Abstract: A fluid transfer device including a housing, a distal introducer portion configured to penetrate a needleless access connector of a vascular access device, and a wheel member rotatable with respect to the housing and operably coupled to a probe to advance and retract the probe through the distal introducer portion. The fluid transfer device also includes a connector member positioned proximate the distal introducer portion, wherein the connector member includes a pair of opposing distal clip portions, a pair of opposing proximal clip portions, and a locking member. The locking member is operably coupled to the wheel member and is configured to prevent actuation of at least a portion of the connector member when the wheel member is rotated to a first position and to allow actuation at least a portion of the connector member when the wheel member is rotated to a second position.

Abstract: An instrument advancement device may include a housing, which may include a slot. The instrument advancement device may be configured to couple to a catheter assembly. The instrument advancement device may include an advancement element, which may extend through the slot and may be configured to move linearly along the slot between a retracted position and an advanced position. In response to movement of the advancement element from a retracted position to an advanced position, an instrument of the instrument advancement device may be advanced beyond a distal end of the housing and may be configured to open a path through an occlusion in the catheter assembly or vasculature. The instrument advancement device may include a septum, which may be engaged to facilitate sealing of the housing and/or prevent buckling of the instrument.

Abstract: An intravenous catheter device may include a guidewire for actively repositioning the catheter tip. A guidewire assembly may be configured to enable a clinician to actively reposition the catheter tip by moving proximal ends of segments of the guidewire. By repositioning the catheter tip, the guidewire assembly may facilitate the collection of a blood sample or the injection of a fluid through the catheter even in instances when the catheter tip has become occluded.

Abstract: An aquatic animal retrieval device having an L-shaped mount, the mount configured for attachment to an existing crossbow, a V-shaped spool connected to the mount, a shaft attached to the mount, the shaft extended forwardly from the crossbow, a float slidably disposed on the shaft, the float removably attached to the mount, an arrow removably disposed in the crossbow, the arrow having a barbed point disposed on the first end and a notch disposed in the second end, the notch configured to removably accept a drawstring of the crossbow, a line affixed to the arrow and the float wherein the to float is configured to travel with the arrow upon release of the arrow from the crossbow.

Abstract: A process for coloring substrates, using the application of liquid colorants, in which the assignment of color is done on a pixel-by-pixel basis, and corresponding products. Relatively large areas of a substrate may be given the appearance of being uniformly colored by successively replicating or tiling a group of individually colored pixels comprising a repeating unit (i.e., a superpixel) across the substrate surface. The repeating unit is constructed in such a way that if a colorant application error develops, causing one or more pixels within the repeating unit to be colored incorrectly or incompletely, the overall arrangement of the pixels within the repeating unit will render such error less visually apparent when viewed on the substrate.

Abstract: A process for coloring substrates, using the application of liquid colorants, in which the assignment of color is done on a pixel-by-pixel basis, and corresponding products. Relatively large areas of a substrate may be given the appearance of being uniformly colored by successively replicating or tiling a group of individually colored pixels comprising a repeating unit (i.e., a superpixel) across the substrate surface. The repeating unit is constructed in such a way that if a colorant application error develops, causing one or more pixels within the repeating unit to be colored incorrectly or incompletely, the overall arrangement of the pixels within the repeating unit will render such error less visually apparent when viewed on the substrate.

Abstract: A process for coloring substrates, using the application of liquid colorants, in which the assignment of color is done on a pixel-by-pixel basis, and corresponding products. Relatively large areas of a substrate may be given the appearance of being uniformly colored by successively replicating or tiling a group of individually colored pixels comprising a repeating unit (i.e., a superpixel) across the substrate surface. The repeating unit is constructed in such a way that if a colorant application error develops, causing one or more pixels within the repeating unit to be colored incorrectly or incompletely, the overall arrangement of the pixels within the repeating unit will render such error less visually apparent when viewed on the substrate.

Abstract: A process for coloring substrates, using the application of liquid colorants, in which the assignment of color is done on a pixel-by-pixel basis, and corresponding products. Relatively large areas of a substrate may be given the appearance of being uniformly colored by successively replicating or tiling a group of individually colored pixels comprising a repeating unit (i.e., a superpixel) across the substrate surface. The repeating unit is constructed in such a way that if a colorant application error develops, causing one or more pixels within the repeating unit to be colored incorrectly or incompletely, the overall arrangement of the pixels within the repeating unit will render such error less visually apparent when viewed on the substrate.