US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Wednesday, November 14:
California Inventors Develop Catheter System
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Tom A. Steinke, Corbett W. Stone, Raphael M. Michel and Donald H. Koenig, all from San Diego, Stephen O. Ross of Fallbrook, Calif., and Brian S. Kelleher of Ramona, Calif., have developed a catheter system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
California Inventor Develops Surgical Safety Apparatus
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Arnold Steven Seid of Santa Monica, Calif., has developed a method of oxygen sensing during a surgical procedure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical safety apparatus for use in connection with an energizable surgical device ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Electronic Percussion Instrument
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Ryo Susami of Hosoe-cho, Japan, has developed an electronic percussion instrument. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic percussion instrument includes input means, correction information storage means, and musical tone ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Recording Apparatus with Slidably Accommodated Discharge Tray
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Yuji Kagami of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a recording apparatus which performs recording. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides the recording apparatus, which has excellent operability of drawing and retracting the ...
French Inventor Develops Intervertebral Stabilising Device
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Henry Graf of Lyons, France, has developed an intervertebral stabilising device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a device comprising an implant designed to be inserted at least partially between the vertebral bodies ...
German Inventors Develop Surgical Needle System
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Boris Batke of Lubeck, Germany, and Raimo Sump of Hamburg, Germany, have developed a surgical needle system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a system with a surgical needle and a handle, the surgical needle has in its proximal ...
California Inventors Develop Atrial Fibrillation Reducing Method
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- John D. Dobak III., of La Jolla, Calif., Hans W. Kramer of Temecula, Calif., and Steven A. Yon of San Diego, have developed a method of reducing atrial fibrillation. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The ...
Spanish Inventor Develops Vertebral Fixation Device
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Luis Marquez Alvarez of Reus-Tarragona, Spain, has developed a spondylolisthesis treating device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a vertebral fixation device for the treatment of spinal conditions and more ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Polyaxial Pedicle Screw Assembly
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Craig Glascott of Hudson, Ohio, has developed a bone screw assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polyaxial pedicle screw assembly incorporates a concave portion on a receiver which mates with a convex surface on a head of the screw ...
California, Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Shape Memory Polymer Actuator
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Duncan J. Maitland of Pleasant Hill, Calif., Abraham P. Lee of Walnut Creek, Calif., Daniel L. Schumann of Concord, Calif., Dennis L. Matthews of Moss Beach, Calif., Derek E. Decker of Byron, Calif., and Charles A. Jungreis of Pittsburgh, have developed a shape memory ...
California Inventor Develops Pocketable Note Holder with Writing Instrument
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Alan C. Regala of Mountain View, Calif., has developed a pocketable note holder. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pocketable device includes a body preferably made from a single piece of thin material which holds a notepad and writing ...
California Inventor Develops Bone Fixation Device
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- M. SamyAbdou of San Diego has developed a bone fixation system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a bone fixation device for retaining vertebra of a spinal column in a desired spatial relationship. In one embodiment, the device ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Airtight Cap Structure
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Hidehei Kageyama and Tomoaki Suzuki, both of Saitama, Japan, have developed an airtight cap structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airtight cap structure is capable of coming into close contact with a tip to be used and securing ...
Texas Inventor Develops Obstetrical Vacuum Extractor
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Nicola Perone of Houston has developed an apparatus for the delivery of a fetus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention consists of a new obstetrical vacuum extractor which includes a bell-shaped fetal contact cup made of flexible ...
California Inventors Develop Colles' Fracture External Fixator
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- John M. Agee of Cameron Park, Calif., and Francis C. King of Carmichael, Calif., have developed an external fixation device to treat fractures. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bone fragments resulting from a Colles' fracture of the ...
California Inventor Develops Interbody Spinal Fusion Implant Inserting Method
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Gary Karlin Michelson of Venice, Calif., has developed an interbody spinal fusion implant inserting method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to methods of inserting a variety of interbody spinal fusion ...
New York, Connecticut Inventors Develop Antenna Construction Method
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Duixian Liu of Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Ullrich Richard Rudolf Pfeiffer of Carmel, N.Y., Thomas Martin Zwick of West Harrison, N.Y., and Brian Paul Gaucher of Brookfield, Conn., have developed a method for constructing antennas using wire bonds as radiating ...
New York Inventor Develops Hair Removal Enhancing Apparatus
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Harvey H. Jay of Scarsdale, N.Y., has developed a hair removal method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for removing hair from a skin surface includes removing protruding hair fibers from a skin surface in a plurality of ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Medication Dispensing Apparatus
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Otto Daniel DeRuntz of Dunstable, Mass., Kenneth Allen Focht of Needham, Mass., Alexander Thomas Jacobs of Somerville, Mass., Elizabeth Whitney Johansen of Allston, Mass., and Jared Alden Judson of Topsfield, Mass., have developed a portable medication dispensing ...
California Inventors Develop Low Temperature Lesion Formation Apparatus
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Greg Eberl of Sunnyvale, Calif., and David K. Swanson of Campbell, Calif., have developed devices for performing therapeutic operations on tissue. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "low temperature lesion formation ...
Washington Inventors Develop Print Gap Correction Method
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Daniel A Durland and Gary A Gesellchen, both of Seattle, Scott D Phillips of Kent, Wash., Joel C Brown of Renton, Wash., Craig J Cornelius of Woodinville of Wash., Kenneth R Hallock of Buckley, Wash., and Christopher J Bakken of Auburn, Wash., have developed a line ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Grinding Wheel Shank
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Jang Hyuk Ahn of Osan, South Korea, has developed an ornamental design for a grinding wheel shank, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D554,671 on Nov. 6. The patent has been assigned to Ehwa ...
California Inventor Develops Clamp Based Low Temperature Lesion Formation Apparatus
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- David K. Swanson of Campbell, Calif., has developed a clamp based low temperature lesion formation apparatus, systems and methods, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. 7,291,143 on Nov. 6. The patent ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Dual-Frequency Directional Antenna
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Wei-Jen Wang and Jo-Wang Fu, both of Miao-Li County, Taiwan, have developed a dual-frequency directional antenna. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual-frequency directional antenna includes a dielectric substrate, high frequency antenna ...
Florida Inventor Develops Medication Adding Needleless Connector
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Lisa M. Fitzgerald of Sarasota, Fla., has developed a medical connector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needleless connector for adding medication to a parenteral fluid is provided. The needleless connector comprises a connector ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Winged Angled Needle Assembly
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Seiichi Ono of Oita, Japan, have developed a winged angled needle assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A winged angled needle assembly has a hub to which a proximal end portion of an angled needle having a sharpened tip portion is ...
Swedish Inventors Develop Absorbent Article
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Solgun Drevik of Molnlycke, Sweden, and Anita Skeppstedt of Molndal, Sweden, have developed an absorbent article. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an absorbent article intended for use in a thong garment, and ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Array Antenna Receiver Device
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Tomohiro Azuma of Tokyo has developed an array antenna receiver device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Calibration signals are distributed to the respective output signals of a plurality of antenna elements, thereby multiplexing the ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Retrograde Cannula
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Arthur D. Gershowitz of Ann Arbor, Mich., has developed auto-inflate retrograde cannulas. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cardioplegia is delivered to a heart vessel by conducting the cardioplegia through an infusion lumen of a cannula ....
Japanese Inventor Develops Light Controller
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Hiroaki Naganuma of Kofu, Japan, has developed a light controller in an image pickup device. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A light controller includes a substrate having an optical path opening, a ...
Ohio, Indiana Inventors Develop Disposable Absorbent Article
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Gary Dean LaVon of Liberty Township, Ohio, Theodora Beck of Colerain Township, Ohio, and Gerald Alfred Young of Miller Township, Ind., have developed a disposable absorbent article. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Real Time Effect Automation Method
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Andrew Michael Morris of Toronto has developed a method for real time effects automation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "effects automation system for generating control data for the control of effects ...
California Inventor Develops Cellphone Global Positioning System
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Peter Van Wyck Loomis of Sunnyvale, Calif., has developed a mobile global positioning system (GPS) receiver. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The location system includes a mobile radio transceiver for transmitting a radio positioning ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Substrate Processing Method
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Yoshitake Ito of Ishioka-shi, Japan, has developed a substrate processing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A substrate processing apparatus has at least one of a developing processing apparatus that supplies a developing solution ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Wave-Transmission Cover Production Method
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Tetsuya Fujii, Ryoiti Takada, Daiichiro Kawashima, Hiromi Hyuga and Koichi Ogiso, all from Aichi, Japan, have developed a method for producing a wave-transmitting cover. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The wave-transmitting cover ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Braille Layout Creation Program
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Seiji Tanaka of Azumino, Japan, and Makoto Takada of Shiojiri, Japan, have developed a Braille layout creation program. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Braille layout creation method includes the steps of sequentially reading ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Disposable Absorbent Article
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Fumiko Aoki and Terumasa Kondo, both of Gunma, Japan, and Minoru Hoshino of Kiryu, Japan, have developed a disposable absorbent article. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "rear elastic area formed by a rear waist ...
California Inventors Develop Scrapbook Pages Making Method
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Colin Donahoe of Palos Verde Estates, Calif., and Frank Martin of San Clemente, Calif., have developed a scrapbook pages making method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A full-size scrapbook page is scanned by n image scanner. A computer ...
Austrian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Open Cooler
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Hans Aage Jorgensen of Admont, Austria, has developed an ornamental design for an open cooler, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D554,670 on Nov. 6. The patent has been assigned to AHT Cooling ...
Swiss Inventors Develop Fluid Drug Metered Administration Device
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Beat Kindler of Hasle-Ruegsau, Switzerland, Daniel Peter of Niederwangen, Switzerland, Ueli Haueter of Grosshochstetten, Switzerland, and Reto Aeschlimann of Aefligen, Switzerland, have developed a device for administering in doses. According to the U.S ....
California, Massachusetts Inventors Develop Low Average Power Dermatologic Light Treatment Device
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Kevin P. Connors and David A. Gollnick, both of San Francisco, Greg J. Spooner of Kensington, Calif., and Dean A. MacFarland of Magnolia, Mass., have developed a method of treating a treatment area of skin to reduce hair regrowth. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Primary Drive Chain Housing
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Bert E. Baker Jr. of Williamston, Mich., has developed an ornamental design for a primary drive chain housing, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D554,674 on Nov. 6. The original application was ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Satellite Positioning Apparatus
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Kotaro Wakamatsu of Iwaki, Japan, has developed a satellite positioning apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Available-satellite data indicating satellites available for satellite positioning is obtained from a global positioning ...
German, Italian Inventors Develop Multiband Microwave Antenna
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Thomas Purr of Munchen, Germany, Dragos-Nicolae Peligrad of Aachen, Germany, and Nora Brambilla of Milan, Italy, have developed a multiband microwave antenna. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiband microwave antenna is described, ...
California Inventors Develop Female Urinary Incontinence Treating Method
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Hong Li of San Diego, Peter S Edelstein of Menlo Park, Calif., John T To of Newark, Calif., Simon W. H. Thomas of Danville, Calif., and Benjamin T Nordell of San Mateo, Calif., have developed methods for treating urinary incontinence. According to the U.S ....
Italian Inventors Develop Medical Use Fluid Transport Line Joint
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Vincenzo Baraldi of Quistello, Italy, Annalisa Delnevo of Sant' Agata Bolognese, Italy, Gianfranco Marchesi of Camposanto, Italy, Andrea Ligabue of San Prospero, Italy, and Massimo Zaccarelli of San Felice sul Panaro, Italy, have developed a circuit for extracorporeal ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Hood with Grill Element
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- William E. Crookes of Ann Arbor, Mich., and Michael Deininger of Pinckney, Mich., have developed an ornamental design for a hood with grill element, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D554,669 on Nov ....
Texas Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Vertically-Adjustable Rail-Engaging Wheels
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- David E. Bush of Gary, Texas, has developed an ornamental design for 'vertically-adjustable rail-engaging wheels,' the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D554,668 on Nov. 6. The original application ...
Texas Inventor Develops Acousto-Radio Frequency Modulator
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Brett A Williams of Arlington, Texas, has developed an acousto-radio frequency modulator (ARFM). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acousto-radio frequency modulator and an apparatus employing the same are disclosed. The acousto-radio ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Timing Adjustment Method for Radar
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Nobukazu Shima of Kobe, Japan, has developed a radar apparatus with automatic timing adjusting function. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "On/off timing of an amplifier and timing of antenna selection are accurately adjusted. When adjusting ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Optical Sub-Assembly Module
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Rong-Heng Yuang of Hsinchu, Taiwan, has developed an optical subassembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical sub-assembly module includes a receptacle combined with a light emitting device. The receptacle includes an optical ...
Utah Inventor Develops Infusion Syringe
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Evan W. Call of Bountiful, Utah, has developed an infusion syringe apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A syringe configured for communication with a tubular member insertable into the body of a subject includes a pressure ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Vehicle Obstacle Warning Radar
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Eric K. Walton of Columbus, Ohio, and Chi-Chih Chen of Dublin, Ohio, have developed a vehicle obstacle warning radar. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a " method for detecting an object using a transmitting antenna ...
Texas Inventor Develops Hemofiltration System
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- James R. Matson of Dallas, has developed devices using hemofiltration for treatment of diseases. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hemofiltration system and method to treat an Inflammatory Mediator Related Disease in a mammal, including ...
Florida, Maryland Inventors Develop Cervical Immobilizing Device
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Ronald M. Rudy Jr., Freddy T. Lee and Thomas Murphy, all from Boynton Beach, Fla., and Sanjay H. Parikh of Finksburg, Md., have developed a cervical immobilizing device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cervical immobilizing device ...
Israeli Inventor Develops Drug Delivery Device
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Avraham Shekalim of Nesher, Israel, has developed a method for delivery of a liquid medicament. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drug delivery device includes a pressurized reservoir in communication with a flow path to an outlet. The ...
Australian Inventor Develops Flexible Ocular Device
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Minas Theodore Coroneo of Randwick, Australia, has developed devices for the treatment of glaucoma. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention comprises a flexible ocular device for implantation into the eye formed of a biocompatible ...
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Computer Screen Portion
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Carsten Waldeck of Hessen, Germany, has developed an ornamental design for the portion of a computer screen with an icon image, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D554,654 on Nov. 6. The original ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Air Compressor Cap
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Henry C. Chu of Orange, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a cap for air compressor, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D554,667 on Nov. 6. The original application was filed on Nov. 7, ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Catheter Assembly
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Joseph P. McGurk of Mason, Ohio, has developed a safety needle and catheter assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "catheter and introducer needle assembly having a needle with a proximal and distal end ...
Washington Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Display Screen Portion Icon
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Niels Van Dongen and Kieran Phelan, both of Seattle, have developed an ornamental design for an icon for a portion of a display screen, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D554,664 on Nov. 6. The ...
Washington Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Display Screen Portion Image
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Niels Van Dongen and Emily Rimas-Ribikauskas, both of Seattle, Paul Hoover of Kirkland, Wash., and Dustin Hubbard of Sammamish, Wash., have developed an ornamental design for an image for a portion of a display screen, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Radar System with Input Amplitude Correction Function
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Ryuji Fukute of Hitachinaka, Japan, has developed a radar system with radar cross section (RCS) correction. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a radar system having an input amplitude correcting function in which even when ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Portable Telephone Display Generated Image
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Ho Kim and Min-Hwa Jung, both of Seoul, South Korea, have developed an ornamental design for a generated image for display on a portable telephone, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D554,657 on Nov ....
Japanese, Taiwanese Inventors Develop Massage Device
Nov 14, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Ikeda Kyoji of Tokyo, and Ching-Feng Chuang of Taichung City, Taiwan, have developed a golf ball covering massage device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A massage device to hold a golf ball has a surrounding portion to cover the golf ...