Abstract: An attachment method for securing elements to one another. The attachment method includes providing an inanimate object. The attachment method also includes providing a repair wrap. The repair wrap includes a fabric. The fabric includes one or more fibers and the one or more fibers are knit to form the fabric. The repair wrap also includes a hardening material. The attachment method further includes wrapping the fabric about a portion of the inanimate object. The attachment method additionally includes curing the hardening material.

Abstract: The beverage vending machine comprises a beverage storage area, a mechanism to dispense beverages, a solar photovoltaic panel, a battery, and a refrigeration unit. The energy gathered by the solar photovoltaic panel is stored within the battery, and a self-contained refrigeration unit is operable to cool the beverage storage area. The beverage vending machine operates without an external source of electricity.

Abstract: Endocardial pressure measurement devices, systems and methods for the effective treatment of congestive heart failure and its underlying causes, in addition to other clinical applications.

Abstract: A plurality of fiber optic cables are manufactured as an assembly of fiber optic cables that are later separated into independent fiber optic cables. A method of manufacturing the fiber optic cable assembly is also described. A jacketing cover is extruded over components of the fiber optic cables with a portion connecting the fiber optic cables, and the fiber optic cables can separated from each other by tearing, cutting, or removing a filling element between the fiber optic cables.

Abstract: An optical fiber array having a plurality of intermittent weakened portions allows subunit or groups of the fibers in the optical fiber array to be accessed without the need for special tools and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. In one embodiment, the optical fiber array includes at least two subunits, each of the subunits having a respective subunit matrix, and the optical fiber array also includes a common matrix having a plurality of intermittent weakened portions. In another embodiment, the plurality of intermittent weakened portions of the optical fiber array are formed by a common matrix having two different thickness profiles adjacent along respective portions of a subunit interface.

Abstract: Endocardial pressure measurement devices, systems and methods for the effective treatment of congestive heart failure and its underlying causes, in addition to other clinical applications.