Abstract: A brake assist system for actuating a brake pedal of a vehicle has an actuator having a cylinder with the rod translatably extending therefrom, a hand control adapted to be positioned adjacent a steering wheel of the vehicle, and a controller connected to the actuator and to the hand control. The actuators adapted to cause the rod to translate relative to the cylinder. One of the rod and the actuator is adapted to be connected to the brake pedal. The hand control is adapted to be grassed by an operator of the vehicle. The hand control is movable from a home position toward an extended position. The controller causes the rod to move relative to the cylinder of the actuator relative to the movement of the hand control. The actuator is a servomotor that causes the rod to rotate so it is translate relative to the cylinder.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatus for reducing steering effort in a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method for installing a steering-assist system onto a vehicle having an electrically powered steering system is provided. The method includes placing a controller between a torque sensor and an electronic control unit (ECU) disposed on the vehicle, coupling a primary signal line from the torque sensor to be in electrical communication with the controller, and coupling a secondary signal line to the controller to be in electrical communication with the ECU, wherein, when movement is detected by the torque sensor, the torque sensor provides a primary signal to the controller and the controller provides a secondary signal to the ECU, the secondary signal being different than the primary signal.

Abstract: Tissue orientation devices include a perforated tissue support with at least one perforated channel for receiving a tissue sample, and a plurality of tabs configured to extend along and into the channel to retain the tissue sample during processing and embedding. Tissue orientation devices include elongated legs coupled together for holding one or more biopsy tissue samples therebetween. Associated methods include using the cassettes and orientation devices to hold and orient tissue samples for processing, embedding and microtome sectioning.

Abstract: Tissue orientation devices include a perforated tissue support with at least one perforated channel for receiving a tissue sample, and a plurality of tabs configured to extend along and into the channel to retain the tissue sample during processing and embedding. Tissue orientation devices include elongated legs coupled together for holding one or more biopsy tissue samples therebetween. Associated methods include using the cassettes and orientation devices to hold and orient tissue samples for processing, embedding and microtome sectioning.

Abstract: Tissue orientation devices include a perforated tissue support with at least one perforated channel for receiving a tissue sample, and a plurality of tabs configured to extend along and into the channel to retain the tissue sample during processing and embedding. Tissue orientation devices include elongated legs coupled together for holding one or more biopsy tissue samples therebetween. Associated methods include using the cassettes and orientation devices to hold and orient tissue samples for processing, embedding and microtome sectioning.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatus for reducing steering effort in a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method for installing a steering-assist system onto a vehicle having an electrically powered steering system is provided. The method includes placing a controller between a torque sensor and an electronic control unit (ECU) disposed on the vehicle, coupling a primary signal line from the torque sensor to be in electrical communication with the controller, and coupling a secondary signal line to the controller to be in electrical communication with the ECU, wherein, when movement is detected by the torque sensor, the torque sensor provides a primary signal to the controller and the controller provides a secondary signal to the ECU, the secondary signal being different than the primary signal.

Abstract: Tissue orientation devices include a perforated tissue support with at least one perforated channel for receiving a tissue sample, and a plurality of tabs configured to extend along and into the channel to retain the tissue sample during processing and embedding. Tissue orientation devices include elongated legs coupled together for holding one or more biopsy tissue samples therebetween. Associated methods include using the cassettes and orientation devices to hold and orient tissue samples for processing, embedding and microtome sectioning.

Abstract: A manually driven syringe for injecting fluids under high pressure is described that includes a barrel (12), a plunger (13) that is received within the barrel and extends rearwardly through an aperture (28) in the body (27) of a handle (14) which carries a pair of opposed finger grips (19, 22). The finger grips are located rearwardly of the barrel and laterally of the shaft (19) of the plunger, elongated so as to each accommodate two fingers, and angled rearwardly. This design minimizes the distance between (a) the inner edges of the grips and (b) the grips and the head of the extended plunger, thus making the syringe easier to grip in the palm of the hand and enabling the syringe to be gripped strongly between the fingers and the palm.