Abstract: A portable wind screen is presented where the wind screen is composed of a collapsible metal frame with extendable legs and a fabric or plastic screen connected to said frame with Velcro® fasteners. The frame is fully collapsible and easily stored ion a bag or small box.

Abstract: A portable wind screen is presented where the wind screen is composed of a collapsible metal frame with extendable legs and a fabric or plastic screen connected to said frame with Velcro® fasteners. The frame is fully collapsible and easily stored ion a bag or small box.

Abstract: The invention concerns the use of a combination of an anti-angiogenic agent and an anti-hypertensive agent for use in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of a disease state associated with angiogenesis in a warm-blooded mammal, such as a human being. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising an anti-angiogenic agent and an anti-hypertensive agent, to kits thereof and to a method of treatment of a disease state associated with angiogenesis which comprises the administration of an effective amount of a combination of an anti-angiogenic agent and an anti-hypertensive agent to a warm-blooded animal, such as a human being.

Abstract: An improved adjustable carpenters square is presented, which aids carpenters in marking and measuring work product to be cut or formed. The adjustable square can be set at a variety of angles to enable cut marking. It also possesses an attached measuring tape and a straight edge to combine three useful features in one tool, as well as a press-down tape stop to hold the tape in place. This invention can be used to scribe a line along a piece of material using the leading edge of the square as a guide instead of using the index finger of one hand, which often results in injury due to slivers from the material being scribed.

Abstract: An adjustable carpenters square is presented, which aids carpenters in marking and measuring work product to be cut or formed. The adjustable square can be set at a variety of angles to enable cut marking. It also possesses an attached measuring tape and a straight edge to combine three useful features in one tool.

Abstract: An improved adjustable carpenters square is presented, which aids carpenters in marking and measuring work product to be cut or formed. The adjustable square can be set at a variety of angles to enable cut marking. It also possesses an attached measuring tape and a straight edge to combine three useful features in one tool, as well as a press-down tape stop to hold the tape in place. This invention can be used to scribe a line along a piece of material using the leading edge of the square as a guide instead of using the index finger of one hand, which often results in injury due to slivers from the material being scribed.

Abstract: An adjustable carpenters square is presented, which aids carpenters in marking and measuring work product to be cut or formed. The adjustable square can be set at a variety of angles to enable cut marking. It also possesses an attached measuring tape and a straight edge to combine three useful features in one tool.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for alignment of vertebrae. In one embodiment, the invention includes a hook-shaped member which receives a bone anchor, both the member and the anchor being fixed to a portion of bone. The assembly of hook and anchor are coupled to a surgical rod by a cable and connector.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for the preparation of the anti-migraine drug, (R)-5-(2-benzenesulphonylethyl)-3-N-methylpyrrolidin-2-ylmethyl)-1H-indole (eletriptan), available commercially as the hydrobromide salt, and an intermediate and dimer-free products obtained from such process.

Abstract: The present invention provides eletriptan hydrobromide monohydrate of the formula (I): together with processes for preparing, uses of, and compositions containing, said monohydrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for the preparation of ?-polymorphic eletriptan hydrobromide.

Abstract: An intervertebral spacer adapted for implanting between adjacent vertebral bodies of a human spine as a load-bearing replacement for a spinal disc. The spacing member may include an external, non-porous, concavo-convex contour with respect to one dimension of the spacing member. The spacing member may be constructed from a rigid, non-resilient load-bearing material that is incapable of elastic deformation. The spacing member may be inserted with the aid of a sheathed trocar device that is releasably attached to the spacer, to enable implantation and selective positioning of the spacer by the surgeon from the posterior side of the spine, without the need to retract the dural nerve or the posterior longitudinal ligament.

Abstract: A pressure sensing device (10, 40) is shown having a ceramic capacitive sensing element (12) received in a chamber formed in a hexport housing (16). The hexport housing has a fluid passageway (16c) communicating with a recessed chamber (16d) formed in a bottom wall circumscribed by an annular platform shoulder (16e). A thin flexible metal diaphragm (18) is hermetically attached to the bottom wall along the platform shoulder. A curable adhesive resin having a thermal coefficient of expansion and modulus of elasticity appropriately matching that of sensing element (12), such as polyurethane, is cast between the sensing element (12) and the metal diaphragm (18) forming, when cured, a layer bonded to both members resulting in a sensor that is effective in monitoring negative as well as positive fluid pressures.

Abstract: A device and method for treating scoliosis or other bone conditions. The device may be attached to vertebrae to provide a distraction force on a concave side of a spinal curve to assist in straightening the spine. The device may include receivers for receiving fasteners for attaching the device to the vertebrae. The receivers may allow the fasteners to move a predetermined amount such that constrained movement between the device and the vertebrae may be achieved. The device may include an expander portion between the receivers to create a pushing force. The expander portion may include various different types of biasing mechanisms to provide a damping force as well as to allow the vertebrae to move with respect to each other.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for the preparation of ?-polymorphic eletriptan hydrobromide.

Abstract: An intervertebral spacer adapted for implanting between adjacent vertebral bodies of a human spine as a load-bearing replacement for a spinal disc. The spacing member includes an external, non-porous, concavo-convex contour with respect to one dimension of the spacing member. The spacing member is preferably constructed from a rigid, non-resilient load-bearing material that is incapable of elastic deformation. The spacing member is inserted with the aid of a sheathed trocar device that is releasably attached to the spacer, to enable implantation and selective positioning of the spacer by the surgeon from the posterior side of the spine, without the need to retract the dural nerve or the posterior longitudinal ligament.

Abstract: An intervertebral spacer adapted for implanting between adjacent vertebral bodies of a human spine as a load-bearing replacement for a spinal disc. The spacing member includes an external, non-porous, concavo-convex contour with respect to one dimension of the spacing member. The spacing member is preferably constructed from a rigid, non-resilient load-bearing material that is incapable of elastic deformation. The spacing member is inserted with the aid of a sheathed trocar device that is releasably attached to the spacer, to enable implantation and selective positioning of the spacer by the surgeon from the posterior side of the spine, without the need to retract the dural nerve or the posterior longitudinal ligament.

Abstract: An intervertebral spacer adapted for implanting between adjacent vertebral bodies of a human spine as a load-bearing replacement for a spinal disc. The spacing member includes an external, non-porous, concavo-convex contour with respect to one dimension of the spacing member. The spacing member is preferably constructed from a rigid, non-resilient load-bearing material that is incapable of elastic deformation. The spacing member is inserted with the aid of a sheathed trocar device that is releasably attached to the spacer, to enable implantation and selective positioning of the spacer by the surgeon from the posterior side of the spine, without the need to retract the dural nerve or the posterior longitudinal ligament.

Abstract: A fusionless method of correcting spinal deformities in growing adolescents is disclosed utilizing a shape memory alloy staple. Various embodiments of the shape memory alloy staple include features such as barbs on the inner and outer surfaces of the prongs in the shape memory alloy staple as well as the use of notches on the crossbar or cross plate connecting the prongs to the shape memory alloy staple. In some embodiments, the shape memory alloy staple has an aperture defined through the cross plate for receiving a bone screw or other bone anchor which in turn allows the interconnection of a longitudinal member.