Abstract: A method of manufacturing a dental abutment to assure a desired in situ alignment of the dental abutment with a dental implant includes the steps of, firstly, providing a workpiece having a threaded recess corresponding to the length, diameter, pitch and material density of a coupling surface of an implant to be used in a dental procedure, this step followed by the step of rotating into the recess a coupling surface of the dental abutment to be secured in situ to the dental implant. The third step of the inventive method includes the tightening of the coupling surface of the abutment into the recess to a torque in the range of about 25 to about 35 newtons per centimeter which step is followed by the step of providing a radial surface of reference upon, and common to, both a non-threaded area of the abutment and a location proximal to the mouth of the recess of the workpiece.

Abstract: A sanitary waste collector includes two substantially planar braces, each having an interior and exterior face, each having a grippable opening, and each pivotally attached to a hinge and an assembly for continuously urging the interior faces of the braces towards each other, and an assembly for selectably manually actuatably urging the braces away from each other, in which a selectably imparted force of the manually actuable is sufficient to overcome the force of the assembly urging the braces towards each other. Two arms, each individually extending integrally outwardly from the braces' edges thereof opposite the hinge, provide a platform for a deformable enclosure secured between the arms. The interiorly urging assembly is normally closed when the selectable manual actuation assembly is not actuated. Upon gripping closure of the selectable manual actuation assembly, the enclosure is opened, and can be placed over and around pet waste or other materials to be disposed of.

Abstract: A steaming device for skin treatment includes a base, having an upper and lower surface, the base including a reservoir for water and a non-corrodible conductance element which is defined by two side-by-side vertically positioned electrodes which extend a part of the height of the reservoir. The electrodes diverge from each other as they approach the bottom of the bottom of the base to reduce current flow between them, this compensating for increased conductivity due to mineralization of the water near the bottom of the reservoir that occurs with vaporization and which mineralization would otherwise increase voltage between electrodes to a hazardous level. The device further includes a top portion including an upper and a lower area, and a container for therapeutic substances to be mingled with steam produced by the effect of the conductance element on the water.

Abstract: An article for tissue-specific delivery of therapeutic agents constitutes a substrate of a material that is biodegradable in situ in human tissue, which substrate is configured into a projectile and proportioned for insertion into a channel of an endoscope, the substrate having incorporated thereinto selectable therapeutic agents to be delivered, the projectile including, upon an exterior surface, a capacity for tissue affixation to the tissue of interest.

Abstract: A security system for use in a pistol holster for the selectable engagement and disengagement of the trigger guard of a pistol or gun. The system, more particularly, includes a segment of a resilient material having a free first end and a second end rigidly affixed to a lower internal co-planar holster surface facing away from the torso of the user, the first end defining a substantial U-shaped portion within a plane substantially transverse to the internal surface of the holster, the U-shaped portion proportioned, in geometry and resilience, to engage the trigger guard responsive to an application of downward pressure upon the first end of the segment by the trigger guard. The security system further includes an element for selectable urging the U-shaped portion of the segment off of the trigger guard responsive to pressure applied onto the top of a release element slidably secured within the holster surface.

Abstract: An automotive lift system includes a vertically elongated in-ground environment-defining canister having an upwardly directed mouth, an automotive lift, an assembly for selectable detachable suspension of said lift situated substantially upon and about the mouth of the canister, an in-ground anchor of the assembly relative to reactive forces generated by the lift and communicated therefrom through the suspension assembly to the anchor.

Abstract: Bark or berries of the species Xanthoxylum clavaherculis L and Xanthoxylum americanum Hill, both of the yellow wood tree family, both containing the compound xanthoxylum, are employed for the treatment of hemorrhoids and other membrane and capillary disorders of the veins and arteries. Improved strength and flexibility of the veins, arteries and their constituent structures is obtained.

Abstract: A roasting oven including upper, lower, front, and rear walls and left and right end walls defining, in combination, a hollow envelope having a substantially curved upper surface, the housing including, within at least one of the front and rear walls, an opening for inserting and removing meats to be roasted to, in a normal state of operation, provide a continuously uninterrupted fluid communication between an oven interior defined by the walls, the envelope and the atmosphere; at least one infrared radiation element situated within said envelope of the oven housing, the element facing the oven interior to enable infrared radiation transmitted into the envelope to be reflected about the oven interior, the substantially curved upper surface of the envelope of the housing containing heated air to, in combination with directed radiated energy from the infrared element and reflected radiation therefrom, create sufficient oven temperatures within the substantially curved upper surface of the oven housing to accomp

Abstract: A tamperproof system, for the concealment of conduits that are typically situated near to an intersection of two constructional surfaces that are normal to each other, includes a base having parts proportioned for securement to the respective constructional surfaces, the base having first and second distal ends corresponding to one each of the constructional surfaces, the ends having first complemental engagement elements having an outward-to-inward curvature relative to each of the constructional surfaces, the curvature of the ends defining an inwardly directed transverse channel.

Abstract: A push-type hand-held surgical retractor definable in terms of an xyz Cartesian coordinate system, includes a substantially flat retaining element having a primary surface in a yz plane and a secondary surface, substantially normal thereto, in an xy plane. The retractor also includes a curved elongated rigid shaft having first and second ends and having a gradual x-axis curve in both the xy plane and an accentuated y-axis curve in the xy and yz planes, the curved shaft having, at the first end, an arched portion having the y-axis curve, in which the first end integrally depends from an upper side of the secondary surface of the retaining element. The retractor further includes an ellipsoidal loop-like gripping element integrally depending from the second end of the curved elongate shaft.

Abstract: An automotive lift system includes an environment-defining enclosure having an upwardly directed mouth positioned substantially at work level of the system, the enclosure defining both a longitudinal and a transverse axis. The lift system also includes an in-ground anchoring of the enclosure relative to reactive forces generated by vehicles during lifting by the system, the anchoring disposed substantially at the work level and about the mouth of the enclosure. A rigid support frame is secured upon inner annular surfaces of the anchoring, defining a rigid horizontal plane at the mouth of the enclosure and co-parallel with it. Vertically-oriented cylindrical collars are secured to opposite longitudinal ends of the support frame. Further, a vertically oriented elongated screw drive having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end including an annular thrust bearing, is positioned at about the level of the support frame.

Abstract: A system for tissue-specific delivery of therapeutic agents includes an implantable element. biodegradable in situ within human tissue; a vasoinductive agent integrated into a surface of the element; and having the therapeutic agents incorporated into the implantable element. Upon implantation of the implantable element into tissue, the vasoinductive agent stimulates capillary growth, facilitating delivery of the therapeutic agents to the selected tissue.

Abstract: A gaseous fuel-enriching subsystem for an internal combustion engine includes a supplemental intake conduit to a an intake manifold internal combustion engine. Such supplemental input is provided with numerus apertures therein. An exhaust gas conduit from the internal combustion engine annularly surrounds the intake conduit permitting fuel values from exhaust in the exhaust conduit to enter the supplemental intake conduit through such apertures. A water supply input to the supplemental intake conduit, at a end opposite to the location of the manifold, provides a further fuel input to the supplemental intake conduit in that water from the water supply is evaporated and then hydrolyzed, separating the water into its chemical constituents of hydrogen and oxygen, thusly producing an enriched gaseous fuel mixture with the recycled exhaust gas which is fed to the manifold.