Abstract: A traffic control system includes a vertically and horizontally disposed pole. The vertically disposed pole has a lower end mounted to a ground surface while an upper end mounts the horizontally disposed pole at a right angle. The horizontally disposed pole extends out over a vehicular roadway and, at least a pair of signal assemblies are mounted to the horizontally disposed pole for controlling vehicular traffic which may pass by an emergency vehicle rescue station. The signal assemblies illuminate a light bulb signal sequence upon activation by a programmable central control panel and instruct vehicular traffic to stop. A receive and antenna receive a wireless signal sent from a remote location within the rescue station. A pair of verification lights mount on the traffic control system and directed towards the rescue station provide a means for indicating to emergency vehicle operators that the illumination sequence is operating properly and that all light bulbs in the signal assembly are illuminating.

Abstract: A switching device is interposed between a conventional oximeter and a plurality of conventional photosensors. The photosensors are located on different extremities of the body. The switching device may be operated in the manual mode or an automatic mode. In the manual mode each different photosensor may be individually selected to provide the input signal to the oximeter. In the automatic mode, the switching device scans the incoming signals from the different photosensors and forwards the best, strongest or least distorted signal to the oximeter. The device prevents the loss of oximetery information due to interrupted blood flow in a particular part of the body or the failure of a sensor.

Abstract: The CO2 detector has a bottom housing attached to a top housing. The bottom housing contains a rotatable port engageable to an intubation tube and multiple parallel integral filter support ridges on a top surface of a floor. A filter pad overlies the integral filter support ridges and a baffle overlies the filter pad. The baffle has multiple parallel filter support ridges on a bottom surface cooperating with the filter support ridges integral with the bottom housing to maintain the filter pad in position. The baffle has an air flow guide on a top surface and air passages. The top housing has a port connected to a CPR bag and a clear plastic disc overlying a CO2 calorimetric indicator paper. The colorimetric indicator paper is shown through a clear plastic cover after removing backing on the indicator paper through a sealable slot.

Abstract: The system contains a quartz arc tube surrounding a gas tight envelope containing mercury, a metal halide, a rare earth gas and a pair of end to end spaced apart tungsten electrodes attached at a distal end to a molybdenum foil seal. A circuit is provided to generate an initial ignition voltage of 30,000 volts and thereafter, a circuit of 100-2,000 watts with a timer to automatically break and reconnect the circuit to provide a strobe light. A single driver actuates multiple lamps.

Abstract: A frusto-conical member has a planar rim disposed at a bottom closed end and a circular open portion disposed at a top end. A lid having a plurality holes formed therethrough inserts over the frusto-conical open portion and is retained by friction. An elongated portion of a toothbrush is inserted through one of the holes formed in the lid for retaining the toothbrush in an upright position such that bristles of the toothbrush are exposed to the ambient air. A grommet having a center aperture is inserted into one of the holes in the lid. Disposed underneath the grommet is a small housing for retaining a source of dental floss. The housing includes a cover having a tip portion which inserts through the grommet aperture. The source of dental floss threads through the tip portion and out through the grommet aperture. A small cutter element is disposed along an outer circumference of the frusto-conical member below the grommet and is used to cut a strand of desired length from the source of dental floss.

Abstract: Combined stethoscope integral housing and belt adapter for mounting a stethoscope on the belt of a care giver. The integral housing has a back wall and first and second side walls. The upper portion of each side wall contains an ear piece receptacle. A pair of front walls are spaced apart from each other to form a slot and spaced apart from the back wall to form an opening for a stethoscope chest piece. The belt adapter is hingedly attached to a back upper portion of the housing by an axially mounted rod.

Abstract: Providing an animal shield having two halves snapped together around an electrical bushing and connector. The animal shield has a multiplicity of closely spaced apart openings substantially covering its body. An infrared camera is aimed at the animal shield and the temperature output of the electrical bushing and connector are recorded. If the temperature reading shows a temperature output of more than 5° F. over ambient, a report is made so that the bushing and connector can be serviced by appropriate personnel.

Abstract: The lamp has a borosilicate lens bonded to a gas tight envelope containing a protective gas. The envelope contains a high gloss reflective coating on an inner surface and has a bulb mounted on a pair of support posts. The bulb contains a coiled tungsten filament within a halogen gas tight envelope. The filament is axially connected on each side to a tungsten wire, a molybdenum foil and a protruding lead wire. Each lead wire penetrates the gas tight bulb envelope to an integral tulip shaped end portion of the bulb, each end portion enclosed by a brass end cap. A bore in the end cap permits an electrical conductor to be soldered to the protruding lead wire.

Abstract: A sheath is sized and configured to receive an endoscope. The sheath is provided with a housing having a proximally facing opening with a U-shaped notch. The endoscope has at the proximal end a right-angle light post which and is received closely within the U-shaped notch at the proximal opening of the sheath housing. A locking mechanism is provided including a pivotable latch having a distal end configured to be received within a notch formed on the endoscope housing distal to and diametrically opposed from the light post. The latch includes a spring tending to bias the distal portion thereof into engagement with the notch in the endoscope housing. A resilient O-ring is provided at the distal end of a recess in the sheath housing. A shoulder on the distal end of the proximal portion of the endoscope compresses the O-ring when the latch is engaged.

Abstract: A disposable ice pack for treating an area of a person's body that has been traumatized or inured is disclosed. The ice pack includes a polyethylene bag portion having a sealable open top end, a pair of side edges and a closed bottom end forming an inner cavity. The inner cavity receives ice. A closure mechanism is disposed along an inner surfaces of the bag portion top end and provides a water tight seal for the ice pack. A pair of fluid absorbable material sheets are attached by a heat seal along the side edges and bottom end to the bag portion. The sheets of fluid absorbable material permit the disposable ice pack to soak-up any body fluids seeping from the traumatized area. An alternate embodiment further includes a plurality of tie-straps for permitting the ice pack to be wrapped around a person's body part. The tie-straps are attached by the heat seal.

Abstract: A low profile highly expandable stent includes a fabric cylindrical tube having a longitudinal axis wherein multiple serpentine shaped connecting pieces are affixed lengthwise to the fabric cylindrical tube along the longitudinal axis thereof. The multiple connecting pieces are circumferentially spaced from adjacent connecting pieces and a first and second end of each connecting piece has an aperture formed therein for allowing interconnection of the connecting pieces at the first and second end to the fabric cylindrical tube.

Abstract: A proximal end portion of a longitudinal base member is affixed to a vehicle trailer hitch sleeve. A distal end portion of the longitudinal base member is connected to an upright support member via a pair of brackets. The brackets pivot rearward to provide access to a vehicle trunk. The bicycle handlebars are mounted in an L-shaped tray integral with a rear edge of the pair of brackets. A padding covers a top portion of the upright support member. The padded upright member has a row of transverse bores. A U-shaped bolt adheres the frame of the bicycle to the padded upright member as the legs of the U-shaped bolt are passed through the bores and locked in place. A lock pin retains the upright member in a fixed position when it is pushed forward.

Abstract: A combination hat and golf ball marking device is provided. The hat includes a generally round convex-shaped body portion for placing over the a skull of a golfer. A bill member extends from a front side of the body portion and works to shade the face of the golfer. A removable golf ball marker is received and retained by a receptacle located at a crown portion of the hat body portion. The marker has a head member and a post for inserting within the ground of a putting green when a golfer has removed his golf ball therefrom. The post inserts into a bore in the receptacle when the marker is not being used.

Abstract: An non-hybrid electrostatic speaker system is provided. Each electrostatic speaker contains a diaphragm positioned between pair of electrically charged stators. A central unit is provided having a plurality of slots for receiving a plurality of printed circuit boards. Each speaker employed within the system has a printed circuit board assigned thereto and is mounted within the central unit slots. A single DC power source within the central unit supplies a constant DC voltage to each electrostatic speaker. All electronics needed to operate the speakers are “de-coupled” from the speaker and located within the central unit. The central unit couples to an audio amplification device which is coupled to an audio sound producer.

Abstract: A guide bushing for a coring reamer having a tapered member with its largest diameter at its first end so that the guide bushing frictionally engages an internal surface of the reamer with a line contact. The guide bushing has a passage sized to slidably receive a guide pin. In use, the bushing advances in the proximal direction within the coring reamer along a guide pin while the excavated bone enters the passageway through the reamer. A storage package specifically designed for the reamer assembly is employed to remove the excavated bone from within the reamer. The package has a closed distal end and an open proximal end closeable with a cap. With the coring reamer received in cantilevered fashion through a central opening of the cap of the tube, and with an adapter that couples the coring reamer to a handpiece installed, a wrench is placed over the adapter and turned while the user grips peripheral surfaces of the cap to prevent rotation of the coring reamer.

Abstract: A metallization layer structure is applied to an aluminum nitride substrate by the application of an intermediate buffer layer of either silicon monoxide or silicon dioxide. Conventional oxide bonding conductor and resistor formulations can then be applied and readily bonded to the intermediate buffer layer resulting in thermally and mechanically stable structure on the surface of the aluminum nitride substrate.

Abstract: Device for preventing the penetration of corrosively acting salt particles into the generator and gear area of an offshore wind power plant, with an air pressure generator for introducing air under an overpressure into at least a substantially closed part of the generator and gear area, and a filtering device connected upstream of the generator and gear area in the flow direction for the separation of moisture and salt particles from the air to be introduced into the area by the air pressure generator.

Abstract: A method for laying electrical cables from a first offshore wind power plant to a second offshore wind power plant. The method comprises placing the cable to be laid in the tower or the foundation of the first offshore wind power plant before the plant is erected, erection of the first offshore wind power plant, taking a tow line from one wind power plant to the other wind power plant, and drawing the leading end of the cable from the first wind power plant to the second wind power plant while releasing the cable from the tower or the foundation component of the first wind power plant.