Abstract: An auto cycling multi-functional massaging device having two to sixteen motor assemblies each of which is provided with an eccentric wheel and is retained in a housing, each of the housings is placed respectively in a space in a belt-shaped soft pad, and secured by a cover and a belt. The back of the belt-shaped soft pad is attached to a piece of sponge tape, the belt and the tape being sewn together. The ends of the belt-shaped soft pad are respectively provided with latching band for attachment to the waist. the motors are controlled by a control box, having a circuit board for controlling the time and the cycling vibration of the motors, and for controlling whether the motors are operated individually or all at the same time. The operating mode of the device can be changed by pressing switches on the control box.

Abstract: An interference screw and sheath for endosteal fixation of ligaments. A graft, attached between previously cut bone blocks, is placed under tension in a graft tunnel. The screw is driven between the bone to which the graft is being fixed and a corresponding one of the bone blocks. The screw includes an end portion having rounded back edges for protecting the graft from inadvertent damage after the sheath has been removed. The screw may be cannulated for insertion over a prepositioned guide pin. The guide pin has a larger than normal diameter to prevent the pin from bending during insertion. The screw cannulation is sufficiently large to accommodate the enlarged guide pin. The sheath has a cutout at one end such that during screw insertion, the graft is covered by the sheath and protected from the threads of the screw, while the bone to which the graft is being fixed is exposed to the threads of the screw.

Abstract: A supporting mechanism for an ankle massager includes a base member, a supporting bracket, a cushion and a frame member. The supporting bracket has a W-shape seating contour for receiving the cushion. The frame member is enclosed to the cushion and the supporting bracket in such a manner that the cushion is sandwiched between the supporting bracket and the frame member. The base member further includes a supporting post which is mechanically engaged with a trigger shaft of the massager.

Abstract: A device for establishing an adjustable and flexible loop to act as releasable cuffs to restrain a person or to act as a releasable tie for bundles of wire or cable. A strap includes a free end and a lock end to receive the free end to establish a loop. The lock has a ratchet with a set of pawls engageable with the teeth spaced along the free end of the strap. The ratchet is hingedly mounted in the lock so that urging the strap into the lock causes the teeth to apply a rotational force to the pawls which rotates the ratchet about the hinge to disengage the pawls from the teeth to allow the strap to be inserted into the lock, while urging the strap out of the lock causes the teeth to apply an opposite rotational force to the pawls which rotates the ratchet about the hinge in the opposite direction to engage the pawls with the teeth to prevent the strap from being withdrawn.

Abstract: An adjustable drill guide for marking a proper location of a bone tunnel for arthroscopic surgery. The drill guide includes an arc shaped outrigger, an adapter slidably coupled to the outrigger, a plurality of interchangeable marking hooks adapted to be received by said adapter, and a sighting device coupled to the outrigger. The sighting device is adapted to receive a guide pin for marking the tunnel position. One of the plurality of marking hooks is chosen and inserted into the adapter of the outrigger. The adapter is then slid along the outrigger to a marked position at which an angled tip of the marking hook becomes aligned with the sighting device. Next, the marking hook is inserted into the knee requiring surgery. The sighting device is then advanced towards the knee until it is directly adjacent the knee. A guide pin is inserted into the sighting device and drilled into the knee. The drill guide is removed, thereby leaving the guide pin in position for drilling the tunnel.

Abstract: This imvention is a chair comprising a seat and a backrest wherein the backrest is pivotable back and forth relative to a floor surface, the backrest being comprised of: a backrest frame extending above the seat, a massage frame mounted by the backrest frame and adapted to reciprocally-slide longitudinally of the backrest frame, massage rollers mounted by the massage frame and positioned so as to protrude beyond the backrest frame into the space occupied by a sitter's back, and a cover on the backrest frame covering the massage frame in front of the massage rollers whereby the cover will be interposed between a sitter's back and the massage rollers; and an actuating device mounted to the massage frame and being so constructed and arranged whereby pivoting movement of the backrest will effect relative movement between the massage frame and the backrest frame, thereby causing the massage rollers to move longitudinally of the backrest frame in a reciprocative manner as the backrest pivots back and forth.

Abstract: An intramedullary universal proximal tibial resector guide is disclosed which combines several unique features together to provide an extremely versatile instrument. The inventive guide includes structure allowing anterior-posterior adjustment, medial-lateral adjustment, posterior slope adjustment and vertical adjustment. The design of the precision slot of the present invention best facilitates resection of the proximal tibia beneath the patellar fat pad. The vertical adjustment utilizes a micrometer-type actuator to allow precise adjustment of the appropriate cutting depth. Deep grooves on the intramedullary rod facilitate decompression of the intramedullary fat. The resector cutting head may be removed from the rest of the instrument in an easy one-step procedure leaving the resector cutting head in place ready to receive a surgical resection cutting blade.

Abstract: An adapter is disclosed for converting devices for applying compressive pressure to the legs by means of a compression sleeve around the leg wherein compressed air is delivered to the sleeve through multiple conduits to like devices wherein a single conduit is utilized to supply compressed air to the sleeve.

Abstract: A surgical bone screw having a head which has asymmetrical radii relative to the central axis of the screw. The cross-section of the head is configured as a lobular shape having a constant radii along one hemisphere of the head, and smaller radii along the opposing hemisphere of the head, with the smallest radius existing approximately perpendicular to the midline of the head member. The asymmetry of the head minimizes surface area of the screw protruding above the bone surface.

Abstract: A carrier holding massage rollers is provided on an upper surface of a base plate so that the carrier can run on the upper surface of the base plate. A vibration transmission plate made of a material capable of transmitting vibration is provided on the base plate. The vibration transmission plate is provided with a vibration generator. Thus, when the vibration generator is actuated, the vibration transmission plate vibrates to massage a person lying on his/her back over the base plate.

Abstract: An appliance in which a patient's forearm and hand can be secured by straps at a prescribed angle that will enable X-ray pictures to be made at a specific angular relationship each time a X-ray is made so that the physician can evaluate the patients condition and changes in the patient's condition over a treatment period.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mechanical junction for facilitating the rapid attachment and removal of ultrasonic surgical components for the transfer of ultrasonic energy across the junction from an ultrasonic transducer to an ultrasonically activated tool bit. The junction achieves a high, evenly distributed compressive force to optimize propagation of the ultrasonic energy from the transducer to a tool bit, while maintaining a relatively small outside diameter of the ultrasonic tool.

Abstract: The instant invention concerns a molded insole for slippers or mules, with clusters of bristles for the massage of the sole of the foot. In more detail, each group of bristles juts out from the bottom of a containing recess on the insole, in such a way that only the end part of each bristle juts upwards with respect to the the surface defined by the flat areas connecting the series of recesses.

Abstract: A spiral spring toy having a pulling string, a string windup spiral spring, first and second turning bodies, a driving spiral spring, a spiral-shaped guide groove and a floating means. The first turning body is connected with the driving spiral spring so that the driving spiral string biases the first turning body in a first rotational direction and rotation of the first turning body in a second rotational direction charges the driving spiral spring. The second turning body is connected with the pulling string and the string windup spiral spring so that the string windup spiral spring biases the second turning body in the first rotational direction. When the pulling string is pulled, the second turning body rotates in the second rotational direction and charges the string windup spiral spring. The spiral-shaped guide groove has an end portion and is provided on either the first or the second turning body.

Abstract: A figurative toy missile in animal-like or humanoid soft form defined by a head and a torso having appendages extending therefrom. The missile structure is such that when the missile is thrown by a player, it will spin, or execute other excursions in flight, depending on how the appendages are grasped by the player. The torso is formed by an outer fabric casing enclosing a rubber balloon inflated with water, whereby the torso functions as a weighted ball. The head is formed by a shaped, stuffed fabric bag attached to the upper end of the torso casing. The legs and feet are formed by a pair of soft appendages attached to the lower end of the torso casing, and the arms and hands are formed by a pair of soft appendages attached to opposite sides of the torso casing.

Abstract: A portable body restraint device for use in restraining and transporting prisoners or patients who are unmanageable. The device includes a flat, wide board sufficiently large to receive facedown the person to be restrained. The board is provided with properly positioned slots and adjustable straps that provide for restraining any person regardless of his or her size. The slots and adjustable straps permit the person's pelvis, chest, wrists, ankles, arms and legs to be secured as well as the person's head.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process and device for securing, elongating and compressing a spinal column, of simple design, which is easy and precise in use, leaving no projecting part. The process of the invention for straightening and supporting a spinal column consists in securing screwed implants (10) or hooks on either side of the curvature of the spin and interlinking them by at least two rods (20,21) designed to act as struts; said rods (20,21) are introduced longitudinally into grooves (113) perpendicular to the screw (120) fitted in the body (110) of the implants (10) or hooks and then fixed in the base of the grooves (113) by crimping resulting from the deformation of the sides of the groove (113) by the closing of its sides; said deformation is obtained via a conically-threaded nut (30) and a cylindrical male thread cut around the body (110) of the implants (10). Application: straightening and supporting the spinal column in the event of scoliosis or fracture, for example.

Abstract: The apparatus includes a bellows member formed by a pleated wall. An interior cavity is located inside of the bellows member. The wall has first and second openings that communicate with the interior cavity. A lip surrounds the first opening. To use the apparatus, the elastomeric covering is inserted, closed end first, into the interior cavity. The open end of the covering is folded onto the lip at the first opening so as to form a seal. The bellows member is contracted to expel air through the second opening. Then, the second opening is closed and the bellows member is expanded, causing the covering to expand. The body member is inserted into the interior of the covering. The second opening is then opened, allowing the covering to contract onto the body member.

Abstract: A submergible hydrotherapy apparatus powered by an electric pump and configured to be held in user's hand for discharging a water stream underwater for massaging the user's body.

Abstract: A surgical ophthalmic drape which is a complete draping system and provides a sterile field and fluid control. The ophthalmic drape includes a main sheet and a fluid pouch. The fluid pouch has a fenestration which is smaller than the main sheet fenestration. The adhesive layer on the bottom of the fluid pouch both secures the pouch to the main sheet and also secures the drape assembly to the patient. The pouch is a folded piece of fluid impervious material with a sealed edge on three sides.