Abstract: An oral solution dispenser apparatus for attachment to a powered toothbrush handle having a drive coupling mounted thereon, includes a housing adapted for attachment to the handle, the housing having a recess therein for receiving a cartridge containing the oral solution, a pump disposed in the housing for moving the oral solution from the cartridge, and an outlet nozzle extending from the housing and adapted to permit movement of the oral solution from the pump and from the housing. A head having bristles thereon is adapted to interconnect with the handle drive coupling and the housing outlet nozzle, to facilitate powered movement of the bristles and movement of the oral solution from the outlet nozzle to proximate the bristles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a massage ball having temperature retention properties such that the user can warm or cool the ball prior to using and then roll the ball with the underside of the foot against a rigid surface to provide a massaging effect simultaneously with either a therapeutic warming or cooling effect to the foot, depending upon the need of the user.

Abstract: A mobile CT imaging system comprising a frame; a CT imaging unit mounted to the frame, wherein the CT imaging unit is adapted to scan anatomical objects and generate images of the same; a transport mechanism mounted to the frame, wherein the transport mechanism comprises a fine movement mechanism for moving the CT imaging unit precisely, relative to the patient, during scanning; an onboard networking unit mounted to the frame, wherein the on-board networking unit is adapted to connect the CT imaging unit to a workstation, hospital PACs system or other IT network without requiring the use of conventional physical cabling during the same; and an on-board power unit mounted to the frame, wherein the onboard power unit is adapted to provide the electrical power needed to operate the CT imaging unit, transport mechanism and networking unit without requiring the use of conventional physical cabling during the same.

Abstract: A system for cooling an X-ray tube in a CT machine comprising a heat sink for drawing heat away from the X-ray tube and a collimator connected to the heat sink and adapted to collimate the X-rays emitted by the X-ray tube and “focus” those X-rays on an X-ray detector, the heat sink body being formed out of the same material as the emitter of the X-ray tube, such that the emitter opening of the X-ray tube will remain aligned with both the heat sink window and the collimator opening even when the emitter of the X-ray tube undergoes thermal expansion.

Abstract: An apparatus for exercising abdominal muscles in a sitting position, the apparatus including an elastic belt that constrains the abdomen by exerting tensile force and is moved by the user by active muscular exertion, and to a system for detachably fastening the belt to a backrest of a chair, car seat, or the like.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for fastening a first relatively soft structural component such as a wood panel to a second relatively hard structural component such as a steel angle iron using fasteners each having a forward self-drilling portion, a rearward, self-tapping portion, and an outwardly projecting head. The fasteners are driven by a pneumatic rotary impact driver and the method comprises rotatively driving each fastener so as to cause its self-drilling portion to drill a first hole through the wood panel and thereafter rotatively driving and impacting that fastener so as to cause its self-drilling portion to drill a second hole in the angle iron and its self-tapping portion to form a screw connection with the angle iron around the second hole.

Abstract: This invention provides for a tool that produces, and directly and accurately measures, an axial force used to assemble two members of a modular implant, specifically, a modular hip implant.

Abstract: A garment for a personal cooling or warming system, the garment comprising a carrier formed in the shape of the garment, and a bladder comprising at least two channel segments, wherein the channel segments have a substantially flat configuration so as to improve thermal efficiency.

Abstract: In a spray gun (1) for atomizing fluids, that can be actuated using a lever (15) mounted in a pivoting arrangement on a sleeve (11) which accommodates an atomizer nozzle (12) and in which the air flow can be generated by an air turbine (5) that is assigned to the spray gun (1), the air turbine (5) and its electric drive motor (4) are arranged substantially coaxially to the sleeve (11) on the opposite side of a handle (21) and the air flow is supplied from the air turbine (5) in a substantially straight line through the sleeve (11) of the atomizer nozzle (12). The air turbine (5) is provided with a muffler (6). Loud operating noise of the air turbine (5) does not have a disruptive effect and practically no flow noise is generated due to deflections of the air flow. The components of the spray gun (1) are arranged in such a way that no more than slight tilting torques are generated, permitting work over long periods without leading to fatigue.

Abstract: A fiber optic transmitter comprising: a digital driver adapted to adjust the rise time and fall time of a digital input signal; an optical source adapted to receive the digital signal and produce a frequency modulated optical signal; and an optical spectrum reshaper adapted to convert the frequency modulated optical signal to an amplitude modulated optical signal. A method for transmitting an optical signal through a fiber comprising: receiving a digital input signal; adjusting the rise time and fall time of the digital input signal so as to produce an adjusted digital input signal; passing the adjusted digital input signal to an optical source so as to produce a frequency modulated optical signal; passing the frequency modulated optical signal through an optical spectrum reshaper so as to convert the frequency modulated optical signal to an amplitude modulated optical signal; and passing the amplitude modulated signal into the fiber.

Abstract: Apparatus for providing electrical power to signal conditioner circuitry inside a musical instrument having a signal output jack mounted thereon to carry a conditioned music signal via a signal cable to a remote location. The power source is a battery mounted inside a housing that is part of a signal plug on the signal cable plugged into the signal output jack. The battery powers the signal conditioner circuitry while the signal plug is in the jack. The housing provides access to the battery. Alternatively, a rechargeable power source is mounted inside or otherwise on the instrument and is connected to the jack. A power supply first plug is inserted into the signal output jack to charge the rechargeable power source. After charging the power source, the first plug is unplugged and a second plug of a signal cable is plugged into the jack to carry the conditioned signal to the remote location.

Abstract: A carrying case system comprising: a wallet-sized carrying case for holding personal items, the wallet-sized carrying case comprising: a substantially rigid front panel comprising a four-sided planar body and an upstanding rim extending along three sides of the four-sided planar body;a substantially rigid rear panel comprising a four-sided planar body and an upstanding rim extending along three sides of the four-sided planar body; and a lid; wherein the front panel is hingedly connected to the rear panel such that their respective rims can be brought into engagement with one another so as to form an enclosure with an open face; and wherein the lid is hingedly connected to the rear panel such that the lid can be brought into engagement with the front panel so as to close off the open face of the enclosure.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a child car seat, composed of a) a seat shell, comprising a bottom sitting region with at least one bottom stand surface to be stood on a seat of a vehicle, a backrest region extending upwardly from the sitting region and having at least one outer surface to be leaned against the backrest of the vehicle seat, and lateral surfaces, for example lateral armrests, shoulder supports and/or head supports, for limiting the lateral range of movement of a child, at least that portion of the backrest region that comprises a rear leaning surface being rigidly connected to the sitting region comprising a bottom stand surface, and b) a rather two-dimensional seat element, comprising a sitting surface and/or backrest that is/are disposed on the inner side, turned toward the child, of the seat shell and is/are adjustable with respect thereto in terms of inclination and position and is/are lockable in a plurality of different inclinations and/or positions by means of a manually operable device o