Patents Examined by Michael Rata
  • Patent number: 5236414
    Abstract: A fat sucking apparatus including a tip having a tubular body which defines therein a suction passage and which has at least one suction opening at the front lower end of the tubular body, a hand piece to which the tip is detachably connected and which has therein a suction passage which is connected to the suction passage of the tip, said hand piece being provided with an ultrasonic oscillation generating portion which transmits the ultrasonic oscillation to the tip, an outer tube in which the tip is slidably inserted and held and which is provided with at least one suction opening, an ultrasonic oscillator which generates and transmits an electric energy to the ultrasonic oscillation generating portion of the hand piece to supply it with the ultrasonic oscillation, a collector which is connected to the suction passage of the hand piece through a suction pipe to receive the fat, and a vacuum pump which is connected to the collector to suck the fat into the collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Inventor: Katsuya Takasu
  • Patent number: 5059170
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adapter for connecting a multiple lumen catheter to a corresponding number of single lumen supply tubes, which allows access for further devices such as a bronco-scope or a suction catheter. The adapter comprises; a one-piece molded multiple lumen body, each lumen of the adapter body corresponding directly to a desired connection between the multiple lumen catheter and a corresponding number of single lumen supply tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael S. Cameron
  • Patent number: 5017190
    Abstract: A dosage unit for dosing a number of measured quantities of a liquid, such as insulin, from a cartridge (2), said dosage unit comprising a cylindrical casing (1) for the cartridge (2), the distal end of the casing (1) being provided with means for fastening an injection needle (5) with two points protruding at opposite sides, one point (7) thereof being provided to be plunged into the cartridge (2). The other end of the casing comprises a piston rod (13) for exerting a force on a piston (8) inside the cartridge (2) and an adjustment means (20) provided with an inner thread (21), said adjustment means being in rotatable engagement with an outer thread (19) on the outside of the casing (1). The adjustment means (20) is adapted to limit the length of the stroke of the piston rod (13) after adjustment in accordance with a measuring scale (37, 38) stating the desired dosage quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
    Assignee: D.C.P. AF 1988 A/S
    Inventors: Bernd Simon, Niels E. Holm, Fritz F. Bonnichsen