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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4207867 | Solar energy collector and method A solar energy collector and method including an insulated, box-like enclosure having a transparent wall on one side thereof for the transmittance of solar energy into the enclosure. An energy absorption plate is placed in spaced relationship in the enclo... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207868 | Solar energy system A solar heating system for space air heating of a building has a solar energy collector in air flow communication with underground heat storage structure. The collector has an elongated frame defining a plurality of air passages. A plurality of solar ener... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207869 | Solar collector construction This invention provides a solar collector construction consisting of two spaced-apart rigid panels with aligned edges, and a flexible web structure with a width substantially the same as the desired spacing between the panels. The web is strung in tension... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207870 | Blood sampling assembly having porous vent means vein entry indicator A blood sampling assembly is provided which has a cannula designed for intravenous penetration, a mechanism for applying negative pressure to the cannula, a chamber located between the cannula and the source of negative pressure, a one-way valve positione... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207871 | System for controlling the flow of intravenous fluids to a patient A controller provides precisely regulated flow of intravenous fluid on a gravitational basis to a patient. The controller includes a storage chamber with first and second compartments and a diaphragm separating the compartments and movable in the chamber ... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207872 | Device and method for advancing an endoscope through a body passage A device and its method of operation for assisting in the advancement of an endoscope through the colon or other body passage. The device includes a sleeve having an annular chamber defined in part by an outer wall of elastomeric material. A multiplicity ... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207873 | Endoscope deflection control An endoscope deflection control is described whereby enhanced one-hand control of the tip of a polydirectionally deflectable endoscope is obtained. The deflection control is mounted external to the head of the endoscope in such manner that convenient sing... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207874 | Laser tunnelling device A device for use primarily in medical applications to locate, analyze, illuminate and destroy obstructions in a tube. The device includes a fiberoptics bundle for insertion to the tube in a flexible conduit. The conduit includes a connection to a suction ... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207875 | Compression device with knee accommodating sleeve A device for applying compressive pressures against a patient's limb from a source of pressurized fluid. The device has an elongated pressure sleeve for enclosing a length of the patient's limb, with the sleeve having a plurality of laterally extending se... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207876 | Compression device with ventilated sleeve A device for applying compressive pressures against a patient's limb from a source of pressurized fluid. The device has an elongated pressure sleeve for enclosing a length of the patient's limb, with the sleeve having a plurality of laterally extending se... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207877 | Bathtub aerator A bathtub aerator formed of a pair of flexible tubes coupled together at their opposite ends to form a flexible loop for fitting within a bathtub. The coupling at one end is connected to a pressurized air source for blowing air into the tubes, so that the... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207878 | Back pain reliever A device for home or self treatment of back pain, particularly in the lower back. The device comprises a plurality of elements affixed to a suitable support member arranged in a suitable manner to provide desirable pressure relief to the user.... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207879 | Therapeutic apparatus for use in treatment of muscular and skeletal disorders A prone board is provided with an adjustable angle leg supporting and spreading appliance positioned to extend from a location below the crotch and between the thighs of a patient to a location below the patient's knees. The appliance is adjustable and co... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207880 | Combination corrective toe separator apparatus and pedicure aid Apparatus utilized as both a corrective aid for separating overlapping or crooked toes, and as a pedicure aid to keep toes separated during pedicures, polish or medicine applications, etc. The apparatus can be worn either interiorly of an appropriate shoe... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207881 | Headgear for support of broken jaws during healing A comfortable headgear is worn by persons having broken jaws or other facial bones that must be held in place to set. The headgear can also be used in the treatment of bone spurs without the use of surgery. An adjustable headband circles the wearer's head... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207882 | Filter apparatus for welding mask A filter apparatus for a welding mask having airways passage forming structure including a pair of filtered remote inlets and including an intermediate mouthpiece whereby filtered ambient air may be supplied to the mouthpiece. An exhaust structure is comm... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207883 | Hood assembly with noise filter An environmental control hood assembly includes a headpiece and a noise filter subassembly which is disposed within the headpiece adjacent its top wall. The filter subassembly includes a silencer member with an air-permeable wall portion and is connected ... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207884 | Pressure controlled breathing apparatus A medical patient or other individual exhales air through a pressure control exhalation valve at a pressure which remains substantially constant during exhalation and corresponds to the residual pressure desired within the lungs. The pressure control exha... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207885 | Woven elastic compression bandage An elastic compression bandage of narrow woven fabric includes cotton weft yarn picks and textured stretch nylon multifilament warp yarns having total deniers in the range of from 210 to 560. The construction provides from 10 to 16 weft yarn picks per inc... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207886 | Ladder adjusting and stabilizing apparatus A pair of elongated stabilizing supports and a pair of mounts for support by opposite side rails of the ladder. The stabilizing supports each include a pair of generally parallel arms and have a first pair of end portions free of connections extending the... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207887 | Gas insufflation apparatus Insufflation gas from a compressed gas source is introduced into a body cavity through a tube connected to the source by an insufflation duct, the pressure in the body cavity being measured by a pressure gauge connected to the body cavity by a measuring d... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207888 | Baffle device for face tent A flow baffle for use in an aerosol therapy system including a jet nebulizer device, which is connected by large bore tubing to a face tent worn by a patient, with the water aerosol and oxygen-air mixture so delivered being free to pass through and out of... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207889 | Injection system for suspension and solutions An injection system for suspensions and solutions having five cartridges supported on a cartridge support. The cartridges are connected to a coalescing disc with five inlet passages and a single output passage with a feed line connected to the single pass... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207890 | Drug-dispensing device and method A drug-dispensing device and method for controlled and prolonged internal administration of medicaments to warm-blooded animals comprising an outer polymer envelope containing an expanding agent, drug metering means, and the drug itself. The outer polymer... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207891 | Dispensing instrument with supported balloon A fluid dispensing instrument having a dispenser operable to place a drug material into the uterine cavity of a female and an expandable balloon cooperating with balloon support structure operable to move the drug material from the uterine cavity into bot... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207892 | Method and apparatus for the diagnosis of tissue samples A diagnostic technique to histologically detect malignancy and other tissue properties is performed by pressing a solid tissue sample between a pair of planar parallel plates transparent to ultraviolet light to a fraction of the original thickness of the ... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207893 | Device using hydrophilic polymer for delivering drug to biological environment A self-powered device for delivering drug is disclosed. The device comprises (1) a substantially rigid housing, (2) a collapsible container storing a drug and having a passageway for delivering the drug in the housing, and (3) an expandable laminate posit... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207894 | Pediatric suction receptacle A pediatric suction receptacle has a closed plastic collector with an upper wall integrally joined to a downward extending wall and an inward sloping wall terminating in a spigot. Two plastic tubes permanently connected to the upper wall have proximal end... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207895 | Diaper with extensible fastener A disposable diaper comprising, an absorbent pad assembly, a release sheet on a surface of the pad assembly adjacent a side edge, a rape strip having a first portion secured to the surface of the pad assembly, a securement portion releasably attached to t... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207896 | Surgical instrument having self-regulating dielectric heating of its cutting edge The cutting edge of a scalpel blade is heated to an elevated preselected constant operating temperature for cutting tissue with simultaneous hemostasis by dielectric heating of the internal structure of the blade in the region along the cutting edge. Sele... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207897 | Cryosurgical probe A cryosurgical probe is adapted for the freezing of a nerve and is fitted with an electrode at its tip for electrical stimulation of the nerve, to enable the surgeon to know when the probe tip has been correctly placed in proximity to a particular nerve w... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207898 | Intralumenal anastomosis surgical stapling instrument A surgical stapling instrument for the joining together of tubular body organs. The instrument comprises an elongated cylindrical body supporting at its distal end a staple carrier containing at least one annular array of staples, a staple driver for each... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207899 | Catheter A catheter having a shaft including a drainage lumen and an inflation lumen is provided with a molded connector unit bonded to its proximal end, the connector unit including a drainage fitting and an inflation side arm. A rigid adapter tube has its forwar... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207900 | Insert molded catheter and method A catheter comprising, an elongated shaft having a main lumen extending through the shaft, and an inflation lumen extending through a wall of the shaft. The catheter has a tip molded directly onto a distal end of the shaft, and a connecter molded directly... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207901 | Ultrasound reflector A reflector is disclosed, suitable for use in an apparatus for sending and/or receiving ultrasonic energy through a propagating fluid. A thin layer of ultrasonically transmissive material is disposed on a supportive substrate having an optically rough sur... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207902 | Instrument and method of measuring dilatation of cervix uteri An instrument for measuring dilatation of cervix uteri has two elongated arms movable relative to one another in a scissors-like manner and each having a measuring portion and an indicating portion spaced from one another. Two expansible loops are formed ... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207903 | Device for screwing body tissue electrode into body tissue An assembly of a primary and an auxiliary tool employed in implanting an electrical lead and its electrode in body tissue, the primary tool or device having a groove associated therewith for holding the electrode and the lead's conductor during implantati... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207904 | Constant power density electrode adapted to be useful in bio-medical applications An electrode which is adapted to be used on a human body and suited for transmitting electrical impulses into the body. The electrode is relatively thin in cross-section and comprises in succession a lower layer of electrically conducting rubber, an inter... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207905 | Isobutyl substituted heterocyclic compounds for augmenting or enhancing the organoleptic properties of smoking tobaccos and smoking tobacco articles Processes and compositions are described for the use in smoking tobacco flavor and aroma augmenting, modifying, enhancing and imparting compositions and as smoking tobacco aroma or flavor imparting, augmenting or enhancing materials of a mixture of compou... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207906 | Method of making a cigarette A method of making a cigarette having a core of one grade of tobacco and at least one substantially circumferential wrapping of a second grade of tobacco which comprises applying to a moving base or conveyor a first stream of the core tobacco and a pair o... | 06/17/1980 |
