Abstract: An extracorporeal blood heating and cooling system that is connectable to an oxygenator of a cardiopulmonary bypass system, the heating and cooling system comprising: a heater-cooler unit; a coolant flow circuit that is configured to pass coolant through the heater-cooler unit and the oxygenator; and a cardioplegia coolant circuit that is configured to pass coolant through the heater-cooler unit and a cardioplegia heat exchanger; wherein when the heating and cooling system is in a purging mode, the coolant flow circuit and the cardioplegia coolant circuit contain temperature-controlled coolant having a trisodium phosphate concentration of about 1-35 millimole/liter; wherein when the heating and cooling system is in a coolant mode, the coolant flow circuit and the cardioplegia coolant circuit contain temperature-controlled coolant having a trisodium phosphate concentration of about 1-10 millimole/liter; and wherein when the heating and cooling system is in the coolant mode or the purging mode, a first and seco

Abstract: An extracorporeal blood heating and cooling system that is connectable to an oxygenator of a cardiopulmonary bypass system, the heating and cooling system comprising: a heater-cooler unit; a coolant flow circuit that is configured to pass coolant through the heater-cooler unit and the oxygenator; and a cardioplegia coolant circuit that is configured to pass coolant through the heater-cooler unit and a cardioplegia heat exchanger; wherein when the heating and cooling system is in a purging mode, the coolant flow circuit and the cardioplegia coolant circuit contain temperature-controlled coolant having a trisodium phosphate concentration of about 1-35 millimole/liter; wherein when the heating and cooling system is in a coolant mode, the coolant flow circuit and the cardioplegia coolant circuit contain temperature-controlled coolant having a trisodium phosphate concentration of about 1-10 millimole/liter; and wherein when the heating and cooling system is in the coolant mode or the purging mode, a first and seco

Abstract: Inhalator, including a housing having a space formed therein which is accessible from outside the housing, a first fluid container having a pump and a second fluid container without a pump being selectably placeable in the space for emitting fluid, an atomizing element for receiving fluid emitted from the containers, a manually operable actuating element being slideable through a given region for turning the atomizing element on and off and for driving the pump of the first fluid container, and a fixed receptacle for selectably holding the first fluid container so it extends into the given region and for holding the second fluid container out of the given region.

Abstract: Hand-operated instrument for dental care or tooth treatment having an electric drive, including a hand-grip portion, a slender instrument neck portion having one end integral with the hand-grip portion and a free end, a drive motor of the electric drive and a fluid reservoir disposed in the hand-grip portion, a working implement integral with the free end of the neck portion, means including a fluid duct at least partially disposed in the neck portion for supplying fluid from the reservoir to the working implement, and means including drive elements at least partially disposed in the neck portion and being driven by the drive motor for driving the working implement.

Abstract: Atomizer for fluid, including an atomizer housing, a unitary fluid container removably inserted in the housing, an atomizing element activatable by ultrasonic flexural vibrations being disposed in the housing, means integral with the fluid container for transporting the fluid from the fluid container to the atomizing element, and manually activatable means for operating the transporting means and atomizing element.