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...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080009724 | ULTRASOUND SYSTEM FOR FUSING AN ULTRASOUND IMAGE AND AN EXTERNAL MEDICAL IMAGE There is provided an ultrasound system, which includes: an ultrasound diagnostic unit having a probe for transmitting an ultrasound beam to a target object and receiving ultrasound echo signals reflected from the target object to form ultrasound images; a position track... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070287916 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN ULTRASOUND IMAGE Embodiments of the present invention may provide an apparatus and a method of displaying a 3-dimensional ultrasound image formed based on 2-dimensional ultrasound images in an ultrasound diagnostic system. The method of displaying an ultrasound image in an ultrasound di... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070167790 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DOPPLER SPECTRUM IMAGES OF MULTIPLE SAMPLE VOLUMES The embodiment of the present invention provides an ultrasound diagnostic system, including: an ultrasound diagnosis unit for transmitting ultrasound signals to a target object and receiving ultrasound echo signals to acquire B-mode image signals and Doppler spectrum im... | 07/19/2007 |
| 20070038090 | Ultrasound system for displaying an elastic image The present invention relates to an ultrasound system comprising: an ultrasound diagnosis unit for providing ultrasound scanning information of a target object and stress information applied to the target object, the ultrasound diagnosis unit including a probe having a ... | 02/15/2007 |
