Abstract: A trigger clamp includes a rail, a movable jaw configured to move along the rail, a handle fixed relative to the movable jaw, and a trigger movable relative to the handle, which when pulled towards the handle causes movement of the movable jaw along the rail. The handle comprises a trigger facing wall generally extending along a first plane, and a fin generally extending to a second plane, the second plane being closer to the trigger than the first plane. The trigger is shaped to be received to an interior of the fin at least when the trigger is squeezed by a hand of a user, such that an index finger of the user remains at the exterior of the fin. Methods of manufacturing and using similar trigger clamps are also disclosed.

Abstract: A cover for a mattress for supporting a patient is adapted to provide a generally smooth top surface over the mattress while still accommodating the movement of portions of the mattress or changes in thickness of the mattress, for example, when turning the patient.

Abstract: A cover for a mattress for supporting a patient is adapted to provide a generally smooth top surface over the mattress while still accommodating the movement of portions of the mattress or changes in thickness of the mattress, for example, when turning the patient.

Abstract: A poured concrete slab foundation which has a first component comprising a poured concrete slab on soil, having at least one interior grade beam, grade beams about the periphery of said poured concrete slab, and an array of openings along and adjacent to each said interior grade beam; a second component comprising an array of driven piles in the soil below said interior and periphery grade beams; and a third component comprising poured concrete closures in said openings, which is made by preparing a poured concrete slab on soil, having at least one interior grade beam, grade beams about the periphery of said poured concrete slab, and an array of openings along and adjacent to each said interior grade beam; driving an array of pilings in the soil below said interior grade beams adjacent to the openings and the periphery grade beams and pouring concrete closures in said openings.

Abstract: A method of sealing percutaneous punctures in a patient's body that open into an internal body cavity using a sealing material such as a fibrin adhesive while preventing the sealing material from entering the body cavity. An apparatus for delivering the sealing material is also disclosed.