Abstract: Guiding apparatus including a generally hollow tube formed with a plurality of radial slits spaced axially from each other, the slits extending partially through a circumference of the tube, the tube being sufficiently flexible so as to bend upon application of a force that compresses at least one of the slits toward another of the slits.

Abstract: A stent including a plurality of loops, each of the loops includes an arcuately formed wire with a first end and a second end, the first end being attached to an inner elongate member and the second end being attached to an outer elongate member, the inner and the outer elongate members being arranged to slide with respect to each other along a common longitudinal axis, wherein sliding of the inner and the outer elongate members with respect to each other changes a cross-sectional area of each of the loops, characterized in that the inner and outer elongate members are attached to inner and outer coupler tubes, and are selectively releasable from the inner and outer coupler tubes, the inner coupler tube being nested inside the outer coupler tube.

Abstract: A uterine tissue collector including a cannula which has an aperture formed therein through which tissue material can be sucked into a lumen formed in the cannula, at least one guide wire attached to a distal portion of the cannula, wherein movement of the at least one guide wire flexes the distal portion of the cannula, and a suction device operative to suck tissue material into the lumen, characterized by the suction device comprising a syringe comprising a distal barrel which extends from a proximal barrel, the proximal barrel having a larger diameter than the distal barrel.

Abstract: A stitching tool including a needle including an arcuate shank having an arcuate length extending from a needle point at one end thereof to another end, called a suture end, and wherein the needle is toothed along at least a portion of the length.

Abstract: Stabilization apparatus (12) for a watercraft (10) having a hull (14), including at least one hydrofoil (20) with a leading edge (22) and a trailing edge (24), the edges defining a chord (26) extending therebetween, the at least one hydrofoil being mounted below an underside of the hull and arranged for rotation about an axis (30) that is generally perpendicular to the chord and directed towards the underside (28) of the hull, and control apparatus (40) that rotates the at least one hydrofoil about the axis in response to roll of the watercraft so as to stabilize the watercraft against the roll. Preferably the axis passes generally through the chord's center.

Abstract: This invention is an instrument for seizing walls of a body cavity including a first portion (22) and a second portion (30), the second portion being insertable into the cavity and being reversibly deformable from a first (FIG. 5A) to a second (FIG. 5B) configuration while inside the cavity, the first portion being operative to reversibly deform the second portion from the first to the second configuration, the second portion when in the second configuration being operative to seize the walls of the cavity.

Abstract: A uterine tissue collector including a deformable scraper which scrapes a uterus, a deformer which deforms the deformable scraper, and a suction device which sucks material scraped by the deformable scraper.