Abstract: An operation table. The table includes table top and a sink mounted under the table top. The sink is provided at one end with a discharge port, and at other end with an opening which is provided with a cover plate having a ventilation hole, and a sink cover having through holes. When a surgical operation is carried out on the sink cover, the waste fluids of the surgical operation are collected in the sink via the through holes of the sink cover such that liquid fluids are drained out via the discharge port of the sink, and gaseous fluids are drawn out of the sink via the ventilation hole which is fastened at one end of a ventilation pipe which is in turn fastened at another end with a pumping device.

Abstract: An electrophysiological faraday box includes a main body, a work board, and a foldable door. The main body is able to provide an electromagnetically isolated space at the time when it is grounded by a bonding wire. The work board is mounted in the space of the main body and is an insulator. The foldable door is fastened to one side of the main body such that the foldable door can be opened partially or completely to enable a person to gain access to the work board. The foldable door is formed of a plurality of door units which are formed of metal screens electrically interconnected by a bonding wire. The side walls, the top, and the bottom of the main body are formed of framed metal screens electrically interconnected by a bonding wire.

Abstract: A device and method for helping surgeons pass the sutures through the vagina into the abdominal cavity during an operation of laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH). The device utilizes two long plates having a pair of small holes on both ends. The plates are used to pass the thread into the abdominal cavity through the opening of the colpotomy at fornices of the vagina.

Abstract: A method for the treating septic shock in a patient comprises administering to the patient a therapeutically-effective amount of a composition comprising a compound having the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, carboxyl, amino or C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl; R.sub.2 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, amino or C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl; and R.sub.3 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, carboxyl, amino, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, amide, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 aminoalkyl, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 aminoalkylcarbonyl; or a therapeutically-effective salt, ester or solvate thereof. Particularly preferred compounds for use in the present invention include butylamine, propylamine, diaminopropane, diaminobutanone, tyrosine, threonine, asparagine, and aspartate.