Abstract: A device for aiding a human joint, the device including a booster mechanism including a two part housing, a first part of the housing having a first end adapted for coupling adjacent one side of the joint and a second part of the housing having a second end adapted for coupling adjacent a second side of the joint, one part of the housing being movable relative to the other part of the housing, a spring mounted between the first part of the housing and the second part of the housing, a locking mechanism in the housing for releasably locking the spring when the spring is in a loaded state, and a release element engaging the locking mechanism for unlocking and releasing the loaded spring to boost the first end of the housing away from the second end of the housing.

Abstract: A vision system for a motor vehicle and a method for providing information to a driver of a motor vehicle, where the system includes at least one video camera, including a lens, adapted and configured to be mounted on a side of the vehicle with the lens facing forward, the lens having an angle of view that provides a field of view for allowing capture, simultaneously, of images of a view alongside the vehicle and of at least part of the side of the vehicle from the rear towards the front of the vehicle, and a processor coupled to the at least one video camera, the processor adapted and configured to process the captured images and provide processed images for display on a monitor and/or vehicle orientation information to a computerized vehicle operation system.

Abstract: A thin film valve including a flexible thin film front panel, a flexible thin film rear panel sealed to the front panel along two opposite sides thereof to form a normally closed, self-sealing thin film valve having an openable duct, the duct having first and second open ends, the first end of the duct being openable into a container sealingly affixed to the valve, and a frangible seal sealing the second end of the duct between the two sealed side edges.