Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system and implant designed for use in short segment anterior fusion of a patient's spine after the removal of a diseased or injured anterior vertebral body. The system includes the placement of the cylinder of the implant in an intraosseous location for added safety, and for the placement of the cylinder of the implant in the middle column area of the adjacent healthy vertebral bodies for increased biomechanical strength. The system further includes transverse fixation of the cylinder of the implant, thus adding medial-lateral and rotational support to the system. Finally, the system utilizes the concept of modularity, wherein intraoperative exchangeable parts are available to better fit the patient.

Abstract: In the repair of localized zones of damage to laminated safety glass with use of a polymerizable liquid, a T-fitting has one of the opposed legs threadingly received through an internally-threaded central opening in a transparent, hemispherical suction cup adapted to support the fitting in perpendicular alignment with the damaged zone for adjustable seating in sealing contact thereabout. A pierceable, resilient disk at the outer end of the opposite leg of the fitting provides for the insertion therethrough, to reach the damaged zone, of the hollow needle of a medical syringe for mechanically flexing the damaged zone and depositing the polymerizable repair fluid. The transverse leg of the T-fitting connects with a flexible hose for alternately imposing vacuum and applying air pressure to the interior of the fitting to facilitate the withdrawal of air from the damaged zone and substitution of the polymerizable fluid so as to achieve a practically invisible repair.

Abstract: A two piece bow construction comprising a first portion which is horizontally positioned and having a closed perimeter compressed to form a flat member, and a second narrow strip portion which is knotted at the central portion of the first and the ends are dropped below the first portion, the central portion being compressed so that the ultimate appearance is that of a bow.