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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4800872 | Ravel-free orthopaedic casting tapes The casting tape substrate of the present invention is coated with a very soft, low modulus binder which is compatible with the polyurethane prepolymer or other curable resin which will be subsequently coated onto the substrate to form the casting tape. T... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800873 | Method for setting fractures The invention is a method and tool used for the setting of fractured bones. In detail, the tool comprises an elongated, cylindrical rod having an axial bore. A T-shaped handle is removably fixed to one end of the rod to permit manual manipulation thereof.... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800874 | Anatomical bone plate and/or transfixion plate A bone transfixion plate for transfixing an acetabulum fragment to the os ilium, by screw means, following pelvic osteotomies with rotation of the roof of the acetabulum, particularly in a human patient. The plate comprises: a proximal region for applicat... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800875 | Surgical funnel and method of using Particulate bone is more easily and quickly guided into position for impaction into the site of a fusion mass by using a surgical funnel provided by an elongated, thin, flat base and a pair of thin, upstanding walls which extend along the elongated edges ... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800876 | Method of and apparatus for laser treatment of body lumens A laser microsurgical method and apparatus are disclosed for safely treating occluded body lumens with laser energy. The disclosed method involves the use of pulsed laser energy from an argon-ion laser to destroy the tissue of luminal occlusions, such as ... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800877 | Laser output calibration tab An insert for guiding and orienting a surgical laser peripheral into a calibration device for calibrating the laser's output is disclosed. This insert is affixable to the output end of the laser peripheral. It is configured as a rigid body of flat sheet s... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800878 | Electrosurgical knife with visual alarm A disposable electrosurgical knife handle and blade is provided with a built-in warning light positioned on the top of the handle in the surgeon's line of vision during surgical procedures in order to warn, instantly, of unwanted surges in the electrical ... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800879 | Disposable vascular occluder A disposable vascular occluding device for temporarily stopping or interrupting blood flow in veins or arteries of the body during vascular surgery and emergency trauma surgery is constructed with two plastic arms connected at one end by a hinge for pivot... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800880 | Surgical needle holder A surgical needle holder having a pair of clamping jaws at an obtuse angle to respective elongated handle portions forming a vertex therebetween which are clearly defined. Cooperating latching mechanisms having portions on each handle portion and engageab... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800881 | Depilating appliance A depilating appliance comprising a pair of plucking-out jaws (5) having registering edges. The jaws comprise the ends of two arms (20) hingedly interconnected at a point intermediate their length in the fashion of the two arms of a pair of pliers. A driv... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800882 | Endovascular stent and delivery system A wire stent for insertion and expansion into a passageway comprises a plurality of curved sections that are formed into a generally circular configuration. Adjacent curved sections are joined by a bend or cusp, so that a series of alternating opposing lo... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800883 | Apparatus for generating multiphasic defibrillation pulse waveform An apparatus suitable for use in an implantable automatic defibrillation system for automatically generating a multiphasic defibrillation pulse waveform in response to sensed fibrillation has first and second series charge-storing capacitors having a comm... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800884 | Magnetic induction hearing aid A magnetic induction hearing aid where the microphone, the amplifying electronics, the battery and a coil are contained in a single housing which is located deep in the ear canal. A magnet is attached to portions of the middle ear by means of a malleus cl... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800885 | Blood constituent monitoring apparatus and methods with frequency division multiplexing Apparatus and method for measuring the level of a constituent such as oxygen in the blood of a living subject. Light at a plurality of wavelengths is emitted and directed through the patient's body to a photodetector. The amplitude of the emitted light at... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800886 | Sensor for measuring the concentration of a gaseous component in a fluid by absorption Apparatus and methods are provided for determining the concentration of a gaseous component in a fluid. A solid body of a natural or synthetic high polymer, which is permeable to the gaseous component, is exposed to the fluid, the polymer is exposed to in... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800887 | X ray-transparent electrode for a living body An electrode for a living body comprises a main body consisting of a flexible sheet of graphite and the whole of the electrode is made substantially transparent in regard to X rays so that the electrode is not a hindrance to an X-ray inspection.... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800888 | Enhanced electrode headset An electrode assembly is mounted in a helmet like headset for use in making multiple electrode contact with the scalp. Each electrode assembly includes an electrode that floats in a cylinder mounted in a pressure responsive drive, which, when under pressu... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800889 | Rapid-scan NMR angiography A method for providing a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) angiographic image substantially only of moving spins associated with fluid flow in a living organism sample having a cardiac cycle at a cardiac rate, and immersed in a main static magnetic field, ... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800890 | Steerable guide wire for catheters In a steerable, flexible, torsionally-stable guide wire for medical catheters which is surrounded at its distal end region by a helically wound spring which protrudes beyond the end of the guide wire, an improved atraumatic guidance of the guide wire with... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800891 | Doppler velocity processing method and apparatus Method and apparatus for developing an estimation of the velocity of a moving target, comprising, transmitting groups of pulse signals towards the target, receiving groups of echo signals caused by reflections of the transmitted groups of pulse signals fr... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800892 | Apparatus for inflating cuff for blood pressure monitoring system An inflation system for providing rapid, linear inflation of a container, such as an occlusion cuff used in connection with a blood pressure monitoring system. The invention system provides an automatic fast-fill of the cuff to a predetermined pressure le... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800893 | Kinesthetic physical movement feedback display for controlling the nervous system of a living organism A method and system for providing as a biofeedback signal a visual display showing kinesthetic physical movement to enable a subject to produce desired thought patterns. Sensors or electrodes are connected to the subject at one or more topological locatio... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800894 | Protection of EKG monitor against electrical surgical interference A protective device for an EKG monitor for use in surgical electrocautery which employs an electrocautery surgical knife supplied with radio frequency power and an EKG monitoring apparatus having an input and including a scope providing an EKG display. El... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800895 | Electroencephalographic data display method and system A novel display method and system for electroencephalographic data includes the use of a linear array of picture elements whose distance from each other is inversely proportional to the power of the EEG signal at a given frequency. The display indicates r... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800896 | Cell sample collector probe An elongated plastic sample collector probe for cell sampling, particularly including mucosal cells. The probe has a generally rigid rearward handle portion, a forwardly narrowing tapered shank portion, and a small sample collector cup at the forward tip ... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800897 | Device for detection of relative movements and/or positions of a part of the body or the like Device for detection of relative motions or positions of one or more parts of the body, comprising at least two measuring sensors which are applied to the parts of the body whose motions or positions are to be measured. Signals from the sensors are transm... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800898 | Neural stimulator electrode element and lead A neural stimulator electrode element and lead includes an elongate sheath having a passage therein and which contains an electrical conductor and electrode, the latter of which communicates through the exterior wall of the sheath. Two pairs of flexible e... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800899 | Apparatus for destroying cells in tumors and the like Apparatus and a method for applying electromagnetic energy to the interior of a tumor, such as a breast tumor or brain tumor within the body, to heat and thereby destroy cells in the tumor while monitoring the temperature of the body tissues at the outer ... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800900 | External strap incontinence control device The incontinence control device of the present invention as described includes a cloth strap adapted to encircle a penis, the strap having cooperative pressure adherence layers on portions of the inner and outer surfaces so that the strap can form a circu... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800901 | Balloon-type Tissue expansion device A balloon-type Tissue expander device is provided that has a main balloon portion for stretching tissue when implanted under the skin. The expander balloon includes an inflation conduit and a separate drain tube connected thereto serving to drain fluid ac... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800902 | Seed-crop harvesting machine and method for converting a seed-crop harvesting machine into one which can be used for harvesting fragile seed-crops There is disclosed a seed-crop harvester which has been converted to provide elevation of the seed from the separation to a storage bin by a bucket-type elevator and discharge of the seeds from the storage bin laterally and downwardly into a hopper on a b... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800903 | Nicotine dispenser with polymeric reservoir of nicotine A nicotine dispenser comprising a polyolefin porous plug with reversibly retained nicotine therein. The dispenser is mounted in a tubular configuration to provide a cigarette-shaped product adapted to dispense nicotine vapor when air is drawn therethrough... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800904 | Article for removing nail polish from a nail An article for removing nail polish from a nail is described which comprises a sealed envelope having rupturable means along and adjacent to at least one edge thereof to allow for entry of a nail containing nail polish into the interior of the envelope, a... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800905 | Semi-rigid toothpick with protective case handle A reusable toothpick is mounted to a double ended bayonet mount. The bayonet mount is unoccupied at one end and has the toothpick grasped medially at the opposite end. The double ended bayonet mount is in turn received into a handle having a hollow cavity... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800906 | Washing apparatus A washing apparatus for providing a fluid such as hot water to either a spray nozzle or a dishwasher. A thermostatically controlled heated water storage tank supplies fluid to a piping system having a first branch and a second branch. The first branch is ... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800907 | Storage space for liquids, with a flushing device The invention concerns a storage space for liquids, especially a rain-basin or sewer-backup space, with at least one flushing chamber that is positioned at the maximum height of the bottom of the storage space, that can be filled with storage liquid, and ... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800908 | Taped troughs for wet removal of asbestos Device for use in wet removable of asbestos from pipes comprising a trough having means for securing the trough on pipes, and means to allow a poured in aqueous solution to completely immerse said pipes and prevent leakage of said solution from spaces bet... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800909 | Clamp for umbrella stick A clamping device of a static umbrella (e.g. the frame of a garden or beach mbrella) has a segment which is flexibly connected to a bush which surrounds an umbrella stick. A handle rotatably mounted in a boss attached to the bush is able to overcome the na... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800910 | Walker A walker having a unique leg support system in which the walker's two stationary front legs are interchangeable at the user's discretion with two wheeled front legs, both types of legs being height adjustable relative to the walker's framework. The wheele... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800911 | Walker carrier An improved container comprising a frame and a flexible receptacle secured thereto includes bracket or hook means for being secured substantially entirely within the space between opposite leg members in a walker.... | 01/31/1989 |
