Abstract: A bidet apparatus for controlling the flow of fluid. The bidet apparatus can include a valve assembly including a rotary valve disc and a stationary valve disc wherein the rotary valve disc includes an opening and a sprayer apparatus in fluid communication with the valve assembly. The valve assembly provides a washing fluid to an outside surface of a sprayer of the sprayer apparatus and to an inside part of the sprayer and a nozzle disposed within the sprayer. The bidet apparatus also includes a wash port disposed in the stationary valve disc for providing the washing fluid to the outside surface of the sprayer and a spray port disposed in the stationary valve disc to direct the washing fluid to the inside part of the sprayer and the nozzle.

Abstract: A bidet apparatus for controlling the flow of fluid. The bidet apparatus can include a valve assembly including a rotary valve disc and a stationary valve disc wherein the rotary valve disc includes an opening and a sprayer apparatus in fluid communication with the valve assembly. The valve assembly provides a washing fluid to an outside surface of a sprayer of the sprayer apparatus and to an inside part of the sprayer and a nozzle disposed within the sprayer. The bidet apparatus also includes a wash port disposed in the stationary valve disc for providing the washing fluid to the outside surface of the sprayer and a spray port disposed in the stationary valve disc to direct the washing fluid to the inside part of the sprayer and the nozzle.

Abstract: A laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy specimen retrieval device provides a plug assembly that rides along an outer circumference of the introducer tube. The plug assembly is moveable between a locked condition and an unlocked condition. A distal end of the plug assembly provides a seal portion dimensioned and adapted to engage a vaginal cavity in a sealed engagement, whereat a user may form a locked condition to prevent insufflated gas from escaping the vaginal cavity while the retrieval bag of the laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy specimen retrieval device is deployed, utilized, and retracted into the introducer tube.

Abstract: A laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy specimen retrieval device provides a plug assembly that rides along an outer circumference of the introducer tube. The plug assembly is moveable between a locked condition and an unlocked condition. A distal end of the plug assembly provides a seal portion dimensioned and adapted to engage a vaginal cavity in a sealed engagement, whereat a user may form a locked condition to prevent insufflated gas from escaping the vaginal cavity while the retrieval bag of the laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy specimen retrieval device is deployed, utilized, and retracted into the introducer tube.

Abstract: A medical specimen retrieval device with an actuator connected to an introducer tube, a funnel removably attached to an end of the introducer tube, a retracting element extending from an interior of the funnel wherein the biasing retracting element is retractable through the funnel and into an interior of the introducer tube by an actuator, and a medical specimen bag removably coupled to the retracting element.

Abstract: A bodywork structure for a passenger vehicle includes a bodywork shell construction with two longitudinal girders and a flexible crossmember device attached to the two longitudinal girders. The flexible crossmember device has a first flexible crossmember and two energy absorption elements where the two energy absorption elements are respectively fixed to the two longitudinal girders and the first flexible crossmember is connected to the two longitudinal girders via the two energy absorption elements. A support framework is disposed between the two longitudinal girders and has a second flexible crossmember that is at least indirectly connected to the two longitudinal girders and is convexly curved in a direction of the first flexible crossmember. The support framework has a load divider disposed between the first flexible crossmember and the second flexible crossmember in the longitudinal direction of the passenger vehicle and extending in the transverse direction of the passenger vehicle.

Abstract: A bodywork structure for a passenger vehicle includes a bodywork shell construction with two longitudinal girders and a flexible crossmember device attached to the two longitudinal girders. The flexible crossmember device has a first flexible crossmember and two energy absorption elements where the two energy absorption elements are respectively fixed to the two longitudinal girders and the first flexible crossmember is connected to the two longitudinal girders via the two energy absorption elements. A support framework is disposed between the two longitudinal girders and has a second flexible crossmember that is at least indirectly connected to the two longitudinal girders and is convexly curved in a direction of the first flexible crossmember. The support framework has a load divider disposed between the first flexible crossmember and the second flexible crossmember in the longitudinal direction of the passenger vehicle and extending in the transverse direction of the passenger vehicle.

Abstract: A free weight organization system is described that prevents misplacement of the free weight plates on the weight rack. The system may include weight plates with recesses and keyed weight rack posts with corresponding projections. The placement of the recesses varies from one size of weight plate to another, preventing a weight plate of the wrong size being placed on a rack post of the weight rack. The weight plates may also include a loading rest recess, with the keyed rack posts having a loading rest rod to assist in the correct placement of the plates on the rack. The organization system also includes a support which is modular and has slots to accommodate varying projections for holding various weights and for attaching other additions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring a cryopreserved biological sample (1), comprising the steps of providing the biological sample (1) in a cryopreserved state, measuring at least one Raman spectroscopic sample characteristic by means of a Raman spectroscopic measuring apparatus (10, 20), comparing the at least one sample characteristic with a reference characteristic by means of an evaluating apparatus (30), and providing a state characteristic that depends on the result of the comparison and that is characteristic of a storage state of the biological sample (1). The invention further relates to a monitoring device for cryopreserved samples, in particular for performing said method.

Abstract: A free weight organization system is described that prevents misplacement of the free weight plates on the weight rack. The system includes weight plates with recesses and keyed weight rack posts with corresponding projections. The placement of the recesses varies from one size of weight plate to another, preventing a weight plate of the wrong sized being placed on a rack post of the weight rack. The weight plates may also include a loading rest recess, with the keyed rack posts having a loading rest rod to assist in the correct placement of the plates on the rack.

Abstract: A free weight organization system is described that prevents misplacement of the free weight plates on the weight rack. The system includes weight plates with recesses and keyed weight rack posts with corresponding projections. The placement of the recesses varies from one size of weight plate to another, preventing a weight plate of the wrong sized being placed on a rack post of the weight rack. The weight plates may also include a loading rest recess, with the keyed rack posts having a loading rest rod to assist in the correct placement of the plates on the rack.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring a cryopreserved biological sample (1), comprising the steps of providing the biological sample (1) in a cryopreserved state, measuring at least one Raman spectroscopic sample characteristic by means of a Raman spectroscopic measuring apparatus (10, 20), comparing the at least one sample characteristic with a reference characteristic by means of an evaluating apparatus (30), and providing a state characteristic that depends on the result of the comparison and that is characteristic of a storage state of the biological sample (1). The invention further relates to a monitoring device for cryopreserved samples, in particular for performing said method.