Abstract: Devices for treatment of congestive heart failure include devices insertable over and clamped on all or a selected portion of the exterior of a heart. The devices may be introduced surgically, or under thoracoscopic control around a portion or all of the exterior of the heart.

Abstract: A game is played by providing at least two hitting devices, a resilient projectile and at least two eight foot squares spaced twelve feet apart on a sand or grass surface. Two or four players hit the resilient projectile back and forth between opposed or diagonal squares until a mistake is made by a player. If the mistake is made by the non-serving player or team, the serving player or team is awarded a point. If the mistake is made by the serving player or team, the non-serving player or team gets to serve. Play is continued until a game is won by at least two points by the player or team to first reach 21 or higher. One or more sets of games may also be played.

Abstract: A waterproof figure toy (10) having arms (16) and legs (18) fixed to resilient connectors (20) formed on a torso (14) to provide a floppy limbed doll. The arms and legs are fixed to the connectors in any convenient manner, as by a waterproof sealant, and a head (12) is fixed to the torso (14) in a watertight manner by means of a torso neck plug (24) and a head neck plug (26) sealingly captured in the head and torso and connected together by a flexible elongated connector (28), which allows movement of the head (12) with respect to the torso (14).