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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7100876 | Electronic device with positioning unit An electronic device includes first and second housings which are pivoted to each other, and a spring-biased stopper mounted movably on an upper wall of the first housing. The stopper is movable in a transverse direction relative to the upper wall between an engagin... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090183 | Gimbaled and adjustable beverage holder An improved cup holder is disclosed that is fully adjustable and gimbaled and also insulates the beverage it is holding. One embodiment of an adjustable cup holder according to the present invention, comprises an outer cup and an inner cup. The inner cup is arranged... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077365 | Work stand A work stand includes a first support section, having a first end and a second end, and a second support section, having a first end and a second end. An elongated brace, having a first end and a second end, the first end of the elongated brace is disposed on the fi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7066436 | Box device A box device includes a box body having a housing portion with an upper opening, and a front movable member and a rear movable member slidably disposed in front and rear directions in the box body for opening and closing the upper opening of the housing portion. The... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7036783 | Drive bracket with locking device A drive bracket (10) includes a locking device (30) to secure data storage devices (50) therein. The drive bracket has a bottom plate (11), and first and second side plates (12, 13). A plurality of slots (16) is defined in t... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7011284 | Pivotable clamp A pivotable clamp is provided. One embodiment of the present invention comprises a clamp that includes a first member that is pivotably coupled to a second member. A third member is pivotally coupled to the second member. The first member is sized to slidably engage... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7007912 | Merchandise display and anti-theft system A merchandise display and anti-theft system, for use in displaying an electronic device such as a laptop computer, comprising a base plate and a rail. The rail is mounted transversely onto a merchandise display shelf. The electronic device is selectively attached to... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004434 | Level adjusting device for adjusting the level of an object mounted thereon A level adjusting device includes a base, first and second posts standing upright from the base, a first push lever movable in a vertical direction, a second push lever movable in the vertical direction, a pivot post standing upright from the base and spaced apart f... | 02/28/2006 |
| 4827927 | Apparatus for changing the output power level of an electrosurgical generator while remaining in the sterile field of a surgical procedure An electrosurgical generating system and method including an electrosurgical generator; and a handpiece including an active electrode connected to the electrosurgical generator for applying electrosurgical current from the generator to a patient, the hand... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4764111 | Reminder and enforcer apparatus An apparatus is disclosed for reminding a user of certain desired activity and for enforcing the performance of such activity. A clock generates clock pulses and a mechanism, such as a magnetic switch and magnet, is provided for detecting the performance ... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4747411 | Three-dimensional imaging system A three-dimensional imaging system for obtaining a three-dimensional image of an object being scanned ultrasonically comprises a source arrangement for sequentially transmitting ultrasonic energy toward the object in successive directions in a first scann... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4739766 | NMR blood vessel imaging method and apparatus High speed selective imaging of blood vessels is accomplished by subjecting an area of interest to a plurality of short repetition time NMR pulse sequences during each high velocity period and low velocity period of a heart beat cycle for several or more ... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4733670 | Device for cardiac output monitoring An electrode assembly for cardiac output monitoring comprising a first pair of electrodes consisting of a first spot injection electrode for placement adjacent the xiphoid process for injecting a signal thereat and a first elongated conductive strip elect... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4733669 | Blood flow measurement catheter A catheter having a mechanism for positioning a doppler shift transducer carried by the catheter against a side wall of a blood vessel. A portion of the catheter near the distal end is adjustable for movement between a first position in line with the axis... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4730620 | Nuclear magnetic resonance method and apparatus for reducing motion artifacts A method, and an apparatus for performing the method, are described, for imaging a region of a body using NMR in which part of the region is moving with a motion such that its displacement with respect to time is a nonmonotonic function during the time pe... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4729379 | Digital subtraction-imaging apparatus utilizing cardiac-synchronized subtraction method In a digital subtraction imaging apparatus, the digital subtraction between mask images and contrast images is carried out in synchronism with cardiac beats of an object under medical examination such as a patient. The subtraction-imaging apparatus includ... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4727882 | Method for providing a magnetic resonance image from respiration-gated image data A method and a device for the composition of an MR image with respiration-controlled recording of the spin echoes. The phase coding gradient of an MR equipment is stepped as a function of a motion phase of the respiratory motion once per respiration cycle... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4724835 | Laser therapeutic device Laser therapeutic apparatus irradiates an area of cutaneous and/or subcutaneous physical injury, with a pulsed laser wave, producing healing and pain reduction. A pulsed laser beam of desired frequency is produced by reducing the output of an oscillator v... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4722346 | Stand-off device with special fluid A stand-off device for use with acoustic transducers is described in which a chamber having a diaphragm portion contains liquid, the ratio of the acoustic impedance of said diaphragm to the acoustic impedance of soft body tissue and the ratio of the acous... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722347 | Apparatus for measuring cardiac output Blood flow in the aorta and pulmonary artery of a mammal, most typically a human, is measured volumetrically by a non-invasive, ultrasound apparatus. A piezoelectric ultrasound transducer mounted on a probe and inserted into the trachea in great proximity... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4721113 | Method of predicting the occurrence of deep vein thrombosis by non-invasive measurement of vessel diameter A method of predicting the occurrence of deep vein thrombosis after a surgical procedure comprises monitoring changes in the internal diameter of a blood vessel using a non-invasive ultrasound technique. The frequency and magnitude of changes in vessel di... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4721112 | Bone evaluation method A method for evaluating bone comprising the steps of: (a) determining a bone pattern (i) by measuring the photodensity of an X-ray photograph from the long bone of a limb or (ii) by photon absorptiometry from the long bone of a limb; (b) smoothing and sym... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4718424 | NMR imaging of blood flow by moment variation of magnetic gradients Selective material projection imaging in which static and flowing material are distinguishable utilizes magnetic gradients whose waveforms have selective moments. The effects of the magnetic field gradients are utilized in obtaining data for a plurality o... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4718432 | CT imaging apparatus and method for measuring local cerebral blood flow In a CT imaging apparatus, tracer gas such as Xenon is drawn via a pipe into a patient in synchronism with X-ray tomographic data acquisition. The tracer gas inhalation is controlled by a data acquisition controller through a valve driver. The tracer gas ... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4718431 | Surface coil with calibration substance for use in a nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus A coil for conducting examination of a patient in a nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus has a flat surface coil for spectroscopic in vivo examination of the patient and a calibration substance disposed within the coil. The coil is placed in the patient d... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4716904 | Heart output and circulatory impedance measuring method and apparatus The invention shows a heart output and circulatory impedance measuring med and associated apparatus based on consecutive subtraction and synchronous summation of digitized ventriculographic images which effectively distinguishes between the motion result... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4715383 | Method for reducing artifacts in NMR images A method for eliminating flow, motion and aliasing artifacts includes a series of saturation pulse sequences which are interleaved with the NMR pulse sequences used to acquire the data needed to reconstruct the desired image. Whereas, the NMR pulse sequen... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4714081 | Methods for NMR angiography Magnetic field gradient and radio-frequency (RF) pulse signal sequences permitting moving nuclear spins to be selectively detected and then displayed as projected angiographic data in a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) image, without the use of contrast a... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4712560 | Apparatus and method of acquiring physiological gating signals for magnetic resonance imaging of moving objects An apparatus and method are disclosed which provide signals corresponding to physiological motion of an imaging slice in an MR system for use in synchronizing acquisition of MR data with movement of the slice. The signals are generated by initiating an in... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4702732 | Electrodes, electrode assemblies, methods, and systems for tissue stimulation and transdermal delivery of pharmacologically active ligands A novel electrode and electrode assembly is provided which preferably uses alternating and direct electrical energy for transdermal delivery of pharmacologically active ligands and for stimulation of tissues in-vivo. Methods and systems are also disclosed... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4702257 | Operator console for imaging diagnostic apparatus An operator console for use in an imaging diagnostic apparatus, comprising means for displaying a full length figure of a human body; means for displaying respective figures representing the axial plane, sagittal plane, and coronal plane of the body figur... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4700711 | Ultrasonic detector with integral confidence tests An ultrasonic sounding apparatus is described for measuring backfat and determining pregnancy in animals, having a plurality of self-test features to ensure integrity of the measurements. In the preferred embodiment, a hand-held ultrasonic device is descr... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4699148 | Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging In a steady state free precession (SFP) magnetic resonance imaging method, after each pulse of an applied train of phase coherent RF pulses which excite magnetic resonance spins in a region of a body being examined, magnetic field gradients are applied to... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4699150 | Ultrasonic transducer assembly for medical diagnostic examinations An ultrasonic transducer for medical diagnostic examinations which comprises a transducer element having one surface through ultrasonic waves are emitted, an acoustic impedance matcher, and a contact member brought to contact with an object being examined... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4699149 | Apparatus for the identification of individuals The arrangement of veins is a unique characteristic of an individual. Identification is performed by means of a detector (9) which scans a region of the skin (6) and detects the position of subcutaneous blood vessels (8) by measurement of a parameter such... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4694837 | Cardiac and respiratory gated magnetic resonance imaging A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus (A) generates a uniform main magnetic field, gradient fields transversely thereacross, excites resonance in nuclei within an image region, receives radio frequency signals from the resonating nuclei, and reconstructs... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4694836 | MRI tomography apparatus for generating a motion signal A method of generating a motion signal which is dependent on motion of a body to be examined in an MRI tomography apparatus, characterized in that during the examination the impedance of a high-frequency coil system (33; 34) whose field acts on the body (... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4693255 | Medical apparatus method for assessing the severity of certain skin traumas An objective medical analysis system for assessing the severity of traumas to human skin, particularly for objectively analyzing the degrees of burns to human skin, utilizing computerized analysis of a video recording of the kinetics of the change in appe... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4690149 | Non-invasive electromagnetic technique for monitoring physiological changes in the brain An apparatus and method for non-invasively sensing physiological changes in the brain is disclosed. The apparatus and method uses an electromagnetic field to measure localized impedance changes in brain matter and fluid. Various spatial and temporal techn... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4688580 | Non-invasive electromagnetic technique for monitoring bone healing and bone fracture localization An apparatus and method for non-invasive sensing of bone healing is disclosed. The apparatus and method uses an electromagnetic field to measure impedance changes at the bone fracture site during the healing process. The impedance change at the fracture s... | 08/25/1987 |
