Abstract: Shell (11) for a portable electromechanical apparatus for drug infusion, comprising an outer casing (13) and a support structure (15) housed within the casing (13), wherein said casing (13) has a monolithic ring shape and is entirely made of plastics, and wherein said support structure (15) is at least partially made of metal.

Abstract: A safety quick-refill compact pump for administering drugs is provided. The pump includes a motor-driven electromechanical actuator, a cylindrical container, and a hollow piercing element. The actuator causes bi-directional axial sliding of a rod that carries a pusher adapted to cause axial sliding of a plunger of the container which contains a liquid drug and is equipped, at an end thereof, with a pierceable membrane. The actuator is provided with a first connecting portion of a male-female connecting joint at least partially surrounding the rod. The container is provided with a second connecting portion of the male-female connecting joint and is firmly associated with the actuator and defines a cylindrical chamber axially extending about the sliding axis of the rod. The piercing element is oriented toward the inside of the chamber and defines a duct so that the piercing element is in fluid communication with the inside of the reservoir.

Abstract: A manually operated mechanical pump for drug infusion through a syringe including a plunger slidable within a syringe body to cause drug contained within the syringe body to exit a front opening of the syringe. The pump has a pump body with an open front end, to which the syringe attaches, and an open rear end, at which a drive member is associated movably relative to the pump body. A pair of thrust members are provided between the drive member and the syringe to impart longitudinal thrust in a distal direction onto the plunger to cause the drug to exit the front opening. An elastic element is provided between the thrust members to store and release elastic energy when the first thrust member proximal to the drive member is manually actuated, thus causing the second thrust member proximal to the syringe to advance as the drug exits the front opening.

Abstract: A Housing for an infusion pump cartridge adapted to enclose a glass vessel having an open proximal end closed by a slidable piston and a distal end provided with a neck is provided. The housing is made of plastic. The proximal end is provided with a pair of bayonet fitting formations integrally formed on the housing and adapted to enable the cartridge to be fastened to an infusion pump and with connection means adapted to be arranged at the distal end of the vessel for connection to an infusion set. The housing consists of a cylindrical base part, which is provided with an inner flange for abutment of the vessel and on which the fitting formations are formed, and a neck part that can be fastened to the base part by means of snap fitting formations for retaining the glass vessel between the base part and the neck part.

Abstract: A parallelogram suspension in a bicycle, the parallelogram suspension comprising a first swing arm rotatably coupled to a seat post at a first end of the first swing arm; a second swing arm rotatably coupled to the seat post at a first end of the second swing arm; a linkage rotatably coupled between a second end of the first swing arm and a second end of the second swing arm; a deformable support disposed in a volume defined between the first swing arm, the second swing arm, and the linkage; and a release configured to selectively open the volume to release the deformable support.

Abstract: A massage device has a position adjustable handle along a handle slot that extends along a portion of the cane support. The cane support has a support extension portion, or the long substantially linear portion, an arc portion that extends from the support extension in an arc or cure and a head portion. The handle slot may extend a portion of the length of the cane support and along the support extension to the head portion. A vibration device is coupled to the head end of the cane support and may be decoupled from the cane support by a vibration dampening material that extends around the vibration device within a chamber. The vibration dampening material extend out to form a locking ring between the vibration assembly and the massage head. A user can comfortably hold the massage head against their body without excessive vibration in the cane support or handle.

Abstract: A method for processing sugarcane juice from raw sugarcane stalks to produce various forms of a natural sugarcane juice product preserves policosanols naturally occurring in the raw sugarcane stalks, resulting in policosanol-rich natural sugarcane juice-based products such as a drinking beverage, a concentrated sweetening agent, and a nutraceutical product. The method may include steps of providing sugarcane stalks having high policosanol concentrations; extracting sugarcane juice from the sugarcane stalks via a series of roller mills; filtering the extracted sugarcane juice; stabilizing the pH of the juice in a non-acidic solution of calcium hydroxide; flocculating the sugarcane juice to remove undesirable impurities; optionally, evaporating the sugarcane juice to form a policosanol-rich sugarcane juice concentrate and extracting the sugarcane juice concentrate from the evaporator.

Abstract: A syringe actuating device has a first supporting plate in which an axial guide for a primary rod is defined and a second supporting plate defining at least two engagement seats for bases of corresponding syringes having a barrel and a sliding plunger. A guide for axial sliding of a corresponding secondary rod with a head is associated with each of the engagement seats. The device also includes an electric motor having a driving shaft, an assembly for converting rotary motion of the shaft into translational motion of the primary rod and a pair of connecting arms adapted to transmit sliding motion of the primary rod to a corresponding one of the secondary rods. Rotary movement of the driving shaft causes sliding of the secondary rods and, consequently, sliding of the plungers when the syringes are engaged in corresponding engagement seats and the plungers are in abutment against the heads.

Abstract: A device for filling and priming syringes is provided and comprises a support base, an engagement seat defined on the support base to receive a rear end of a syringe barrel of a syringe provided with a sliding plunger, engaging means defined at the engagement seat to cooperate with the syringe barrel for firmly holding the syringe to the engagement seat, a first vacuum pump or compressor which is provided with a suction opening communicating with the engagement seat to generate an under-pressure in the volume comprised between the plunger and the engagement seat when the syringe is firmly engaged in the engagement seat, and a second vacuum pump or compressor which is provided with a discharge opening communicating with the engagement seat to generate an over-pressure in the volume comprised between the plunger and the engagement seat when the syringe is thinly engaged in the engagement seat.

Abstract: A massage device has a position adjustable handle along a handle slot that extends along a portion of the cane support. The cane support has a support extension portion, or the long substantially linear portion, an arc portion that extends from the support extension in an arc or cure and a head portion. The handle slot may extend a portion of the length of the cane support and along the support extension to the head portion. A vibration device is coupled to the head end of the cane support and may be decoupled from the cane support by a vibration dampening material that extends around the vibration device within a chamber. The vibration dampening material extend out to form a locking ring between the vibration assembly and the massage head. A user can comfortably hold the massage head against their body without excessive vibration in the cane support or handle.