Abstract: A device for the transfer of body fluids which accumulate in the peritoneum cavity into the vascular system comprising a peritoneal tube connected to the inlet chamber of a hollow plastic implanted valve assembly, causing a valve to open and passing the fluid under pressure into a second chamber from where the fluid is conducted through a venous tubing which is connected to the jugular vein of the patient. The valve assembly comprises a plastic housing with an inlet and outlet, the peritoneal tube being secured to the inlet leading to an inlet reservoir located within the valve housing and the venous tube being secured to the outlet leading from the outlet reservoir located within the valve housing.

Abstract: A wound dressing, suitable for use in protecting an open wound or burned tissue from direct exposure to air and capable of maintaining an aqueous environment of wounded tissue with which it is in brought into contact is comprised of a hydrophilic, yet insoluble material, advantageously a polymeric compound capable of being reversibly complexed with elemental iodine, thereby permitting release of therapeutic amounts of free iodine into a wound with which it is brought in contact. As a shaped mass of pliable and absorbent material, such a polymeric foam, such dressing is particularly suited for application to fresh and infected burns and open wounds. When alternatively configured as a hydrophilic film complexed with free iodine for use as a surgical drape, in addition to providing a barrier against direct exposure to air, such dressing is bacteriocidal, preventing infection of the wound from airborne contaminants in the operating room.

Abstract: Monilial Vulvovaginitis is treated by application of a composition containing one or more substances which inhibit glucose transfer into cells and cell metabolism. The composition of the invention is conveniently combined with a suitable carrier such as a non-aqueous gel and other therapeutically useful components.

Abstract: A method of fixation for use within animal and human bodies provides for the insertion of brushes, of cylindrical and conical designs, into openings wherein bristles of the brushes are deflected by walls of the openings such that the brushes are locked in place and resist forces applied thereto. An embodiment of the invention includes boring a hole into a cancellous bone structure and inserting a brush into the hole. The hole is of a smaller diameter than the brush and is locked in the hole by the bristles. Tissue, such as tendon, may then be attached to material affixed to an end of the brush. Another embodiment of the method includes insertion of a brush into a blood vessel such that the blood flow is either occluded or strained by the bristles of the brush.

Abstract: A device for the transfer of body fluids which accumulate in the peritoneum cavity into the vascular system comprising a peritoneal tube connected to the inlet chamber of a hollow plastic implanted valve assembly, causing a valve to open and passing the fluid under pressure into a second reservoir from where the fluid is conducted through a venous tubing which is connected to the jugular vein of the patient. The valve assembly comprises a plastic housing with an inlet and outlet, the peritoneal tube being secured to the inlet leading to an inlet reservoir located within the valve housing and the venous tube being secured to the outlet leading from the outlet reservoir located within the valve housing.

Abstract: An osmolarity sensor continuously senses an osmolarity of a fluid. A principle of operation is based on achieving an equilibrium of a vapor pressure of a specimen solution with a vapor pressure of a standard solution. In an embodiment, the standard solution is contained in a cavity defined by a vapor-permeable membrane which is immersed in a specimen solution. The standard solution and the specimen solution are allowed to come into equilibrium by a movement of water vapor across the vapor-permeable membrane, which is permeable only to water vapor and not to any solutes or water itself. The movement of the water vapor between the standard solution and the specimen is measured by sensing a volume of water transferred between the standard solution and the specimen solution. A measurement of a volume change of the standard solution is made by sensing a change a conductivity of the standard solution.

Abstract: A sterile injectable mixture which intensifies and localizes radio frequency thermotherapy; the injectable mixture contains finely ground ferrite particles in a viscid aqueous suspension, the ferrite being matched for maximum radio frequency absorption at a specific frequency. A chemotherapeutic agent, a surfactant and a bioacceptable hydrophic colloid are also contained in the mixture.

Abstract: A device for cracking plaque from a blood vessel comprising a fixed jaw member assembly, a moveable jaw member and hammer assembly slidably mounted on the fixed jaw member assembly and a spring transmitting a driving force to the hammer assembly. A handle is connected to the fixed jaw member assembly and a trigger activation assembly is mounted in the handle to activate a trigger releasing the hammer assembly to transmit a driving force against the moveable jaw member and an adjacent blood vessel.

Abstract: A bacteriocidal virocidal sponge containing iodine and/or chlorhexidine and a surfactant which can be used as a contraceptive and virocidal and bacteriocidal sponge positioned within a human body comprising a polyurethane open cell foam impregnated with a surfactant and iodine and/or chlorhexidine. A bactericidal tampon containing an iodophor or chlorhexidine does not induce toxic shock syndrome.

Abstract: A bacteriocidal virocidal sponge containing iodine and a surfactant which can be used as a contraceptive and as therapy for vaginitis. It consists of a polyurethane open cell foam impregnated with a surfactant and iodine. A bactericidal tampon containing an iodophor does not induce toxic shock syndrome.

Abstract: A medical apparatus for the removal of stool comprising an auger assembly, a helical auger and a hand crank connected to said auger to apply torque to the auger rotatably mounted in a cylindrical connecter housing. A bayonet lock mounted to said connecter housing is adapted to lock and hold a rectal insertion tube in a fixed position. The rectal insertion tube comprising a tube body having a diameter greater than the helix of the auger and has a handle at one end extending therefrom, the other end of the tube body being adapted to be inserted into a rectal ampulla.

Abstract: A surgical clamp comprising a pair of arms, each arm being interconnected at one end to one end of the other arm by a flexible, resilient member normally urging said arms apart while maintaining facing surfaces. A clamping strip of resilient material is mounted on the arms, the resilient material being softer than the material of the clamping arms. A releasable ratchet assembly including a ratchet body and flexible tubing is positioned on the opposite end of one of the arms extending toward and being engageable with a holding lip on the other arm, so that when the arms are moved toward each other, the arms can be held in fixed relative positions, mounted to said body.

Abstract: A canteen containing an iodine polyurethane complex open cell foam sponge for sterilization of water contained in the canteen.

Abstract: A flowing water sterilization filter comprising a clear plastic sectional canister with an inlet conduit and outlet conduit mounted to said different sections of the canister. A polyurethane iodine treated sponge is positioned in said canister between the inlet conduit and outlet conduit to sterilize water passing therethrough.

Abstract: Malignant, neoplastic cells are treated by inhibiting glucose transport into the cell by administering phlorizin, phloretin or its analogs while concurrently administering adjunct therapy such as heat, radiation or chemotherapy. In this manner, the cells are prevented from growing or repairing the damage caused by the adjunct therapy, which can be administered in dosages that would otherwise be non-lethal if used alone.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-enzymatic and non-toxic urease antigen and a method for its production. Administration of the urease antigen in living organisms serves to immunize the same from certain types of ammonia production without causing ammonia toxicity when injected, thereby promoting several advantageous biological activities including the promotion of wound healing, and general immunity from ammonia toxicity and the related effects thereof, and the cessation of toxic ammonia production in infections caused by urea splitting organisms.

Abstract: A medical stent for use in an aneurysm constructed with a flexible tubular body formed from a medical thermoplastic in the form of a helix. The flexible tubular body defines a lumen and the body is adapted to assume a substantial linear configuration when mounted on a stylet with the material of the body having a recovery memory which causes it to assume a helical configuration when it is removed from the stylet. The body is provided with strands which are connected to adjacent loops of the helix and extend in the space defined by each coil of the helix to allow clot and ingrowth of tissue to seal off the dilated portion of the vessel.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of use thereof which quantifies the processes of hemostasis occuring in human blood. The apparatus utilizes an oscillator transducer which is sensitive to changes of viscosity and tensile strength of surrounding blood as coagulation occurs in the latter. An oscillator, which may be excited to oscillate at a natural resonant frequency, is housed within an enclosure designed to accommodate a finite quantity of blood in contact with the oscillator. As hemostasis occurs, the frequency at which the oscillator resonates is impaired. A control and computation system for measurement of the change of frequency is coupled to the oscillator, which counts the number of oscillations of the oscillator transducer during a predetermined time period, and computes the frequency as a function of the known time period and the counted oscillations.

Abstract: Phlorizin, its gluconuride and 4-deoxyphloretin-2-D-glucoside are used in treatment of cancer, particularly in combination with radio frequency thermotherapy and other modalities to accentuate the effect of such thermotherapy or other modality.

Abstract: Flexible tubing suitable for medical use is disclosed having a set of relatively stiff sections intercalated with a set of relatively flexible sections, each flexible section having a length no greater than twice the diameter of the tubing.