Abstract: The present invention discloses a cartridge sleeve configured to provide a better grip on a glass cylinder of a cartridge. The sleeve provides adequate protection to the glass cylinder from breaking if accidentally dropped or strikes on a hard surface. The sleeve is sized to stretch for inserting over the glass cylinder of the cartridge and provides securely grip during use. The sleeve could easily be removed and inserted to the replacement cartridges. The sleeve is configured to suitable for different sizes of cartridges. The sleeve comprises a plurality of slots and is molded into the body of the sleeve. The slots are configured to allow the user to check the substance or fluid level within the glass cylinder of the cartridge. The sleeve also conceals or disguises the substances and allowing more discreet use of substances. The cartridge is connected to a battery via a threading means.

Abstract: A server monitoring system includes one or more monitoring engines running on a computer, a system database running on a computer, and a user interface running on a computer to remotely monitor one or more servers across any suitable network and provide alerts and status via either user interface computer or a suitable remote notification system.

Abstract: A server monitoring system includes one or more monitoring engines running on a computer, a system database running on a computer, and a user interface running on a computer to remotely monitor one or more servers across any suitable network and provide alerts and status via either user interface computer or a suitable remote notification system.

Abstract: A server monitoring system includes one or more monitoring engines running on a computer, a system database running on a computer, and a user interface running on a computer to remotely monitor one or more servers across any suitable network and provide alerts and status via either user interface computer or a suitable remote notification system.

Abstract: This invention includes a wettable biomedical device containing a high molecular weight hydrophilic polymer and a hydroxyl-functionalized silicone-containing monomer.

Abstract: An instant-on instrument system is achieved by having the operating system boot completely when power is first applied to the instrument system, but when the system is still in the off mode. The OS brings the instrument system to the point where all internal checks have been accomplished but does not turn on anything externally detectable functions, such as the display, the display backlight and the fan. Once the OS has booted, the hard drive is stopped, the clock rate is reduced, power is removed from any measurement PC cards. At this point the instrument system is essentially in a “sleep” mode. When a user turns the instrument system on, the clock rate picks up, and all other functions come alive for the duration of the testing cycle. When the user turns the instrument system off, the system reboots and then returns to the sleep mode once again.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a washing machine (7) and pump (8) for a washing machine (7). The pump is driven by a brushless DC motor (38). The pump can be controlled to improve the operation of the washing machine. In one aspect the invention comprises a washing machine (7) with a variable speed pump (8) for pumping out wastewater, a controller (50) for controlling the speed of the pump and a sensor (10) for determining the flow-rate of water being pumped from the washing machine, wherein the controller (50) controls the speed of the pump to maintain the flow-rate at a desirable level.

Abstract: A drain pump (and/or recirculating pump) for a clothes washing machine which has no dynamic leak paths exterior to the washing machine outer bowl. The pump is contained within a housing which is either formed integrally with the outer bowl or connects directly within an aperture provided in the bottom of the bowl using a single static seal. The pump inlet is directly exposed to the interior of the outer bowl. The pump motor has a rotor mounted within the pump housing with the interconnected pump impeller to obviate the need for a dynamic water seal for the rotor drive shaft. The rotor can run wet. The stator is mounted outside of the housing such that the housing wall lies in the motor air gap. The motor is preferably a brushless dc motor.

Abstract: This invention relates to comfortable ophthalmic devices and methods of producing such devices.

Abstract: An article of manufacture may include a dielectric having a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface provides a planar surface corresponding to a mating surface of test equipment. The bottom surface has a relief pattern that is formed to straddle components extending above a surface of a load board for a circuit tester. Also disclosed are methods that use this and other dielectric plates to mate test equipment to a load board of a circuit tester.

Abstract: A power switch system includes a transducer that converts mechanical power to electrical power that is provided to a monitor in response to the application of mechanical power to the transducer. The electrical power provided by the transducer can obviate the need for having the monitor draw power from a power source of an instrument when the instrument is in an OFF state.

Abstract: A swing mooring element comprising a modular pontoon (40) configured to enable two vessels (41, 42) to be moored side by side and including an area (49) between the vessels which allows a person to walk between the vessels. The pontoons (67, 68, 69, 70) may also be interconnected to form a mooring assembly wherein each pontoon (67, 68, 69, 70) is capable of mooring at least two boats.

Abstract: An article of manufacture may include a dielectric having a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface provides a planar surface corresponding to a mating surface of test equipment. The bottom surface has a relief pattern that is formed to straddle components extending above a surface of a load board for a circuit tester. Also disclosed are methods and apparatus that use this and other dielectric plates to mate test equipment to a load board of a circuit tester.

Abstract: An electronic test system load board electromagnetic shield is presented. The load board electromagnetic shield may have a DUT docking plate with an aperture that has a waveguide chimney through which a DUT may be inserted into a socket or contactor on the load board.

Abstract: This invention includes a wettable biomedical device containing a high molecular weight hydrophilic polymer and a hydroxyl-functionalized silicone-containing monomer.