Abstract: Embodiments relate to treating a foot disorder associated with diabetes by realigning and rebalancing abnormal destructive forces on a patient's feet. The method includes screening a patient with a foot deformity for diabetes, optionally correcting an ingrown toenail on said patient's foot and debriding ulcerated skin on said patient's foot, performing a tenotomy on each of said patient's toes with the deformity, performing a capsulotomy on each of said patient's toes with the deformity if said tenotomy did not correct said deformity, and performing an osteotomy on each metatarsus corresponding to each of said patient's toes with the deformity if said tenotomy and said capsulotomy did not correct said deformity.

Abstract: A customer inserts a security device (D) into the USB port of his computer (C). When a transaction request confirmation (1) is transmitted to a merchant server (M), the merchant server (M) instructs an account server (AS). The account server (AS) performs customer verification, and payment (either with a local account or remote financial institute server). The account server (AS) communicates directly (3, 5) with the customer computer (C) with an encryption mechanism utilising security data read from the security device (D) and a time stamp. A security key for the security device is updated after each transaction and an embedded hardware key is also used.

Abstract: A customer inserts a security device (D) into the USB port of his computer (C). When a transaction request confirmation (1) is transmitted to a merchant server (M), the merchant server (M) instructs an account server (AS). The account server (AS) performs customer verification, and payment (either with a local account or remote financial institute server). The account server (AS) communicates directly (3, 5) with the customer computer (C) with an encryption mechanism utilising security data read from the security device (D) and a time stamp. A security key for the security device is updated after each transaction and an embedded hardware key is also used.