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Patent No. 5871518

Smoking Cessation Lighter and Method

A lighter for tobacco products suppresses the urge to smoke by operant conditioning.

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Examiner: Lacyk, John P.


Primary examiner statistics: 1072 patents; average approval time: 1072 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 476 patents; average approval time: 820 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7465270 Expandable surgical implants and methods of using them
7452326 User-friendly vibrostimulation device
7445593 Device for proactive modulation of cardiac strain patterns
7438682 Pressure based spontaneous inflation inhibitor with penile pump i...
7435212 Artificial insemination device with an inner catheter for animals
7435213 Device for treating heart failure
7431687 Percutaneous array delivery system
7429240 Device for depositing items into tissue
7422558 Device for treating heart failure
7419465 Animal insemination sheath-methods of use
7416528 Latching device for gastric band
7413539 Treatment of a body cavity
7410458 Brachytherapy implant seeds
7410460 System for securing sutures, grafts and soft tissue to bone and p...
7407477 Strand with end plug
7407479 Incontinence treatment apparatus with connection device
7407482 Penile prosthesis devices and methods
7407481 Impotence treatment apparatus with connection device
7407476 Tissue irradiation with shielding
7401611 Airway implant
7399270 Method of and apparatus for treating pain with therapeutic magnet...
7400929 Device and method for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux diseas...
7399272 Methods and apparatus providing suction-assisted tissue engagemen...
7393319 Implantable sling having bladder support
7390296 Inflatable penile prosthesis with volume displacement materials a...
RE40401 Therapeutic exercise program
7389777 Method for measuring acute stress in a mammal
7390297 Method and apparatus for relieving erectile dysfunction
7387604 Methods for treating valve-associated regions of vascular vessels
7384391 Heated ovum pick up needle
7384390 Method and apparatus for treating incontinence
7381178 Treatment of spinal metastases
7381181 Device for treating heart failure
7381182 Method and apparatus for external heart stabilization
7374532 High vapor pressure attenuation device
7370656 Method and arrangement for influencing magnetic particles and det...
7367937 Gastric band
7367936 Magnetic stimulators and coils therefor
7367934 Methods of enhancing radiation effects with metal nanoparticles
7364542 Gastric band suture tab extender

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
5833595 Treatment of excretory problems
5730155 Ethmoidal implant and eyeglass assembly and its method of locatio...
5678568 System control apparatus, medical system control apparatus and ...
5676161 Surgical procedures for mastopexy and reduction mammaplasty
5664564 Aspirating/ventilating apparatus and method
5662582 Everting incontinence plug
5653238 Radiation detector probe
5645081 Method of treating tissue damage and apparatus for same
5645082 Intravascular method and system for treating arrhythmia
5645083 Peritoneal surgical method
5643171 Method and apparatus for uniform radiation treatment of vascular ...
5638830 Process and device for automatic verification of the positioning ...
5638832 Programmable subcutaneous visible implant
5637074 Apparatus and method for implanting prostheses within periurethra...
5636643 Wound treatment employing reduced pressure
5636645 Method and surgical glove for performing laparoscopic-assisted mi...
5634463 Noncontact type tonometer
5634878 Implantable device for selectively opening and closing a tubular ...
5628323 Ear thermometer radiation detector
5624376 Implantable and external hearing systems having a floating mass ...
5624372 Source wire for localized internal irradiation of tissue
5624374 Involuntary urine control apparatus, system and method
5622179 Holding plate for medical equipment
5620407 Active control containment system for limiting occupational expos...
5618256 Device for arrangement in vagina for prevention of involuntary ur...
5616114 Intravascular radiotherapy employing a liquid-suspended source
5611767 Radiation treatment of tumors using inflatable devices
5605530 System for safe implantation of radioisotope stents
5603337 Two-stage cardiomyoplasty
5599275 Apparatus for stretching a penis
5596994 Automated and interactive behavioral and medical guidance system
5595564 Device for retarding hair loss and for stimulating its regrowth
5590665 Method of diagnosing cerebral infarction
5582574 Hyperbaric incubation method
5569156 Electrohydraulic ventricular assist device
5566685 Protection of living systems from adverse effects of electric, ma...
5562594 Shielded mini-applicator system for radioactive source treatment ...
5562598 Artificial urethral sphincter
5558618 Semi-implantable middle ear hearing device
5555898 Gastric access device
 
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