Abstract: A lashing assembly lashes together two or more fiber optic telecommunications cables. The lashing assembly comprises at least a first and a second bobbin. As the cables are passed through the first bobbin, twine pays off from the first bobbin and wraps around the cables in a clockwise helix. As the cables are passed through the second bobbin, twine pays off from the second bobbin and wraps around the cables in a counterclockwise helix. In this way, the twine from the first and second bobbins lash the cables together as the cables are passed through the first and second bobbins.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 19, 2011
Date of Patent:
August 12, 2014
Assignee:
ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
Inventors:
Wayne M. Kachmar, Ronald J. Kleckowski, Trevor D. Smith
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a drug delivery device including a biodegradable housing and a hydrogel within the biodegradable housing. The housing, the hydrogel, or both, may include a bioactive agent. Also disclosed is a method of drug delivery including the steps of forming the biodegradable housing, in embodiments a hydrogel, suspending a bioactive agent in the hydrogel, and introducing a second hydrogel and/or precursors of a second hydrogel into the biodegradable housing.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 21, 2010
Date of Patent:
August 27, 2013
Assignees:
Confluent Surgical, Inc., Covidien LP
Inventors:
Phillip Blaskovich, Rachit Ohri, Steven Bennett