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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
A method for generating a drink which appears to hop from a remote spot on the bar or counter and take one or more leaps, before landing in a patron's glass.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6689086 | Method of using a catheter for delivery of ultrasonic energy and medicament An ultrasound delivery catheter equipped and configured for concurrent delivery of drugs or therapeutic agents. The catheter comprises an elongate pliable catheter body having an ultrasound delivery member or wire extending longitudinally therethrough. A ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6494891 | Ultrasonic angioplasty transmission member The ultrasonic angioplasty transmission wire has regions of reduced cross-sectional diameter to improve flexibility of the ultrasonic angioplasty transmission wire and to compensate for degradation of longitudinal displacement due to acoustic losses along... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6454757 | Ultrasonic method for ablating and removing obstructive matter from anatomical passageways and blood vessels A method for treating obstructions of tubular anatomical passageways of the urinary tract, including the urethra and fallopian tubes, provides inserting an ultrasonic catheter device into an anatomical passageway, passing ultrasound to the distal end of t... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6454737 | Ultrasonic angioplasty-atherectomy catheter and method of use An ultrasonic device and method for removing obstructive matter from an anatomical structure or passageway (e.g., blood vessel). The device comprises an elongate pliable catheter having a distal tip member attached to the distal end thereof, and an ultras... | 09/24/2002 |
| 5997497 | Ultrasound catheter having integrated drug delivery system and methods of using same An ultrasound delivery catheter equipped and configured for concurrent delivery of drugs or therapeutic agents. The catheter comprises an elongate pliable catheter body having an ultrasound delivery member or wire extending longitudinally therethrough. A ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5957882 | Ultrasound devices for ablating and removing obstructive matter from anatomical passageways and blood vessels An ultrasonic catheter device for removing obstructive matter from anatomical passageway includes a tubular body with distal head member in which a plurality of fluid passageways are formed about the lateral surface to expel fluid outward generally perpen... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5916192 | Ultrasonic angioplasty-atherectomy catheter and method of use An ultrasonic device and method for removing obstructive matter from an anatomical structure or passageway (e.g., blood vessel). The device comprises an elongate pliable catheter having a distal tip member attached to the distal end thereof, and an ultras... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5693015 | Exchangeable integrated-wire balloon catheter A balloon catheter includes a flexible small-diameter guide wire provided with an enlarged-diameter distal end portion, and a flexible elongated tubular shaft with at least one dual-function fluid-conducting lumen adapted to both receive the guide wire ex... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5542917 | Ultrasound delivery catheters incorporating improved distal tip construction Ultrasound delivery catheters comprising elongate flexible catheter bodies having rigid distal tip or head members inserted into, and affixed thereto. At least one ultrasound transmission member extends longitudinally through the catheter body and is coup... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5454788 | Exchangeable integrated-wire balloon catheter A balloon catheter includes a flexible small-diameter guide wire provided with an enlarged-diameter distal end portion, and a flexible elongated tubular shaft with at least one dual-function fluid-conducting lumen adapted to both receive the guide wire ex... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5447509 | Ultrasound catheter system having modulated output with feedback control A method and apparatus for driving an ultrasound transducer coupled to an ultrasound transmission disposed within an elongate catheter has a modulated output and utilizes feedback control. A modulating signal varying in amplitude and continuous in duratio... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5427118 | Ultrasonic guidewire An ultrasonic guidewire insertable into a mammalian body for purposes of guiding a medical catheter, scope or other medical device into the body and, additionally, connectable to an external ultrasound generating source to transmit ultrasonic energy into ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5417672 | Connector for coupling an ultrasound transducer to an ultrasound catheter A connector for attaching an ultrasound transducer to an ultrasound catheter has a support member formed on the ultrasound transducer for supporting at least a portion of a catheter coupling which is disposed at the proximal end of ultrasound catheter. Th... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5382228 | Method and device for connecting ultrasound transmission member (S) to an ultrasound generating device An ultrasound catheter (10) for removing obstructions from tubular anatomic structures such as blood vessels, said catheter comprising an elongate flexible catheter body (20) having an ultrasound transmission member or wire (24) extending longitudinally t... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5380274 | Ultrasound transmission member having improved longitudinal transmission properties An elongate ultrasound transmission member having regions of differing cross-sectional dimension or diameter. A sleeve, sheath or other damping member may be positioned around a portion of the ultrasound transmission member to dampen or limit transverse s... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5368557 | Ultrasonic ablation catheter device having multiple ultrasound transmission members An ultrasound catheter device for transmitting ultrasound into a mammalian body comprising an elongate catheter body having at least one lumen extending longitudinally therethrough. Also extending longitudinally through the lumen are at least two ultrasou... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5368558 | Ultrasonic ablation catheter device having endoscopic component and method of using same A catheter device insertable into a body lumen and incorporating combined ultrasound ablation and endoscopic visualization apparatus. The catheter device generally comprises an elongate catheter body including an ultrasound transmission member extending l... | 11/29/1994 |
