Abstract: A rocking wheelchair is provided with multiple adjustable features to meet various needs of different users with respect to safety, comfortableness and user/caregiver convenience. The rocking wheelchair includes an adjustable maximum rocking motion setting for users to select a preferable maximum rocking motion within a predetermined safety range. Rock/tilt locking mechanisms enable the seat assembly to be locked in either a normally unoccupied position or one of a plurality of tilt positions. The footrests can be selectively attached to either the frame for supporting the user's feet in a stationary position, or to the seat assembly to rock together therewith. The wheelchair can also be adjusted in height and is formed with a relatively simple configuration which is convenient for manufacturing.

Abstract: A rocking wheelchair is provided with multiple adjustable features to meet various needs of different users with respect to safety, comfortableness and user/caregiver convenience. The rocking wheelchair includes an adjustable maximum rocking motion setting for users to select a preferable maximum rocking motion within a predetermined safety range. Rock/tilt locking mechanisms enable the seat assembly to be locked in either a normally unoccupied position or one of a plurality of tilt positions. The footrests can be selectively attached to either the frame for supporting the user's feet in a stationary position, or to the seat assembly to rock together therewith. The wheelchair can also be adjusted in height and is formed with a relatively simple configuration which is convenient for manufacturing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lancet injector for use with a lancet and an isolating platform to obtain blood samples for diagnostic purposes in a very safe and accurate manner. This lancet injector makes use of two elastomeric bands to push the lancet forwards and to rapidly withdraw the needle from the skin. The lancet injector also has an interlocking mechanism which completely precludes a lancet from being used more than once and thus obviates accidental misuse which could cause cross-contamination between patients. It further has a mechanism which allows the lancet itself to dislodge the platform thereby causing it to automatically jump forward in front of the needle as it collapses and thus to hood the needle and grip the main body of the lancet. It may also be provided with a window in its housing, through which a three color display panel can be viewed. When the lancet injector is ready for loading, a color is displayed, thus indicating that the injector has been emptied and may now be loaded and then cocked.

Abstract: A combined lancet and multi-function cap of the disposable type, for use in obtaining blood samples for diagnostic purposes. The lancet includes a needle with a sharp end and an elongated body of plastic material embedding the needle except for its sharp end. The multi-function cap is also made of plastic material and is detachably mounted onto one end of the body to embed the sharp end and keep it sterile until the lancet is used. The multi-function cap includes a ring having a central opening sized to let pass the sharp end of the needle but not the body of the lancet. The multi-function cap also includes a set of legs or a skirt that project from the ring for connecting the same to the mouth of a lancet injector. Thus, the cap also serves as an isolation barrier between the patient's finger and the physical lancet injector.