Abstract: Drug-delivery stents capable of providing release of two or more drugs such as everolimus and estradiol are provided. The stents can be used for treating a disease such as restenosis and vulnerable plaque.

Abstract: The present invention generally encompasses a medical article, such as a medical device or coating comprising an agent or combination of agents, wherein the agent is distributed throughout a polymeric matrix. The polymeric matrix comprises an agent and a poly(ester amide) having a design that was preselected to provide a predetermined release rate of the combination of agents from the medical article.

Abstract: A multi-screen laptop system for providing increased laptop functionality and productivity. The multi-screen laptop system includes a laptop having a first display and a second display movably connected to one another. The first display is pivotally attached to the second display for allowing the user to view either the first display by itself or both the first display and the second display.

Abstract: A technique for controlling an irrigation system is disclosed. The technique comprises receiving landscape information, receiving environmental information, deriving an irrigation schedule based on the landscape information and the environmental information, and sending the irrigation schedule to an irrigation control unit.

Abstract: A two component ice confection is formed by cooling an ice confection core to below -15.degree. C., preferably using a cryogenic liquid, then immersing it in a water ice solution to form a layer of water ice on the core, and then hardening the water ice layer. Products formed by the process preferably have an average ice crystal size of below 100 micron.

Abstract: An expansion joint cover comprises a pair of elongated rigid frame members, each of which includes a generally vertical, longitudinally continuous wall portion and a multiplicity of longitudinally spaced-apart, substantially horizontal plate-like tongues supported in cantilevered relation from the vertical wall portion at locations spaced from the upper edge of the wall portion and in longitudinal alignment. The longitudinal spacings between adjacent tongues of each frame member are not less than the widths of the tongues of the other frame member such that in the cover as installed in the expansion gap the tongues of each frame member project into the spaces between the tongues of the other frame member, and a generally longitudinally continuous bridge is formed by an intervening of the tongues of each of the frame members between the tongues of the other.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing fiber waste from yarn spinning rotors of open-end spinning machines and for removing trash waste liberated from fibers in their paths of travel to the respective rotors, utilizing a common primary airflow for drawing air from the rotors and for also drawing air adjacent the paths of travel of the fibers to the rotors so that the airflow adjacent such paths of travel will not interfere with movement of the fibers along such paths to the adjacent yarn spinning rotors. Preferably, the airflow from the rotors of each machine passes through a respective movable filter arranged to arrest fiber waste thereon periodically for intervals of predetermined duration permitting extinguishing of any fire which may have been ignited in the fiber waste being drawn from the rotors of the machines.