Abstract: Device for positioning of patient in an arms-over-head position. This device comprises a horizontal base which is placed on a horizontal supporting surface such as a floor or patient treatment table, a head positioning member affixed to the base near one end thereof, an upright handlebar supporting member which is secured to the base near another end thereof and extends upwardly from the base, and a handlebar which is adjustably mounted in or on the handlebar support member so that the hand grips on the handlebar may be positioned either closer to or farther from the head positioning member, in accordance with the height and arm length of the patient. This device is useful in medical procedures in which a patient should be precisely and reproducibly positioned in an arms-over-head position.

Abstract: A process and a sorbent/catalyst composition are described for the oxidation of volatile organic compounds. The process uses the steps of adsorbing a volatile organic compound in a first segment of a sorbent/catalyst bed at an adsorption temperature, followed by sequential heating of an opposed second segment of a sorbent/catalyst bed, downstream of the first segment, from an initial temperature to an oxidation temperature, desorbing the volatile organic compound from the first segment of the bed by heating, and cooling of the first and second segments of the bed respectively. The sorbent/catalyst contains an adsorption segment, e.g., metal oxides, unexchanged zeolites, carbon and polymeric resins, etc., and a catalytic segment for the subsequent catalytic oxidation of the compounds.