Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure of a pack article that includes an internal space configured to receive a weighted exercise plate, a lumbar support member, and sternum strap for improving stability during use.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sporting goods equipment bag with a unique, user-friendly storage and retrieval mechanism. The bag enables players to quickly and easily access balls. The bag has one or more external access panels which cover one or more bag apertures. A bag aperture enables a user to access the interior contents of the bag. An internal ball sleeve is attached to the interior surface of the bag. The user may insert balls into the sleeve compartment through the sleeve opening. The sleeve opening is positioned near the bag aperture such that a user may reach through the bag aperture into the ball sleeve. Thus, a user may easily open the access panel, reach through the bag aperture, and retrieve a ball. This design simplifies the process of storing and retrieving balls, improving user convenience.

Abstract: A system may be configured to maintain spacing between a superior spinous process and lamina, and an inferior spinous process and lamina, of an adjacent superior vertebra and an adjacent inferior vertebra. The system may include a dynamic implant having an implanted position. The dynamic implant may include an interconnecting member, a superior member that may face the superior lamina in the implanted position, and an inferior member that may face the inferior lamina in the implanted position. The dynamic implant may define a cavity between the superior member and the inferior member, the cavity may include an opening at a first distal end, and the cavity may allow independent movement of the superior member and the inferior member in a generally superior-inferior direction in response to movement of the adjacent superior vertebra and/or the adjacent inferior vertebra.

Abstract: A muscle flexion device may comprise a polyhedron having a trapezoidal cross-section having a slanted face that is angled with respect to a support surface and a face perpendicular to the support surface, wherein the at least one slanted face is configured to induce dorsiflexion in a posterior leg of a human user positioned in the normal gait cycle, wherein the posterior leg has a posterior foot, wherein when the posterior foot is in contact with both the support surface and the at least one slanted face, and the anterior foot is positioned anteriorly of the perpendicular face.

Abstract: A method of monitoring a neonate includes sensing a force applied to an infant support platform supporting a neonate, each load cell is configured to receive at least a portion of an applied force on the infant support platform while the neonate is on the infant support platform and to generate a load signal indicative of the portion of the applied force received. The load signal over time is analyzed during performance of a chest compression on the neonate, including determining a slope value, an impulse value, a jerk value, or a combination thereof for the chest compression based on the load signal and comparing the slope value to a slope threshold, the impulse value to an impulse threshold, and/or the jerk value to a jerk threshold to generate a comparison result for the chest compression. A user interface device is controlled to generate a care instruction based on the comparison result.

Abstract: An appetite suppressant composition may comprise at least one anorectic active ingredient; at least one of a nutritive substance, a cofactor; and optionally, an excipient. The anorectic active ingredient may comprise any one of phentermine, phendimetrazine, diethylpropion, naltrexone, and bupropion. The nutritive substance may comprise a protein source such as bovine collagen. The cofactor may comprise a chromium or selenium salt. In various embodiments, the compositions herein are provided in an oral capsule dosage form for GI-tract administration of the AAI. A method of suppressing appetite in individuals in need thereof are described.

Abstract: An appetite suppressant composition may comprise at least one anorectic active ingredient; at least one of a nutritive substance, a cofactor; and optionally, an excipient. The anorectic active ingredient may comprise any one of phentermine, phendimetrazine, diethylpropion, naltrexone, and bupropion. The nutritive substance may comprise a protein source such as bovine collagen. The cofactor may comprise a chromium or selenium salt. In various embodiments, the compositions herein are provided in an oral capsule dosage form for GI-tract administration of the AAI. A method of suppressing appetite in individuals in need thereof are described.

Abstract: A ruck plate for accommodating the anatomy of a person's back. The ruck plate has a depression formed in the back surface that is adapted to accommodate the spinal column and mitigate potential problems caused by activity while exercising with the ruck plate.

Abstract: A fluid mixer apparatus can include: a single-piece housing defining a fluid flow path configured for a first fluid through the single-piece housing; a fluid inlet defining on an exterior surface of the single-piece housing, the fluid inlet configured to receive a second fluid different from the first fluid; an inner chamber circumferentially defined inside the single-piece housing, the inner chamber configured to receive the second fluid from the first inlet; a central hub; and a plurality of helical airfoils coupled to an interior surface of the single-piece housing and the central hub, the plurality of helical airfoils being in fluid communication with the inner chamber. Each helical airfoil can include: a plurality of perforations in fluid communication with the inner chamber to introduce the second fluid into the first fluid; and an airfoil surface perturbation positioned adjacent to or rearward of the plurality of perforations.

Abstract: An ion exchange resin includes a plurality of polymer resin particles which include a plurality of pores. The plurality of particles include an acid surface functionalization group and include a recycled thermoplastic polymer. A method for producing ion exchange resins includes dissolving a polymer and an emulsion stabilizer in a first solvent forming a dissolved polymer phase, mixing a removable matrix filler with the dissolved polymer phase to form a polymer mixture, forming an emulsion in a microfluidic device from the polymer mixture and a second solvent, precipitating a polymer composite which includes dispersed removable matrix fill in the microfluidic device, removing the dispersed removable matrix filler and forming precursor particles, and surface modifying the precursor particles, forming the ion exchange resin.

Abstract: Presented are systems, methods, and devices for provisioning controlled sample support, precision sample immersion, and/or post-cooling sample storage of cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) samples and grids. A puck is presented for manual or automated storage of cryo-EM sample grids after the grids and samples have been cryocooled. The puck carries one or more cryo-EM sample grids and includes a puck top portion and a puck bottom portion, each formed with a cryogenic-temperature compatible material. The bottom portion includes multiple receptacles that each accepts and holds a sample grid. The top portion includes an array of funnels. The puck top and bottom portions are assembled together by inserting the top portion into the bottom portion. When the puck may be immersed in a liquid cryogen, each funnel guides a sample grid released into an upper portion of the funnel downward and into a grid receptacle within a bottom portion of the funnel.

Abstract: A medicament is provided including, for example, a dried particulate mixture of decellularized amniotic material and a powdered, lyophilized mixture of cervical mucus plug. The medicament may be useful in treating infectious disease, for example, viral diseases, in promoting repair of tissue and halting disease progression.

Abstract: A system may be configured to maintain spacing between a superior spinous process and lamina, and an inferior spinous process and lamina, of adjacent vertebrae. The system may include a dynamic implant having an implanted position. The dynamic implant may include an interconnecting member having a proximal superior surface having a superior concavity shaped to receive the superior spinous process, and a proximal inferior surface having an inferior concavity shaped to receive the inferior spinous process. The dynamic implant may also include a superior member having a distal superior surface, that faces the superior lamina in the implanted position, an inferior member having a distal inferior surface, that faces the inferior lamina in the implanted position, and a resilient block configured to move within a cavity between the superior and inferior members such that, the resilient block may urge the superior and inferior members to move apart.

Abstract: A container including an opening in a top portion sized and adapted to receive water from a water source; one or more side walls and a bottom wall below the opening, the one or more side walls and the bottom wall forming at least one interior compartment; a plurality of apertures on the bottom wall; and one or more fasteners in the top portion above the opening, the one or more fasteners being adapted to attach the container to the water source, wherein the one or more side walls incorporate an insulating material and the at least one interior compartment is thereby adapted to contain a cooling substance for cooling the water received from the water source and to allow cooled water to exit the at least one interior compartment through the plurality of apertures on the bottom wall.

Abstract: An appetite suppressant composition may comprise at least one anorectic active ingredient; at least one of a nutritive substance, a cofactor; and optionally, an excipient. The anorectic active ingredient may comprise any one of phentermine, phendimetrazine, diethylpropion, naltrexone, and bupropion. The nutritive substance may comprise a protein source such as bovine collagen. The cofactor may comprise a chromium or selenium salt. In various embodiments, the compositions herein are provided in an oral capsule dosage form for GI-tract administration of the AAI. A method of suppressing appetite in individuals in need thereof are described.

Abstract: A system for additive manufacturing of nutritional supplement servings, the system comprising a computing device configured to receive a plurality of nutritional needs of a user and a nutrient plan; determine a nutritional input to the user as a function of the nutrient plan; detect at least a nutrition deficiency as a function of the plurality of nutritional needs, the nutritional input and the nutrient plan; calculate at least a supplement dose; select an ingredient combination as a function of the at least a supplement dose, and selecting an ingredient combination including at least a substrate ingredient and at least a supplement ingredient as a function of the nutritional deficiency and the at least a delivery vehicle; and initiate manufacture of a nutritional supplement serving at the additive manufacturing device.

Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product described herein includes at least one tobacco bead. Tobacco beads described herein include a core and at least one tobacco-containing layer surrounding the core. Each tobacco-containing layer can include less than 10 weight percent tobacco. Tobacco bead described herein can have a diameter of at least 1 millimeters. Tobacco bead described herein can have at least 5 mg tobacco. Tobacco bead described herein can have an oven volatiles content of between 2 weight percent and 10 weight percent. Tobacco bead described herein can have an outer shell.

Abstract: In an example embodiment, a heater assembly for an electronic heating device includes a heating element and a support. The heating element includes a planar portion, a first lead, and a second lead. The planar portion includes a filament. The filament defines an air channel through the planar portion. The filament includes a plurality of curves. At least one of the curves has a tip thereon. At least one of the first lead portion, the second lead portion, or both the first lead portion and the second lead portion are generally coplanar with the planar portion of the heating element. The heating element is in contact with the support such that the tip of the at least one of the curves rests thereon.

Abstract: A portable kitchen assembly has a drawer assembly mounted on a primary slide. The drawer assembly has multiple working surfaces and a secondary slide. A first working surface mounted on the secondary slide. The secondary slide is oriented perpendicularly to the primary slide to allow the first working surface to slide away from the primary slide.

Abstract: Expandable vascular introducer sheath devices, systems and method for low profile delivery, expansion to accommodate intravascular devices, and recovery for subsequent removal. The expandability features may be incorporated into other intravascular devices such as guide extension catheters, thrombus removal devices, etc.