Abstract: Process for a selective permanent shaping of the regrowth of hair, whereby the hair is at first treated with a liquid aqueous pretreatment substance, is rolled onto rollers, is treated with a aqueous reducing permanent shaping substance, rinsing, fixing it oxidatively and further treating it in a customaty manner, characterized in that the pretreatment and the permanent shaping substance is so selected that they form a separating layer at their contact face (uppermost layers of the rolled up hair) during contact, thus making an admixture of the pretreatment substance with the permanent substance more difficult or prevent it. Suitable combinations are for example: Pre=treatment substance containing either a high polymeric polycarboxylic acid polymer, whereby at least 25% Mol of these polymers consists of a free carboxylic acid group, or a water soluble aluminum salt in combination with an alkalic permanent shaping substance.

Abstract: A combination athletic brief and cup supporter specially formed and constructed of approximately 13 percent Spandex/Lycra and 87 percent Nylon stretch material, including a brief having a waist and two openings for the legs of the brief wearer, and a cup pocket formed in the front portion of the brief by a single piece of material sewn thereon along the sides and bottom thereof to the front and along the bottom thereof.The method of constructing said combination athletic brief and cup supporter is also disclosed.

Abstract: A strip for facilitating the selective coloring of hair. A thin sheet of flexible elastic plastic material has a plurality of sets of openings. The openings are used to hold strands of hair which, in turn, hold the sheet to the scalp.

Abstract: By providing a flexible, easily applied carrier which incorporates a combination of cationic hair conditioning agents and a water soluble or emulsifiable silicone-based compound, a unique hair treatment system is achieved. Preferably, the flexible carrier or applicator is constructed for being wrapped either entirely or partially about a head of hair and also incorporates hair enhancing agents, such as plant and herb extracts and, if desired, coloring agents, to further condition and enhance the hair. In the preferred embodiment, the hair treatment applicator is wrapped about the entire head of hair after shampooing, with the hair conditioners and hair enhancing agent contained therein being transferred to all of the hair fibers by the application of a hot towel to the wrapped applicator and subsequent thorough rubbing.

Abstract: The invention provides soft tissue implants, for the replacement and/or enhancement of human or animal soft tissue, composed of a hydrogel comprising (a) a gelable polysaccharide and/or protein or polypeptide and (b) a polymer of a hydrophilic acrylic and/or methacrylic acid derivative.

Abstract: A compress type bandage differs from regular bandages of this type in that the bandage portion is formed of gauze having substantial longitudinal elasticity, sewn to opposite edges of a pad having two absorbent layers, at least one of which has sufficient tensile strength that tension from the bandage tails is transmitted through the pad material rather than the gauze. The multiple layers of the pad provide pockets useful for the application of medicaments, splinting and other uses, one pocket being subject to the bandage tension and the other being relatively uncompressed. In an alternative embodiment, at least the outer layer of the pad material is formed into a loop which is sewn to the gauze at a single location extending in both longitudinal directions against the gauze so that the loop can be folded upon itself to form a double thickness transverse pad.

Abstract: An intraocular lens is treated to form a modified passivated outer surface for reducing or eliminating biological reactions of inflammatory origin when the lens is implanted into an eye. The lens is formed from a conventional lens implant material, such as polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), which is treated as required to create an outer surface region including a relatively high density of hydroxyl groups. This outer surface region is reacted with a selected fluorocarbon carried in a solution with a primer including bonding agents for bonding the fluorocarbon with respect to the hydroxyl groups, thereby creating a thin, substantially inert or passivated outer surface resistant to irritative reaction with tissue or cells when the lens is implanted into the eye.

Abstract: A fast setting casting tape made with a polyurethane prepolymer prepared with a hydrophilic polyol and an isocyanate. The casting tape has faster setting times than casting tapes made with hydropholic polyols.

Abstract: An elastic bandage having a resilient elastic layer and a relatively non-resilient layer to limit the stretching of the elastic layer so the bandage is not applied too tightly.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wound dressing comprising a nonwoven fabric composed of(A) a chitin fiber having a thickness of less than one denier and a strength of not less than 2 g/d, and(b) a fibrous binder,which is suitable for dressings of skin defect wounds, which has compatibility to a living body and good fitness property to the surface of wounds and which is insoluble with exudates.

Abstract: An orthopedic stocking, comprising a tubular elastic sheath having closed ends and formed with a fenestration adjacent a first of said ends. The stocking is folded in a manner such that the second closed end is drawn through the sheath and projects through the fenestration in the first end to provide overlapping sections. The overlapping sections are then reverse folded to form an outer cuff disposed outwardly of the overlapping sections. To apply the stocking to an extremity, such as a leg, the toe is inserted into the closed second that projects through the fenestration, and the cuff is unrolled upwardly along the limb. After the cuff is unrolled, the corners or ears of the first end are grasped and pulled upwardly to roll the stocking along the limb and the fenestration is sealed to the limb. The stocking provides a sterile seal to the limb to prevent cross contamination.

Abstract: There is disclosed an improved absorbable surgical suture. The suture is coated with an absorbable composition consisting essentially of a high molecular weight poly(alkylene oxide).

Abstract: An elongate lightweight and readily bendable rod-like article and method of making, wherein the article is adapted to be used for a variety of purposes such as a hair curling rod or wrist bracelet. The article comprises a low density and continuous foam body of closed cell foam, a pliable metallic core extending throughout the length of the body and serving to resiliently maintain the body in any desired bent configuration, adhesive surrounding the metallic core throughout the length thereof and bonding the metallic core to the body so that the body and metallic core are unitized and bend together, the adhesive also serving as a corrosion resistant protective coating on the metallic core, and end caps sealing opposite ends of the body and providing a protective shield for opposite ends of the metallic core.

Abstract: The apparatus is of the type comprising a vertical cylindrical vessel containing a flexible tubular bag closed at one end and fixed by the periphery of its open opposite end to the periphery of the upper part of the vessel and in which mercury is injected in the vessel around the bag when the member to be treated is introduced in the bag. The apparatus comprises two coaxial flexible bags (3,21) extending one inside the other within the vessel (2) and defining therebetween a small closed space (22), means (23) for introducing a liquid of high density in the space (22) and means (24) for achieving in the vessel, around the outer bag (3), a solid molding, which is capable of being disaggregated, of a member of any size introduced in the inner bag (21), the vessel (2) being vertical or inclined.

Abstract: A polyvinylpyrrolidone(PVP)/Silver Sulfadiazine (SSD) hydrogel dressing in which the gel is formed by the use of electron beam (E-Beam) radiation to cross-link the polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP); in which the color of the hydrogel dressing has been stabilized by the addition thereto of magnesium trisilicate and, optionally but preferably, also hydrogen peroxide and/or polyacrylic acid is disclosed; and also the process of stabilizing the color by adding magnesium trisilicate, to a water dispersion of PVP and SSD before it is exposed to E-Beam radiation is disclosed.

Abstract: A post surgical appliance for applying shrinking pressure to the stump of an above the knee amputee. The appliance comprises an elongated, side opening elastic support panel which encircles the lower abdominal, or lumbar region, and the upper thigh portion of the amputee. Uniform compressive pressure is applied to the stump by uniquely configured, crossing elastic straps which are secured to the support panel. These straps exert a uniform, upwardly directed constant pressure on the end and lower sides of the stump. For ease of use, one end of each of the straps is secured to the front of the panel with the opposite ends being releasably secured to the posterior of the panel by self securing fastening materials.

Abstract: A moldable bone-implant material containing between about 65%-95% hard filler particles and a binder composed of between about 35%-5% of a biocompatible, biodegradable, thermoplastic polymer which has fluidic flow properties at or below about 60.degree. C. One preferred binder is polylactic acid having a molecular weight between about 400 and 5,000 daltons, and a preferred hard filler is hydroxylapatite. In use, the material is warmed to a temperature which allows molding, and the bone site is filled with the moldable material, which then forms a contour-fitting, semi-rigid implant. The implant retains its contour fit and acquires a rigid final state as the binder in the implant is gradually biodegraded and replaced through tissue ingrowth from the surrounding bone site.

Abstract: A surgical dressing or incise drape material comprising a substrate coated with an antimicrobial containing adhesive. The antimicrobial is polyhexamethylene biguanide hydrochloride and is distributed in the adhesive as particles having a size of from 20 to 300 microns.

Abstract: This invention concerns a double-layered man-made skin which is prepared by laminating a collagen sponge sheet and a poly-.alpha.-amino acid membrane that has a good affinity with tissue cells and an appropriate permeability for moisture. When the man-made skin is applied on burns, cuts or wounds, the fibroblasts proliferate in the collagen sponge sheet forming a three-dimensional structure, while the epidermal cells proliferate in the region between the poly-.alpha.-amino acid membrane and a collagen sponge sheet. The poly-.alpha.-amino acid membrane plays a role in protecting affected part and in providing an optimum condition for the proliferation of fibroblasts and epidermal cells, and then it falls off as the epidermis completely regenerates. On the other hand, the collagen sponge sheet assimilates in the living tissue after having played a general role of the dermis.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a casing, an electrical magnet provided within the casing to produce an alternating magnetic field, an oscillating device actuated by the induced alternating magnetic field, a suction and exhaust device connected with the oscillating device, a massage device driven by the oscillating device and a nail file connected with and actuated by the oscillating device. The apparatus can perform selectively any or all of the functions of suction, exhaust, massage, and nail filing at the same time.