Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5239985 | Electrode to destroy renal stones A medical electrode arrangement for urological use, has a core with an aperture going therethrough. This aperture receives a first electrode. A cage is defined by at least a side wall having first and second ends. The first end has a receiving unit for re... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5239986 | Method of normalizing soft tissue dysfunction A process of normalizing soft tissue in a human subject by a therapist includes the steps of locating dysfunctional soft tissues in the body of the subject, lightly palpating the area in such a way as to detect restrictions in the skin, detecting rope-lik... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5239987 | Anatomically correct continuous passive motion device for a limb A bilateral anatomically correct continuous passive motion orthosis device for a limb having pivotally connected first and second body portions. The device includes a base having a proximal end and a distal end. A first carriage member receives the first ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5239988 | Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation aid A cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) aid is disclosed. It is in the form of a wrist watch (10) having a set of auxiliary push buttons (13, 14 and 15). When a push button (13, 14 or 15) is pressed, audible signals are emitted from a beeper (16) at a rate... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5239989 | Safety device A portable emergency breathing apparatus provides both a source of breathing gas and a source of light to a person confronted by an emergency situation. Breathing gas from a supply container is distributed through a mouthpiece to the user. Further, a flas... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5239990 | Snorkel with floating intake valve A fresh air snorkel assembly (10) comprises a breathing tube (12) having a mouthpiece (18) at one end of the tube and an air intake opening (16) at the other end of the tube. The breathing tube (12) further includes an exhaust valve (22) disposed between ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5239991 | Disposable powder medicament inhalation device with peel-off cover A disposable device for the administration of powdered inhalation medicament is provided which comprises a rigid medicament reservoir (4) holding a unit dose of medicament (10) and having air inlet means (5,7) and medicament outlet means (8); and closure ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5239992 | Loose powder inhaler with inhalation-actuated dosing piston An inhaler for powder products comprising a housing having an oral suction mouthpiece, a piston contained within the housing for movement in opposite directions, and an elastic member for urging the piston in one direction. The mouthpiece connects with a ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5239993 | Dosage inhalator providing optimized compound inhalation trajectory A breath actuated dry powder medicament inhalator has a primary air passageway therethrough defining a venturi in the medial portion thereof. A secondary air passageway is provided which includes a compound deaggregating swirl chamber and is fluidly conne... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5239994 | Jet ventilator system A jet ventilator system for assisting a person's respiration includes a source of gas under pressure, a tracheal tube for insertion into the mouth and throat of the person, a jet nozzle disposed in the tracheal tube for directing gas pressure pulses towar... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5239995 | Sleep apnea treatment apparatus Improved methodology and apparatus for the treatment of sleep apnea through (1) application of alternating high and low level positive airway pressure within the airway of the patient with the high and low airway pressure being coordinated with the sponta... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5239996 | Controllable network of related medical patient attached devices for coordinated control A primary central controller switch box for providing a centralized means for alternatively coupling a defibrillator, a plurality of pacers and recorders in conjunction with a quadripolar endocardial catheter, an apex and back body surface electrode, and ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5239997 | Diagnostic apparatus utilizing low frequency sound waves A diagnostic apparatus for producing low frequency sound waves applied to a structure to be examined to induce sound waves in the structure and a sensor which is positioned on the structure remote from the sound producing means to receive the sound waves ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5239998 | Apparatus and method for fluorescent excitation and detection from potentiometric dyes with a single-ended optical fiber A method of detecting and recording action-potential-related fluorescent changes from a remote tissue situs which has been treated with a voltage-sensitivity dye. The method utilizes a single optical fiber to both direct excitation light to the remote tis... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5239999 | Helical endocardial catheter probe Endocardial mapping and/or ablation system for introduction into a chamber of the heart formed by a wall by passage through a lumen leading to the chamber in the heart having blood therein comprising a catheter probe with proximal and distal extremities a... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240000 | Targeting device for a lithotritor A targeting device for x-ray locating during an extracorporeal treatment of patients with focused shock waves, particularly for a lithotritor, is suggested. The targeting device comprises a carrier on or in which x-ray positive elements, preferably metal ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240001 | Method for determining moving material in a body For determining flowing material within a body by NMR tomography, a disk-shaped area in the body is excited, whereafter one applies a flow phase gradient directed in the same sense as the selection gradient (1) and comprising two successive, inversely ide... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240002 | Ultrasound transducer shielding An extracorporeal lithotripter is provided with an ultrasound transducer on the rotational center line of the reflector and substantially at the open end of the reflector. The transducer is protected against shockwaves by a metallic housing in which it is... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240003 | Ultrasonic instrument with a micro motor having stator coils on a flexible circuit board The disposable intra-luminal ultrasonic instrument for the examination and/or treatment of blood vessels and similar lumina has a small transverse cross-section. The instrument includes a catheter comprising a body and a tip having a distal end and a dist... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240004 | Intravascular, ultrasonic imaging catheters and methods for making same Novel intravascular, ultrasonic imaging catheters are provided which utilize thin layers of a flexible plastic material, such as PVDF, which can be spot polarized in active regions which are to serve as piezoelectric transducers. Thin layer metallic elect... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240005 | Acoustic focussing device The present invention relates to an acoustic focussing device for the focussing of ultrasonic and shock waves, particularly for the no-contact crushing of a concrement disposed in the body of a living being. Several boundary surfaces are arranged behind o... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240006 | Apparatus for displaying a bloodstream state An apparatus for imaging and displaying a blood stream state of an eye to be tested. A laser beam is first irradiated onto an eye to be tested. And light reflected from an irradiated area on the eye is detected and information about the reflected light is... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240007 | Apparatus and method for moving a tissue stress sensor for applanating an artery An artery applanation actuator for use in a system for noninvasively determining the intra-arterial blood pressure of a user incorporates a fluid actuator to effect movement of a sensor. The movement of the sensor is effective for applanating an artery of... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240008 | Inflation control apparatus for an automatic blood pressure gauge An automatic blood pressure measuring device includes a flexible inflation system which quickly and accurately inflates neonatal, pediatric and adult cuffs without significant pressure overshoot. The device uses an electric pump having two intake orifices... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240009 | Medical device with morphology discrimination A medical device is provided for monitoring waveform complexes of intracardiac electrograms. The intracardiac electrogram is identified by determining, with respect to a waveform peak of the intracardiac electrogram, its amplitude, width and polarity. The... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240010 | Fertility probe There is provided a method for the determination of the fertile and infertile periods in the monthly cycle of females, and a device for carrying out the measurements and evaluations of this method. The method is based on the measurement of changes of char... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240011 | Motorized biopsy needle positioner A motorized biopsy needle positioner employed in a mammographic needle biopsy system receives coordinate information representative of a previously identified point of interest within a patient's captive breast under examination and automatically position... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240012 | Carbon heat smoking article with reusable body A smoking article that produces no visible sidestream smoke in which at least the carbon heat source and the tobacco flavor producing elements can be ejected from a reusable body of the smoking article.... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240013 | Relating to sliced bale conditioning Apparatus for slicing tobacco bales comprising a plurality of parallel sharp prongs or lances (1) which can be moved to penetrate the bale (7) in a horizontal plane while the bale is supported on a lift device (14). A retractable pusher (9) is arranged to... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240014 | Catalytic conversion of carbon monoxide from carbonaceous heat sources An improved carbonaceous heat source suitable for use in a smoking article is provided. The heat source is formed by mixing a carbon component, a catalytic precursor and a binder, forming the mixture into a shape, and supplying heat to the mixture. Upon c... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240015 | Wetted impact barrier for the reduction of tar and nicotine in cigarette smoke This invention is devised to be a free standing wetted impact barrier for dispensing onto a cigarette. Only when applied on the top mouthpiece of cigarette filter types does it become a part of the filter. More particularly, this invention relates to a we... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240016 | Thermally releasable gel-based flavor source for smoking articles A flavor source to be used as a thermally releasable flavorant for smoking articles that do not combust tobacco. The flavor source includes tobacco particles, an aerosol precursor that forms an aerosol upon exposure to heat, and a gelling agent that impar... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240017 | Braiding comb The invention shows a comb for the formation of braids and similar hairstyles in professional hairdressing. One embodiment is a comb, having teeth of a spaced pattern common in the trade; extending out from the back of the comb, for a substantial distance... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240018 | Apparatus for cleaning mechanical devices using terpene compounds Apparatus for cleaning printed wiring boards and/or printed circuit boards after soldering thereof for removal of rosin soldering fluxes using terpene compounds. The apparatus includes three separate components, a first housing containing the terpene wash... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240019 | Industrial dishwasher In an industrial dishwasher a cleaning solution which is highly concentrated relative to the rinsing water is recirculated in a washing region over items to later be rinsed, whereby the cleaning solution is directed into a collector trough, where the leve... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240020 | Retractable fisherman's shade and method for operating A retractable and collapsible shading device for attachment to a chair having a tubular frame for accommodating a canvas screen or the like. The tubular frame can be adjusted as to length and width. A tubular mid-frame section attached to the tubular fram... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240021 | Suspension tent A suspension tent having two basic components, a tent body and a frame. The tent body, which is of unitary construction, is comprised of two separate compartments, an upper bed compartment, enclosed by a canopy being of an umbrella arrangement, and a lowe... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240022 | Automatic shutoff valve An automatic shutoff valve system for installation for instance in the water supply line to a hot water heater includes a sensor to detect leakage electrically by sensing moisture, and then shutting off the supply line in response. The valve mechanism inc... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240023 | Safety hose coupler A safety hose coupling and method are disclosed for a coupling assembly made up of a hollow male member and a hollow female member with a valve mounted therewithin and a lock actuation means movable first in one direction from a neutral position so that t... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240024 | Automated process gas supply system for evacuating a process line A process gas supply system at the gas supply point includes an automated means for evacuating gas in a process line fed by the process gas supply system when an abnormal event occurs. The process gas supply system of this invention eliminates the need fo... | 08/31/1993 |
