| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D291643 |
Insulated container |
September 1, 1987 |
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| 7422586 |
Tissue surface treatment apparatus and method |
September 9, 2008 |
| A tissue surface reatment apparatus includes a housing having a proximal end, a distal end including a tissue contacting surface, an interior defined by the housing and a handpiece coupled to the housing. The contactine surface has a plurality of apertures. An energy delivery device |
| 7399299 |
Thermal ablation of biological tissue |
July 15, 2008 |
| An ablation device is described comprising an introducer and an electrode array. The electrode array couples to a distal end of the introducer. The electrode array includes a center member having a distal end configured to penetrate tissue and a plurality of electrodes. Proximal and dist |
| 7350876 |
Combination panline and utility drilling or bolting unit |
April 1, 2008 |
| A drilling or bolting unit for selective use with either a vehicle or a panline of a face conveyor associated with a longwall miner or mining machine is disclosed. In one embodiment, the unit comprises a base adapted for engaging the panline and a plurality of receivers. Each receive |
| 7341586 |
Thermal coagulation of tissue during tissue resection |
March 11, 2008 |
| A coagulation system is provided for use in biological tissue. The coagulation system includes a handle, a radiofrequency (RF) generator, and an electrode array. The electrode array includes two or more pair of bipolar electrodes slideably coupled in channels of the handle. The bipol |
| 7315115 |
Light-emitting and electron-emitting devices having getter regions |
January 1, 2008 |
| A light-emitting device contains getter material (58) typically distributed in a relatively uniform manner across the device's active light-emitting portion. An electron-emitting device similarly contains getter material (112, 110/112, 128, 132, and 142) typically distributed relativ |
| 7278991 |
Tissue surface treatment apparatus and method |
October 9, 2007 |
| A method of controlling ablation volume depth includes providing a treatment apparatus. The apparatus comprises a housing having a proximal and distal end including a tissue contacting surface. The housing defines an interior with an energy delivery device positionable in the interior. |
| 7277735 |
Method and system for invoking simultaneous ringing |
October 2, 2007 |
| A method and system for simultaneous ringing in a wireless communication system. Upon receipt of a request to connect a call to a given wireless communication device (WCD), a switch or other entity will determine that the given WCD subscribes to a simultaneous ringing service and will |
| 7223264 |
Thermal coagulation of tissue during tissue resection |
May 29, 2007 |
| Methods for performing coagulation necrosis of biological tissue are provided. The methods include configuring electrode arrays to provide balanced energy density in target tissue volumes using two or more pair of electrodes. The electrode array configuration includes at least one of |
| 7093481 |
Method for roller burnishing a heater tube |
August 22, 2006 |
| A process for placing a roller burnished finish on the central portion of an unfinished lathe-turned heater tube includes controlling the rotational speed of the burnishing rollers and the pressure of the burnishing rollers against the central portion of the heater tube so that tooli |
| 7060739 |
Antimicrobial fluoroelastomer rubber articles and compositions |
June 13, 2006 |
| Fluoroelastomer (FKM) rubber-containing articles that exhibit highly desirable long-term effective antimicrobial characteristics are provided. Such articles are in either solid or blown (foam or sponge) state (or combinations of both in multilayered forms) and can be utilized in a va |
| 7008421 |
Apparatus and method for tissue resection |
March 7, 2006 |
| A tissue ablation system is described that generates a uniform avascular plane of coagulated tissue to aid in the bloodless or near-bloodless resection of various biological tissues from a variety of organs. The tissue ablation system includes an energy director guide and two or more |
| 6943205 |
Antimicrobial articles and compositions made from styrene butadiene rubber |
September 13, 2005 |
| This invention relates to certain non-silicone vulcanized rubber articles that are made from at least a majority by weight of vulcanized styrene butadiene rubber that include silver-based compounds to provide highly desirable long-term antimicrobial characteristics within the cured rubbe |
| 6852782 |
Antimicrobial articles and compositions made from non-silicone vulcanized rubber |
February 8, 2005 |
| This invention relates to certain non-silicone vulcanized rubber articles that are made from at least a majority by weight of epichlorohydrin, polybutadiene, or polychloroprene vulcanized rubber that include silver-based compounds to provide highly desirable long-term antimicrobial c |
| 6846871 |
Antimicrobial resin cured rubber articles and prevulcanized compositions |
January 25, 2005 |
| This invention relates to certain non-silicone resin cured rubber articles that are made from at least a majority by weight of non-silicone vulcanized rubber that include silver-based compounds to provide highly desirable long-term antimicrobial characteristics within the cured rubber |
| 6638993 |
Colored antimicrobial vulcanized rubber articles |
October 28, 2003 |
| Certain non-silicone vulcanized rubber articles made from at least a majority by weight of ethylene-propylene-diene modified (terpolymer) rubber (such as, without limitation, EPDM and/or NBR) that include silver-based compounds to provide highly desirable long-term antimicrobial char |
| 6571464 |
Self-standing spacer wall structures and methods of fabricating and installing same |
June 3, 2003 |
| Methods and structures are provided which support spacer walls in a position which facilitates installation of the spacer walls between a faceplate structure and a backplate structure of a flat panel display. In one embodiment, spacer feet are formed at opposing ends of the spacer wa |
| 6528930 |
Conductive focus waffle |
March 4, 2003 |
| A conductive focus waffle structure for focusing electrons emitted from a cathode portion of a flat panel display device. In one embodiment, the conductive focus waffle structure comprises a grid of material comprised of substantially orthogonally oriented rows and columns. The substanti |
| 6489718 |
Spacer suitable for use in flat panel display |
December 3, 2002 |
| A spacer (140) suitable for use in a flat panel display is formed with ceramic, transition metal, and oxygen. At least part of the oxygen is bonded to the transition metal or/and constituents of the ceramic to form a uniform electrically resistive material having a resistivity of 10.sup. |
| 6459209 |
Procedures and apparatus for turning-on and turning-off elements within a field emission display |
October 1, 2002 |
| A method of removing contaminant particles in newly fabricated field emission displays. According to one embodiment of the present invention, contaminant particles are removed by a conditioning process which includes the steps of: a) driving a anode of a field emission display (FED) to a |
| 6414428 |
Flat-panel display with intensity control to reduce light-centroid shifting |
July 2, 2002 |
| The intensity at which electrons emitted by a first plate structure (10) in a flat-panel display strike a second plate structure (12) for causing it to emit light is controlled so as to reduce image degradation that could otherwise arise from undesired electron-trajectory changes caused |
| 6307326 |
Procedures and apparatus for turning-on and turning-off elements within a field emission display |
October 23, 2001 |
| A method of removing contaminant particles in newly fabricated field emission displays. According to one embodiment of the present invention, contaminant particles are removed by a conditioning process which includes the steps of: a) driving a anode of a field emission display (FED) to a |
| 6307325 |
Procedures and apparatus for turning-on and turning-off elements within a field emission display |
October 23, 2001 |
| A method of removing contaminant particles in newly fabricated field emission displays. According to one embodiment of the present invention, contaminant particles are removed by a conditioning process which includes the steps of: a) driving a anode of a field emission display (FED) to a |
| 6278066 |
Self-standing spacer wall structures |
August 21, 2001 |
| A spacer (100 or 600/1000A/1000B) situated between a faceplate structure (301) and a backplate structure (302) of a flat panel display is configured to be self standing. In one implementation, a pair of spacer feet (111 or 113 and 112 or 114) are located over the same face surface, o |
| 6176754 |
Method for forming a conductive focus waffle |
January 23, 2001 |
| A conductive focus waffle structure for focusing electrons emitted from a cathode portion of a flat panel display device, and a method for forming the conductive focus waffle structure. In one embodiment, the present invention applies a first layer of photo-imagable material above a cath |
| 6157123 |
Flat panel display typically having transition metal oxide in ceramic core or/and resistive skin |
December 5, 2000 |
| A flat panel display contains a faceplate structure (174 or 350), a backplate structure (175 or 351), and a spacer (140, 340, 0r 341). A light-emitting structure (171 or 306) is located along a faceplate (170 or 302) in the faceplate structure. An electron-emitting structure (172 or |
| 6104139 |
Procedures and apparatus for turning-on and turning-off elements within a field emission display |
August 15, 2000 |
| A method of removing contaminant particles in newly fabricated field emission displays. According to one embodiment of the present invention, contaminant particles are removed by a conditioning process which includes the steps of: a) driving a anode of a field emission display (FED) to a |
| 6064157 |
Flat panel display with common bus structure |
May 16, 2000 |
| A flat panel display (500 or 700) contains a faceplate structure (510 or720), a backplate structure (511 or 730) coupled to the faceplate structure, and a plurality of spacers (501-503, 601, or 701-707) situated between the faceplate and backplate structures. The faceplate structure is |
| 6002198 |
Flat panel display with spacer of high dielectric constant |
December 14, 1999 |
| A flat panel display (300) contains a faceplate structure (320), a backplate structure (330) coupled to the faceplate structure, and a spacer (351 or 352) situated between the faceplate and backplate structures. The spacer is formed with material having a dielectric constant greater than |
| 5985067 |
Formation of spacers suitable for use in flat panel displays |
November 16, 1999 |
| The invention provides spacers for separating and supporting a faceplate structure and a backplate structure in a flat panel display, and methods for fabricating these spacers. Each spacer is typically made of ceramic, such as alumina, containing transition metal oxide, such as titania, |
| 5916396 |
Formation of spacers suitable for use in flat panel displays |
June 29, 1999 |
| Spacers (140 or 404) suitable for a flat panel display are fabricated according to a process in which a laminated wafer (100 or 400) is formed by laminating a core wafer (401) of electrically insulating ceramic to an additional wafer (402 or 403) created at least from electrically in |
| 5898266 |
Method for displaying frame of pixel information on flat panel display |
April 27, 1999 |
| A flat panel display (300) having a spacer (351) situated between a faceplate structure (320) and a backplate structure (330) is partitioned into (a) a pair of spacer-adjacent regions (303 and 304) adjacent to, and on opposite sides of, the spacer and (b) a pair of spacer-charging region |
| 5865930 |
Formations of spacers suitable for use in flat panel displays |
February 2, 1999 |
| The invention provides spacers for separating and supporting a faceplate structure and a backplate structure in a flat panel display, and methods for fabricating these spacers. Each spacer is typically made of ceramic, such as alumina, containing transition metal oxide, such as titania, |
| 5858619 |
Multi-level conductive matrix formation method |
January 12, 1999 |
| A method for forming a three-dimensional multi-level conductive matrix structure for a flat panel display device. In one embodiment, the present invention forms first pixel separating structures across a surface of a faceplate of a flat panel display. The first pixel separating structure |
| 5746635 |
Methods for fabricating a flat panel display having high voltage supports |
May 5, 1998 |
| According to the invention, a flat panel device includes a spacer for providing internal support. In one embodiment, the spacer is made of ceramic, glass-ceramic, ceramic reinforced glass, devitrified glass, metal with electrically insulative coating or high-temperature vacuum-compatible |
| 5742117 |
Metallized high voltage spacers |
April 21, 1998 |
| A flat panel apparatus includes a faceplate with a backplate interior side, a backplate with a backplate interior side, and sidewalls positioned between the faceplate and backplate, all in combination forming an enclosed sealed envelope. At least one spacer is positioned in the envel |
| 5675212 |
Spacer structures for use in flat panel displays and methods for forming same |
October 7, 1997 |
| The invention provides spacers for separating and supporting a faceplate structure and a backplate structure in a flat panel display, and methods for fabricating these spacers. Each spacer is typically made of ceramic, such as alumina, containing transition metal oxide, such as titania, |
| 5614781 |
Structure and operation of high voltage supports |
March 25, 1997 |
| According to the invention, a flat panel device includes a spacer for providing internal support. In one embodiment, the spacer is made of ceramic, glass-ceramic, ceramic reinforced glass, devitrified glass, metal with electrically insulative coating or high-temperature vacuum-compatible |
| 5532548 |
Field forming electrodes on high voltage spacers |
July 2, 1996 |
| A flat panel display includes a faceplate and an opposing backplate. The two are sealed together and a sealed envelope is created that includes an active area of length L.sub.1. The active layer includes addressable pixels on the faceplate. Spacers are perpendicular to the faceplate and |
| 4874364 |
Inspection instrument channel aspirator and pressure neutralizing device |
October 17, 1989 |
| A gas pressure neutralizing device for use with a working channel of an inspection instrument. The device comprises means for providing a first gas pressure buffer, a second gas pressure buffer, a chamber formed therebetween and means for reducing the pressure in the chamber whereby |
| 4741777 |
Dry mix for high workability stuccos and mortars |
May 3, 1988 |
| A dry composition including Portland cement, sand, fly ash Type F, with or without glass fiber, vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer or equivalent powder form bonding agent, sodium salts of polymerized substituted benzoid alkyl sulfonic acids, or equivalent dispersing or emulsifying agent, a |
| 4622293 |
Iodothyronine immunoassays employing HMS as TBP blocking agent |
November 11, 1986 |
| An improved immunoassay method, reagent means, test kit, and test device for determining an iodothyronine, e.g., thyroxine (T-4), in a biological fluid, usually serum or plasma, wherein 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone-5-sulfonic acid (HMS), or a salt thereof, is employed as a blockin |
| 4493890 |
Activated apoglucose oxidase and its use in specific binding assays |
January 15, 1985 |
| A method for increasing the ability of apoglucose oxidase to combine with flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and derivatives thereof to form active glucose oxidase by interacting apoglucose oxidase with an immunologically derived binding substance, e.g., an antibody or a fragment thereof, |
| 4468469 |
Substituted phenylacetic acids and salts as TBP blocking agents in iodothyronine immunoassays |
August 28, 1984 |
| An improved immunoassay method, reagent means, and test kit for determining an iodothyronine, e.g., thyroxine (T-4), in a biological fluid, usually serum or plasma, wherein fenclofenac and related phenylacetic acids, or salts thereof, are employed as novel blocking agents for the binding |
| 4376165 |
Method of preparing an enzyme-labeled ligand for use in specific binding assays and the labeled |
March 8, 1983 |
| A method of preparing an enzyme-labeled ligand for use in specific binding assays for determining said ligand or a specific binding partner thereof, by covalently coupling said ligand or a binding analog thereof to an organic prosthetic group and combining the resulting coupled product w |
| 4340668 |
Heme-labeled specific binding assay |
July 20, 1982 |
| A specific binding assay for determining a ligand in a liquid medium employing an organic prosthetic group residue, such as a residue of flavin adenine dinucleotide, flavin mononucleotide, or heme, as a label component in the labeled conjugate. Preferably, the label component is the |
| 4318983 |
Fad-labeled specific binding assay monitored with apoglutathione reductase or apolipoamide dehyd |
March 9, 1982 |
| A specific binding assay for determining a ligand in a liquid medium employing an organic prosthetic group residue, such as a residue of flavin adenine dinucleotide, flavin mononucleotide, or heme, as a label component in the labeled conjugate. Preferably, the label component is the |
| 4318982 |
FMN-Labeled specific binding assay |
March 9, 1982 |
| A specific binding assay for determining a ligand in a liquid medium employing an organic prosthetic group residue, such as a residue of flavin adenine dinucleotide, flavin mononucleotide, or heme, as a label component in the labeled conjugate. Preferably, the label component is the |
| 4268631 |
Apoglucose oxidase preparation |
May 19, 1981 |
| An apoglucose oxidase preparation having a residual glucose oxidase activity of less than 0.05%, and preferably less than 0.005%. The preparation is obtained by incubation of glucose oxidase in aqueous solution at a pH of less than about 2 and in the presence of about 20 to about 40, |
| 4238565 |
Specific binding assay with a prosthetic group as a label component |
December 9, 1980 |
| A specific binding assay for determining a ligand in a liquid medium employing an organic prosthetic group residue, such as a residue of flavin adenine dinucleotide, flavin mononucleotide, or heme, as a label component in the labeled conjugate. Preferably, the label component is the |
