text:
|35th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 66
|Patent application number
|PUMP ASSEMBLY WITH A REMOVABLE COVER ASSEMBLY - An infusion pump assembly includes an enclosure assembly. A reservoir assembly is positioned at least partially within the enclosure assembly and is configured to contain an infusible fluid. A pump assembly is positioned at least partially within the enclosure assembly and is configured to effectuate the dispensing of the infusible fluid contained within the reservoir assembly. Processing logic is positioned at least partially within the enclosure assembly and is configured to control the pump assembly. A removable cover assembly is configured to releasably engage the enclosure assembly. A combination of the removable cover assembly and at least a portion of the enclosure assembly defines a power supply cavity configured to prevent a removable power supply assembly from being reverse-polarity electrically coupled to the processing logic.
|INTRODUCER ASSEMBLY - The present disclosure relates to an introducer assembly. The introducer assembly includes an introducer sheath having a proximal end. A lumen is disposed longitudinally through the interior of the introducer sheath. A hub is attached about the proximal end of the sheath. The hub includes an opening disposed through its center. The opening is in fluid communication with the lumen of the sheath. A dilator clip is releasably attached to the hub of the introducer sheath. The dilator clip comprises a base having a proximal portion and a distal portion. Disposed on the distal portion of the dilator clip is a dilator. The dilator is coaxially positioned within the lumen of the introducer sheath while the dilator clip is attached to the hub.
|Reminder Device for a Pen-Shaped Medical Delivery Device - Reminder device for indication of time-related information for a pen-shaped medical delivery device, the reminder device comprising:
|CARTRIDGE FOR DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES - The present invention relates to a cartridge for a drug delivery device comprising of a container at least partially filled with an injectable medicament, at least one sealing member disposed at a distal end of the container, the sealing member being pierceable by a piercing element for expelling a dose of the medicament, and at least one fixing cap of circular or cylindrical geometry comprising a centric through opening at a distal end face giving access to the sealing member disposed underneath, and comprising at least in sections a structurally strengthened surface structure to keep the sealing member in position and/or to counteract a pressure-induced mechanical deformation of the sealing member, and wherein the distal end face of the fixing cap comprises at least one radially extending corrugation or bead.
|Assembly for a Drug Delivery Device and Piston Rod - An assembly for a drug delivery device comprises a drive member which is adapted and arranged to be displaced in a dose setting direction for setting a dose of a drug and to be displaced in a dose delivery direction for delivering the set dose of the drug. The assembly comprises a piston rod which is adapted and arranged to be displaced in the dose delivery direction via mechanical interaction with the drive member for delivering the set dose. The assembly comprises at least one resilient pre-delivery element, wherein the assembly is configured such that the resilient pre-delivery element is biased when the drive member is displaced in the dose setting direction for setting the dose, the biased resilient pre-delivery element relaxes before the drive member is displaced in the dose delivery direction for delivering the dose. When the resilient pre-delivery element relaxes, the piston rod is displaced with respect to the resilient pre-delivery element in the dose delivery direction by a pre-delivery distance. Furthermore, a piston rod is provided.
|APPLICATOR - An applicator
|MEDICAL CONNECTORS AND METHODS OF USE - Some embodiments disclosed herein relate to a medical connector having a backflow resistance module configured to prevent fluid from being drawn into the connector when a backflow inducing event occurs. In some embodiments, the backflow resistance module can include a variable-volume chamber configured to change in volume in response to a backflow-inducing event and a check valve configured to resist backflow. In some embodiments, the medical connector can include a fluid diverter configured to direct fluid flowing through the medical connector into the variable volume chamber to prevent fluid stagnation therein. In some embodiments, the medical connector includes a body member, a base member, a seal member, a support member, and a valve member.
|INLINE LIQUID DRUG MEDICAL DEVICE WITH MANUALLY OPERATED ACTUATOR - Inline liquid drug medical device having a longitudinal device axis, a housing with a flow control member rotatable within a transverse bore from a first flow control position for establishing flow communication between a first pair of ports for liquid drug reconstitution purposes to a second flow control position for establishing flow communication between a second pair of ports for liquid drug administration purposes, and a manually operated actuator for rotating the flow control member from its first flow control position to its second flow control position.
|HUBER NEEDLE SAFETY APPARATUS - The invention presented is a needle system to access a subcutaneous port primarily for the administration of chemotherapy, designed to protect the health care worker from inadvertent needle injury by isolation of the needle tip within base and tower components. A rotating collar is designed to keep the needle immobile until access of the port is desired when it can be rotated to align a cut out with a corresponding cut out of the tower that houses the needle for advancement of the needle downward into the port. On retraction, the collar can be rotated, locking the needle back into a retracted position within the tower.
|Method of Providing for the Minimization of Extravasation During Arthroscopic Surgery - The devices and methods shown provide for the minimization of extravasation during arthroscopic surgery. The extravasation minimization device allows a surgeon to drain excess fluids from the soft tissue surrounding the surgical field while also providing a stable surgical portal for arthroscopic surgical instruments.
|Port cannula for the puncturing of port catheters - A port cannula for puncturing implantable or implanted port catheters includes a cannula tube with a ground surface, which is formed from a ground cut inclined with respect to a center axis of the cannula tube by a ground-cut angle and from two facet cuts lying at an angle to each other, and of a cannula tip which is provided by the ground surface and which is oriented via a first bend in the direction of the center axis of the cannula tube. The ground cut and the facet cut are adapted to each other in such a way that, on the one hand, during puncturing, a bending of the cannula is least reduced and, on the other hand, the pain caused to the patient is kept within an acceptable range.
|Devices, systems, and methods to control stomach volume - Embodiments disclosed herein relate to methods, devices, and computer systems thereof for reducing stomach volume in a subject. In certain embodiments, a subject receives a stomach-volume-reducing device that optionally includes at least one reservoir configured to release at least one appetite suppressant. In an embodiment, the stomach-volume-reducing device is responsive to one or more environmental conditions of the subject, for example, pH or chemical chemicals in the stomach of the subject. In an embodiment, the stomach-volume-reducing device controls hunger in the subject.
|Subdermal Material Delivery Device - A method may include placing a first device on a first side of a skin portion of a subject and transferring a material through the skin portion of the subject from the first device to a subdermal second device disposed on a second side of the skin portion of the subject.
|Access Port Identification Systems and Methods - An access port for subcutaneous implantation is disclosed. Such an access port may comprise a body for capturing a septum for repeatedly inserting a needle therethrough into a cavity defined within the body. Further, the access port may include at least one feature structured and configured for identification of the access port subsequent to subcutaneous implantation. Methods of identifying a subcutaneously implanted access port are also disclosed. For example, a subcutaneously implanted access port may be provided and at least one feature of the subcutaneously implanted access port may be perceived. Further, the subcutaneously implanted access port may be identified in response to perceiving the at least one feature.
|MEDICINAL ROLLER BALL APPLICATORS, ASSOCIATED PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS, AND THEIR USE TO TREAT AFFLICTED SKIN TISSUES - The present invention discloses a novel medicinal roller ball applicator, comprising a ball with a rough surface, which can relatively painlessly facilitate the application and therapeutic massage of an active ingredient into a sensitive infected area of tissue for prolonged periods of time, while simultaneously removing dead epidermal tissue, a proven harrier to adsorption and penetration of active ingredients to the desired lower living skin tissue.
|Self-destructing transdermal therapeutic system having improved functionality and efficacy - The invention relates to a self-destructing transdermal therapeutic system (TTS), preferably in the form of a transdermal patch, that includes an active ingredient, an agent rendering the active ingredient useless, and a perforation mechanism. The perforation mechanism allows a mobile phase to reach the agent that is capable of rendering the active ingredient useless after removing the TTS after use. The agent then comes into contact with the active ingredient and destroys the active ingredient in the presence of the mobile phase.
|THERAPEUTIC SHOWER AND METHOD OF USING THE SHOWER FOR WEIGHT REDUCTION - A therapeutic shower assembly for weight reduction contemplates a generally horizontal support for an individual's body in a horizontal position on their back or stomach and a shower enclosure that accommodates the support. The shower enclosure also includes a source of pressurized water or a pump, a water heater for providing heated water and a horizontal serpentine pipe including a plurality of upwardly directed small openings. The assembly also includes two valves for stopping the flow of water to a portion of the pipe and the second valve for totally stopping the flow of water. The upwardly directed heated water falls gently on the individual. A mechanism raises and lowers the serpentine pipe to allow access to the support and to bring the pipe within about a foot or two of the individual. Finally, a timer and alarm warn an individual that the treatment is over.
|PUNCTAL PLUG WITH ENERGIZED CONTAINMENT ARRAY - The disclosure relates to a semiconductor device comprising an array of containment cells, wherein each containment cell is configured to contain a medicament and each containment cell comprises a cell activation element configured to release the medicament within the containment cell upon receipt of an activation trigger.
|DRUG SUPPORT BODY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A drug support body is provided that can be used to appropriately administer a drug to the anterior segment of the eye while the production cost is reduced. A drug layer containing a drug component to be administered to an anterior segment of the eye is provided at a halfway portion in a longitudinal direction of a base plate, wherein the base plate includes a bending portion that allows the base plate to bend in a direction opposite to a surface of the base plate on which the drug layer is provided, and by bending the base plate at the bending portion, at least a portion of a surface facing the base plate of the drug layer is exposed from the base plate.
|PERCUTANEOUS ABSORBENT AND ADHESIVE SHEET FOR SKIN PATCH - The invention provides an adhesive sheet for adhesion to the skin, as well as a transdermal absorption preparation containing the adhesive sheet and a drug or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the adhesive layer of the adhesive sheet. The adhesive sheet comprises a support and an adhesive layer formed on the support, wherein the adhesive layer contains at least a thermoplastic elastomer, and more than 300 parts by weight of liquid paraffin per 100 parts by weight of the elastomer, and wherein the adhesive layer contains not more than 10 wt % of a tackifier.
|UV STABLE TRANSDERMAL THERAPEUTIC PLASTER WITH A UV ABSORBING ADHESIVE LAYER SEPARATED FROM THE DRUG MATRIX - The invention relates to a UV stable transdermal therapeutic system (TTS) consisting of a back layer, at least one matrix containing an active substance and optionally, a withdrawal film and an UV-radiation absorber. An adhesive layer containing said UV-radiation absorber is arranged between the back layer and the matrix containing an active substance which is distant as much as possible from a surface, a separation layer is arranged between the adhesive layer containing said UV-radiation absorber and the matrix containing an active substance, which is as remote as possible from the surface which is impermeable to the active substance and UV-radiation absorber. The inventive transdermal therapeutic system exhibits a high stability and is devoid of inconveniences of existing TTS containing a light-sensitive substance.
|DRAINAGE SYSTEM - A medical drainage system may include a pair of inlet tubes separated by a pump bulb and a valve chamber, where the valve chamber is in fluid communication with a first inlet tube across a one way valve. A second one-way valve may be provided in the entrance to a drainage container at an inlet tube end opposite the pump bulb. The drainage container may be rigid or flexible and may be equipped with emptying means such as a drain valve, connector for suction source, or other emptying/draining means that can be used to partially or wholly void the container contents (e.g., for sampling, testing, or disposal).
|REDUCED-PRESSURE DRESSING CONNECTION PADS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Systems, methods, and connectors are provided that introduce a working gas at certain times into a reduced-pressure dressing into order to break or avoid vacuum locks in the conduits removing fluids. In one instance, a reduced-pressure connector includes a connector body for applying a reduced pressure to the tissue site. The connector body is formed with a venting port, a body conduit, and a receptacle to receive a reduced-pressure delivery conduit. The reduced-pressure connector includes a flexible member coupled to the connector body over the venting port. The flexible member is formed with at least one venting aperture. The flexible member is biased away from the venting port and is configured to collapse and seal the venting port under a reduced pressure greater than a threshold pressure. Other systems, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed.
|Ostomy base plate with mouldable centre part - The current invention relates to a base plate (
|A BASE PLATE FOR AN OSTOMY APPLIANCE - Disclosed is abase plate
|DISPOSABLE URINE COLLECTION DEVICE AND URINE COLLECTION APPARATUS - A disposable urine collection device includes a flexible tubular body having opposite first and second open ends, and a flexible collection bag for collecting and storing therein urine deposited into the first open end of the tubular body. The collection bag is secured to the tubular body and completely encloses the second open end of the tubular body to place the first open end in fluid communication with the interior of the collection bag. Urine deposited into the first open end of the tubular body flows into the collection bag for storage therein. A urine collection apparatus incorporates the disposable urine collection device with a disposable diaper-like garment for use by handicapped or bedridden patients.
|ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article is formed by interposing superabsorbent polymer particles between overlapping two sheets. The pad-shaped absorbent article is composed of superabsorbent polymer particles bonded to the sheet with a hot melt adhesive, absorbing areas where the sheets are not bonded and sealing areas where the sheets are bonded together and surrounding the absorbing areas. Opposed two adjacent bonding areas of the absorbing areas have the sealing areas in between and facing edges which has the sealing areas in between. One of the facing edges is defined by a wavy line having crest and trough portions.
|ABSORBENT STRUCTURE - The present invention relates to an absorbent structure, preferably for use in absorbent products, such as used in the food, consumer, household, building and construction, beauty and medical industry, and as used in the personal hygiene industry. The substantially cellulose free absorbent structures continuously immobilise absorbent polymer material via initial smaller pockets and subsequently larger compartments allowing excellent fluid management of the absorbent polymer material in dry, partially and fully liquid loaded state. Preferably such absorbent structure volume increases are result of temporary secondary attachment patterns made in combination with substantially permanent primary attachment grids allowing the release of bigger volumes from the initial smaller volumes by detachment of the secondary attachments. Furthermore the absorbent structure according to an embodiment of the invention non-homogeneously swells to form a liquid-managing surface structure as a result of exposing the absorbent structure to liquid. The present invention foresees in the need for improved flexible, thin, lightweight absorbent structures which overcome the absorbency problems of the prior art during absorption, distribution and retention of liquids with optimal fit.
|DISPOSABLE DIAPER - A disposable diaper (
|Reusable Outer Cover for an Absorbent Article Having Zones of Varying Properties - An absorbent article having a reusable outer cover and, optionally, an absorbent insert. The reusable outer cover has zones of varying properties. The properties of the different zones are varied to provide different performance features in different parts of the outer cover. The outer cover with zones of varying properties may provide competing or contradictory functionalities for improved comfort, fit, leakage protection, and aesthetic appeal.
|ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND SANITARY NAPKIN - An absorbent article has an upper layer unit which extends in a longitudinal direction of the absorbent article is provided on a skin contact surface side of the main body unit. The upper layer unit has an upper layer topsheet which is independent of the topsheet. A dimension of the upper unit in a widthwise direction of the absorbent article is configured to be smaller than a dimension of the main body unit in the widthwise direction. A central region including a center of the widthwise direction of the main absorber that is opposite to the upper layer unit is provided, and in at least a part of the central region, a low rigidity region of which flexural rigidity is lower than that of the central region is formed.
|DISPOSABLE PULL-ON WEARING ARTICLE - A disposable pull-on wearing article includes a waist panel having a skin-facing side and non-skin-facing side and a crotch panel connected to the waist panel. The crotch panel includes a crotch inner sheet lying on the skin-facing side, a crotch outer sheet lying on the non-skin-facing side, a pair of side flaps and a pair of end flaps extending along opposite side edges and opposite end edges of the inner and outer sheets, respectively, and paired sets of leg elastics extending along the opposite side edges in a longitudinal direction. Crossover regions of longitudinally opposite end portions of the side flaps and transversely opposite lateral portions of the end flaps are folded onto the skin-facing side and the crossover regions define nonexistent regions in which none of the elastics exists and the nonexistent regions are attached to the front panel of the waist panel.
|FLEXIBLE REUSABLE OUTER COVERS FOR DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT INSERTS - A wearable absorbent article comprising a reusable outer cover and a disposable absorbent insert is provided. The disposable absorbent insert comprises a substantially liquid impermeable backsheet. The reusable outer cover comprises a bending stiffness peak force, measured according to the Bending Stiffness Test. The bending stiffness peak force of the reusable outer cover is less than or equal to 0.20 Newtons.
|ABSORBENT PRODUCT AND DISPOSABLE DIAPER - An absorbent body of a diaper has a central absorbent core, a pair of side absorbent cores and a pair of side elastic members. The side elastic members lie left and right of a front portion of the central absorbent core. The side absorbent cores lie left and right of rear and middle portions of the central absorbent core. In the diaper, by contraction of the side elastic members, the side absorbent cores come into close contact with the insides of thighs of a wearer, and urine is prevented from leaking from leg circumferences. Since the side absorbent cores are positioned left and right of the rear and middle portions of the central absorbent core, portions of the wearer's leg circumferences in the vicinity of the front are not covered with the side absorbent cores, and interference with leg movement of the wearer is prevented.
|ABSORBENT PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT PRODUCT - In a disposable diaper in a developed state where a front cover sheet and a rear cover sheet are separated from each other to be developed, as distance in a left-right direction from an absorbent body increases, a lower edge of the rear cover sheet goes away from an upper edge of the rear cover sheet and then goes toward the upper edge. A leg elastic member is bonded on the rear cover sheet along its lower edge, in left and right of the absorbent body. As above, the lower end portion of the rear cover sheet is convex downward in each of left and right of the absorbent body, and lower portions of hips of a wearer are wrapped with the lower end portions. It is therefore possible to suppress leakage of excrement from the lower portions of hips of the wearer.
|ANTI-REFLUX VIAL ADAPTORS - In certain embodiments, a vial adaptor comprises a housing member, a connector configured to couple the adaptor with a vial, and an extractor channel formed in the housing member. The extractor channel is configured to facilitate withdrawal of fluid from the vial when the adaptor is coupled to the vial. In some embodiments, an anti-reflux valve is positioned within the extractor channel. The anti-reflux valve can be configured to impede or obstruct fluid returning to a fluid source after withdrawal of the fluid from the fluid source.
|SPLIT AND MULTIPLE AIR BUBBLE SENSORS FOR AUTOMATED INFUSION SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for sensing bubbles during fluid infusion are disclosed. An infusion device comprises a pathway, at least one pump adjacent the pathway, first and second bubble sensors positioned adjacent the pathway, and a processor. The pathway is adapted to receive tubing. The pump alters the pathway to pump fluid through the tubing when the tubing is received in the pathway. The second bubble sensor is spaced from the first bubble sensor. The first and second bubble sensors are configured to detect a bubble in the fluid being pumped through the tubing. The processor is programmed to determine that the first bubble sensor detects a bubble, determine whether the second bubble sensor detects a bubble, and to generate an alarm condition only when the first bubble sensor and the second bubble sensor detect the same bubble.
|INTELLIGENT AIR BUBBLE DETECTOR AND COUNTERS FOR AUTOMATED INFUSION SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for sensing bubbles during fluid infusion are disclosed. An infusion device comprises a pathway, a pump adjacent the pathway, one or more bubble sensors, and first and second modules. The pump alters the pathway to pump fluid through tubing received in the pathway. The bubble sensors are configured to detect bubbles in the fluid being pumped through the tubing. The first module is configured to generate a first alarm condition when the bubble sensors detect a bubble having a first volume above a first preselected threshold. The second module is configured to generate a second alarm condition when the bubble sensors detect a plurality of bubbles over a preselected period of time having a combined volume above a second preselected threshold. A third module may be also be used to record a total combined volume of bubbles detected by the bubble sensors during an infusion event.
|CONTROLLED POROSITY DEVICES FOR TISSUE TREATMENTS, METHODS OF USE, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - In various embodiments, a device is provided comprising a balloon configured to expand to an expanded state in response to introduction of a fluid at a first pressure, wherein the fluid perfuses through the balloon above a second pressure, the second pressure being the same or greater than the first pressure. In various embodiments, a method comprising fabricating a balloon configured to expand to an expanded state in response to introduction of a fluid at a first pressure, wherein the fluid perfuses through the balloon above a second pressure, the second pressure being at or greater than the first pressure, disposing the balloon on an elongate member having a lumen, placing the lumen in fluid communication with an interior volume of the balloon.
|Surgical Retention Port and Method of Use - A surgical retention port particularly useful as an arthroscopic port for shoulder surgery is provided. The surgical retention port has an inner cannula defining a throughbore, a plurality of rotatable fingers coupled to the inner cannula, and an outer cannula extending around the inner cannula. Rotation of the inner cannula relative to the outer cannula causes the rotation of the fingers from a first position where the fingers assume a collapsed configuration to a second position where the fingers assume an extended or open configuration.
|PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION FOR TREATING DEMYELINATING DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREPARATION PROMOTING RESTORATION OF THE MYELIN SHEATH OF NERVE FIBERS; AND A METHOD FOR TREATING DEMYELINATING DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM - The invention relates to a pharmaceutical remedy used to treat demyelinating diseases of the nervous system. The remedy contains stephaglabrin sulfate that contributes to the restoration of the myelin sheath of nerve fibers. A method for treating demyelinating diseases of the nervous system is also disclosed.
|DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE - A drug delivery device is provided comprising a container, a first product and a second product. The device is configured to mix the first product and the second product with each other within the container for forming a drug mixture. The device is further configured for dispensing the drug mixture. The device comprises a mixing member. The device is switchable from a first state, in which the first product and the second product are separated, into a second state, in which the first product and the second product are mixed. The mixing member is configured to exert a force onto the container in order to move the container to mix the first product and the second product with each other. Furthermore, a method for maintaining a predetermined property of a drug mixture to be dispensed from a drug delivery device is provided.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTROTHERAPY DRUG DELIVERY - The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for an electrotherapeutic system including a first and second electrode. Each electrode includes a respective resistance wherein during operation of the electrotherapeutic system, an electrochemical reaction involving one or both of the electrodes varies the respective resistance of at least one of the electrodes.
|Molecules for the Photodynamic Treatment of Tumors and Hyperplasias - This invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a sulfonated biological precursor of thymidine, such as a precursor of 4-thiothymidine (4-TT), and their use in the photodynamic treatment of skin hyperplasias, including cancer, psoriasis, actinic keratosis and keloids, by topical or systemic administration.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYRINGE INJECTION OF FLUIDS - A system for delivering or withdrawing a fluid to or from the body of a patient in a manner that permits delivery to be controlled based upon feedback from the patient, the system including a syringe assembly providing a syringe operably coupled to one or more sensors adapted to determine one or more corresponding parameters associated with fluid delivery and/or withdrawal, and a monitor adapted to be communicably associated with the one or more sensors of the syringe assembly, and optionally with other sensors or inputs providing additional parameters as well, the monitor comprising one or more read out mechanisms either directly or indirectly corresponding to the one or more fluid delivery/withdrawal parameters, and optionally with one or more of the additional parameters as well.
|DRUG INFUSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BLOOD PRESSURE - Various embodiments relating to a method of controlling the blood pressure of a subject is provided, the method includes generating blood pressure data indicating the blood pressure of the subject, controlling a plurality of pumps to infuse, in dependence on the blood pressure data, drugs into the subject, wherein each of the plurality of pumps is adapted to infuse one out of a plurality of different drugs into the subject, and wherein each of the plurality of different drugs has a particular influence on the blood pressure of the subject, wherein the plurality of pumps is controlled such that, in dependence on the blood pressure data, a mix of drugs is infused into the subject which stabilizes the blood pressure of the subject.
|METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING INFORMATION RELATED TO A DRUG RESERVOIR - Disclosed herein are methods and systems for detecting information related to a drug reservoir. According to one example disclosed herein, a method includes a detector feature determining an electrical property related to a coded material for a drug reservoir, wherein the coded material comprises at least one circuit. The at least one circuit may be printed onto the drug reservoir. The method further includes determining information related to the drug reservoir based at least on the determined electrical property.
|Device and a system for delivery of biological material - The present invention provides a device and a system for the delivery of biological material across the biological tissue. The device may be for the programmed delivery of biological material through a needle or a micro-needle or micro-needles or biodegradable micro-needles.
|Reduced Friction Catheter Introducer and Method of Manufacturing and Using the Same - Tear-away sheath introducers for catheters, methods for making such introducers, and methods for using such introducers are described. A splittable sheath introducer may include a sheath, a hub disposed at a proximal end of the sheath, a valve included with the hub, and a valve actuator movable from a first position to a second position, the valve actuator opening the valve when in the second position. The valve actuator may include a retaining member that enables the valve actuator to be retained by a portion of the hub when the sheath introducer is split apart.
|BONE TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for treating bone, such as vertebral compression fractures are disclosed. A method includes controllably applying energy to a bone cement volume outside of a patient's body to selectively accelerate the polymerization rate of the bone fill material volume prior to introduction into a bone. The method further includes sequentially introducing a plurality of cement carrying structures with the accelerated polymerization rate bone cement volume into the bone. A system for use in the method includes at least one elongated cement-carrying structure sized to carry a bone cement volume therein and an energy source operatively coupleable to the cement-carrying structure. The energy source applies energy to the bone cement volume to selectively accelerate a polymerization rate thereof. An elongated injector insertable into the bone has a passageway that removably receives the elongated cement-carrying structure to allow delivery of the accelerated polymerization rate bone cement into the bone.
|Medicated Module Having a Collapsible Feature - A system and method for priming a medicated module during attachment of the medicated module to a drug delivery device. The drug delivery device has a drug reservoir holding a first medicament. The medicated module includes an upper retention feature and a lower retention feature, wherein the upper retention feature is axially moveable relative to the lower retention feature. The medicated module also includes an engagement needle and an output needle, wherein the output needle is in fluid communication with the engagement needle. The module also includes a collapsible feature holding a second medicament, wherein the collapsible feature is operably connected to the upper retention feature. During attachment to the drug delivery device, (i) the upper retention feature moves axially relative to the lower retention feature, (ii) the collapsible feature collapses, and (iii) the engagement needle and the output needle are primed with the second medicament.
|IV Start Device and Method - A method for starting an intravenous fluid line (IV) is disclosed where a combination of a syringe body with hypodermic needle, a dual ampoule with separate reservoirs for bicarbonate and an anaesthetic, a trocar and a cannula are configured so that the steps of injecting a wheal of a buffered anaesthetic, retracting the needle tip, lancing a vein with the trocar, and withdrawing the trocar tip so that the cannula remains in place in the vein may be accomplished in a single coordinated action by one skilled in the method, such as with one hand while the other hand performs manipulations on the vein and IV site.
|PRESSURE ACTIVATED SAFETY VALVE WITH GROOVED MEMBRANE - A pressure activated valve comprises a valve housing defining a linen for receiving bodily fluids therein and a flexible membrane disposed in the valve housing. The flexible membrane includes a slit extending therethrough so that the flexible membrane may be moved between an open and a dosed configuration based on fluid pressure within the lumen. A nonthrombogenic coating may be formed on fluid contacting surfaces of the flexible membrane.
|CLOT REMOVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A clot removal system includes an elongated tubular sheath and an elongated tubular catheter received within the sheath. A distal segment of the catheter is split into a plurality of catheter wall segments, with each wall segment having a pre-shaped curved configuration. Each wall segment defines at least one scraping edge and has a distal tip that is less stiff than a remaining portion of the wall segment. The clot removal system has a transport configuration in which the distal segment of the catheter is axially aligned with a distal segment of the sheath and the wall segments are urged against the pre-shaped curved configuration by the sheath. The clot removal system also has a deployed configuration in which the distal segment of the catheter is advanced distally beyond the distal segment of the sheath and the wall segments conform to the pre-shaped curved configuration.
|Manual Breastpump with Stimulation Feature - A manual breastpump has a pump mechanism for use in one mode of operation to produce an ejection (letdown) reflex in a nursing mother and in a separate mode of operation for the general expression of breastmilk. The breastpump further provides a pump mechanism having an expansible chamber device carried by the handle, which is operated by moving the handle relative to a handle mount. A double-pivot for the handle yields letdown mode as well as the general pumping mode.
|Mixing syringe - A movable mixing disc is inserted into a regular syringe. The mixing disc has a small hole covered by a fine screen, allowing only saline solution to get behind the disc. When the plunger of the syringe is pressed, the saline solution emerges from the mixing disc hole as a high velocity jet, stirring up the settled particles. As the ejection continues, the mixing disc is pushed forward by the plunger in order to eliminate any unused volume.
|APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING AND CONCENTRATING FLUIDS CONTAINING MULTIPLE COMPONENTS - An apparatus that allows for separating and collecting a fraction of a sample. The apparatus, when used with a centrifuge, allows for the creation of at least three fractions in the apparatus. It also provides for a new method of extracting the buffy coat phase from a whole blood sample. A buoy system that may include a first buoy portion and a second buoy member operably interconnected may be used to form at least three fractions from a sample during a substantially single centrifugation process. Therefore, the separation of various fractions may be substantially quick and efficient.
|METHODS FOR SEPARATING CONSTITUENTS OF BIOLOGIC LIQUID MIXTURES - Centrifuges are useful to, among other things, remove red blood cells from whole blood and retain platelets and other factors in a reduced volume of plasma. Platelet rich plasma (PRP) can be obtained rapidly and is ready for immediate injection into the host. Embodiments may include valves, operated manually or automatically, to open ports that discharge the excess red blood cells and the excess plasma while retaining the platelets and other factors. High speeds used allow simple and small embodiments to be used at the patient's side during surgical procedures. The embodiments can also be used for the separation of liquids or slurries in other fields such as, for example, the separation of pigments or lubricants.
|FLEXIBLE TUBE FOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENT AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENT - A flexible tube for medical instrument includes tubular bodies, one of the tubular bodies relatively turnably connected to an adjacent one of the tubular bodies by a hinge structure. Each of the tubular bodies includes a pivotal section provided at a connecting-directionally first end edge forming the hinge structure, a turning support section provided at a connecting-directionally second end edge and supporting the pivotal section of the one of tubular bodies connected to the adjacent one of tubular bodies, a projection which is provided at either one of the first and second end edges, and is projected in the connecting direction from a position different from the position of the pivotal section or the turning support section, and a recess provided at the other of the first and second end edges and engaged with the projection of the one of tubular bodies connected to the adjacent one of tubular bodies.
|CAPSULE FRIENDLY TIPS FOR PHACOEMULSIFICATION AND FOR IRRIGATION / ASPIRATION - A surgical tool that includes a tip with a smooth, rounded edges and free of any sharp edges. The tip may have pores on its top, but none on the underside of its base. The distal end may have an open port with micro wires that form a Maltese cross shape. The distal end may be instead closed with protrusions spaced from each other by gaps or recesses.
|System and Method to Vent Gas From a Body Cavity - One aspect of the invention is a method to vent gas from a body cavity during an endoscopic procedure. A body cavity is in fluid communication with an exhaust gas inlet of a vacuum break device. The vacuum break device has a chamber in fluid communication with both the inlet and an outlet. The chamber may comprise one or more openings in fluid communication with the atmosphere. A conduit in fluid communication with the exhaust gas outlet may be connected directly or indirectly to a suction source. The suction source may be activated.
|SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - A surgical instrument includes a housing, and a shaft including a proximal end, a deflectable portion and a distal tip. A handle is movable between first and second positions on the housing, and an actuator is movably coupled to the handle, such that movement of the handle between its first and second positions causes a corresponding movement of the actuator between first and second positions in the housing. A deflection wire includes proximal and distal portions, the distal portion being fixed to the shaft, and the proximal portion being affixed to the housing so as to provide a path length for the deflection wire within the housing. The movement of the handle causes the actuator to move to its second position, the second position of the actuator causing an increase in the path length for the deflection wire so as cause a deflection of the distal tip of the shaft.
|DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL IMAGE CORRECTION IN METROLOGY SYSTEMS - An optical metrology and image correction device includes a point size light source adapted to emit a beam of light and a translucent mask that receive the beam of light. The translucent mask rotates from a first position wherein the beam of light is received by the translucent mask in a direction substantially orthogonal to the translucent mask to a second position wherein the beam of light is received by the translucent mask at an angle offset with respect to the translucent mask. A corresponding method of measuring and correcting an image from an optical metrology and image correction device includes emitting a beam of light from a point size light source, causing the beam of light to be received by a translucent mask in a first position substantially orthogonal to the mask and in a second position in a direction offset with respect to the translucent mask.
|LASER BEAM OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SURGERY METHOD AND APPARATUS - This invention is related to refractive eye surgery and especially to refractive eye surgery using an articulated mirror-lens relay arm to project a random scanning of one or more laser beams in the ablation of cornea tissue to reshape the cornea of the eye. The articulated relay arm allows a hand piece having an eye stabilization and distance control unit thereon to be positioned by the surgeon onto a patient's eye for performing the surgery.
|OPHTHALMOLOGICAL PATIENT INTERFACE DEVICE - An ophthalmological patient interface device (
|OPHTHALMOLOGICAL PATIENT INTERFACE DEVICE - An ophthalmological patient interface device (
|APPARATUS FOR TREATING EYE TISSUE WITH LASER PULSES - An ophthalmological apparatus (
|Devices and Methods for Improving Vision Using Laser Photomiosis - Systems and methods of improving vision using an ophthalmological laser system are provided. A predetermined pattern characterized by a plurality of positions along a plurality of spatially distributed iris tissues of an eye of a patient is obtained. A laser illumination light beam is aligned in accordance with one or more of the plurality of positions along the plurality of spatially distributed iris tissues. The laser illumination light beam is delivered in the predetermined pattern to the plurality of spatially distributed iris tissues of the patient. At least a subset of the spatially distributed iris tissues is cauterized by the delivery of the laser illumination light beam in the predetermined pattern, thereby resulting in a permanent decrease in diameter of the pupil of the eye.
|Method for Modifying the Refractive Index of Ocular Tissues - A laser system for changing the index of refraction of cornea tissue in a living eye. The laser system comprises a laser that provides laser pulses with a wavelength from 400 nm to 900 nm and a pulse energy from 0.01 nJ to 10 nJ, and a control device for setting the operating parameters of the laser below an optical breakdown threshold of the tissue to avoid photo-disruption and tissue destruction of the tissue, and to direct the laser pulses at the cornea tissue resulting in a change in the index of refraction of the tissue within regions irradiated by the laser pulses.
|Ablation Techniques for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation - A catheter device provides a balloon structure and a side-firing laser lumen within the balloon to create lesions in the pulmonary vein (PV) in the treatment of atrial fibrillation. Mounted on the balloon so as to contact the PV when the balloon is inflated are one or more electrodes which may be used in a measurement mode, a treatment mode, or both.
|Systems and Methods for Treatment of Prostatic Tissue - A prostate therapy system is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the prostate therapy system is that it can access a prostate lobe transurethrally. Another feature of the prostate therapy system is that it can deliver condensable vapor into the prostate to ablate the prostate tissue. Another feature of the prostate therapy system is that it can aspirate tissue from the prostate. Yet another feature of the prostate therapy system is that it can rotate during delivery of vapor and aspiration of tissue. Methods associated with use of the prostate therapy system are also covered.
|MULTI-MODE SURGICAL TOOL - Thermal, electrosurgical and mechanical modalities may be combined in a surgical tool. Potentially damaging effects in a first modality may be minimized by using a secondary modality. In one example, thermal hemostasis may thus help electrosurgical applications avoid the adverse tissue effects associated with hemostatic monopolar electrosurgical waveforms while retaining the benefits of using monopolar incising waveforms.
|Renal Nerve Neuromodulation Device - A neuromodulation device includes an ablation valve with electrodes provided about its circumference. The valve dynamically reacts to fluid pressure within the vessel. When a pressure within and distal said ablation valve is greater than the body fluid pressure within the vessel, said ablation valve closes and the electrodes move out of contact with the endothelium of the vessel. When a pressure within and distal the ablation valve is less than the body fluid pressure upstream of the valve, the valve opens such that the electrodes are in circumferential contact with the endothelium. Fluid can be injected into the valve to alter the local pressure about the valve and force the electrodes into contact with the endothelium.
|ENERGY DELIVERY DEVICES AND METHODS - This relates to methods and devices for achieving contact between the wall of a cavity or passageway and a medical device when used in tortuous anatomy.
|GLOVE WITH SENSORY ELEMENTS INCORPORATED THEREIN FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - A surgical control system is provided including a glove having a plurality of sensory elements disposed therein, the plurality of sensory elements configured to provide sensory signals and at least one surgical instrument configured to be responsive to the sensory signals when the glove is within a functional range of the at least one surgical instrument. The plurality of sensory elements are magnetic elements or conductive elements. At least one surgical instrument includes a plurality of sensors positioned therein for sensing the magnetic elements or the conductive elements of the glove. Movement of the glove having the plurality of magnetic or conductive elements disposed therein, relative to the at least one surgical instrument, causes the plurality of sensors positioned within the at least one surgical instrument to activate at least one operation of the at least one surgical instrument.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING LESIONS IN TISSUE - A method and system for assessing lesion formation in tissue is provided. The system includes an electronic control unit (ECU). The ECU is configured to acquire values for first and second components of a complex impedance between the electrode and the tissue, and to calculate an index responsive to the first and second values. The ECU is further configured to process the ECI to assess lesion formation in the tissue.
|ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the disclosure include devices and systems for using an end effector. In an embodiment, a medical device may include an articulation section. The articulation section may be operatively associated with an elongate articulation member configured to move the articulation section, wherein the articulation section can be configured to receive part of a conductive member. The medical device may also include an end effector. The end effector may include an electrode and a non-conductive section encasing a junction between the electrode and the conductive member, wherein the non-conductive section can be moveably coupled to the articulation section and can be fixedly coupled to the elongate articulation member.
|SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYING A GUIDEWIRE FOR POSITIONING AND STABILIZING EXTERNAL INSTRUMENTS DEPLOYED WITHIN THE BODY - Systems and methods for treating a tissue region employ an expandable structure projecting beyond the distal end of a catheter tube. A distal tail projects beyond the far end of the basket assembly. The distal tail includes a guidewire lumen that accommodates passage of a guidewire without threading the guidewire through the catheter tube.
|ECOGENIC COOLED MICROWAVE ABLATION ANTENNA - An electrosurgical surface treatment formed on the surface of a surgical device the surface treatment including a indentation extending into a surface of the surgical device, the indentation including a first surface forming a first plane a second surface forming a second plane, and a third surface forming a third plane. The first, second and third planes are substantially perpendicular to each other. The surface treatment is visible to an ultrasonic imaging system and the surface treatment improves visibility of the surgical device by the ultrasonic imaging system.
|ABLATION IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT TO ACHIEVE HEMOSTASIS AND ERADICATE LESIONS WITH A PROPENSITY FOR BLEEDING - Devices and methods are provided for the ablation of regions of the digestive tract to achieve hemostasis and to eradicate chronically bleeding lesions as occur with gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE), portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG), radiation proctopathy and colopathy, arteriovenous malformations, and angiodysplasia. Ablation is typically provided in a wide-field manner, and in conjunction with sufficient pressure to achieve coaptive coagulation. Ablation, as provided the invention, starts at the mucosa and penetrates deeper into the gastrointestinal wall in a controlled manner. Ablation control may be exerted by way of electrode design and size, energy density, power density, number of applications, pattern of applications, and pressure. Control may also be provided by a fractional ablation that ablates some tissue within a target region and leaves a portion substantially unaffected. Embodiments of the device include an ablational electrode array that spans 360 degrees and an array that spans an arc of less than 360 degrees.
|MAGNETIC NAVIGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for forming a lesion on an endocardial tissue of a patient's heart involve placing an ablation assembly inside of the heart and adjacent to the endocardial tissue, and placing a guiding assembly outside of the heart. An ablation assembly includes an ablation element and a first attraction element, and a guiding assembly includes a second attraction element. First and second attraction elements can be attracted via magnetism. Techniques involve forming an ablation on the cardiac tissue of a patient's heart with an ablation element of the ablation assembly. Optionally, techniques may include moving the second attraction element of the guiding assembly relative to the patient's heart, so as to effect a corresponding movement of the ablation element of the ablation assembly.
|COATING SUITABLE FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS - A coating and devices using the coating are provided. The coating is applied in liquid form and dried or otherwise cured to form a durable adherent coating resistant to high temperatures and having optional hydrophobic properties. The coating formulation contains an aqueous formulation of silica, one or more fillers, and sufficient base, (e.g., potassium hydroxide), to have a pH exceeding about 10.5 during at least part of the formulation process. The formulation may contain a compound(s) that affects surface free energy, energy to make the cured coating hydrophobic. Such compounds include silanes containing halogens (e.g., fluorine or chlorine) and in particular silanes containing one or more hydrolyzable groups attached to at least one silicon atom and a group containing one or more halogens (e.g., chlorine or fluorine). A medical instrument (e.g., electrosurgical instrument) may be at least partially covered by a coating using the formulation.
|Electrode Device of an Electrosurgical Instrument - An electrode device of an electrosurgical instrument is known, comprising at least one electrically conductive electrode section and an electrically insulating carrier section, wherein both the electrode section and the carrier section are made from a ceramic material. In order to improve the mechanical and electrical properties and in order to simplify the production, a green body of the carrier section and a green body of the electrode section are connected to each other, in particular materially, to form a single composite green body and are jointly sintered.
|Vessel Sealing Instrument with Reduced Thermal Spread and Method of Manufacture Therefor - An electrosurgical vessel sealing instrument having a first and a second opposing jaw member at a distal end thereof, wherein each jaw member includes a jaw housing, a seal plate having a tissue contacting surface and a side wall, and an insulating region disposed on the side wall of the seal plate. The instrument includes the ability to move the jaw members relative to one another from a first position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue. The insulating region enables precision overmolding of the jaw housing to the seal plate, while advantageously reducing thermal spread and edge cutting during vessel sealing procedures.
|Vessel Sealing Instrument with Reduced Thermal Spread and Method of Manufacture Therefor - An electrosurgical vessel sealing instrument having a first and a second opposing jaw member at a distal end thereof, wherein each jaw member includes a jaw housing, an inner tissue engaging surface, and an insulating layer disposed therebetween. The instrument includes the ability to move the jaw members relative to one another from a first position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue. The jaws include a tissue-contacting seal plate having obverse and reverse surfaces. A series of ribs extend from the reverse surface of the seal plate into an insulating layer, which, in turn, is affixed to a jaw housing. The ribbed structure of the seal plate reduces thermal spread and edge cutting during vessel sealing procedures, leading to improved surgical outcomes.
|DOUBLE ACTION EXTERNAL FIXATION CLAMP - An external fixation component includes a capture member defining opposing grooves on opposite lateral sides of the capture member for capture of an element of an orthopedic fixation system. The capture member includes a base and a head coupled to the base to define a component axis that extends through the base and through the head. The base and the head are coupled for relative lateral translation in opposing directions such that the element can be captured by the capture member in either of the opposing grooves.
|Support Instrument with Modular Intramedullary nail - A supporting instrument with a modular intramedullary nail includes a plurality of intramedullary nails and a coupling module. Each intramedullary nail is in a form of a long rod and has a coupling portion arranged between two ends of the intramedullary nail and an abutting surface along a longitudinal face of the intramedullary nail. The coupling module is mounted to the coupling portions of the plurality of intramedullary nails for the abutting surfaces of the plurality of intramedullary nails to abut against each other and for assembling the plurality of intramedullary nails.
|SACROILIAC FUSION SYSTEM - An undercutting system for preparing a region between ilium and sacrum for sacroiliac fusion. The undercutting system includes an insertion apparatus and a cutting assembly. The insertion apparatus has an elongate shaft and a rotatable handle. The cutting assembly is operably attached to the insertion apparatus. Rotation of the handle with respect to the shaft causes the cutting assembly to move with respect to the shaft between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration. When in the extended configuration, at least a portion of the cutting assembly extends laterally from the shaft.
|DELIVERY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR TOOLS USED IN MEDICAL PROCEDURES - A device and method of delivering a medical tool which may be a memory resector, cutter, probe, or the like, generally flat surface including a memory blade compacted in a small diameter state which expands in a relaxed memory state is disclosed. Said delivery may include using a hollow sheath to pre-compact or preload a memory blade into a compact position, transferring said compacted memory blade into a cannula, and deploying said memory blade from the distal end of said cannula whereby the memory blade returns to its normal expanded memory state.
|SURGICAL KIT AND A FACILITATED PROTOCOL FOR THE IMPLANTATION OF ACETABULAR PROSTHESIS - A ready-for-use surgical kit and a facilitated protocol for the implantation of acetabular prosthesis in hip replacement surgery have been introduced. In particularly, a ready-for-use package includes both a set of the artificial acetabular prosthesis and a set of specific reamer(s) with a predefined spherical cutting profile. According to a protocol, surgeon could accurately select a package including both a size of acetabular prosthesis and a corresponding finishing reamer according to a pre-measurement and bone condition of a respective patient, and then patient-specifically remedy a defected acetabulum into a full hemispherical form having a personalized dimension by the reamer(s) within the package during operation.
|PROXIMAL REAMER - A method for providing joint arthroplasty includes resecting an end portion of a long bone, preparing a central longitudinal opening in a medullary canal of the long bone, providing a prosthetic stem component, installing the prosthetic stem component into the opening in a medullary canal, providing a reamer including an opening for receiving the prosthetic stem component, positioning the reamer onto the prosthetic stem component with the opening of the reamer positioned at least partially over the prosthetic stem component, reaming a portion of the long bone with the reamer, removing the reamer, and installing a prosthetic body component onto the prosthetic stem component.
|FEMORAL GUIDE FOR KNEE SURGERY - A joint replacement kit for use in a joint replacement procedure replacing a portion of a body joint. The kit includes a cutting guide and a trial component wherein the cutting guide and trial component are packaged together. There is also provided a method for replacing a portion of a body joint. The method includes providing a joint replacement kit having a cutting guide and a trial component, positioning the cutting guide against an end portion of a bone, cutting the end portion of the bone with a cutting instrument, positioning the trial component to the cut end portion of the bone, and disposing of the cutting guide and trial component.
|Straight Cup Impactor - An orthopedic impactor device for positioning an orthopedic prosthetic cup implant during a hip replacement surgery is described. The impactor is designed with a "one piece" elongated body portion, having a distal prosthetic cup engagement portion which is separated from a proximal strike plate by an elongated body and handle portions. A connection rod, connectable to an orthopedic prosthetic cup, is positioned longitudinally within the through-bores of the body and handle portions. A lever arm, having a linkage member, is pivotally connected to the rod such that when the lever arm is pivoted towards the exterior surface of the annular sidewall of the handle portion, the distal end of the rod moves within the body portion.
|DEVICES AND METHODS FOR INJECTING FLUID INTO THE BODY - Devices are provided for injecting fluid into the body. One such device includes an elongated, hollow cannula having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, a shaft portion between the proximal and distal end portions, and a fluid flow lumen extending through the shaft portion between the proximal and distal end portions. The distal end portion is flexible and pre-disposed to assume a curved configuration having a radially inner side and a radially outer side. The radially inner side includes at least one aperture to direct fluid flowing from the lumen in a radially inward direction. The device may include an introducer member and/or a guide member for introducing the cannula to a treatment site. Methods of injecting fluid into the body are also provided.
|DISPENSING INSTRUMENT - A delivery device for semi-solid implantable material such as synthetic bone graft substitutes. The device includes a handle, a cylinder extending from the handle and having an outlet at its distal end. A piston is operated by a trigger and is slidable within the cylinder to displace the material from the cylinder. The cylinder has a substantially constant inner diameter along its entire length such that the outlet has substantially the same inner diameter as the rest of the cylinder. When the trigger is fully depressed, a ratchet mechanism is disengaged allowing the piston to be pulled back to a starting position.
|FEMORAL IMPLANT REVISION TOOL - An osteotome suitable for cutting through cancellous bone that is holding an orthopaedic implant requiring revision within a cavity of a bone, includes a cylindrical waveguide connectable to a source of ultrasonic vibrations at its proximal end and a blade having a hollow part-cylindrical cross-section and a cutting edge at its distal tip. The respective longitudinal axes of the waveguide and the blade cross at an angle of about 30°, and the waveguide and blade taper and curve smoothly together where they meet. The osteotome is dimensioned such that a first antinode of the ultrasonic vibrations is located at a proximal end of the waveguide, a second antinode is located at the distal tip of the blade and a node is located where the waveguide and blade meet. The osteotome cuts readily through cancellous bone when ultrasonically energised.
|SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING PARAMETERS OF ORTHOPAEDIC PROCEDURES - Systems and methods for optimizing parameters of an orthopaedic procedure for a particular patient, including parameters relating to the anatomic and biomechanic fit of an implant or implant system implanted into the patient's joint. These systems and methods may utilize patient-specific information gathered pre-operatively in conjunction with optimization algorithms to determine an optimal implant design and an optimal position and orientation for implantation of the implant into the particular patient's joint.
|ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT KIT - An implant kit has an adapter having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending from the first and to the second end, wherein the first end is configured for removably receiving and engaging an implant and the second end is configured for removably coupling to a driver shaft of an implant driving tool, and an implant preloaded into the first end of the adapter, the implant having an elongated threaded portion; and a blade portion extending from the elongated threaded portion, and having two serrated edges, wherein the blade portion is received in the first end of the adapter and the elongated threaded portion of the implant is coaxially aligned with the longitudinal axis of the adapter.
|CANNULATED TORQUE DEVICE AND TIP ENGAGEMENT - A cannulated torque-limiting device with one or more lumen therein which may mate with an additional operational tool. An A-O tip engagement for receiving and securing tips and tools for varying applications and needs is also disclosed.
|OCULAR IMPLANT INSERTION APPARATUS AND METHODS - An exemplary ocular implant insertion system includes a case and a preloaded ocular implant insertion apparatus. The apparatus includes first and second movable structures that move the ocular implant in a predetermined sequence. The respective configurations of the case and the ocular implant insertion apparatus are such that the ocular implant insertion apparatus is not removable from the case when the ocular implant insertion apparatus is in the pre-use state and is removable after the first movable structure has moved at least a portion of the optical implant.


text: La Quinta on pace for June opening By ARTESIA DAILY PRESS STAFF Published: 2:09 pm, Tue. Jan. 7th, 2014Updated: 2:27 pm Construction on the new La Quinta Inn and Suites adjacent Pecos Inn is slated to be completed by the first part of June, according to Superintendent Klaude Priebe of TP Corporation of Albuquerque. "Things are going well," Priebe said. "The next couple of weeks, things will pick up. The public will see more people coming in for the completion work. As soon as the roof goes on, which is about to happen, things will go full swing. The stucco guys will come in to put up sheet rock and interior walls, along with completing the electrical, all in the next two weeks." The three-story hotel will house 67 rooms, an indoor pool, business center, and other standard La Quinta amenities.Grace Miller – Daily Press

subset: commoncrawl


text:
'Boom Sayers' (Continued)
The following is part of Pivotal Events that was published for our subscribers April 5, 2012.
Some of them are still singing, but technically markets seem to have finished the hymns of praise.
Signs Of The Times
This Year:
"Dollar Turns Bearish amid Disappointing Housing Data"
~ Forex, March 26
"Heavy hitters such as Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan are now actively adding equity exposure."
~ Financial Post, March 27
"Betting On U.S. Homes Comeback"
~ Financial Post, March 30
"The overall technical backdrop remains bullish so buy-on-dips is still the most profitable strategy."
~ Technical letter, March 30
Last Year:
"Stocks climbed as the better-than-expected data on confidence and manufacturing bolstered optimism on the economy."
~ Bloomberg, April 15, 2011
"Flight From U.S. Dollar"
~ Financial Post, April 21, 2011
"Don't Like a Weak Dollar? Might as Well Get Used to It."
~ Breitbart, April 26, 2011
Concerns about the dollar were so wide-spread that Geithner stated "We will never embrace a strategy to weaken the dollar".
Our notes from then included someone else's description of the Geithner Bond. "No principle, no yield and no maturity".
The DX dropped to 72.70 as the good times ended on May 3rd and rallied to the 80 level as the panic about sovereign debt ended last fall.
On the recent surge to good times, the DX declined (accompanied by the usual bad press) to only the 78 level. The low as the bubble completed in 2008 was 71.33. The low on the speculative surge to March 2011 was 72.70 and the recent low at 78 sets a rising trend of important lows.
Against these, commodities (CRB) set a sequence of speculative spikes at 474, 371 and at 326 in February. Clearly, commodity speculators are not accommodating the Fed's implicit policy of dollar depreciation.
It is worth noting a plea for help during the troubles of September, only six months ago:
"Investors just want to know, even if it is a Band-Aid, that there is some cure that's going to be announced."
Our list of "Boom Sayer" exclamations has been accompanied by technical readings of momentum and sentiment usually found at important tops. Last week, Market Vane's Bullish Consensus reached the highest reading since 2007. Also, as we have been discussing insider selling has reached significant levels.
We have been looking for a rolling top whereby not all sectors peak at the same time. This seems to be working out with cyclicals such as base metal miners and S&P Energy setting their highs in late February. Of Dow Theory importance, the Transports set their high in early February and the bounce seems like a failed test.
Overseas, the DAX, FTSE, Shanghai and Hong Kong set highs earlier in March and have recorded downtrends.
More recently, technical work such as yesterday's "Bearish Divergences" provides confirmation of a topping stock market from an unusual point of view.
Under such conditions it has been prudent to sell the rallies.
The U.S. Dollar is in a technical pattern leading to an outstanding rally. Historically, one of the features of the post-bubble condition has been a chronically firm senior currency. That's against most currencies and most commodities, for most of the time.
In momentum and enthusiasm, the CRB has been replicating the action in 1Q2011, but at lower levels on the index and in excitement. This year's high was 326 set in the third week of February. At 306 today, taking out 305 would extend the downtrend.
This would confirm that last year's high of 371 was, indeed, a cyclical peak.
Credit Markets
The action in longer maturities stopped favourable trends in mid-February. Over the past two weeks, a turn for the worse has started. The price on the sub-prime mortgage bond has broken down.
This has serious implications, as does the action in sovereign debt. As an example, yields for the Spanish bond has been rising since early March, taking out technical resistance. Taking out 5.75% will be a serious event. The chart follows.
Since the middle of March, yields and spreads for junk and high-yield have been moderately adverse.
Representing shorter maturities, the Ted-spread stopped narrowing in late February and the chart seems to be "bottoming" since.
And it is worth keeping in mind that after there has been joyous action in spread markets in the first part of the year, the seasonal reversal in May can lead to disaster in the fall.
Municipal Bonds
- Positive divergence late last year.
- Negative divergence in February.
Link to April 5, 2012 'Bob and Phil Show' on TalkDigitalNetwork.com: http://talkdigitalnetwork.com/2012/04/holiday-job-shocker


text:
Take a 100-year journey through a state defined by its pioneering spirit. Why did settlers chose Oregon over California gold? Discover the surprising story behind the state's national forests, and hear from the descendants of witnesses of some of Oregon's earliest major events, such as the Lewis & Clark Centennial, and natural disasters. Then meet the eccentric genius behind the Columbia River Highway, and watch footage of the Bonneville Dam being constructed in 1932. Relive the 1977 Trail Blazers run for the NBA championship, and get the story behind the state's largest employer, Nike. Finally, relive the 1980 devastating eruption of Mount St. Helens, and see how it affected the landscape and the people of Oregon.
Product Features:
- More than 2 hours of beautiful Oregon scenery, incredible stories and historic footage
- Film of Governor Tom McCall, President Richard Nixon, Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman, and 1977 Trail Blazer's star Maurice Lucas
- Hear from Mount St. Helens survivors, descendants of the Heppner and Vanport floods, and more
- See amazing footage of the Bonneville Dam and the Columbia River Highway being built
- Oregon's most amazing stories and achievements: the New Carissa, the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the Death with Dignity Act, the birth of Nike, the Water Pollution Law and much, much more
- See footage from the 1959 Centennial Exposition, the Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition in 1905, and the 150-year anniversary of the Oregon Trail


text:
Surging Bills suddenly have playoff hunger [3:43 PM]
AP reports: 'Buffalo's an easy place to become a cynic. It's where winter lasts five months and the sports teams, as a rule, break your heart, from the Sabres' ''No Goal,'' to the Bills' ''Wide Right'' and ''The Music City Miracle.'' It's very possible this year's Bills will fall short and, perhaps, come up with a new way to lose. But for now, the Bills have a chance, far more than anyone gave them as recently as last month.'
HS Football "Coach of the Year" [1:52 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: 'Coach Frank Payne of Iroquois Central High School has been named the winner of the eighth annual Buffalo Bills �Coach of the Year� Award for the 2004 season.'
Bills back in playoff hunt, but need help [12:51 PM]
Olean Times Herald reports: 'But after an 0-4 start � How big does that season-opening, last-play 17-16 loss to the Jaguars at �The Ralph� look now? � to still be playing meaningful games in December speaks eloquently of the Bills� turnaround.'
Bledsoe experiencing a career revival [8:55 AM]
Tonawanda News reports: 'But all this could leave the Bills with a quandary for next season. What do they do with J.P. Losman?'
Buffalo�s victory is one for the record books [8:54 AM]
Tonawanda News reports: 'With Sunday�s victory, the Bills won two straight road games for the first time since Oct. 13 and 20, 2002, when they defeated Houston and Miami. Buffalo last won three straight road games was back in 1993, the season of their last Super Bowl appearance.'
Mularkey focuses on games, not playoffs [8:52 AM]
Buffalo News reports: '"We still have work to do," Mularkey said. "We're not quite at that point we've been talking about since March. We're still going to keep preaching the same things. Hopefully, we keep getting better and better as this thing goes on. We're going to focus on the Cleveland Browns and . . . the Cleveland Browns."'
Spikes feels a special run in progress [8:51 AM]
Buffalo News reports: '"This isn't the first time I've smelled the playoffs," Spikes said. "But I tell you what, this is the first time I've experienced it this late in the season - where I've actually had something vital to play for. This is the first time it's been like that. I think we've got something really good going right now."'
Clements just may be guy for Irish [6:35 AM]
Chicago Tribune reports: 'In keeping with his low-key image, Clements has declined to campaign publicly for the job. But associates say he would love to have it.'
Boring Bills become a distant memory [5:05 AM]
Rochester D&C reports: 'In the season's first four games when the Bills lost three times by margins of 3, 3 and 2 points, the Bills scored a total of 51 points. In their three-game win streak, they've scored 117, tying a club record for a three-game block first accomplished in Games 5-7 in 1964.'
Can the Bills really make the playoffs? [5:04 AM]
Rochester D&C reports: 'I still think the dreamers are going to have their hearts broken when it's all said and done, but for the first time since before opening day, I now think they do have a chance � still a small chance � to make it to the postseason.'
Bills Battle Back After Bleak Beginning [5:03 AM]
New York Times reports: 'Bledsoe has quieted the critics for now. "He's taken more heat than anybody," linebacker Takeo Spikes told The Buffalo News after Sunday's victory. "So I think it shows his character as a person. He's fought through it."'
Bills never out even when they're down [5:02 AM]
Los Angeles Daily News reports: '"There's a level of appreciation here," said former Bills special teams ace Steve Tasker, now a CBS analyst who lives in Buffalo. "The people who fill the stadium aren't corporate types; they're the ones who appreciate that when you pick up a paycheck you've earn it. They appreciate guys who in the face of adversity and long odds continue to show up and do their jobs."'
Inside slant [5:01 AM]
CBS Sportsline reports: 'But make no mistake about it, Terrence McGee is turning into one of the great finds in Bills history.'
Strategy and personnel [5:00 AM]
CBS Sportsline reports: 'Mularkey and Co., can't wait to take apart Cleveland. Playoffs? When a team's on a 6-2 role, don't laugh.'
Notes, quotes [4:59 AM]
CBS Sportsline reports: 'At one point during Sunday's game, the Bills had lost a half-dozen players to various injuries.'
December Cheers Instead of Jeers [4:58 AM]
WIVB-TV reports: 'Regardless of what happens the rest of the way the Bills have shown incredible improvement. Much has been made of Willis McGahee�s emergence, but rookie Lee Evans growth has been equally spectacular. His second touchdown catch on Sunday showed breakaway speed only a few receivers in football have. Evans could be a special player for a long time.'
At a glance: The Bills [4:57 AM]
ClevelandBrowns.com reports: 'The Bills have won two straight on the road and are suddenly back in the playoff hunt. With games at Cincinnati and at San Francisco on tap, they can�t afford a letdown this week as they need to finish 9-7 to have even an outside shot of making the playoffs. They close the regular season at home against Pittsburgh on Jan. 2.'
Drew delivers, Bills back in contention [9:38 PM]
Niagara Falls Reporter reports: 'Forget all that for a moment, though. Bledsoe still capitalized on all those circumstances, demonstrating that he can still make every throw required of a starting quarterback in the National Football League. And that, despite more than half a season's worth of evidence to the contrary, he might just be able to continue doing so for the foreseeable future.'
Clements Interested In Notre Dame? [9:16 PM]
WGR-AM reports: 'It's believed Clements is a long shot because the Irish want an experienced coach.'
Surging Bills edge into playoff contention [9:16 PM]
AP reports: '''We're living day by day around here, week by week,'' linebacker Takeo Spikes said. ''If we can just focus on going 1-0 instead of worrying about going 4-5 or 6-0, everything else will take care of itself.'''
Ask Him Yourself: Mike Mularkey [5:33 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: 'How do you keep your players focused on one game at a time, rather than scoreboard watching and looking at all the playoff scenarios? MM: You've got to stress in meetings that we have no control over what happens outside of our environment and the only thing that we can control is our game on Sunday. We've got to do our part and let everybody else do theirs. Hopefully it works out.'
Ask Him Yourself: Tom Donahoe [5:33 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: 'With Drew Bledsoe finally starting to look like the Drew Bledsoe of two years ago and the team winning, is what the Jets did with Pennington/Testaverde�drafting a young QB and letting him watch and learn for a full two years while the veteran played�a direction the Bills could be considering come 2005? Would the organization consider letting a No. 1 pick not play until 2006 if Bledsoe continues to impress?
RT Williams, TE Campbell among banged-up Bills [5:17 PM]
AP reports: 'Without going into detail, coach Mike Mularkey said Monday that both were having further tests on right knee injuries sustained in Buffalo's 42-32 win at Miami on Sunday. Mularkey added that backup tight end Tim Euhus was also to have tests after hurting his knee on Sunday.'
Game Notes: Bills vs. Dolphins [4:45 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: 'Terrence McGee: His 104-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to open the game was the longest in Bills history�became the first player (team and opponent) in Bills history to return the opening kickoff for a touchdown, and became only the tenth player in NFL history to return three-plus kickoffs in a season and the first since 2000.'
Bledsoe, Bills keep playoff hopes alive [2:26 PM]
The Sports Network reports: '"Turnovers are something we've put a big emphasis on," said Spikes. "If you look at the stats (Miami had a 403-362 edge in total yardage) you would have thought the outcome of the game would have been different. But the turnovers were the biggest deal."'
Bills keep playoff hopes alive [11:55 AM]
Olean Times Herald reports: '�It certainly didn�t go the way anybody would have envisioned it,� said Bledsoe of the 74-point explosion. �We were fortunate enough to put up enough points to win it."'
Bills keeping this season interesting [11:54 AM]
Olean Times Herald reports: 'Funny what six wins in eight weeks - including the last three in a row - will do for your perception.'
Bills Team Report [10:41 AM]
The Sporting News reports: 'Coaching: B. After an 0-4 start, coach Mike Mularkey and his staff have put it together.'
Old-fashioned shootout [8:58 AM]
Buffalo News reports: '"That was a dogfight right there," said Bills cornerback Nate Clements. "That might have been the game of the week. I expected it to be close. But I didn't expect all those points with two great defenses on the field. There were so many highs and lows out there. We just fought through adversity and found a way to make more plays in the end."'
Interceptions rule on big takeaway day [8:57 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'The Bills had seven takeaways overall, the most since getting seven against the Houston Oilers on Oct. 11, 1993.'
Page 1843 of 2678 pages « First < 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 > Last »
Latest Buffalo Bills Discussions:
|New York Jets
|1:00 pm
|@ Carolina Panthers
|1:00 pm
|Denver Broncos
|1:00 pm
|@ Atlanta Falcons
|1:00 pm
|@ Cincinnati Bengals
|1:00 pm
|Tampa Bay Buccaneers
|1:00 pm
|Oakland Raiders
|1:00 pm
|@ New York Jets
|8:25 pm
|New Orlean Saints
|1:00 pm
|@ San Diego Chargers
|4:05 pm
|@ Kansas City Chiefs
|1:00 pm
|New England Patriots
|1:00 pm
|Indianapolis Colts
|1:00 pm
|Miami Dolphins
|1:00 pm
|@ New England Patriots
|1:00 pm
|@ Miami Dolphins
|1:00 pm
Latest News:
Latest Discussions:
Home | Join the Staff | Contact | Buffalo Bills Forums | Site information
Copyright © 1996-2008 Two Bills Drive. All rights reserved.
Reproduction of material from any page on this site without written permission is strictly prohibited.
Partner with USA TODAY Sports Media Group


text: (The OLD BootBuddy thread can be found here) UPDATE: Due to lack of time, BootBuddy has limited development support from me for now. BootBuddy was originally designed to work on a select number of LG phones (Motion, Spirit, L9) but may work for many others. The code is open source and anyone may contribute to development if they choose. I would be happy to feature your updates and I welcome support for new devices. Cheers. https://github.com/Sepero/bootbuddy INTRODUCTION: Boot Buddy will allow you to run Linux shell scripts when your Android device is booting up. It will run your scripts early in the boot process, before the home screen appears. The intended audience is generally intermediate to advanced users, and those who want to play with shell scripting on their device. FEATURES: BootBuddy is similar to init.d scripts, but with a core difference that it stores boot scripts on your SDcard instead of the internal system. This allows for several interesting enhancements. Feature listing- Much more Safe than init.d. If you have a script that is malfunctioning, just boot with the sdcard out, and put the sdcard back in after your device reaches home screen. Your device is Saved, No Problem! Boot Buddy is designed from the start to run scripts right from your SDcard. Just download any scripts to your boot_buddy_scripts directory and they're ready to run. (No more screwing around with permissions and files in your /system/etc/init.d/*) SDcard storage allows you to copy a script to another device, or multiple devices easily. Boot Buddy's author has several years of scripting and programming experience. It is streamlined, fast, and doesn't perform worthless functions like repeatedly logging the authors name and time. Clear goals of making operation simple, intuitive, and clean. If you're currently using an "init.d" solution, BootBuddy can integrate seamlessly with it. If you try BootBuddy and you don't like it, the installer also works as an uninstaller for easy clean removal. BootBuddy is Open Source GNU GPL. Open for anyone to modify and improve upon. As a developer, I make software to operate the way I would want if I were an end user, because I actually do use it, and I am an end user like you. REQUIREMENTS: Android 4.0 and up Rooted device An sdcard Script Manager Free (or any other app that can run scripts as root) Boot Buddy Installer bb_install.sh INSTALL: Start Script Manager, and allow/grant root access. Navigate to the bb_install.sh file. Tap on the file to show the menu options. At the top, highlight the "Su" icon. On the top-left, tap "Run". The script will run quickly. It will automatically detect your sdcard location and create a folder on your sdcard named "boot_buddy_scripts". In that folder, you put the scripts you want to run at system boot. A log file will be kept at /data/boot_buddy.log If you need your scripts to run in order, they are ordered by filename using the busybox "sort" program. They will run in alphabetical order using this format 0-9A-Za-z. YOUR FIRST SCRIPTS: (OPTIONAL) Here are a couple example scripts you may use. The Android /system is normally mounted with read-only permissions by default. We will change that with the first script listed below. It will cause /system to be remounted to read-write permissions during boot. The second script will create a file at every boot named /mnt/sdcard/sys_mount_info.txt. That txt file will give us information about how /system is currently mounted. Download the file 00rw_system.sh into your boot_buddy_scripts folder. Download the file 99sys_mount_info.sh into your boot_buddy_scripts folder. Reboot your phone. That's it, you just installed 2 new scripts and had them run at boot. It's Really just that simple to add startup scripts to your system. To verify they are running, use any text viewer to open the file /mnt/sdcard/sys_mount_info.txt. It may show more than one line of text. There should be a line similar to this: /dev/block/(device specific text) /system (fstype) rw,(more text) The rw means that /system was successfully remounted as read-write during boot. At any time you can delete either script if you choose. Easy! UNINSTALL: If for any reason you find you don't want or don't like Boot Buddy, you can cleanly uninstall it using the installer bb_install.sh. These instructions are almost identical to installing. (All match the installation steps, except step 4) Start Script Manager, and allow/grant root access. Navigate to the bb_install.sh file. Tap on the file to show the menu options. ** Type --uninstall in the text area labeled Arguments. At the top, highlight the "Su" icon. On the top-left, tap "Run". Boot Buddy will be uninstalled. It will not remove the contents of your boot_buddy_scripts folder. If you have an "init.d" system installed, it will cleanly remove only Boot Buddy parts and leave the rest. ADVANCED NOTES: Boot Buddy will Not cause harm to your system, but it may not work on custom roms. Also, it may fail to detect the real location of your SDcard. It requires that /system/etc/install-recovery.sh is run during the boot process, and that file will be created if it does not exist. Also the file /data/boot_buddy.sh will be created. The script /system/etc/install-recovery.sh will run /data/boot_buddy.sh. The script /data/boot_buddy.sh will run the scripts on your sdcard. The file /data/boot_buddy.log will log any script output. For Windows and Mac users- If you download the installer to your pc first, do not edit the installer with a text editor. Your computer will add hidden markers at the ends of each line that will prevent the installer from running. If you want to edit it, you should do so on a Linux pc or directly on your Android device. Tell us about your results!!! BootBuddy source code: http://github.com/Sepero/bootbuddy


text:
The law does not apply to school corporations that do not accept transfer students residing outside its district boundaries.
"We don't want to just let anyone in. We want to maintain our standards. We don't want any major discipline problems. We believe the law removes local control, and we're in favor of local control," Sopko told The Times.
The Munster schools didn't consider any transfer requests for the upcoming school year submitted after June 15. Students admitted by that date or who attended Munster schools already can remain through graduation.
Sopko said the issue of transfer students came up during a recent referendum campaign. Munster voters passed a tax increase in May allowing the school system to raise taxes 19.9 cents per $100 of assessed valuation to generate $3 million in additional annual revenue for seven years. The money will go into the school district's general fund to pay for salaries, benefits and utility bills.
The district has lost $2 million in state funding under changes Indiana has made in its distribution formula, Sopko said.
Sopko said the new transfer-student policy will address many of the transfer tuition concerns that residents posed during the referendum campaign.
The Munster schools accepted 42 transfer students last school year, accounting for nearly half of their enrollment growth. They had 174 transfer students paying tuition last fall and might accept six more for the new school year, bringing the new total to 180, but no other transfers will be accepted after that.
The Munster schools will charge $2,300 for elementary tuition for the upcoming school year, $2,250 for middle school tuition and $2,362 for high school tuition.


text:
The first day of the Buckeye Valley Building Industry Association's annual Home and Garden show took place on Friday at Eagle Sticks Golf Course.
This year the theme of the show was passport to savings. Each visitors received a mock passport that they had to have stamped by various vendors throughout the tent. Once they were done guests were able to put their name in a special drawing that will be picked once the show commences. The theme aims to get participants to each booth to see what the show has to offer this year.
"Landscaping is really big this year. We have a gentleman here with the generators, we've partnered up with Mid East Career Centers and they are here with us. AEP, They are here to talk to everyone about saving energy, " said BIA Executive Officer, Tricia Anderson.
Anderson says the proceeds from the show will go towards Operation Spirit an organization that helps local military families send care packages to their loved one's overseas.
"All of it will go towards them. It's free admission, free parking. What we have asked the public to do is just bring in no chocolate snack items.. nuts, candy to help operation feed also if they don't have it, we have a donation box to go and get the items they are needing," said Anderson.
If you missed the show it will run again on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.


text:
Hey Campers, On behalf of the entire Summer Camp staff and crew, thank you for an amazing 12th year! The weather was perfect, the shows were epic, and all of your smiling faces truly made this year the best one yet! Want to stay connected and ready for Summer Camp 2013? 1. Connect with us… Read more »
Posts Tagged: family groove company
Cell Phone Drive 4/20 and Ticket Price Increase Coming
Hey Campers, We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a cell phone drive at the Cornmeal, Hot Buttered Rum and Family Groove Company show on 4/20 at the Vic Theater in Chicago. All of the cell phones will be donated to Special Olympics Illinois Area in Chicago to be recycled! The money… Read more »
Our Take on Sh*t Festies Say
Hey Campers, We are excited to present to you our take on Sh*t Festies Say. Featuring members of moe., Umphrey's McGee, Family Groove Company, and Cornmeal, and a few of our favorite festies. Enjoy! Your Summer Camp Director


text:
The new intense colour powder blush...
Live. Breathe. Colour.
KIKO presents the new Smart Colour Eyeshadows that play up the eyes with intense colours for a variety of looks. The soft, creamy powder that is the base of the innovative formula creates state-of-the-art colours which are easy to blend and instantly adhere to the eyelid.
The new line of 32 colours is available in a variety of finishes so that you can choose the one best-suited to your look: matte, pearl, satin or metallic. The Smart Colour Eyeshadows come in a modern, streamlined compact; the unique, distinctive packaging features the KK monogram embossed on the see-through lid. The handy, cute size will tempt you to collect lots of different colours for creating intense, unique eye make-up for every occasion.
But the fun doesn't stop here. For eye make-up that is truly dazzling, apply the Smart Colour Eye Pencil along the waterline and lash line. Available in 16 colours, the pencil delivers an intense, precise line.
EUR 2.50Add to shopping cartAvailable in 33 colours
EUR 2.50Add to shopping cartAvailable in 16 colours
The new intense colour powder blush...
Compact finishing powder..
Sophisticated, complete eye make-up.
The new makeup products
Multi-function tinted cream.
Sculpted face, flawless complexion.