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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20060144125 | Automated apparatus and method for testing cork wine bottle stoppers for the presence of an analyte that causes cork taint in bottled wine An apparatus and method for automatedly detecting the presence of one or more chemical contaminants, such as 2,4,6-trichloroanisole, in/on a plurality of cork wine bottle stoppers in rapid succession using electronic nose chips. The apparatus moves the nose chips and th... | 07/06/2006 |
| 20050178783 | Modular wound-care system A customizable system (100) made up of a plurality of individual modules for dispensing minor wound-care products with one hand. The modules are easily attached to and disconnected from each other to provide an integrated dispensing device of variable size that m... | 08/18/2005 |
| 20050148833 | Apparatus containing a sensing element for the treatment of skin The invention features an apparatus for delivering mechanical energy to an expanse of skin, wherein the apparatus includes: (a) a user output assembly, the user output assembly including: (i) a skin-contactable element having a skin contactable surface; (ii) a motor; an... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050148906 | Apparatus for treatment of the skin having a signaling marker The invention features an apparatus for delivering mechanical energy to an expanse of skin, wherein the apparatus includes: (a) a skin-contactable element having a skin contactable surface; (b) a motor; and (c) a transfer member for transferring mechanical energy from t... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050148908 | Apparatus containing a receiving element for treatment of skin The invention features an apparatus for delivering mechanical energy to skin, wherein the apparatus includes: (a) a user output assembly, the user output assembly including: (i) a skin-contactable element having a skin contactable surface; (ii) a motor; and (iii) a tran... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050092112 | Apparatus and method for detecting an analyte An apparatus (100) and method (400) for detecting the presence of one or more chemical contaminants in/on a plurality of items, e.g., cork stoppers (110), using nose chips (310). The apparatus utilizes detection sensor electronics (225... | 05/05/2005 |