Abstract: A reversible vasectomy device suitable for reverse vasectomy operations is presented. More specifically, the present invention may take the form of a stent device that installs along the severed vas deferens such that the vas deferens ends are opened and coupled together. The reversible vasectomy device is made out of an absorbable material, allowing the reversible vasectomy device to be absorbed by the body, leaving only the connected vas deferens once the healing process is completed. The reversible vasectomy device contains a first connection element, a second connection element, and a mid-section. The mid-section is connected between the first connection element and the second connection element. The first connection element, the second connection element, and the mid-section are in fluid communication with each other.

Abstract: The present invention is a urinary catheter with media injection channel suited for prostatitis treatment and therapy. The urinary catheter with media injection channel contains a catheter body, an injection channel, and at least one injection aperture. The catheter body contains a bladder opening, a balloon, and a utility port. The bladder opening and the utility port are positioned terminally opposite to each other along the catheter body. The balloon is positioned between the bladder opening and the utility port. At least one injection aperture is positioned adjacent to the balloon, opposite to the bladder opening. At least one injection aperture is distributed about the catheter body. The injection channel traverses from the utility port to the at least one injection aperture.

Abstract: A hand hygiene monitoring system is provided. The hand hygiene monitoring system includes a wearable device coupled to a user, and a beacon associated with a hand hygiene station and configured to communicate with the wearable device. The wearable device is configured to initiate monitoring for a hand hygiene operation based on determining the wearable device is located within a predetermined distance from the beacon, and monitor hand hygiene parameters associated with the hand hygiene operation. The hand hygiene parameters are associated with a quality level of the hand hygiene operation performed by the user.

Abstract: Security in an asymmetrical network is addressed. At a security element, a handshake message is received on a path within the asymmetrical network. The handshake message is associated with an attempt to establish a session. A determination is made as to whether there is an entry for the handshake message in a local state table. When there is no entry in the local state table, then an entry is generated in the local state table, a notification of the handshake message is sent to a centralized computing platform that tracks handshake messages received by a plurality of security elements in the asymmetrical network, and the handshake message is allowed to pass along the path. A notification is received from the centralized computing platform that the session associated with the handshake message is allowed, based on associated handshake messages received at the centralized computing platform.

Abstract: Addressing security in an asymmetrical network. At a centralized database, a handshake message is received from a security element that received the message on a first path. A second handshake message is received from a second security element that received the second message on a second path, where the centralized database tracks handshake messages and associations between the messages and communication sessions. A determination is made that the first message is associated with a session. Another determination is made that the second message is associated with the same session. An association between the second message and the first message is stored in the centralized database, based on the associations of the first message and the second message with the same communication session. A determination that the communication session is allowed is stored in the centralized database, based on the association of the second handshake message to the first handshake message.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and apparatuses for addressing security by keeping track of handshake messages received by security elements along paths in an asymmetrical network. An Intelligent Security System receives handshake messages, thereby determining whether a session is allowed, and communicating information about the handshake messages, associations, and allowed sessions, to the security elements.

Abstract: A pyeloplasty clip for surgical use is operable in a first condition to clamp together portions of human tissue that are to be severed. The clip is then operable in a second condition either to separate and maintain in an open condition the severed tissue portions, or to displace the clamped severed tissue portions toward each other. A fastener arrangement serves to maintain together the clamping leg portions of the clip until the human body has healed. A separating device may be provided for subsequently unfastening and opening the clamping leg portions, thereby to permit removal of the clip from the human body.