Abstract: A patient slider device configured to move a patient from a first bed surface to a second bed surface positioned adjacent thereto. The patient slider device includes a frame, a bed engagement assembly and a patient pulling assembly. The bed engagement assembly includes a bumper with the bumper being adjustable relative to the frame. The patient pulling assembly includes a winch assembly, preferably positioned proximate a lower end of the frame, and a sheet engaging clamp assembly. The sheet engaging clamp assembly includes a base member and a locking member structurally configured to clamp a sheet therebetween.

Abstract: A patient slider device configured to move a patient from a first bed surface to a second bed surface positioned adjacent thereto. The patient slider device includes a frame, a bed engagement assembly and a patient pulling assembly. The bed engagement assembly includes a bumper with the bumper being adjustable relative to the frame. The patient pulling assembly includes a winch assembly, preferably positioned proximate a lower end of the frame, and a sheet engaging clamp assembly. The sheet engaging clamp assembly includes a base member and a locking member structurally configured to clamp a sheet therebetween.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for treating or preventing developmental disorders associated with mutations in the OCD1 gene.

Abstract: An apparatus to remove liquid from a ventilation system can include a housing, a first port extending into an interior volume of the housing and a second port extending toward the first tube, into the interior volume, separated from the first port by a gap that is at least 5 mm in length, such that ventilating fluid transfers from the first port to the second while secretions and condensate escape through the gap, to be trapped in the housing. The first port joins with a ventilator. The second port joins with an intubation tube coupled to a tracheostomy or endotracheal tube. An extraction port is in a floor of the housing so that accumulated liquids in the housing can drain downward and out the extraction port, while minimizing positive end expiratory pressure loss in the ventilation system, and without exposing caregivers to biological material in the drained liquid.

Abstract: An external urine collection system for collecting urine excreted by a female user through the female user's external urethral orifice includes a urinary assembly having a sleeve and a cup that define a collection chamber. The sleeve can be attached to an area around the female user's external urethral orifice by an adhesive. The cup can be coupled to the sleeve through a male connector and female connector that form a liquid tight seal between the sleeve and the cup. An outlet is defined by at least one of the sleeve and the cup for draining urine excreted by the user into the urinary assembly.

Abstract: An orthosis includes dynamic tensioning elements, recreating and/or improving on the load sharing typically provided by soft tissue, such as ligaments, tendons, muscle and a capsule at a joint of a patient or wearer, thereby providing support and preventing further injury from joint instability and/or joint laxity. The orthosis can support a glenohumeral joint of the shoulder brace and can prevent additional injury from various shoulder instabilities, for example, anterior, inferior, posterior and/or multidirectional instabilities. This can be accomplished by dynamically tensioning posterior, anterior and/or humeral head straps of the orthosis. The straps can be primarily adjustable only in tension forces stored there within, rather in orientation relative to the shoulder. This can simplify setup and use, and can ensure the orthosis has a low profile. Related methods of use also are provided.

Abstract: A device and related method for supporting a patient in an upright, seated position during a treatment, for example, during a physical therapy session is provided. The support device can include a base frame, a support arm, a center bolster and a back support pivotally joined with the base frame and/or the center bolster so that the center bolster is supported in an upright position by the base frame. The base frame can be configured to secure to a support structure thereby preventing the device from sliding across a surface of a support bed on which a patient is disposed. Lateral bolsters can be joined with the center bolster and/or base frame to laterally stabilize the patient. The device can be void of a seat bottom disposed under the patient. The related method can include steps of using the device.

Abstract: A medical tube harness that a subject wears to organize, orient and support medical tubes and reduce the potential for unintentional tugging, kinking, and/or dislodging of the tubes as they extend from a subject's internal cavities, organs, orifices and/or anchor sites on the subject. The harness can improve patient comfort and safety, and can provide multiple locations for strategic tube placement.

Abstract: A medical tube harness that a subject wears to organize, orient and support medical tubes and reduce the potential for unintentional tugging, kinking, and/or dislodging of the tubes as they extend from a subject's internal cavities, organs, orifices and/or anchor sites on the subject. The harness can improve patient comfort and safety, and can provide multiple locations for strategic tube placement.

Abstract: A method of using a laryngoscope guide including a guiding conduit for advancing an introducer. The method can be used to intubate a subject by positioning the laryngoscope guide in an airway; advancing the introducer in the conduit until an end of the introducer enters the glottis, while viewing images of the introducer end; removing the laryngoscope guide with the guide conduit from the introducer and from the airway; guiding a tube with the introducer until an end of the tube enters the glottis; and removing the introducer from the tube with the end of the tube remaining in the glottis, and in particular, in the trachea, to establish an airway. The guide and method can enable a healthcare professional to intubate a subject where neck mobility is an issue, where an airway is difficult, and/or where a subject is obese.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for mounting an inhaler module to an inhaler, indicating compliance with a treatment regiment, shaking an inhaler and indicating mixing status, and reminding a user to prime the inhaler. The mounting element can have an elastic body adapted to interchangeably join both an inhaler and an inhaler module. Compliance can be indicated at a glance for a caregiver by providing an indication of the level of asthma medication treatment compliance. An accelerometer can be used to track mixing status of the medication canister and timestamped accelerometer data can be used to provide appropriate reminders to prime the inhaler.

Abstract: A method of treating or preventing radiation damage by administering to a patient in need of treatment at least one therapeutically effective amount of a mesenchymal stem cell genetically altered to secrete extracellular superoxide dismutase is provided. Also provided is a therapeutic for treating and/or preventing radiation related or damage by similar agents, the therapeutic contains genetically modified mesenchymal stem cells capable of secreting extracellular superoxide dismutase.

Abstract: A method of using a laryngoscope guide including a guiding conduit for advancing an introducer. The method can be used to intubate a subject by positioning the laryngoscope guide in an airway; advancing the introducer in the conduit until an end of the introducer enters the glottis, while viewing images of the introducer end; removing the laryngoscope guide with the guide conduit from the introducer and from the airway; guiding a tube with the introducer until an end of the tube enters the glottis; and removing the introducer from the tube with the end of the tube remaining in the glottis, and in particular, in the trachea, to establish an airway. The guide and method can enable a healthcare professional to intubate a subject where neck mobility is an issue, where an airway is difficult, and/or where a subject is obese.

Abstract: The current embodiment provides a method and gene therapy for treating or preventing radiation damage using a vector carrying a gene for extracellular superoxide dismutase (ECSOD). The gene therapy can be used to treat a patient with an effective amount of the therapy to limit damage resulting from exposure to radiation and radiation-like damage.

Abstract: A laryngoscope guide including a guide conduit for advancing an introducer. The guide can house an imaging system having a field of view and an optical axis. The guide can include a distal tip and a first blade plane that bisects the distal tip and/or the blade. The guide conduit can define an advancement axis projecting into the field of view, the advancement axis aligned to traverse and/or intersect at least one of the first blade plane and the optical axis. The orientation of the advancement axis relative to the first blade plane and/or optical axis can assist in viewing, aligning and optionally steering the introducer with the guide into a preselected location in a subject, such as a glottis or a trachea, to optionally establish an airway. The guide is suitable for use where neck mobility is an issue, an airway is difficult, or a subject is obese.