Abstract: Disclosed is a filament cleaning tool for fingernails wherein a length of flexible cleaning filament connected at each end to a small rigid securing ring. Inserted beneath the fingernail, the cleaning filament contains a series of bristles, flays or scale-like protrusions, positioned along its length, that remove dirt, grease and grime from beneath the fingernail as it is drawn back and forth therein.

Abstract: A veterinary appliance useful for treatment of edematous tissue, such as an edematous prolapsed bovine cervix, includes a flexible band member adapted to fit around the edematous tissue. One end of the band member is affixed to a housing and the other end is operably connected to a roller that is rotatably supported by the housing. Rotation of the roller in a predetermined direction will cause the effective length of the band member to thereby cause an even squeezing pressure to the edematous tissue.