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Patent 5549580: Catheter having a flexible distal tip and method of manufacturing
(SURGERY : MEANS FOR INTRODUCING OR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM BODY FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES (E.G., MEDICATING, IRRIGATING, ASPIRATING, ETC.) : Treating material introduced into or removed from body orifice, or inserted or removed subcutaneously other than by diffusing through skin : Material introduced or removed through conduit, holder, or implantable reservoir inserted in body : Body inserted tubular conduit structure (e.g., needles, cannulas, nozzles, trocars, catheters, etc.) : Flexible catheter or means (e.g., coupling) used therewith : Vaginal or douche type)
Patent 5549581: Coronary sinus catheter
(SURGERY : MEANS FOR INTRODUCING OR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM BODY FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES (E.G., MEDICATING, IRRIGATING, ASPIRATING, ETC.) : Treating material introduced into or removed from body orifice, or inserted or removed subcutaneously other than by diffusing through skin : Material introduced or removed through conduit, holder, or implantable reservoir inserted in body : Body inserted tubular conduit structure (e.g., needles, cannulas, nozzles, trocars, catheters, etc.) : Flexible catheter or means (e.g., coupling) used therewith : With shape retaining memory : Shaped for cardiovascular system : Braided or woven strands surrounding lumen)
Patent 5549582: Restriction device and coupling for selectively connecting multiple conduits meeting at a common connection location
(SURGERY : MEANS FOR INTRODUCING OR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM BODY FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES (E.G., MEDICATING, IRRIGATING, ASPIRATING, ETC.) : Treating material introduced into or removed from body orifice, or inserted or removed subcutaneously other than by diffusing through skin : Material introduced or removed through conduit, holder, or implantable reservoir inserted in body : Body inserted tubular conduit structure (e.g., needles, cannulas, nozzles, trocars, catheters, etc.) : Flexible catheter or means (e.g., coupling) used therewith : Coupling or connector structure : Shaped for cardiovascular system)
Patent 5549583: Surgical connector
(SURGERY : MEANS FOR INTRODUCING OR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM BODY FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES (E.G., MEDICATING, IRRIGATING, ASPIRATING, ETC.) : Treating material introduced into or removed from body orifice, or inserted or removed subcutaneously other than by diffusing through skin : Material introduced or removed through conduit, holder, or implantable reservoir inserted in body : Body inserted tubular conduit structure (e.g., needles, cannulas, nozzles, trocars, catheters, etc.) : Flexible catheter or means (e.g., coupling) used therewith : Coupling or connector structure : Multiple sections : Interfitting members :)
Patent 5549584: Apparatus for removing fluid from a wound
(SURGERY : MEANS FOR INTRODUCING OR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM BODY FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES (E.G., MEDICATING, IRRIGATING, ASPIRATING, ETC.) : Treating material applied to or removed from external surface of body, or cutaneous layer of skin (e.g., eye treatment, removal of skin impurities, etc.) : Means for removing material from surface by suction : With piston or plunger for expelling material therefrom)
Patent 5549585: Gelling treatment for suction drainage system
(SURGERY : MEANS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING BODY FLUIDS OR WASTE MATERIAL (E.G., RECEPTACLES, ETC.) : Urinary catheter)
Patent 5549586: Containment vessels for handling and disposing of liquid waste
(SURGERY : MEANS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING BODY FLUIDS OR WASTE MATERIAL (E.G., RECEPTACLES, ETC.) : Aspiration collection container or trap (e.g., canister, etc.) : Means for removing material from surface by suction)
Patent 5549587: Ostomy bag
(SURGERY : MEANS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING BODY FLUIDS OR WASTE MATERIAL (E.G., RECEPTACLES, ETC.) : Receptacle attached to or inserted within body to receive discharge therefrom : Receptacle engaging around permanent surgically constructed body opening (e.g., colostomy, etc.) : Having deodorant means (e.g., filter) : With external collector or support means)
Patent 5549588: Coupling device for ostomy pouch
(SURGERY : MEANS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING BODY FLUIDS OR WASTE MATERIAL (E.G., RECEPTACLES, ETC.) : Receptacle attached to or inserted within body to receive discharge therefrom : Receptacle engaging around permanent surgically constructed body opening (e.g., colostomy, etc.) : Mounting ring or annulus around body opening : Bag attached to seal ring : Guard or guide)
Patent 5549589: Fluid distribution member for absorbent articles exhibiting high suction and high capacity
(SURGERY : MEANS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING BODY FLUIDS OR WASTE MATERIAL (E.G., RECEPTACLES, ETC.) : Absorbent pad for external or internal application and supports therefor (e.g., catamenial devices, diapers, etc.) : Containing fiber or material bonding substance : Thermoplastic : Catamenial receptacle)
Patent 5549590: High performance absorbent particles and methods of preparation
(SURGERY : MEANS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING BODY FLUIDS OR WASTE MATERIAL (E.G., RECEPTACLES, ETC.) : Absorbent pad for external or internal application and supports therefor (e.g., catamenial devices, diapers, etc.) : Containing particular materials, fibers, or particles : Collagen or gelling material : Catamenial receptacle)
Patent 5549591: Adhesive/mechanical fastener systems for disposable articles
(SURGERY : MEANS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING BODY FLUIDS OR WASTE MATERIAL (E.G., RECEPTACLES, ETC.) : Absorbent pad for external or internal application and supports therefor (e.g., catamenial devices, diapers, etc.) : Pad having means for securing pad during use : Adhesive tab fastener element : Shoulder supported garment)
Patent 5549592: Absorbent article with a laminated tape
(SURGERY : MEANS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING BODY FLUIDS OR WASTE MATERIAL (E.G., RECEPTACLES, ETC.) : Absorbent pad for external or internal application and supports therefor (e.g., catamenial devices, diapers, etc.) : Pad having means for securing pad during use : Adhesive tab fastener element : Shoulder supported garment)
Patent 5549593: Device for the support of an absorbent article
(SURGERY : MEANS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING BODY FLUIDS OR WASTE MATERIAL (E.G., RECEPTACLES, ETC.) : Absorbent pad for external or internal application and supports therefor (e.g., catamenial devices, diapers, etc.) : Pad having means for securing pad during use : By fabric strip fastener element (e.g., hook and loop type fastener) : With release means associated with tab fastner)
Patent 5549594: Sealing cap for guide tubes or reducing sleeves for the introduction of surgical instruments
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS :)
Patent 5549595: Gear activated trocar assembly
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS :)
Patent 5549596: Selective laser targeting of pigmented ocular cells
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Light application : Ophthalmic :)
Patent 5549597: In situ astigmatism axis alignment
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Light application : Ophthalmic : Recurving or reshaping of the eye :)
Patent 5549598: Glaucoma laser trabeculodissection
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Light application : Ophthalmic : Cataracts or glaucoma :)
Patent 5549599: Apparatus for laser surgery on a cornea
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Light application : Systems : Cataracts or glaucoma)
Patent 5549600: Surgical laser probe with thermal cutting
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Light application : Applicators : Placed in body : With optical fiber :)
Patent 5549601: Delivery of intracorporeal probes
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Light application : Applicators : Placed in body : With optical fiber :)
Patent 5549602: Endoscopic laser therapy plume and effluent collection device
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Light application : Applicators : Placed in body : With optical fiber :)
Patent 5549603: Method and apparatus for inducing the permeation of medication into internal tissue
(SURGERY : MEANS FOR INTRODUCING OR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM BODY FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES (E.G., MEDICATING, IRRIGATING, ASPIRATING, ETC.) : Infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-ray or electrical energy applied to body (e.g., iontophoresis, etc.) : With tubular injection means inserted into body : Ejector pivoted or swung into operating position)
Patent 5549604: Non-Stick electroconductive amorphous silica coating
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Electrical application : Applicators : Cutting : By needle)
Patent 5549605: Roller electrodes for electrocautery probes for use with a resectoscope
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Electrical application : Applicators : Cutting : Endoscopic : Articulated arm)
Patent 5549606: Endoscopic bipolar electrocautery instruments
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Electrical application : Applicators : coagulation : Bipolar electrodes : With forceps or tweezers :)
Patent 5549607: Apparatus for spinal fixation system
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Orthopedic instrumentation : Internal fixation means : Spinal positioner or stabilizer : Cyclable or incrementable)
Patent 5549608: Advanced polyaxial locking screw and coupling element device for use with rod fixation apparatus
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Orthopedic instrumentation : Internal fixation means : Spinal positioner or stabilizer : Cyclable or incrementable)
Patent 5549609: Bone fixation for fractures of the upper ulna
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Orthopedic instrumentation : Internal fixation means : Intramedullary fixator : Cross-fastened : With forceps or tweezers)
Patent 5549610: Femoral intramedullary nail
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Orthopedic instrumentation : Internal fixation means : Intramedullary fixator : Cross-fastened : With forceps or tweezers)
Patent 5549612: Osteosynthesis plate system
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Orthopedic instrumentation : Internal fixation means : Cortical plate : Expanding)
Patent 5549613: Modular surgical drill
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Orthopedic instrumentation : Orthopedic cutting instrument : Reamer or drill : Staple or similar driven fastener)
Patent 5549614: Apparatus for folding flexible intraocular lenses
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Means for removing, inserting or aiding in the removal or insertion of eye lens material : Means for use in bone reperation)
Patent 5549615: Method and apparatus for extracting pacemaker electrodes embedded in the heart
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Means for inserting or removing conduit within body : Means for use in bone reperation)
Patent 5549616: Vacuum-assisted stereotactic fixation system with patient-activated switch
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Stereotaxic device : With fragmenting means)
Patent 5549617: Apparatus and method for applying and adjusting an anchoring device
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Suture, ligature, elastic band or clip applier : Mechanical suture or ligature applier : Clip fed from supply)
Patent 5549618: Knot tying method and apparatus
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Suture, ligature, elastic band or clip applier : Suturing or ligating aid or guide : Means for clamping needle to handle)
Patent 5549619: Medical/surgical devices
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Surgical mesh, connector, clip, clamp or band : Suturing or ligating aid or guide)
Patent 5549620: Brain surgery with craniotomy pin
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Surgical mesh, connector, clip, clamp or band : Suturing or ligating aid or guide)
Patent 5549621: Apparatus and method for performing vertical banded gastroplasty
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Surgical mesh, connector, clip, clamp or band : Suturing or ligating aid or guide)
Patent 5549622: Method for altering the curvature of the cornea
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Corneal cutter or guide for corneal cutter : By electrical or thermal application)
Patent 5549623: Endodissector surgical instrument
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Cutting, puncturing or piercing : Cutter carried on elongated probe-like member : Recriprocating or oscillating cutter : Removable)
Patent 5549624: Fibered vasooclusion coils
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Internal pressure applicator (e.g., dilator) : Puncturing or piercing)
Patent 5549625: Balloon dissector
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Internal pressure applicator (e.g., dilator) : Inflatable or expandible by fluid : Acupuncture means)
Patent 5549626: Vena caval filter
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Internal pressure applicator (e.g., dilator) : With emboli trap or filter : Nose or throat)
Patent 5549627: Surgical instruments and method for applying progressive intracorporeal traction
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Forceps : Jaws biased to open or closed position : Horn bender)
Patent 5549628: Soft tissue stapling buttress
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Sutureless closure : Material placed on opposed sides of incision or wound : Staple fastener : With retaining means : Pressurized cement placement)
Patent 5549629: Apparatus for covering a surgical needle to protect the user
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Suturing needle : Needle tip or body structure : Approximating clip or serrefine)
Patent 5549630: Method and apparatus for anchoring a suture
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Suture retaining means (e.g., buttons) : Organic material containing)
Patent 5549631: Method of closing discontinuity in tissue
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Suture retaining means (e.g., buttons) : Organic material containing)
Patent 5549632: Method and apparatus for ophthalmic surgery
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Light application : Ophthalmic : Recurving or reshaping of the eye :)
Patent 5549633: Apparatus and methods of use for preventing blood seepage at a percutaneous puncture site
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Suture, ligature, elastic band or clip applier : By severing)
Patent 5549634: Surgical instrument with swivel member
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Cutting, puncturing or piercing : Cutter carried on elongated probe-like member : Artery or vein)
Patent 5549635: Non-deformable self-expanding parallel flow endovascular stent and deployment apparatus therefore
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : ARTERIAL PROSTHESIS (I.E., BLOOD VESSEL) : Stent combined with surgical delivery system (e.g., surgical tools, delivery sheath, etc.) : Expandable stent with constraining means :)
Patent 5549636: Surgical grasper with articulated fingers
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Forceps : Jaws biased to open or closed position : Horn bender)
Patent 5549637: Articulated medical instrument
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Forceps : Jaw structure : Horn bender)
Patent 5549638: Ultrasound device for use in a thermotherapy apparatus
(SURGERY: KINESITHERAPY : KINESITHERAPY : Ultrasonic : Hyperthermia :)
Patent 5549639: Non-invasive hyperthermia apparatus including coaxial applicator having a non-invasive radiometric receiving antenna incorporated therein and
(SURGERY: LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : Thermal applicators : Electromagnetic radiation (e.g., infrared) : Microwave or RF (high frequency) : By partially or wholly implanted device)
Patent 5549640: Device and method for enhancement of wound healing
(SURGERY: LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : Electrical energy applicator : Means for holding applicator against body tissue : Writing instrument)
Patent 5549641: Atrial fibrillation type selective cardiovertor and method
(SURGERY: LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : Electrical therapeutic systems : Combined cardioverting/defibrillating and pacing :)
Patent 5549642: Atrial defibrillator and method of use
(SURGERY: LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : Electrical therapeutic systems : Cardioverting/defibrillating :)
Patent 5549643: Optimal pulse defibrillator
(SURGERY: LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : Electrical therapeutic systems : Cardioverting/defibrillating : Controlling or indicating stimulation level :)
Patent 5549644: Transurethral needle ablation device with cystoscope and method for treatment of the prostate
(SURGERY : MEANS FOR INTRODUCING OR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM BODY FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES (E.G., MEDICATING, IRRIGATING, ASPIRATING, ETC.) : With means for cutting, scarifying, or vibrating (e.g., ultrasonic, etc.) tissue : With tubular injection means inserted into body)
Patent 5549645: Peritoneal dialysis catheter clip and method
(SURGERY : MEANS FOR INTRODUCING OR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM BODY FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES (E.G., MEDICATING, IRRIGATING, ASPIRATING, ETC.) : Material introduced into and removed from body through passage in body inserted means : Peritoneal dialysis : Ejector pivoted or swung into operating position)
Patent 5549646: Periodic electrical lead intergrity testing system and method for implantable cardiac stimulating devices
(SURGERY: LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : Electrical therapeutic systems : Cardioverting/defibrillating : Computing energy required or contact impedance :)
Patent 5549647: Pacemaker with improved far field R wave sensing and suppression
(SURGERY: LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : Electrical therapeutic systems : Heart rate regulating (e.g., pacing) : Computing energy required or contact impedance)
Patent 5549648: Pacemaker system and method with improved detection of end of retrograde conduction
(SURGERY: LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : Electrical therapeutic systems : Heart rate regulating (e.g., pacing) : Computing energy required or contact impedance)
Patent 5549649: Programmable pacemaker including an atrial rate filter for deriving a filtered atrial rate used for switching pacing modes
(SURGERY: LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : Electrical therapeutic systems : Heart rate regulating (e.g., pacing) : Treating or preventing abnormally high heart rate : Selecting plural stimulation patterns :)
Patent 5549650: System and method for providing hemodynamically optimal pacing therapy
(SURGERY: LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : Electrical therapeutic systems : Heart rate regulating (e.g., pacing) : Parameter control in response to sensed physiological load on heart : Stroke volume : Respiratory movement)
Patent 5549651: Luer-receiving medical valve and fluid transfer method
(SURGERY : MEANS FOR INTRODUCING OR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM BODY FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES (E.G., MEDICATING, IRRIGATING, ASPIRATING, ETC.) : Treating material introduced into or removed from body orifice, or inserted or removed subcutaneously other than by diffusing through skin : Material introduced or removed through conduit, holder, or implantable reservoir inserted in body : Body inserted tubular conduit structure (e.g., needles, cannulas, nozzles, trocars, catheters, etc.) : Flexible catheter or means (e.g., coupling) used therewith : Coupling or connector structure : With incorporated simple flow control means : Interfitting members)
Patent 5549652: Cardiac wall motion-based automatic capture verification system and method
(SURGERY: LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : Electrical therapeutic systems : Heart rate regulating (e.g., pacing) : Testing or monitoring pacer function : Measuring pacing, threshold, capture margin, or contact impedance : Respiratory movement)
Patent 5549653: Muscle stimulation electrode for implantable cardial stimulation device with warning system
(SURGERY: LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : Electrical therapeutic systems : Combined cardioverting/defibrillating and pacing :)
Patent 5549654: Interactive interpretation of event markers in body-implantable medical device
(SURGERY: LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : Electrical therapeutic systems : Heart rate regulating (e.g., pacing) : Communicating with pacer (e.g., telemetry) : Assurance of security, accuracy, or completion of programming procedure)
Patent 5549655: Method and apparatus for synchronized treatment of obstructive sleep apnea
(SURGERY: LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : Electrical therapeutic systems : Stimulating respiration function : Incontinence control)
Patent 5549656: Combination neuromuscular stimulator and electromyograph system
(SURGERY: LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : Electrical therapeutic systems : Directly or indirectly stimulating motor muscles : Dental analgesia)
Patent 5549657: Low profile adaptor for gastrostomy feeding tube
(SURGERY : MEANS FOR INTRODUCING OR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM BODY FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES (E.G., MEDICATING, IRRIGATING, ASPIRATING, ETC.) : Treating material introduced into or removed from body orifice, or inserted or removed subcutaneously other than by diffusing through skin : Material introduced or removed through conduit, holder, or implantable reservoir inserted in body : Body inserted tubular conduit structure (e.g., needles, cannulas, nozzles, trocars, catheters, etc.) : Flexible catheter or means (e.g., coupling) used therewith : Coupling or connector structure : With incorporated simple flow control means : Interfitting members)
Patent 5549658: Four-Channel cochlear system with a passive, non-hermetically sealed implant
(SURGERY: LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : Electrical therapeutic systems : Promoting auditory function : Producing aural effects by stimulation : By partially or wholly implanted device : Respiratory movement)
Patent 5549659: Communication interface for transmitting and receiving serial data between medical instruments
(SURGERY: LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : Electrical therapeutic systems : Telemetry or communications circuits : Producing aural effects by stimulation)
Patent 5549660: Method of treating acne
(SURGERY: LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : Light application : With fluid circulation)
Patent 5549661: Systems and methods for creating complex lesion patterns in body tissue
(SURGERY: LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION : Thermal applicators : Electric current : Localized application : By partially or wholly implanted device)
Patent 5549662: Expandable stent using sliding members
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : ARTERIAL PROSTHESIS (I.E., BLOOD VESSEL) : Stent structure : Stent length remains constant with lateral expansion :)
Patent 5549663: Endoprosthesis having graft member and exposed welded end junctions, method and procedure
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : ARTERIAL PROSTHESIS (I.E., BLOOD VESSEL) : Stent structure : Helically wound : Temperature responsive)
Patent 5549664: Artificial blood vessel
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : ARTERIAL PROSTHESIS (I.E., BLOOD VESSEL) : Having plural layers : Coating : Protein :)
Patent 5549665: Bioprostethic valve
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : HEART VALVE : Flexible leaflet : Leaflet made of biological tissue : Supported by resilient frame :)
Patent 5549666: Natural tissue valve prostheses having variably complaint leaflets
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : HEART VALVE : Flexible leaflet : Leaflet made of biological tissue : Braided)
Patent 5549667: Mechanical heart with wear resistant coatings of reduced thrombogenicity
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : CORPOREAL ARTIFICIAL HEART, HEART ASSIST (E.G., IMPLANTABLE BLOOD PUMP, ETC.), CONTROL REGULATOR, OR POWER SUPPLY THEREFOR, OR METHOD OF OPERATION THEREFOR : Material characteristic : Flexible chamber or diaphragm dirrectly compressed by pressurized working fluid)
Patent 5549668: In vivo modification of refractive power of an intraocular lens implant
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : EYE PROSTHESIS (E.G., LENS OR CORNEAL IMPLANT, OR ARTIFICIAL EYE, ETC.) : Intraocular lens : Including mechanically or electrically activated means on lens to alter focal power of lens (e.g., electromagnet, material which is ablated by laser, etc.) : Segmented zones)
Patent 5549669: Intraocular lens having haptics with non-symmetrical cross-section
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : EYE PROSTHESIS (E.G., LENS OR CORNEAL IMPLANT, OR ARTIFICIAL EYE, ETC.) : Intraocular lens : Having supporting structure for lens : Specific supporting structure (e.g., haptic, plate, etc.) : Haptic has particular cross-sectional geometry :)
Patent 5549670: IOL for reducing secondary opacification
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : EYE PROSTHESIS (E.G., LENS OR CORNEAL IMPLANT, OR ARTIFICIAL EYE, ETC.) : Intraocular lens : Having cellular growth inhibitors : Rotary pump)
Patent 5549671: Adjunctive filler material for fluid-filled prosthesis
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : BREAST PROSTHESIS : Implantable : Material characteristic of lens)
Patent 5549672: Method and apparatus for filling mammary prostheses and tissue expanders
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : BREAST PROSTHESIS : Implantable : Material characteristic of lens)
Patent 5549673: Phonosurgery implant instruments and a system and method of implantation
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : LARYNX, TRACHEA, TRACHEOBRONCHIAL PROSTHESIS OR COMBINATION THEREOF : Implantable)
Patent 5549674: Methods and compositions of a bioartificial kidney suitable for use in vivo or ex vivo
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Hollow or tubular part or organ (e.g., bladder, urethra, bronchi, bile duct, etc.) : Bladder, kidney, lung, or stomach : Including natural bone tissue)
Patent 5549675: Method for implanting tissue in a host
(CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY : ANIMAL CELL, PER SE (E.G., CELL LINES, ETC.); COMPOSITION THEREOF; PROCESS OF PROPAGATING, MAINTAINING OR PRESERVING AN ANIMAL CELL OR COMPOSITION THEREOF; PROCESS OF ISOLATING OR SEPARATING AN ANIMAL CELL OR COMPOSITION THEREOF; PROCESS OF PREPARING A COMPOSITION CONTAINING AN ANIMAL CELL; CULTURE MEDIA THEREFORE : Recovery or purification)
Patent 5549676: Biological replacement ligament
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Ligament or tendon : Including tension adjusting means : Lens has specific coating)
Patent 5549677: Implant with pressing surface
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Skin)
Patent 5549678: Cranial prosthesis
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Skull bone : Including spinal disc spacer between adjacent spine bones)
Patent 5549679: Expandable fabric implant for stabilizing the spinal motion segment
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Spine bone : Having a fluid filled chamber : One filament)
Patent 5549680: Apparatus for total temporomandibular joint replacement
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Jaw bone : Including spinal disc spacer between adjacent spine bones)
Patent 5549681: Articulated prosthesis
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Total joint bone (i.e., including two connected joint bones) : Ball and socket joint : Polished)
Patent 5549682: Shoulder joint prosthesis with angular adjustment
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Shoulder joint bone : Humeral bone :)
Patent 5549683: Anthroplasty component
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Knee joint bone : Tibial bone : Movable bearing : Movable)
Patent 5549684: Artificial knee joint
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Knee joint bone : Femoral bone : Tibial stem structure)
Patent 5549685: Augmentation for an orthopaedic implant
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Knee joint bone : Including bone augmentative means :)
Patent 5549686: Knee prosthesis having a tapered cam
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Knee joint bone : Having member secured to femoral and tibial bones : Including cam means to limit anterior and posterior movement : Including means to permit lateral rocking movement about a horizontal axis)
Patent 5549687: Retrofit posterior stabilizing housing implant for replacement knee prosthesis
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Knee joint bone : Having member secured to femoral and tibial bones : Patellar made of two connected pieces)
Patent 5549688: Asymmetric femoral prosthesis
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Knee joint bone : Femoral bone : Tibial stem structure)
Patent 5549689: Prosthetic knee
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Knee joint bone : Having member secured to femoral and tibial bones : Including roller bearing :)
Patent 5549690: Prosthetic thumb joint and method of manufacture
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Wrist, hand (e.g., finger, etc.) : Finger bone : Lunate or scaphoid bone)
Patent 5549691: Acetabular cup
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Hip joint bone : Acetabular cup : Cup includes cut-through hole to receive protruding anchoring means : Pin anchoring means : Locking ring)
Patent 5549692: Two-part hipjoint socket for anchoring in the pelvic bone
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Hip joint bone : Acetabular cup : Having flexible wall : Including locking means between cups)
Patent 5549693: Cotyloidal prostheses
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Hip joint bone : Including lubricating fluid enclosure means : Including a damping element : Movable)
Patent 5549694: Acetabular prosthesis with apertures sealed with deformable discs and method
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Hip joint bone : Acetabular cup : Cup includes closure means for closing anchoring hole means : Including locking means between cups)
Patent 5549695: Composite artificial socket and hip joint prosthesis
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Hip joint bone : Acetabular cup : Cup includes cut-through hole to receive protruding anchoring means : Including locking means between cups)
Patent 5549696: Inner shell for a hip joint socket
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Hip joint bone : Acetabular cup : And an inner insert liner cup : Including locking means between cups : Retaining ring)
Patent 5549697: Hip joint prostheses and methods for manufacturing the same
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Hip joint bone : Acetabular cup : And an inner insert liner cup : One cup includes flexible wall : Retaining ring)
Patent 5549698: Prosthetic acetabular cup and method of implant
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Hip joint bone : Acetabular cup : Oblong : Locking element between cups)
Patent 5549699: Bony fixation and support of a prosthesis
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Hip joint bone : Acetabular cup : Including an intermediate bearing cup)
Patent 5549700: Segmented prosthetic articulation
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Hip joint bone : Including lubricating fluid enclosure means : Including a damping element : Movable)
Patent 5549701: Acetabular cup
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Hip joint bone : Acetabular cup : Including an intermediate bearing cup)
Patent 5549702: Flexible orthopaedic stem apparatus
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Hip joint bone : Femoral stem : Having variable stiffness : Ridges)
Patent 5549703: Orthopedic prosthesis apparatus with improved taper locking connection
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Hip joint bone : Total femoral bone (i.e., including joint head and femoral stem) : Stem includes protruding means projecting into a bore in joint head : Pin anchoring means)
Patent 5549704: Universal joint prosthesis
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Hip joint bone : Femoral joint head : Femoral joint head cap : Including an inner shell : Locking ring)
Patent 5549705: Prosthesis with integral proximal spacer
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Hip joint bone : Femoral stem : Coating surface : Cement coating : Locking ring)
Patent 5549706: Modular hip prosthesis
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS : Bone : Joint bone : Hip joint bone : Femoral stem : Having augmentative means : Screw anchoring means)
Patent 5549707: Fluid collection apparatus
(SURGERY : MEANS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING BODY FLUIDS OR WASTE MATERIAL (E.G., RECEPTACLES, ETC.) : Urinary catheter)
Patent 5549708: Self retracting medical needle apparatus and methods
(SURGERY : MEANS FOR INTRODUCING OR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM BODY FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES (E.G., MEDICATING, IRRIGATING, ASPIRATING, ETC.) : Treating material introduced into or removed from body orifice, or inserted or removed subcutaneously other than by diffusing through skin : Material introduced or removed through conduit, holder, or implantable reservoir inserted in body : Having means for preventing reuse of device : Expanding arm or finger)
Patent 5549709: Hypobarically-Controlled artificial limb for amputees
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : HAVING ELECTRICAL ACTUATOR : Having means to promote cellular attachment)
Patent 5549710: System for assembling two components of a prosthesis in a plurality of adjustable positions
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : LEG : Adjustable shank or thigh : Cushioning means (e.g., pad or liner, etc.))
Patent 5549711: Prosthetic foot and keel therefor having progressive stiffening under increasing load
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : LEG : Foot : Resiliently actuated or controlled)
Patent 5549712: Forearm lifter
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : ARM OR COMPONENT (E.G., ELBOW, WRIST, HAND, FINGER, ETC.) AND ACTUATOR OR CONNECTOR THEREFOR : Elbow : With forearm actuation : Fluid cushion)
Patent 5549713: Method for skin tissue expansion
(SURGERY : INSTRUMENTS : Means for removal of skin or material therefrom : With fragmenting means)
Patent 5549714: Symes foot prosthesis
(PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR : LEG : Socket holder : Foot covering or support)
Patent 5549715: Method for bleaching textile material
(BLEACHING AND DYEING; FLUID TREATMENT AND CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF TEXTILES AND FIBERS : BLEACHING : Chemical : Sulfur compounds : With sulfur compounds or peroxides or oxygen)
Patent 5549716: Process for manufacturing integrated circuits using an automated multi-station apparatus including an adhesive dispenser and apparatus
(METAL WORKING : BARRIER LAYER OR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MAKING : Means for opening or separating a pack)
Patent 5549717: Method of making prismatic cell
(METAL WORKING : METHOD OF MECHANICAL MANUFACTURE : Electrical device making : Electric battery cell making : Including sealing : Applying terminal)
Patent 5549718: Substance with lipo-oligosaccharide structure capable of acting as plant-specific symbiotic signals, processes for producing them and
(PLANT HUSBANDRY : COATED OR IMPREGNATED SEED, METHOD OR APPARATUS : Covers)
Patent 5549719: Coated abrasive having an overcoating of an epoxy resin coatable from water
(ABRASIVE TOOL MAKING PROCESS, MATERIAL, OR COMPOSITION : WITH SYNTHETIC RESIN :)
Patent 5549720: Filter
(GAS SEPARATION : PLURAL SERIAL BASICALLY DIVERSE SEPARATING MEDIA : Plural stages in unitary casing : Deflector and fibrous, filamentary, particulate solids, or cohesive sheet filter type : Multiple of one type in series of parallel in flow path : Filters : In parallel :)
Patent 5549721: Cell for gas cleaning
(GAS SEPARATION : WITH GUIDE MEANS EFFECTING REMOVAL OF CONSTITUENT LAYER OUT OF GAS STREAM : Movably mounted for adjustment : Multi-ply, strata, or laminated)
Patent 5549722: Air filter assemblies and a frustoconical air filter element for use with the assemblies
(GAS SEPARATION : DEFLECTOR : Impingement baffle : Conical with apex facing upstream : With tangential gas outlet)
Patent 5549723: Filter cap
(GAS SEPARATION : WITH MEANS SECURING OR RETAINING SEPARATING MEDIA : Hinged or pivoted retainer or clamp on backing frame or in flow line : Two confined fluids in indirect contact)
Patent 5549724: Filter element of air cleaner unit
(GAS SEPARATION : ZIGZAG, CORRUGATED, OR CONICAL : Discrete fibrous or particulate solids)
Patent 5549725: Cordierite ceramic filter
(GAS SEPARATION : SPECIFIC MEDIA MATERIAL : Ceramic or sintered : Held between openwork)
Patent 5549726: Process for bending glass sheets using fluid barrier
(GLASS MANUFACTURING : PROCESSES : Reshaping or surface deformation of glass preform : Reshaping of planar sheet : By or with pouring molten glass onto forming surface)
Patent 5549727: Trough assembly
(GLASS MANUFACTURING : GOB CHARGING MEANS WITH SHAPE IMPARTING RECEPTACLE MEANS : By delivery from tank feeder : With gob guide means : With diverse molding)
Patent 5549728: Urea-containing fertilizer with reduced rate of ammonia release
(CHEMISTRY: FERTILIZERS : PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS : Bacterial :)
Patent 5549729: Method and composition for promoting and controlling growth of plants
(CHEMISTRY: FERTILIZERS : PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS : Organic material-containing : From industrial wastes : Sugar or distillery : With other organic matter)
Patent 5549730: Compression molded tablet fertilizer and method the production thereof
(CHEMISTRY: FERTILIZERS : PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS : Forms or conditioning : Granulating : Nitrates)
Patent 5549731: Preparation of solid aggregates of high density boron nitride crystals
(SPECIALIZED METALLURGICAL PROCESSES, COMPOSITIONS FOR USE THEREIN, CONSOLIDATED METAL POWDER COMPOSITIONS, AND LOOSE METAL PARTICULATE MIXTURES : COMPOSITIONS : Consolidated metal powder compositions : With nonmetal constituent - Silicon(Si) considered a metal (e.g., cermet, etc.) : Containing Boron(B) or Nitrogen(N) : Carbon(C) associated with more than one metal)
Patent 5549732: Production of granules of reactive metals, for example magnesium and magnesium alloy
(SPECIALIZED METALLURGICAL PROCESSES, COMPOSITIONS FOR USE THEREIN, CONSOLIDATED METAL POWDER COMPOSITIONS, AND LOOSE METAL PARTICULATE MIXTURES : PROCESSES : Producing solid particulate free metal directly from liquid metal (e.g., liquid comminuting, etc.) : Mixture contains particles of nonmetal)
Patent 5549733: Process for the production of a gas by adsorption
(GAS SEPARATION: PROCESSES : SOLID SORPTION : Including reduction of pressure : Plural pressure varying steps (e.g., pressure swing adsorption, etc.) : Sweep gas used : Feed gas or constituent thereof is sweep gas : Stepped pressure reduction :)
Patent 5549734: Baghouse cleaning method
(GAS SEPARATION: PROCESSES : FILTERING : With cleaning of filter : By use of gas : Gas condensed)
Patent 5549735: Electrostatic fibrous filter
(GAS SEPARATION: APPARATUS : ELECTRIC FIELD SEPARATION APPARATUS (E.G., ELECTRICAL PRECIPITATOR, ELECTROSTATIC TYPE, ETC.) : Including gas flow distribution means : For contact with ionizing electrode or uniform flow in treating zone : Having means for driving gas flow (e.g., fan, blower, etc.) : Cylindrical electrode)
Patent 5549736: Modular, stackable pressure swing absorption concentrator
(GAS SEPARATION: APPARATUS : SOLID SORBENT APPARATUS : Plural solid sorbent beds : Plural canisters : Diverse type)
Patent 5549737: Spray degasser
(GAS SEPARATION: APPARATUS : DEGASIFYING MEANS FOR LIQUID : Liquid flow slinger, spreader, deflector, disperser, or rotation modifier : Spray nozzle)
Patent 5549738: Platinum electroforming bath
(COMPOSITIONS: COATING OR PLASTIC : : Metal-depositing composition or substrate-sensitizing compositions for metal-depositing compositions : Metal composition contains elemental noble metal of Group VIII (Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, Pt) : Elemental metal is Ag)
Patent 5549739: Wood modifier composition
(COMPOSITIONS: COATING OR PLASTIC : : Contains fireproofing or biocidal agent : Contains mixture of organic material and at least one inorganic material or elemental component thereof)
Patent 5549740: Liquid composition, ink set and image forming method and apparatus using the composition and ink set
(COMPOSITIONS: COATING OR PLASTIC : : Marking : Inks : Organic dye containing : Organic nitrogen compound containing : Shellac or derivative containing)
Patent 5549741: Ink varnish composition
(SYNTHETIC RESINS OR NATURAL RUBBERS -- PART OF THE CLASS 520 SERIES : : : Adding a NRM to a preformed solid polymer or preformed specified intermediate condensation product, composition thereof; or process of treating or composition thereof : Natural resin or modified forms thereof other than rosin or its modified forms DNRM, e.g., shellac, dammar, etc. : Solid polymer derived from ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon only)
Patent 5549742: Assembly or set of different color inks and an assembly of writing instruments
(COMPOSITIONS: COATING OR PLASTIC : : Marking : Inks : Organic dye containing : Erasable, purified, correctable, fugitive, indicator, conductive, fluorescent, chromogenic, or magnetic composition : Natural wax containing (e.g., carnauba, montan, Japan, candelilla, etc.))
Patent 5549743: Composite microsphere and lubricant mixture
(COMPOSITIONS: COATING OR PLASTIC : : Pore forming : Process involving a temperature of zero degrees C. or below)
Patent 5549744: Pavement Binder
(COMPOSITIONS: COATING OR PLASTIC : : Bituminous material or tarry residue : With sulfurizing or sulfonating agent : With hydrocarbon)
Patent 5549745: Non-slumping, pumpable castable and method of applying the same
(COMPOSITIONS: COATING OR PLASTIC : : Inorganic settable ingredient containing : Aluminous cement (e.g., high alumina, calcium aluminate, etc.) : Specified filler or organic material containing)
Patent 5549746: Solid state thermal conversion of polycrystalline alumina to sapphire using a seed crystal
(SINGLE-CRYSTAL, ORIENTED-CRYSTAL, AND EPITAXY GROWTH PROCESSES; NON-COATING APPARATUS THEREFOR : PROCESSES OF GROWTH FROM SOLID OR GEL STATE (E.G., SOLID PHASE RECRYSTALLIZATION) :)
Patent 5549747: Method of producing sheets of crystalline material and devices made therefrom
(SINGLE-CRYSTAL, ORIENTED-CRYSTAL, AND EPITAXY GROWTH PROCESSES; NON-COATING APPARATUS THEREFOR : PROCESSES OF GROWTH FROM LIQUID OR SUPERCRITICAL STATE : Having moving solid-liquid-solid region : Distinctly layered product (e.g., twin, SOI, epitaxial crystallization) : Product has an element in common with the unusable residual portion)
Patent 5549748: Method for harvesting single crystals from a peritectic melt
(SINGLE-CRYSTAL, ORIENTED-CRYSTAL, AND EPITAXY GROWTH PROCESSES; NON-COATING APPARATUS THEREFOR : PROCESSES OF GROWTH FROM LIQUID OR SUPERCRITICAL STATE : Forming a single-crystal region by liquefying a region of a single-crystal and adjusting the composition of the liquid (e.g., alloying, regrowth) : Liquid zone contacts only precursor and product solids (e.g., crucibleless, liquid encapsulant, float zone))
Patent 5549749: Substrate with a compound semiconductor surface layer and method for preparing the same
(SINGLE-CRYSTAL, ORIENTED-CRYSTAL, AND EPITAXY GROWTH PROCESSES; NON-COATING APPARATUS THEREFOR : FORMING FROM VAPOR OR GASEOUS STATE (E.G., VPE, SUBLIMATION) : With decomposition of a precursor (except impurity or dopant precursor) composed of diverse atoms (e.g., CVD) : Including change in a growth-influencing parameter (e.g., composition, temperature, concentration, flow rate) during growth (e.g., multilayer or junction or superlattice growing) : With pretreatment of substrate (e.g., coacting ablating) : Excess component or non-product appearing component contains a metal atom)
Patent 5549750: Disposable slide holder
(COATING APPARATUS : WITH MEANS TO CENTRIFUGE WORK : Coating inside of hollow work : Radiant drying of coated work)
Patent 5549751: Adhesive applicator
(COATING APPARATUS : SOLID APPLICATOR CONTACTING WORK : With work-handling or work-supporting : Plural applicators or plural-applying surfaces on single applicator : Inside only)
Patent 5549752: Apparatus for coating strip material
(COATING APPARATUS : SOLID APPLICATOR CONTACTING WORK : With work-handling or work-supporting : Strand form work : Work rotated by applicator)
Patent 5549753: Apparatus for coating a molded fibrous workpiece
(COATING APPARATUS : PROJECTION OR SPRAY TYPE : Plural projectors : Simultaneously acting on work : Opposed : Rotary)
Patent 5549754: Lead frame holder
(COATING APPARATUS : WORK HOLDERS, OR HANDLING DEVICES : With tank structure, liquid supply, control, and/or nonradiant heating means)
Patent 5549755: Apparatus for supplying conductive coating materials including transfer units having a combined shuttle and pumping device
(COATING APPARATUS : WITH MEANS TO APPLY ELECTRICAL AND/OR RADIANT ENERGY TO WORK AND/OR COATING MATERIAL : Electrostatic and/or electromagnetic attraction or projection of coating material to work : With assisting projection or spray of coating material through free space : Fluid current projector, e.g., spray type : Inverting)
Patent 5549756: Optical pyrometer for a thin film deposition system
(COATING APPARATUS : GAS OR VAPOR DEPOSITION : Web or sheet work)
Patent 5549757: Process for recrystallizing sugar and product thereof
(SUGAR, STARCH, AND CARBOHYDRATES : : Carbohydrate manufacture and refining : Sugar manufacture and refining : Inversion of sucrose)
Patent 5549758: Cleaning methods and compositions for produce
(CLEANING AND LIQUID CONTACT WITH SOLIDS : : Using solid work treating agents : Including acidic agent)
Patent 5549759: Method and apparatus for cleaning cylindrical components which are transversely rotated in a drum during liquid treatment
(CLEANING AND LIQUID CONTACT WITH SOLIDS : : Hollow work, internal surface treatment : Pipe, tubing, hose, or conduit : Semiconductor cleaning)
Patent 5549760: Mounting device for dishwasher insulation
(CLEANING AND LIQUID CONTACT WITH SOLIDS : : Work handled in bulk or groups : Kitchen or tableware : With steam utilization)
Patent 5549761: Method for removing rosin soldering flux from a printed wiring board
(CLEANING AND LIQUID CONTACT WITH SOLIDS : : Oils, grease, tar, or wax removal, by dissolving : Gas or vapor blasts or currents)
Patent 5549762: Photovoltaic generator with dielectric isolation and bonded, insulated wafer layers
(BATTERIES: THERMOELECTRIC AND PHOTOELECTRIC : PHOTOELECTRIC : Panel or array : Monolithic semiconductor : Hybrid conversion system)
Patent 5549763: Photovoltaic device
(BATTERIES: THERMOELECTRIC AND PHOTOELECTRIC : PHOTOELECTRIC : Cells : Schottky, graded doping, plural junction or special junction geometry : Hybrid conversion system)
Patent 5549764: Wear resistant coated steel article
(METAL TREATMENT : PROCESS OF MODIFYING OR MAINTAINING INTERNAL PHYSICAL STRUCTURE (I.E., MICROSTRUCTURE) OR CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF METAL, PROCESS OF REACTIVE COATING OF METAL AND PROCESS OF CHEMICAL-HEAT REMOVING (E.G., FLAME-CUTTING, ETC.) OR BURNING OF METAL : Carburizing or nitriding using externally supplied carbon or nitrogen source : Utilizing ionized gas (e.g., plasma, etc.) or electron arc or beam : With working, machining, cutting, or post-carburizing and post-nitriding heating or quenching)
Patent 5549765: Clean single crystal nickel base superalloy
(METAL TREATMENT : STOCK : Nickel base : Chromium containing : Aluminum containing : Magnesium containing)
Patent 5549766: Magnetic material
(METAL TREATMENT : STOCK : Magnetic : Rare earth and transition metal containing : Oleaginous)
Patent 5549767: Heat treatment and repair of cobalt base superalloy articles
(METAL TREATMENT : PROCESS OF MODIFYING OR MAINTAINING INTERNAL PHYSICAL STRUCTURE (I.E., MICROSTRUCTURE) OR CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF METAL, PROCESS OF REACTIVE COATING OF METAL AND PROCESS OF CHEMICAL-HEAT REMOVING (E.G., FLAME-CUTTING, ETC.) OR BURNING OF METAL : Surface melting (e.g., melt alloying, etc.) : Temperature)
Patent 5549768: Process for imparting a localized fine grain microstructure in edge surfaces of aluminum alloy sheets
(METAL TREATMENT : PROCESS OF MODIFYING OR MAINTAINING INTERNAL PHYSICAL STRUCTURE (I.E., MICROSTRUCTURE) OR CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF METAL, PROCESS OF REACTIVE COATING OF METAL AND PROCESS OF CHEMICAL-HEAT REMOVING (E.G., FLAME-CUTTING, ETC.) OR BURNING OF METAL : Heating or cooling of solid metal : Aluminum(Al) or aluminum base alloy : With working : With ageing, solution treating (i.e., for hardening), precipitation hardening or strengthening)
Patent 5549769: High temperature stable, low imput energy primer/detonator
(EXPLOSIVE AND THERMIC COMPOSITIONS OR CHARGES : CONTAINING NITRATED METALLO-ORGANIC COMPOUND : Nitrated organic compound of lead : With metal azide or metal fulminate compound : Dispersed solid contains inorganic explosive or inorganic thermic component)
Patent 5549770: Method for manufacturing composites
(ADHESIVE BONDING AND MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL MANUFACTURE : METHODS : Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor : With vitrification or firing ceramic material : Nitride compound containing : Carbon fibers or filaments)
Patent 5549771: Fabrication of body containing lengths of fiber embedded therein
(ADHESIVE BONDING AND MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL MANUFACTURE : METHODS : Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor : With abrading or grinding of lamina : On adherent surface of lamina prior to assembly)
Patent 5549772: Manufacturing process for filament wound thrust bearing
(ADHESIVE BONDING AND MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL MANUFACTURE : METHODS : Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor : With abrading or grinding of lamina : Subsequent to assembly : With inflation of airtight cavity)
Patent 5549773: Woven preform/magnetic press process for thermoplastic honeycomb cores
(ADHESIVE BONDING AND MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL MANUFACTURE : METHODS : Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor : Bonding of flexible filamentary material while in indefinite length or running length : With winding of filamentary material : Winding about subsequently removed core or mandrel : Wrapping of belt prior to shaping)
Patent 5549774: Method of enhancing the visibility of diffraction pattern surface embossment
(ADHESIVE BONDING AND MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL MANUFACTURE : METHODS : Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor : With permanent bending or reshaping or surface deformation of self sustaining lamina : Running or continuous length work : Surface deformation only (e.g., embossing) : Treating material of corrugated lamina or dry adhesive thereon to render tacky)
Patent 5549775: Method of forming an absorbent article
(ADHESIVE BONDING AND MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL MANUFACTURE : METHODS : Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor : With permanent bending or reshaping or surface deformation of self sustaining lamina : By folding : Folding only)
Patent 5549776: Self-supporting impact resistant laminate
(ADHESIVE BONDING AND MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL MANUFACTURE : METHODS : Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor : Of preshaped laminae between closed similarly shaped press platens or clamps : By folding)
Patent 5549777: Three-dimensional, macroscopically expanded, apertured laminate webs and method for making
(ADHESIVE BONDING AND MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL MANUFACTURE : METHODS : Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor : With lamina formation by molding or casting : By extrusion : With cutting, severing, or perforating : Specific nonuniform lamina or article; e.g., netting or rib and groove, etc.)
Patent 5549778: Manufacturing method for multilayer ceramic substrate
(ADHESIVE BONDING AND MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL MANUFACTURE : METHODS : Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor : With lamina formation by molding or casting : On temporary planar support (e.g., film casting) : Pressure assisted bonding)
Patent 5549779: Process for the production of a pencil
(ADHESIVE BONDING AND MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL MANUFACTURE : METHODS : Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor : Inserting of lamina in hole, aperture or recess of other lamina and adherence to side walls thereof : By nonuniform adhesive application)
Patent 5549780: Method for plasma processing and apparatus for plasma processing
(ADHESIVE BONDING AND MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL MANUFACTURE : DIFFERENTIAL FLUID ETCHING APPARATUS : With means to generate and to direct a reactive ion etchant beam at a workpiece : By microwave)
Patent 5549781: Coil winding apparatus incorporating a flexible winding flange
(ADHESIVE BONDING AND MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL MANUFACTURE : SURFACE BONDING MEANS AND/OR ASSEMBLY MEANS THEREFOR : With bending, folding, winding, or wrapping means : Work traversing type)
Patent 5549782: Laminating apparatus
(ADHESIVE BONDING AND MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL MANUFACTURE : SURFACE BONDING MEANS AND/OR ASSEMBLY MEANS THEREFOR : With work feeding or handling means : For plural parts or plural areas of single part : Lamina transferred to base from adhered flexible web or sheet type carrier : Common actuator for bonding and liquid applying means)
Patent 5549783: Apparatus and method for automatically applying adhesive-backed labels to moving articles
(ADHESIVE BONDING AND MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL MANUFACTURE : SURFACE BONDING MEANS AND/OR ASSEMBLY MEANS THEREFOR : With work feeding or handling means : For plural parts or plural areas of single part : Lamina transferred to base from adhered flexible web or sheet type carrier : Discrete spaced laminae on adhered carrier : Means serially presenting discrete base articles or separate portions of a single article : Roller applicator)
Patent 5549784: Method for etching silicon oxide films in a reactive ion etch system to prevent gate oxide damage
(SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING: PROCESS : CHEMICAL ETCHING : Combined with coating step : Formation of groove or trench : Plural coating steps)
Patent 5549785: Method of producing a semiconductor dynamic sensor
(SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING: PROCESS : MAKING DEVICE OR CIRCUIT RESPONSIVE TO NONELECTRICAL SIGNAL : Physical stress responsive : Having cantilever element : Packaging (e.g., with mounting, encapsulating, etc.) or treatment of packaged semiconductor)
Patent 5549786: Highly selective, highly uniform plasma etch process for spin-on glass
(SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING: PROCESS : CHEMICAL ETCHING : Vapor phase etching (i.e., dry etching) : Utilizing electromagnetic or wave energy : By creating electric field (e.g., plasma, glow discharge, etc.) : Silicon oxide or glass : Silicide)
Patent 5549787: Treatment of waste printed papers with surface active polymeric compositions to produce brighter pulp
(PAPER MAKING AND FIBER LIBERATION : PROCESSES OF CHEMICAL LIBERATION, RECOVERY OR PURIFICATION OF NATURAL CELLULOSE OR FIBROUS MATERIAL : Waste paper or textile waste : With organic agent :)
Patent 5549788: Minimal effluents discharge pulp mill with chemical recovery
(PAPER MAKING AND FIBER LIBERATION : PROCESSES OF CHEMICAL LIBERATION, RECOVERY OR PURIFICATION OF NATURAL CELLULOSE OR FIBROUS MATERIAL : With regeneration, reclamation, reuse, recycling or destruction of digestion fluid : With additional chemical treatment before start of defibration)
Patent 5549789: Oxidation of lignin and polysaccharides mediated by polyoxometalate treatment of wood pulp
(PAPER MAKING AND FIBER LIBERATION : PROCESSES OF CHEMICAL LIBERATION, RECOVERY OR PURIFICATION OF NATURAL CELLULOSE OR FIBROUS MATERIAL : Gas, vapor or mist contact : Oxygen, ozone or air : Steam only)
Patent 5549790: Multi-region paper structures having a transition region interconnecting relatively thinner regions disposed at different elevations, and
(PAPER MAKING AND FIBER LIBERATION : PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS : Non-uniform, irregular or configured web or sheet : Woven fabric or parallel strands)
Patent 5549791: Individualized cellulosic fibers crosslinked with polyacrylic acid polymers
(PAPER MAKING AND FIBER LIBERATION : PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS : Synthetic fiber (including chemically modified cellulose) : Cellulosic : Polymerized unsaturated compound)
Patent 5549792: Headbox for a paper machine
(PAPER MAKING AND FIBER LIBERATION : PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS : Running or indefinite length work forming and/or treating processes (e.g., web) : Directing slurry into association with mold : Mechanical treatment of slurry in head box or approach flow : With heating and/or cooling)
Patent 5549793: Control of dilution lines in a dilution headbox of a paper making machine
(PAPER MAKING AND FIBER LIBERATION : APPARATUS : Automatic control : Of stock consistency : Transverse movement of wire)
Patent 5549794: Continuous linear-toroidal extraction-distillation apparatus
(DISTILLATION: APPARATUS : APPARATUS : Systems : Separatory : Still : Still and extractor : Continuous extraction : With fluid injection)
Patent 5549795: Corona source for producing corona discharge and fluid waste treatment with corona discharge
(CHEMISTRY: ELECTRICAL AND WAVE ENERGY : : Electrostatic field or electrical discharge : Processes of purifying materials)
Patent 5549796: Electrophoresis using contour-clamped electric fields
(CHEMISTRY: ELECTRICAL AND WAVE ENERGY : : Electrophoresis or electro-osmosis processes and electrolyte compositions therefor when not provided for elsewhere : Gel electrophoresis : With programmed, cylic, or time responsive control : Nitrogen oxides)
Patent 5549797: Highly corrosion-resistant amorphous alloys
(CHEMISTRY: ELECTRICAL AND WAVE ENERGY : : Coating, forming or etching by sputtering : Glow discharge sputter deposition (e.g., cathode sputtering, etc.) : Specified deposition material or use : Wear or abrasion resistant : Water)
Patent 5549798: Wet processing apparatus having individual reactivating feedback paths for anode and cathode water
(CHEMISTRY: ELECTRICAL AND WAVE ENERGY : APPARATUS : Electrolytic : Object protection : Electrode oscillator, reciprocator or agitator : With oscillator, reciprocator or agitator)
Patent 5549799: Hoist apparatus for positioning anode in smelting furnace
(CHEMISTRY: ELECTRICAL AND WAVE ENERGY : APPARATUS : Electrolytic : Object protection : Electrode oscillator, reciprocator or agitator : With oscillator, reciprocator or agitator)
Patent 5549800: System for obtaining fresh water from seawater
(CHEMISTRY: ELECTRICAL AND WAVE ENERGY : APPARATUS : Electrolytic : Cells : With heater or cooler)
Patent 5549801: Edge strip for electrolytic-cell electrode
(CHEMISTRY: ELECTRICAL AND WAVE ENERGY : APPARATUS : Electrolytic : Elements : With feeding and/or withdrawal means)
Patent 5549802: Cleaning of a PVD chamber containing a collimator
(CHEMISTRY: ELECTRICAL AND WAVE ENERGY : APPARATUS : Coating, forming or etching by sputtering : Coating : Specified mask, shield or shutter : Hook or loop)
Patent 5549803: Smart fastener
(CHEMISTRY: ELECTRICAL AND WAVE ENERGY : APPARATUS : Electrolytic : Analysis and testing : Corrosion : Electrode containing free carbon)
Patent 5549804: Arrangement for detecting the oxygen content in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine
(CHEMISTRY: ELECTRICAL AND WAVE ENERGY : APPARATUS : Electrolytic : Analysis and testing : Solid electrolyte : Gas sample sensor : With impressed current means : Glucose oxidase)
Patent 5549805: Digital DNA typing
(CHEMISTRY: ELECTRICAL AND WAVE ENERGY : : Electrophoresis or electro-osmosis processes and electrolyte compositions therefor when not provided for elsewhere : Gel electrophoresis : With analysis or detailed detection : Plural rapid changes in direction of electric field (at least 1,000 times total and at more than 1/sec) (e.g., pulsed field, etc.))
Patent 5549806: Device and method of direct water cooling for horizontal submarine gel electrophoresis
(CHEMISTRY: ELECTRICAL AND WAVE ENERGY : APPARATUS : Electrophoretic or electro-osmotic apparatus : Gel electrophoresis type : Slab gel : With liquid heat exchange means to cool gel slab during electrophoresis : With gel shaping or molding means (e.g., comb, ribbed insert, gel injectors, etc.))
Patent 5549807: Thermoplastic composites formed by electropolymerization of N-substituted methacrylamide monomers
(ELECTROLYSIS: PROCESSES, COMPOSITIONS USED THEREIN, AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE COMPOSITIONS : PRODUCT PRODUCED BY ELECTROLYSIS INVOLVING ELECTROLYTIC MARKING, BATTERY ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FORMING, ELECTROFORMING, OR ELECTROLYTIC COATING : Uranium)
Patent 5549808: Method for forming capped copper electrical interconnects
(ELECTROLYSIS: PROCESSES, COMPOSITIONS USED THEREIN, AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE COMPOSITIONS : ELECTROLYTIC COATING (PROCESS, COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF PREPARING COMPOSITION) : Coating selected area : Specified product produced : Product is semiconductor or includes semiconductor :)
Patent 5549809: Method for hardening metallic elements
(ELECTROLYSIS: PROCESSES, COMPOSITIONS USED THEREIN, AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE COMPOSITIONS : ELECTROLYTIC COATING (PROCESS, COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF PREPARING COMPOSITION) : Treating electrolytic or nonelectrolytic coating after it is formed : Contacting with solid member or material (e.g., buffing, burnishing, polishing, etc.) : Electrolytic treatment)
Patent 5549810: Bath for the electrodeposition of palladium-silver alloys
(ELECTROLYSIS: PROCESSES, COMPOSITIONS USED THEREIN, AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE COMPOSITIONS : ELECTROLYTIC COATING (PROCESS, COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF PREPARING COMPOSITION) : Depositing predominantly alloy coating : Group VIII metal is predominant constituent (i.e., Fe, Co, Ni, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ru, Ir, or Os) : Utilizing organic compound-containing bath : Organic sulfoxy-containing)
Patent 5549811: Process for decontamination soils polluted with metals
(ELECTROLYSIS: PROCESSES, COMPOSITIONS USED THEREIN, AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE COMPOSITIONS : ELECTROLYTIC SYNTHESIS (PROCESS, COMPOSITION, AND METHOD OF PREPARING COMPOSITION) : Preparing single metal : Zinc produced : Bath contains organic material)
Patent 5549812: Process and apparatus for processing industrial waste water by electrolysis
(ELECTROLYSIS: PROCESSES, COMPOSITIONS USED THEREIN, AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE COMPOSITIONS : ELECTROLYTIC MATERIAL TREATMENT (PRODUCT, PROCESS, AND ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION) : Water, sewage, or other waste water : With programmed, cyclic, or time responsive control : Vessel (e.g., ship hull, steam boiler, etc.))
Patent 5549813: FCC process employing low unit cell size y-zeolites
(MINERAL OILS: PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS : CHEMICAL CONVERSION OF HYDROCARBONS : Cracking : Catalytic : Silica or silicate containing catalyst : With metal or metal oxide : With group III metal, rare earth metal, or metal oxide (i.e., Sc, Y, Al, Ga, In, Tl, metal of atomic number 57-71 or oxide thereof) : With group III metal, rare earth metal, or metal oxide (i.e., Sc, Y, Al, Ga, ln, Tl, metal of atomic number 57-71, or oxide thereof))
Patent 5549814: FCC stripper with spoke arrangement for bi-directional catalyst stripping
(MINERAL OILS: PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS : CHEMICAL CONVERSION OF HYDROCARBONS : Solids contacting and mixing : Purging : Feed of specific composition)
Patent 5549815: Method for fluidizing a dense phase bed of solids
(MINERAL OILS: PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS : CHEMICAL CONVERSION OF HYDROCARBONS : Solids contacting and mixing : Suspension system : Fluidized dense bed : Solids transferring : Noble metal or oxide thereof)
Patent 5549816: Re-usable piston filter system
(LIQUID PURIFICATION OR SEPARATION : FLOW, FLUID PRESSURE OR MATERIAL LEVEL, RESPONSIVE : Vent control : Check valve controlled)
Patent 5549817: Stormwater treatment system/apparatus
(LIQUID PURIFICATION OR SEPARATION : FLOW, FLUID PRESSURE OR MATERIAL LEVEL, RESPONSIVE : Float : Controls movable separator : Float type)
Patent 5549818: Sewage treatment system
(LIQUID PURIFICATION OR SEPARATION : RECIRCULATION : Serially connected distinct treating or storage units : With sediment recycle means directly to main stream : Means is baffle slot : In flow between inlet and separator)
Patent 5549819: Portable extraction instrument
(LIQUID PURIFICATION OR SEPARATION : WITH MEANS TO ADD TREATING MATERIAL : Chromatography : With sediment recycle means directly to main stream)
Patent 5549820: Apparatus for removing a component from solution
(LIQUID PURIFICATION OR SEPARATION : WITH MEANS TO ADD TREATING MATERIAL : Spaced along flow path : Thin layer, e.g., plate, etc.)
Patent 5549821: Fluid filter assembly for vehicles
(LIQUID PURIFICATION OR SEPARATION : WITH REPAIR OR ASSEMBLING MEANS : Plates or frames)
Patent 5549822: Shower filter apparatus
(LIQUID PURIFICATION OR SEPARATION : WITH REPAIR OR ASSEMBLING MEANS : Hoist or handle means : Hand manipulable : With outlet at surface, e.g., froth flotation, etc.)
Patent 5549823: System for purifying a soluble oil emulsion
(LIQUID PURIFICATION OR SEPARATION : PARTICULATE MATERIAL TYPE SEPARATOR, E.G., ION EXCHANGE OR SAND BED : With gravitational separator : On different levels)
Patent 5549824: Filter apparatus including stacked intake and discharge plates
(LIQUID PURIFICATION OR SEPARATION : PLURAL DISTINCT SEPARATORS : Filters : Plural cylindrical membranes all connected for parallel flow)
Patent 5549825: Liquid filter structure
(LIQUID PURIFICATION OR SEPARATION : FILTER : With residue removing means or agitation of liquid : Fluid cleaning : Backwash or blowback : With plural outlets from filter casing)
Patent 5549826: Filtration bag
(LIQUID PURIFICATION OR SEPARATION : FILTER : Supported, shaped or superimposed formed mediums : Abutted or superimposed members : For series flow : With contractor for expandable retainer)
Patent 5549827: Process for treating a suspension of solid particles in a carrier liquid
(LIQUID PURIFICATION OR SEPARATION : GRAVITATIONAL SEPARATOR : Material supply distributor : Sectional isolator)
Patent 5549828: Method and apparatus for in Situ water purification including sludge reduction within water bodies by biofiltration and for hypolimnetic
(LIQUID PURIFICATION OR SEPARATION : PROCESSES : Treatment by living organism : Including plant or animal of higher order :)
Patent 5549829: Membrane filtration system
(LIQUID PURIFICATION OR SEPARATION : PROCESSES : Liquid/liquid solvent or colloidal extraction or diffusing or passing through septum selective as to material of a component of liquid; such diffusing or passing being effected by other than only an ion exchange or sorption process : Including cleaning or sterilizing of apparatus : And anaerobic treatment)
Patent 5549830: Reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration methods for solutions to isolate desired solutes including taxane
(LIQUID PURIFICATION OR SEPARATION : PROCESSES : Liquid/liquid solvent or colloidal extraction or diffusing or passing through septum selective as to material of a component of liquid; such diffusing or passing being effected by other than only an ion exchange or sorption process : Utilizing plural diverse membranes : And anaerobic treatment)
Patent 5549831: Method for processing chemical cleaning solvent waste
(LIQUID PURIFICATION OR SEPARATION : PROCESSES : Liquid/liquid solvent or colloidal extraction or diffusing or passing through septum selective as to material of a component of liquid; such diffusing or passing being effected by other than only an ion exchange or sorption process : Diffusing or passing through septum selective as to material of a component of liquid : Filtering through membrane (e.g., ultrafiltration) : Hemodialysis)
Patent 5549832: Vehicle coolant recycling
(LIQUID PURIFICATION OR SEPARATION : PROCESSES : Ion exchange or selective sorption : Sorbing organic constituent : From aqueous material : Utilizing activated carbon : Oil removed)
Patent 5549833: Method of decomposing hydrogen peroxide
(LIQUID PURIFICATION OR SEPARATION : PROCESSES : Chemical treatment : By chemical reduction : Chlorine or bromine containing)
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