a shared azimuth axis and two independent elevation axes for a sighting device and a weapon cradle. The GWS allows the weapon cradle to be elevated completely independent of the sighting device. The GWS can be stabil... | 06/19/2007 |
| 6466871 | Method for calibrating and verifying the attitude of a compass A method for calibrating the attitude of a compass in relation to the platform on which the compass is installed. The compass includes an attitude determining device and an optical sighting device and the compass is integrally mounted on a platform. The m... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6311424 | Telescope for weapons and other applications A telescope apparatus and system for rifles and other weapons comprising a forward portion, consisting of a forward objective lens fixed on the front end of a firing line light tube, held firmly to the weapon by slip springs in which the forward light tub... | 11/06/2001 |
| 5992292 | Fire control device for, in particular, transportable air defense systems A fire-control system for anti-aircraft defense systems, particularly mobile ones, having at least one launch apparatus for guided missiles that is pivotable in elevation and disposed on a platform that is pivotable in azimuth, has an optical target-track... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5431084 | Helicopter integrated fire and flight control having azimuth and pitch control A fire control system (55) azimuth command and elevation command provides a flight control system attitude reference in response to operation of the flight control system in a coupled aiming mode. The coupled aiming mode is engaged in response to the cont... | 07/11/1995 |
| 4134681 | Method of determining relative orientation of physical systems A method and system are provided to determine the relative orientation of o physical systems (i.e., assemblages of equipment which share a common, locally defined coordinate system). Two distinct beam vectors (i.e. fixed directions in three dimensional sp... | 01/16/1979 |