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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1970
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1969] U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S 545 Science, Urbana, and Divaker B. Kenkare, formerly Research Associate in Food Science, Urbana, inventors; developed under the sponsorship of the American Dairy Association. The discovery is the combination of procedural steps and conditions to prepare and sterlize high fat content cream so that it can be stored in a way to preserve its fine qualities for a variety of uses. The Committee recommends that the rights of the University in this invention be released to the inventors. 10. Instrument for the cryosurgery of warts and other minor growths — L. M. Hursh, Professor of Health Science and Director of the Health Service, Urbana, inventor. This is a solid brass rod cooled to equilibrium with liquid nitrogen. Brass was used because it is a good conductor, is easy to turn on the lathe, and was available in the plumbing shop. The rods were made so they had different size and shaped tips. A hole was made in the rod so a chain could be attached to facilitate the placement and removal of the rod into and out of the liquid nitrogen. A rod seven inches long and one-half inch in diameter was used to provide sufficient mass to prevent too rapid warming. The rods were chromeplated with the chrome sanded off the tip, so that the rods had the appearance of surgical instruments. The cooled rod is applied to the wart for about one and one-half minutes. The following day a blister forms and in three weeks the wart sloughs off without scarring. The Committee recommends that the rights of the University in this invention be released to the inventor. 11. General auditory-vibratory experience translater ( G A V E T ) — Shirley J. Heinze, Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Medical Center, Paul R. Cekan, Instructor in Psychiatry, Medical Center, and Ramon C. Blatt, Electronic Technician I, Medical Center, inventors. The G A V E T is an electronic device which has been designed to respond to sound and to convert the sound signals to mechanical vibrations which can stimulate touch and pressure receptors in the body. It is expected to be of value as a "hearing substitute" for the profoundly nerve deaf individual. The Committee recommends that the rights of the University in this invention be released to the inventors. On motions of Mr. Jones, these recommendations were approved. REPORT ON LITIGATION The legal counsel reported on the recent action of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division with regard to the state law requiring every person employed by the state to execute an employee's affadavit (commonly known as the "Loyalty Oath"). On motion of Mr. Grimes, the Board adjourned. EARL W. PORTER EARL M. HUGHES Secretary President
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