| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7594509 |
Heat and moisture exchange device for respiratory therapy |
September 29, 2009 |
| A heat and moisture exchange device for being selectively operated between HME mode and bypass mode comprises a rotatable valve and valve selector configured to be rotated without transferring rotational movement to tubing attached to the device. |
| 7585304 |
Endoscopic clip applying apparatus with improved aperture for clip release and related method |
September 8, 2009 |
| An apparatus for applying surgical clips includes a jaw assembly and a jaw opening member. The jaw assembly includes first and second opposing pivotable jaw members that define a variable-width jaw aperture therebetween for receiving a clip. The jaw opening member is movable into eng |
| 7562607 |
Torque-limiting tool |
July 21, 2009 |
| Example embodiments of the present invention relate to a torque-limiting tool which includes a central cam having a receiver component, at least one cam holder component surrounding the central cam, propelled by a driving member or a tool handle, wherein the cam holder component incl |
| 7503104 |
Method of making ratchet screwdriver |
March 17, 2009 |
| A ratchet screwdriver and method of making same wherein there is a handle and there are a ratchet gear and pawls inside the handle. An adjuster is inside the handle and is movable by a tool extending into the handle for positioning the adjuster relative to the gear and thereby eliminatin |
| 7476223 |
Bladder catheter set |
January 13, 2009 |
| This invention proposes a urinary catheter set with a urinary catheter disposed in a sterile package, which urinary catheter has a catheter shaft, a catheter tip and a preferably funnel-shaped end on the collecting pouch end, with a cuff being disposed in the package, which cuff encl |
| 7421772 |
Ratcheting driver with pivoting pawls and method of arranging same |
September 9, 2008 |
| A ratcheting driver for rotationally driving a piece and having a handle and pivotal pawls engageable with a driven gear and being capable of ratcheting and driving in both rotational directions. A cap is rotatable relative to said handle and it has a web for pivoting the pawls out of |
| 7390316 |
Seal positioning assembly |
June 24, 2008 |
| An assembly structured to selectively orient a seal between an open position and a closed position. The assembly includes an expander structure disposable into a seal open or a seal closed orientation by being rotated or otherwise movable into and out of forced engagement with predet |
| 7326223 |
Ligating clip with integral cutting guide |
February 5, 2008 |
| A polymeric, surgical clip having first and second curved legs with each having a pair of opposing side surfaces joined at their proximal ends by a flexible hinge section and movable from an open position to a closed position for clamping a vessel between curved opposing inner surfaces. |
| 7316699 |
Introducer assembly for medical instruments |
January 8, 2008 |
| An assembly structured to introduce a trocar or other medical instrumentation into a body cavity through an entry site formed in the cavity wall. The introducer assembly includes a base formed of a semi-rigid, flexible and/or a semi-flexible material having an instrument receiving pa |
| 7316696 |
Ligating clip with integral interlocking latch mechanism |
January 8, 2008 |
| A polymeric, surgical clip having first and second curved legs joined at their proximal ends by a flexible hinge section and movable from an open position to a closed position for clamping a vessel between curved opposing inner surfaces. The first leg terminates at its distal end in a |
| 7290465 |
Ratchet driver and method of making same |
November 6, 2007 |
| A ratcheting driver configured to rotationally drive an item or work piece is provided. The driver includes a handle and pivotal pawls engageable with a driven gear and capable of ratcheting and driving in both rotational directions. The handle and pawls have mating matched surfaces |
| 7284936 |
Tool bit and collet assembly and method |
October 23, 2007 |
| A tool bit and collet assembly, and method of assembling, wherein there is a collar for holding the collet in the radially inward position to thereby hold the tool bit. Camming surfaces are between the tool bit and the collet, and between the collet and the collar, for opening the collet |
| 7261689 |
Pivotal and illuminated saphenous vein retractor with tapered design |
August 28, 2007 |
| An illuminated surgical retractor for defining and illuminating a subcutaneous surgical field in the space near a vessel (such as the saphenous vein or radial artery) during a procedure for harvesting the vessel, wherein the illuminated surgical retractor includes a handle member piv |
| 7240588 |
Method of making a tool for extracting a broken screw |
July 10, 2007 |
| The method of making a tool for removal of broken screws from a base material, including the material of the bone of a medical patient. One end of the tool has an open bore with interior, left-hand tapered screw threads formed thereon by compressing the tool to form the taper after t |
| 7228859 |
Pressure venting circuit for respiratory humidification apparatus |
June 12, 2007 |
| An improved humidifier assembly includes a tubing and a one-way valve for equalizing pressure between gas space of a water supply container and gas space of a humidifier vessel. |
