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Patent No. 6368227

Method of swinging on a swing

A method of swing on a swing is disclosed, in which a user positioned on a standard swing suspended by two chains from a substantially horizontal tree branch induces side to side motion by pulling alternately on one chain and then the other.

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Examiner: Schmidt, Jeffrey A.


Primary examiner statistics: 134 patents; average approval time: 824 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 310 patents; average approval time: 675 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
6296656 Surgical helical fastener with applicator
6110187 Device and method for minimizing heart displacements during a bea...
5904693 Automatic laparoscopic ligation clip applicator
5902311 Low profile intraluminal suturing device and method
5843125 Skin contractor
5843127 Fixation device and method for installing same
5843124 Surface opening adhesive sealer
5840078 Method and apparatus for mechanical attachment of soft tissue to ...
5833700 Sterile occlusion fasteners and instrument and method for their p...
5827291 Suture anchor driver with suture retainer
5824010 Suture needle guide
5824008 System for applying fasteners to tissue
5817109 Apparatus and method for applying surgical staples to attach an o...
5814066 Reduction of femoral arterial bleeding post catheterization using...
5807403 Medical anchor device with suture thread and method for implantat...
5792150 Apparatus for applying surgical clips with improved jaw and closu...
5791350 Device and method for measuring force systems
5776148 Surgical stab wound closure device and method
5776151 Surgical repair kit and its method of use
5769857 Ligating clip applier
5769862 Tube knot applicator
5766221 Bone anchor implantation device
5755727 Method device for locating and sealing a blood vessel
5755729 Magazine for loading a needle and a length of suture onto a surgi...
5752974 Injectable or implantable biomaterials for filling or blocking lu...
5749897 Surgical needle and mold for manufacturing the same
5749896 Staple overlap
5749894 Aneurysm closure method
5746754 Method of using a surgical repair kit
5741298 Method and devices for video-assisted surgical techniques
5741281 Suture securing apparatus
5741283 Vessel and duct salvage device and method
5741280 Knot tying method and apparatus
5741282 Soft tissue fastener device
5735863 Biodegradable and bioabsorbable guide channels for use in nerve ...
5730754 Nerve deflecting conduit needle and method
5728118 Apparatus and method for harvesting a bone-tendon-bone ligament g...
5728113 Endoscopic vascular suturing apparatus
5728110 Procedure for use of laparoscopic surgical instruments
5728131 Coupling device and method of use

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
5634931 Hernia mesh patches and methods of their use
5618310 Tissue, expansion and approximation device
5613974 Apparatus and method for vascular closure
5607435 Instrument for endoscopic-type procedures
5593421 Suture element delivery device and method
5593422 Occlusion assembly for sealing openings in blood vessels and a me...
5591180 Surgical suturing apparatus
5591203 Anastomosis cuff manipulator tool
5591179 Anastomosis suturing device and method
5591207 Driving system for inserting threaded suture anchors
5591178 Surgical clip applier
5586987 Anastomosis cuff
5586986 Instrument for closing trocar puncture wounds
5584860 Suture anchor loader and driver
5584861 Device for use in securing a thread
5582616 Surgical helical fastener with applicator
5578045 Septal defect closure device
5578044 Endoscopic suture system
5578046 Composite bioabsorbable materials and surgical articles made ther...
5575801 Method and apparatus for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair
5575799 Articulating surgical apparatus
5575800 Endoscopic suture system
5573543 Endoscopic surgical instrument and staples for applying purse str...
5573547 Brush fixation method for attachment of tissues and occlusion of ...
5573542 Endoscopic suture placement tool
5571121 Atraumatic clamp for temporary occlusion of blood vessels
5571139 Bidirectional suture anchor
5571120 Ligating instrument and methods of ligating tissue in endoscopic ...
5569268 Endoscopic instrument for ligating varix
5569274 Endoscopic vascular clamping system and method
5569306 Knotless suture anchor assembly
5569272 Tissue-connective devices with micromechanical barbs
5569270 Laparoscopic surgical instrument
5562687 Surgical repair kit and its method of use
5562682 Surgical Instrument with adjustable arms
5562683 Surgical repair kit and its method of use
5562704 Surgical implant
5562690 Apparatus and method for performing compressional anastomoses
5562686 Apparaus and method for suturing body tissue
5562689 Apparatus and method for applying and adjusting an anchoring devi...
 
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