Abstract: A revision connector is configured to couple a new spine fixation rod to a previously implanted spine fixation rod that is secured to a plurality of vertebrae. The new spine fixation rod can be implanted and secured to vertebrae that are caudal and/or cranial with respect to the previously secured vertebrae.

Abstract: A revision connector is configured to couple a new spine fixation rod to a previously implanted spine fixation rod that is secured to a plurality of vertebrae. The new spine fixation rod can be implanted and secured to vertebrae that are caudal and/or cranial with respect to the previously secured vertebrae.

Abstract: A revision connector is configured to couple a new spine fixation rod to a previously implanted spine fixation rod that is secured to a plurality of vertebrae. The new spine fixation rod can be implanted and secured to vertebrae that are caudal and/or cranial with respect to the previously secured vertebrae.

Abstract: A revision connector is configured to couple a new spine fixation rod to a previously implanted spine fixation rod that is secured to a plurality of vertebrae. The new spine fixation rod can be implanted and secured to vertebrae that are caudal and/or cranial with respect to the previously secured vertebrae.

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable storage media for managing and incentivizing data entry are described. A data management system may include a plurality of user profiles associated with system users capable of entering data entry records into the data management system. The data entry records may be scored to indicate a correlation between the data entry record and at least one data entry goal, such as timeliness, completeness and/or accuracy. The scores may be used to encourage, motivate or otherwise incentivize system users to enter data entry records that conform to the goals of the data management system. The scores may be ranked and made accessible by system users, for example, so that each user may be compared among his peers. In addition, the scores may be used as part of a reward/penalty system administered, for example, by an operator of the data management system.

Abstract: A revision connector is configured to couple a new spine fixation rod to a previously implanted spine fixation rod that is secured to a plurality of vertebrae. The new spine fixation rod can be implanted and secured to vertebrae that are caudal and/or cranial with respect to the previously secured vertebrae.

Abstract: The continuous safe suction device safely removes fluids from a patient's body. The device has a housing for storing a suction-producing member. The suction-producing member is a collapsible bulb or, in another embodiment, a spring-loaded membrane and casing that when compressed, upon recoil will apply gentle suction to an input tube that drains fluid from the patient and transports it into the suction bulb or membrane and casing. The suction bulb or casing has a pair of one-way valves secured in-line with respective input and output tubes. Upon complete filling it is recompressed to force the fluid in the bulb out through the output tube, which transports the fluid to an exterior fluid collection bag. The suction bulb or casing is compressed by a screw piston, controlled by a sensor that determines when the bulb is filled and emptied, the screw piston, in one embodiment, being withdrawn incrementally.

Abstract: A method and device to correct instability of hinged joints of injured animals. The device is a rectangular block having three threaded fixation pins. Two fixation pins are inserted in the non-rotating bone and secured in the block by setscrews. The third fixation pin is inserted in the rotating bone.

Abstract: An orthopedic method and device for correcting instability of an injured hinge joint. The device includes fixed and rotating rigid members connected by a pair of elongated, generally cylindrical shafts. When the device is mounted in place, a single end-threaded pin disposed through the fixed rigid member defines an axis of rotation, allowing the rotating rigid member, which is connected to the rotating member, to go through a range of motion so that the respective joint is not restricted. This motion mimics that of a natural joint and is made possible because the single end-threaded pin is not fixed in place by any structure other than the center-of-rotation bone and the fixed rigid member in which it is a supportably nested. The invention can include an operational surgical method for using the device to correct instability in the injured hinge joint.

Abstract: An electronic device which prevents a veterinary patient from licking and mutilating, medical appliances which are attached to the patient. The medical appliances may include bandages, splints, catheters, fluid administration sets, etc. The electronic device comprises a housing containing electronic circuitry powered by two series-connected, replaceable nine volt batteries. A negative electrode and a positive electrode extend from the housing. The electrodes are attached to the patient's body in a manner to form an open circuit. A mild, but convincing, shock is produced if the patient attempts to lick or chew the medical appliance.

Abstract: An electronic device which prevents a veterinary patient from licking and mutilating, medical appliances which are attached to the patient. The medical appliances may include bandages, splints, catheters, fluid administration sets, etc. The electronic device comprises a housing containing electronic circuitry powered by two series-connected, replaceable nine volt batteries. A negative electrode and a positive electrode extend from the housing. The electrodes are attached to the patient's body in a manner to form an open circuit. A mild, but convincing, shock is produced if the patient attempts to lick or chew the medical appliance.

Abstract: An artificial bone prosthesis for use in animals which replaces the portion of a bone lost as a result of disease, damage, or surgical removal. Because the life span of animals recovering from bone cancer and other bone diseases is very short, the bone prostheses used in bone replacement surgery in these animals do not have to allow for tissue or bone ingrowth, unlike similar prostheses used in humans. As such, the prosthesis of the present invention has a simple, unique shape that can be made of a conventional artificial material such as stainless steel. This makes the prosthesis relatively inexpensive and eliminates the problems arising in conventional natural bone transplants such as tissue rejection and bacterial infection.

Abstract: A method and device to correct instability of hinged joints of injured animals. The device is a rectangular block having three threaded fixation pins. Two fixation pins are inserted in the non-rotating bone and secured in the block by setscrews. The third fixation pin is inserted in the rotating bone.

Abstract: An orthopedic method and device for correcting instability of an injured hinge joint. The device includes fixed and rotating rigid members connected by a pair of elongated, generally cylindrical shafts. When the device is mounted in place, a single end-threaded pin disposed through the fixed rigid member defines an axis of rotation, allowing the rotating rigid member, which is connected to the rotating member, to go through a range of motion so that the respective joint is not restricted. This motion mimics that of a natural joint and is made possible because the single end-threaded pin is not fixed in place by any structure other than the center-of-rotation bone and the fixed rigid member in which it is a supportably nested. The invention can include an operational surgical method for using the device to correct instability in the injured hinge joint.