Abstract: An integration of a plurality of subsystems of various types of equipment into a single monitorable system or unit, and more specifically a surgical assistance and monitoring subsystem integrating arrangement which enables the enhancement of the functionality and capabilities of the integrated system. A connection of each respective surgical assistance and monitoring-system to a common network providing for a database management center enables the establishment of a unified statistical basis for surgical team feedback and provides information regarding a particular patient's surgical procedure and characteristics and past medical history, which can be employed and correlated over wide geographical areas by logging in the database for informative purposes by various surgical teams experiencing similar problems and implementing identical functions on other patients.

Abstract: A capture device at the tip of a fluid foil such that when the foil has relative motion with respect to fluid in which it is immersed the capture device intercepts a quantity of the crossflow which is generated by the difference in pressure on the lower surface relative to the upper surface so that lift-induced drag is reduced thereby. The capture device comprises a curved plate having its concave side facing inward toward the foil center span to form an inlet, and an aspirating device for venting off the lower surface crossflow inducted by the capture device. Conventional pumping can be used to aspirate the capture device or a winglet having a passage connecting the capture inlet with a slot opening on a low pressure region of the winglet can be utilized for the purpose.