Abstract: A device for providing a patient with a cryotherapy process that is directed to the ablation of a lesion on the patient, includes: (a) a piping assembly adapted to create a spray of carbon dioxide snow, (b) a snow horn having a pressure relief means and a boundary wall, (c) a tubular applicator with ends between which extends an interior wall that has an interior diameter that increases in value between these ends, (d) an applicator tip with a metal portion and adapted to allow it to connect to the applicator's distal end, and (e) a push rod having a distal end with a base to which is attached an anchor.

Abstract: A device for providing a cryotherapy ablation treatment includes a piping assembly and a snow horn adapted to create a spray of snow from a pressurized source of a low-temperature liquid, a tubular applicator for collecting a mass of snow at a prescribed density that is sufficient to allow the mass to serve as the needed, low temperature, thermal reservoir for the device after the applicator's distal end has been disconnected from the snow horn end so that it can to be used during the treatment process, and an applicator tip adapted to allow it to connect to the applicator's distal end and be used to treat those specific locations which are to receive this treatment.

Abstract: An improved device for the management of a patient's uterine hemorrhage has improvements that include: (a) an inlet valve for controlling the flow of fluid into an expandable vessel, (b) an adapter having a free end and a connection end that connects to the third opening in a tube that has openings at each of its ends, (d) a pressure release component that connects to the adapter's free end and provides for the automatic release of a quantity of fluid sufficient to maintain an approximate, steady state, uniform operating pressure within the device, and (e) an attachment means that affixes the free end of the expandable vessel to the tube at a point that is distal from a tube end so that a portion of the tube extends into the expandable vessel and can be used as a core to assist with the placement of the vessel into the patient's uterine cavity prior to its inflation.

Abstract: A device for providing a cryotherapy ablation treatment includes a piping assembly and a snow horn adapted to create a spray of snow from a pressurized source of a low-temperature liquid, a tubular applicator for collecting a mass of snow at a prescribed density that is sufficient to allow the mass to serve as the needed, low temperature, thermal reservoir for the device after the applicator's distal end has been disconnected from the snow horn end so that it can to be used during the treatment process, and an applicator tip adapted to allow it to connect to the applicator's distal end and be used to treat those specific locations which are to receive this treatment.

Abstract: An improved device for the management of a patient's uterine hemorrhage has improvements that include: (a) an inlet valve for controlling the flow of fluid into an expandable vessel, (b) an adapter having a free end and a connection end that connects to the third opening in a tube that has openings at each of its ends, (d) a pressure release component that connects to the adapter's free end and provides for the automatic release of a quantity of fluid sufficient to maintain an approximate, steady state, uniform operating pressure within the device, and (e) an attachment means that affixes the free end of the expandable vessel to the tube at a point that is distal from a tube end so that a portion of the tube extends into the expandable vessel and can be used as a core to assist with the placement of the vessel into the patient's uterine cavity prior to its inflation.

Abstract: A point-of-care, screening kit for use by a heath care worker to create custom test strips for screening the bodily fluids of an individual for various, medical conditions includes: (a) a plurality of reagents (12), (b) a substrate (18) configured to: i) receive one of the reagents and react with it so as to cause it to acquire a first characteristic color, and, ii) upon the addition of the individual's bodily fluid to the substrate, acquire, as a result of the formulation of each of the reagents, a second, dichotomous characteristic color when the individual has a specific one of the various, medical conditions.

Abstract: A skin closure clamping device includes: (a) a strip whose outer surface includes a front portion that has a number of cavities therein, (b) an assortment of pegs or male staples fabricated from a biodegradable material, each having distal and proximal ends, and wherein each of the pegs' distal ends is configured to pierce a patient's skin, and each of the pegs' proximal ends is configured to allow it to be detachably fitted into one of the cavities of the strip, and each peg's outer surface proximate its distal end having a ratcheting mechanism, and (c) a female member having an outer surface with a front portion that includes an opening configured to receive the pegs' distal ends in such a manner that the pegs' ratcheting mechanisms interact with the opening to adjustable lock together each of the pegs to the female member so as to apply a compressive force between them that aids in holding a patient's skin together while it heals.

Abstract: A male circumcision device which reasonably skilled and trained caregivers in emerging nations can use to perform painless, safe, effective, quick and minimal cost circumcisions includes: (a) an enclosure with an opening configured to allow it to slide, after the penile foreskin has been rolled back, over the glans of the patient's penis until this opening is located adjacent the point where the foreskin attaches to the penis, the enclosure further having a plurality of cavities which are arranged around its perimeter and proximate its opening, (b) male parts of a clamping assembly, each being configured to be detachably fitted into one of the enclosure's cavities and each having an elongated protuberance with a distal end that can pierce the penile foreskin, and (c) female parts of a clamping assembly, each having an opening to receive the protuberances' distal ends and each having a configuration adapted to allow these male and female parts to mate together so as to apply a compressive force between them th