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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5143062 | Endotracheal tube having irrigation means The present invention relates to an endotracheal tube used for mechanical ventilation of a hospital patient, the endotracheal tube is useful in evacuating contaminated secretions that pool within the trachea above an inflatable cuff associated with the en... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143063 | Method of removing adipose tissue from the body Electromedical apparatus is employed to non-invasively remove adipose tissue from the body by causing necrosis thereof by localizing (e.g., focusing) radiant energy. The radiant energy may be of any suitable kind, for example, localized radio frequency, m... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143064 | Medical chilling apparatus An apparatus is set forth to effect selective chilling of an extremity of an individual's appendage, such as the ankle and foot portion, wherein the apparatus includes a container with a cylindrical opening directed through an end wall thereof, with the o... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143065 | Implantable device with circadian rhythm adjustment A body function assistance device, capable of analyzing changing but cyclic physiologic needs of a patient and generating a response based on the analysis. A microprocessor in the body function assistance device controls the response of the device to vari... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143066 | Optical fiber sensors for continuous monitoring of biochemicals and related method A device and method for measuring properties of certain substances such as analytes are provided. The device includes a probe housing having an optical fiber associated therewith. The housing is capped on one end by a porous membrane which is permeable to... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143067 | Tool for implantable neural electrode An implantable electrode system for establishing electrical contact with nerve tissue. The outer substrate of the electrode is a semi-rigid, body compatible, insulating material such as a chronically implantable polymer. The outer substrate is molded as a... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143068 | Flexible and curved radio frequency (RF) coil for the human shoulder for magnetic resonance imaging apparatus A flexible, conformally fitted coil for imaging of the human shoulder and topologically similar specimens is in the form of a band of flexible conductive foil covered by a soft flexible insulating material. The geometry of the coil is such that it can pas... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143069 | Diagnostic method of monitoring skeletal defect by in vivo acoustic measurement of mechanical strength using correlation and spectral analysis A diagnostic method for determining in vivo mechanical strength and structural integrity of hard tissues such as bones, in a non-invasive and non-dramatic manner. The method separates ultrasound energy affected by surrounding soft tissues, and thus permit... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143070 | Transaxial compression technique for sound velocity estimation An improved ultrasonic pulse-echo method and apparatus that has particular application in estimating sound velocity in organic tissue is disclosed. The method employs a standard transducer or transducer containing device which is translated transaxially, ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143071 | Non-stringy adhesive hydrophilic gels The non-stringy hydrogels of this invention are comprised of a homogeneous uniform mixture of water and at least one water-soluble high molecular weight polymer. Suitable mixtures may be derived from poly(ethylene oxide) and water or poly(vinyl pyrrolidon... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143072 | Apparatus for determining the mechanical properties of a solid Apparatus for determining, through an interposed medium, the mechanical properties of a solid. The apparatus includes ultrasonic transmission apparatus for transmitting an ultrasonic wave through the interposed medium and the solid, wherein the solid has ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143073 | Wave apparatus system The disclosure relates to a device for locating and disintegrating body anomalies and displaying real time images of a body anomaly during treatment. The images are formed between pulses of disintegrating treatment waves by an ultrasound scanner in line w... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143074 | Ultrasonic treatment device using a focussing and oscillating piezoelectric element An ultrasonic treatment device is divulged comprising a power transducer in the form of a spherical cup serving both as treatment wave generator and as echographic transceiver, wherein the transducer is caused to oscillate (motor 2) during the treatment, ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143075 | Ultrasonographic apparatus for diagnosis An ultrasonographic apparatus for diagnosis which produces a sectional image of an object by a shifting focus system or a variable aperture system from echoes which are obtained from ultrasonic waves radiated to the object. The echoes from the object are ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143076 | Three-dimensional beam localization microscope apparatus for stereotactic diagnoses or surgery The disclosure is directed to a method and apparatus for determining, in three dimensions, the location, size, depth and width of tumors, lesions, abnormalities, structures, and the like, particularly useful for stereotactic surgery. The invention utilize... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143077 | Constant-rate discharge valve, and electronic automatic sphygmomanometer using same A constant-rate discharge valve adapted so as to render a discharge rate constant includes a housing having an internal air chamber and an open hole open to the atmosphere, first and second air passageways each having one end open to the air chamber and c... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143078 | Respiration rate monitor A monitoring system for providing an accurate indication of a patient's respiration rate. The system is effective in eliminating or significantly reducing the effects of heart sounds and ambient noise. The system comprises means for obtaining a first sign... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143079 | Apparatus for detection of tumors in tissue Improvements in apparatus for detecting tumors in living human breast tissue comprising means for determining the dielectric constants of localized regions of living humans breast tissue including a multiplicity of hexagonal probe elements.... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143080 | In vivo osmometer A first exemplary embodiment of an osmometer for the in vivo measurement of the osmolarity of a bodily fluid such as tears or sweat comprises a detachable, preferably disposable, probe in combination with means for measuring the conductivity between two e... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143081 | Randomized double pulse stimulus and paired event analysis The behavioral tendencies of a system in which responses evoked by stimuli are measurable are determined by means of a method and apparatus for applying a train of paired stimuli to the system and measuring and analyzing the response. The first of each pa... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143082 | Surgical device for enclosing an internal organ A medical device for enclosing an internal bodily organ or tissue during surgery comprising a filamentary strand with noose and free end portions, the free end portion enclosed within a cannula; a surgical bag with an opening, the bag attached to the noos... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143083 | I.V. needle holder A blood collection needle holder is described which permits quick release of a spent blood collection needle once it has been used without complex manipulation by the health care provider. The device provides a locking mechanism on one end of a needle and... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143084 | Disposable cartridge for sampling and analyzing body fluids A disposable sampling cartridge for use with a blood sample analyzer. The cartridge includes a blood reservoir communicating with a hypodermic needle, a waste collection chamber adapted to receive waste fluids from the blood sample analyzer, and a plurali... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143085 | Steerable memory alloy guide wires A medical guide wire or the like that is comprised in part or entirely of one or more heat activated memory alloys alone or in conjunction with one or more non-heat activated memory material. The tip or any portion of a guide wire comprised of memory alloy or ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143086 | Device for measuring and analyzing movements of the human body or of parts thereof A device for determining mandibular motion wherein three light emitting diodes at the vertices of a triangle are temporarily fixed to teeth of the subject, the light emitting diodes are sequentially energized, and two sensors responsive to the light emitt... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143087 | Analysis and treatment of swallowing dysfunction A method of analyzing the swallowing of a subject, comprises providing displacement and/or presssure-activated transducing means which are positioned in the desired positioned relationship with the anatomical structure of the subject, the behavior of whic... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143088 | Apparatus for monitoring the motion components of the spine An apparatus is disclosed for monitoring the functional motion characteristics of the spine in each of three planes. The apparatus is designed to be mounted on the back of a patient, and it includes an exoskeleton of T-shaped elements which resemble the s... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143089 | Assembly and method of communicating electrical signals between electrical therapeutic systems and body tissue This invention provides improved electrode structures for electrically communicating between electrical therapeutic equipment and internal body tissue. Bundles of highly flexible, highly electrically conductive, preferably non-metallic carbon based, isotr... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143090 | Cardiac lead A cardiac lead for transmitting electric current to the heart and/or sensing and monitoring electrical activity of the heart has an elongated electrical conductor connected to a head. An electrode mounted on the head comprises a helical wire adapted to be... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143091 | Multi-position drape for surgery on a limb Surgical drapes for isolating the knee or other portion of a limb of a patient in surgery wherein the drape comprises a sheet having two fenestrations in elastomeric material to receive the limb of the patient. These fenestrations are located on the drape... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143092 | Flexible abdominal flattener A slimming flattener for the female's abdomen which utilizes two lengths of longitudinally stretchable woven elastic webbing in its construction. The first length surrounding the body at the upper hip line on the sides and rear dropping in the front to th... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143093 | Methods of angioplasty treatment of stenotic regions Dilation catheters for use in administering treatments to relieve stenotic regions within a body lumen are described. In the invention, a novel catheter system having a balloon length of minimal length for treating distal arteries is utilized. In addition... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143094 | Cigarette machine trimming device A trimming device for trimming a cigarette filler stream in a cigarette making machine comprises two cooperating disc assemblies (2,3) arranged to rotate at equal speeds about laterally spaced axes (4,5) and including discs (11,12) from the respective ass... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143095 | Method of cutting tobacco A method of converting particles of tobacco leaves, particularly bales or portions of bales of compacted tobacco leaf laminae, into cut tobacco involves admitting portions of and/or entire bales into a tobacco cutter while the temperature of compacted par... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143096 | Method and apparatus for expanding cellular materials A process and apparatus for impregnating a cellular material with liquefied gas at a predetermined pressure for subsequent expansion of the impregnated cellular material including the steps of charging the cellular material into an impregnation vessel, pu... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143097 | Tobacco reconstitution process Reconstituted tobacco has phosphate salts incorporated therein. Tobacco is extracted with water to yield an insoluble portion and an aqueous portion containing water soluble tobacco components. The aqueous portion is contacted with diammonium hydrogen ort... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143098 | Multiple layer cigarette paper for reducing sidestream smoke The sidestream smoke associated with a cigarette or cigarette-like smoking article is reduced by wrapping the tobacco in a single sheet of paper having multiple layers.... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143099 | Double wrapped cigarettes with reduced spotting and method of manufacture The invention concerns cigarette spotting. To reduce or prevent cigarette paper spotting, the cigarette is provided with an inner wrapper placed between the tobacco column and the external envelope, this inner wrapper being a paper made of cellulose fibers, wi... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143100 | Manicure sheet A manicure sheet for use in manicuring fingernails comprising a left-and-right pair of masking sheets which are stuck onto the left and right halves of the fingertip for masking skin parts proximate to the nail. Each sheet has in its tip part an L-shaped ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143101 | Apparatus for washing lenses A lens washing apparatus includes a wash chamber, a reservoir for holding wash fluid, a pair of spaced nozzles facing each other, a lens support for holding a lens between the nozzles, a pump for squirting wash fluid through the nozzles onto the lens, a h... | 09/01/1992 |
