Abstract: A sterile pharmaceutical dosage form which comprises an ester capped lactide polymer, glycolide polymer or a lactide-glycolide copolymer hypercompressed with an active pharmaceutical ingredient wherein said sterile pharmaceutical dosage form has been sterilized with an electron beam and a method of preparing said sterile pharmaceutical dosage form.

Abstract: A sterile pharmaceutical dosage form which comprises an ester capped lactide polymer, glycolide polymer or a lactide-glycolide copolymer hypercompressed with an active pharmaceutical ingredient wherein said sterile pharmaceutical dosage form has been sterilized with an electron beam and a method of preparing said sterile pharmaceutical dosage form.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical dosage form which comprises a lactide, glycolide or lactide-glycolide polymer, a block polymer of polyglycolide, trimethylene carbonate, poly-caprolactone, and polyethylene oxide that is combined with a peptide or protein therapeutic agent in the form of microparticles which are compressed using a pressure of 50,000 to 350,000 psi.

Abstract: A hollow container is combined with a burstable envelope retaining a liquid agent. The container is designed to allow a user to open the envelope by bursting or likewise rupturing the envelope while it remains in the container. The design of the envelope provides a predictable bursting location and a lower bursting pressure of the envelope to provide a more controlled release of liquid agent. Bursting forces may be applied in any of a variety of ways just as by twisting or crushing. The design allows for desired use of beneficial envelope materials such as polyester films that are otherwise difficult to rupture.

Abstract: A method and device are for determining pressure in a cavity outside a casing pipe by use of a pressure sensing apparatus.

Abstract: A dispensing device having a polymer which is combined with a therapeutic agent in the form of a microparticle or nanoparticle which is “hyper-compressed” to form a controlled release dispensing device and methods of locally administering a therapeutic agent using said microparticles.

Abstract: A fluid dynamic section provides one or more fixed size escapelets through a foil body to reduce the induced and interference drag caused by trailing vortices and similar wake turbulence. The escapelets, which can be provided in both aerodynamic and hydrodynamic structures, such as wings, tail sections; rotary blades, guy wire frames, wing sails, and various underwater keels and wing keels. The escapelets transfer energy from an inlet located in the high-pressure surface of the foil or foil body to an outlet located in the lower-pressure surface, allowing energy that would normally form a vortex at the tip of the foil to be redirected and dissipated in a beneficial way. As a result, drag is reduced and fuel economy is increased, while at the same time increasing the authority of ailerons and similar flight control surfaces, allowing aircraft that were not previously spin recovery rated to become spin recoverable.

Abstract: A dispensing device having a polymer which is combined with a therapeutic agent in the form of a microparticle or nanoparticle which is “hyper-compressed” to form a controlled release dispensing device and methods of locally administering a therapeutic agent using said microparticles.

Abstract: A dispensing device having a polymer which is combined with a therapeutic agent in the form of a microparticle or nanoparticle which is “hyper-compressed” to form a controlled release dispensing device and methods of locally administering a therapeutic agent using said microparticles.

Abstract: A dispensing device having a polymer which is combined with a therapeutic agent in the form of a microparticle which is compressed to form a controlled release dispensing device and methods of locally administering a therapeutic agent using said microparticles.

Abstract: An ophthalmic dispensing device having a polymer which is combined with an ophthalmic therapeutic agent in the form of a microparticle which is hypercompressed to form a controlled release dispensing device for ophthalmic use.