Abstract: A cleaning device for re-usable surgical needles of the type wherein a needle having a hub is sheathed in a cannula also having a hub, the hubs being designed to interfit in use and the cleaning device comprising adapters which direct cleaning liquid forcibly from a syringe against and/or past all areas of the needle and cannula, and their hubs, which might require cleaning.

Abstract: A combined hydraulic and regenerative braking system and method for an electric vehicle, with the braking system being responsive to the applied hydraulic pressure in a brake line to control the braking of the vehicle to be completely hydraulic up to a first level of brake line pressure, to be partially hydraulic at a constant braking force and partially regenerative at a linearly increasing braking force from the first level of applied brake line pressure to a higher second level of brake line pressure, to be partially hydraulic at a linearly increasing braking force and partially regenerative at a linearly decreasing braking force from the second level of applied line pressure to a third and higher level of applied line pressure, and to be completely hydraulic at a linearly increasing braking force from the third level to all higher applied levels of line pressure.