Abstract: Techniques for facilitating purchase of media items, such as digital media assets, are disclosed. A computing device, e.g., a portable media device, can save media indicia pertaining to one or media items of interest to a user. The media indicia can thereafter be use to purchase the one or more media items or other products associated therewith.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an implantable biomaterial and methods of producing same. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for producing an implantable biomaterial comprising (a) exposing a biomaterial to an alcohol-containing solution for at least 24 hours.

Abstract: The supply of operating air or oil to a press, shears or like machine is controlled by a pair of spool valves connected in series and each operates a pair of switches. The switches connect DC current to the solenoids via external relays which open and close the valves. The external relays are standard components on the switchboard of the machine subject to control. Sharing the control between two valves allows malfunction in either valve to indicate the system needs correction while at the same time preventing supply to the machine. The switches are coupled to the DC switchboard of the machine by cables and thus can be retrofitted.

Abstract: Refrigerator cabinet having an inner liner and outer shell. The liner and shell are connected by a hollow member having low thermal conductivity around the opening of the cabinet. The hollow member includes a strip of magnetic material against which a closure, such as a door, of the cabinet abuts. The hollow member includes a removable cover permitting access to the interior of the hollow member.

Abstract: Locking or latching mechanism with a striker having an enlarged head and a keep. The enlarged head of the striker is able to pass into an opening of the keep. The keep retains the head of the striker in a locked or latched condition. The keep is loosely mounted to permit automatic alignment between the striker and the keep.

Abstract: Screw-based primary fixation of the prosthetic components within the medullary cavity solves the problem of micro-movements encountered in conventional press-fit cementless fixation. For a total hip prosthesis, the stem is fixed to the medial cortex of the proximal femur by the medial approach alone, obviating the need for drilling of the lateral cortex. The stem may be implanted using special drill guide instrumentation. Anchoring screws are locked into the stem of the femoral component, while self-cutting threads on the screw head engage the pre-drilled medial cortex. This novel fixation principle can also be applied to other joint prostheses, e.g. finger, shoulder, elbow and knee, as well as to dental and spinal implants.

Abstract: Refrigerator cabinet having an inner liner and outer shell. The liner and shell are connected by a hollow member having low thermal conductivity around the opening of the cabinet. The hollow member includes a strip of magnetic material against which a closure, such as a door, of the cabinet abuts. The hollow member includes a removable cover permitting access to the interior of the hollow member.

Abstract: Locking or latching mechanism with a striker having an enlarged head and a keep. The enlarged head of the striker is able to pass into an opening of the keep. The keep retains the head of the striker in a locked or latched condition. The keep is loosely mounted to permit automatic alignment between the striker and the keep.

Abstract: A multi-use medication dispensing pen made of a plastic material that is recyclable after the contents of the medication cartridge have been exhausted. The pen is made of a minimal number of parts, which include a housing, a dial mechanism, a generally cylindrical button assembly located within the proximal end of the dial mechanism, an internally threaded nut, and an externally threaded leadscrew. The pen is arranged so that the dial mechanism must be rotated to the zero-dose position prior to setting a dose. The pen includes a lockout mechanism that prevents the dial mechanism from being inadvertently depressed during dosing. The pen further includes a mechanism that limits the maximum dosage that can be dialed up and a mechanism that prevents the user from dialing up a dosage greater than that remaining in the cartridge.

Abstract: A multi-use pen-shaped medication dispensing device made of a plastic material that is recyclable after the contents of the medication cartridge have been exhausted. The device is made of a minimal number of parts, which include a housing, a dial assembly, a generally cylindrical button assembly located within the proximal end of the dial assembly, an internally threaded nut, and an externally threaded leadscrew. The device is arranged so that the dial must be rotated to the zero dose position prior to setting a dose. The device includes a lockout mechanism that prevents the dial from being depressed during dosing. The device further includes a mechanism that limits the maximum dosage that can be dialed up and a mechanism that prevents the user from dialing up a dosage greater than that remaining in the cartridge.

Abstract: A multi-use pen-shaped medication dispensing device made of a plastic material that is recyclable after the contents of the medication cartridge have been exhausted. The device is made of a minimal number of parts, which include a housing, a dial assembly, a generally cylindrical button assembly located within the proximal end of the dial assembly, an internally threaded nut, and an externally threaded leadscrew. The device is arranged so that the dial must be rotated to the zero dose position prior to setting a dose. The device includes a lockout mechanism that prevents the dial from being depressed during dosing. The device further includes a mechanism that limits the maximum dosage that can be dialed up and a mechanism that prevents the user from dialing up a dosage greater than that remaining in the cartridge.

Abstract: A femoral preparation instrumentation system and method employs a multi-purpose sizing guide for placement at the distal femur, secured to an intramedullary alignment rod seated within the femur, enabling the determination of the appropriate size for the femoral knee prosthesis to be implanted and the setting of the axial rotational position of the femoral knee prosthesis, and providing for the accomplishment of preliminary posterior condylar cuts and the location of a distal femoral resection guide at the distal femur, while the sizing guide remains in place at the distal femur.

Abstract: A prosthetic knee implant accommodates and enhances articulation in an anterior cruciate ligament deficient total knee replacement, throughout flexion and extension, by enabling relative axial rotational movement between the femoral component of the implant and the tibial component about an axis generally parallel to the tibia and passing through the lateral compartment of the implant for allowing anterior-posterior displacement of the medial condyle relative to the lateral condyle of the femoral component during articulation of the prosthetic knee implant between flexion and extension in an anterior direction during articulation from extension to flexion and in a posterior direction during articulation from flexion to extension.