Abstract: This invention is a base medicinal formulation that supports autonomic metabolic mechanisms for maintaining the specific homeostatic acid-base balance of differentiated living tissues in a body by influencing alterations in the anion gap and transitionally buffering acid in support of pH balance in arterial blood plasma in the narrow alkaline range of 7.37 to 7.43.

Abstract: This invention is a concentrated alkali buffer+minerals additive within a range of concentrated alkali buffer+mineral formulations to be added to municipal tap waters, commercial non-carbonated bottled waters or natural spring waters. The additive increases the pH value of these consumable drinking waters and delivers the essential and indispensable minerals of the concentrated alkali buffer+minerals formulations in order to influence alterations in the anion gap and for blood pH balancing in the alkaline range when bicarbonate production is diminished or endogenous acid production (EAP) is overwhelming and the body is using minerals sacrificed from physiologically essential repositories in order to compensate for pH swings caused by EAP or other factors.

Abstract: A concentrated alkali buffer+minerals supplement additive for human consumption having a pH value of approximately 12.5, formed by combining potassium hydroxide (KOH) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) with magnesium carbonate hydroxide (MgCO3)4.Mg (OH)2.5H2O and zinc carbonate (ZnCO3) with water in a ratio of one part active ingredients to about nine parts H2O. The new formulation raises the pH level in the stomach which influences the stomach to produce more hydrochloric acid and additional bicarbonate, which travels to the intestines and is absorbed into the blood supply. The production of additional bicarbonate absorbed into the blood supply reduces acid in the arterial blood to the healthy range of 7.37-7.43 pH.

Abstract: The disclosure herein has applicability to a highly concentrated alkali buffers+minerals supplement solution is formed by combining potassium hydroxide (KOH) with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) with magnesium carbonate hydroxide (MgCO3)4, Mg(OH)2.5H2O and zinc (Zn) so that an alkali buffer of minerals blended into a supplement for adding to drinking water and other non-carbonated consumable drinks may be formulated. One part of concentrated alkali buffer+minerals supplements as the active ingredients for the additive solution of this invention is diluted with several parts of USP water into a one and one quarter ounce non-reactive bottle. The additive is further characterized by combining the active ingredients of potassium hydroxide with sodium hydroxide with magnesium carbonate hydroxide and zinc in a range of 7.6% potassium hydroxide and 1.9% sodium hydroxide and 0.3% magnesium carbonate hydroxide and 0.2% zinc as the active ingredients to 90% USP water (dilute with USP water) to fill a one and one quarter (1.

Abstract: A bilge management and control system for a vessel having a full port through-transom threaded pipe fitting located near the lowest point of the interior of a vessel and ending in a flange mounted against the exterior transom wall, with the means for sealing the interior area of the transom from both sides, with hose barb to male plug adapters (or garden hose adapters) and/or solid threaded plugs threaded into one or both ends of the threaded through-transom pipe, at the entry point and at the exit terminus, such that substances may be prevented from entering a bilge, may be introduced into a bilge and/or forward compartments of a vessel, retained and controlled within a bilge and/or forward compartments of a vessel, or directed out of a bilge and/or forward compartments of a vessel by gravity flow, differential pressure or other mechanical means when the solid threaded plugs at one or both ends are removed or back-threaded to unseal the pipe wall's opposing ingress and egress portholes, if they are pres

Abstract: An apparatus and method for enhancing dissolution of gases in liquids by ejecting the gas-liquid mixture through nozzles in a reaction vessel. The nozzles are pressurized, sized and directed to produce micro-fine gas bubbles in the liquid and to initiate rotational flow of the gas-liquid mixture in the reaction vessel. The small bubble size and rotational flow maximizes the time the gas is in contact with the liquid. The apparatus and method are used to increase the dissolution of ozone gas into aqueous solutions to increase the decomposition of aqueous-based organic compounds, precipitation of heavy metals, and destruct and/or deactivate enteric viruses, enteric bacteria, and protozoans. An alternative embodiment mixes the gas with the liquid prior to ejection through the nozzles.

Abstract: A bilge drainage system for a boat having a through-transom drainage passageway has a through-transom pipe connected to an externally-mounted flange and connected internally to a manually or electronically operated stopcock located near the bottom of the bilge such that the stopcock may be opened, and bilge water drained to the sea, when the boat is traveling through the water on a plane.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for enhancing dissolution of gases in liquids by ejecting the gas-liquid mixture through nozzles in a reaction vessel. The nozzles are pressurized, sized and directed to produce micro-fine gas bubbles in the liquid and to initiate rotational flow of the gas-liquid mixture in the reaction vessel. The small bubble size and rotational flow maximizes the time the gas is in contact with the liquid. The apparatus and method are used to increase the dissolution of ozone gas into aqueous solutions to increase the decomposition of aqueous-based organic compounds, precipitation of heavy metals, and destruct and/or deactivate enteric viruses, enteric bacteria, and protozoans. An alternative embodiment mixes the gas with the liquid prior to ejection through the nozzles.

Abstract: Diagnostic strips of the kind which are exposed to biological fluids such as blood or urine to detect or monitor medical conditions are cut sequentially from elongated cards by a reciprocating shear blade. The cards may be ones which exhibit defective areas that should not be included in the finished strips. Blade motion seats each newly cut strip on a movable strip carrier which abuts the blade during the cutting operation. The carrier then travels a nondefective strip to a pickup location where it is precisely positioned and picked off of the carrier for emplacement in a housing. A strip with a defective area is carried further to a discharge location where it is released into a waste receptacle. This enables more economical manufacture of diagnostic strips by efficiently making use of nondefective areas of cards that have defective areas.

Abstract: A method eliminates the discharge of the backup battery (42) prior to the primary source of power initially being applied to the device. The method comprises detecting the application of a source of primary power (12) and providing a path by way of a switch (46) in response to receiving the power (14), wherein the path allows the backup battery to power the device. Also, a circuit for maintaining the charge in a backup battery (42) of a device before primary power is applied comprises a sensing circuit (60) for generating an activation signal after initially sensing the application of the primary power to the device, and a switch element (61) coupled the sensing circuit (60) to receive the activation signal. The switch element (61) provides a path for the backup battery (42) to power the device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the pre-treatment of hazardous biological and chemical contaminants from a waste fluid stream prior to discharge to a waste water treatment facility such as a publicly owned water treatment works or a similar privately operated facility. The method includes breaking apart tissue samples with a macerator, contacting a waste fluid stream with ozone, preferably in a vibrational mixer, which thereby acts as a promoter of hydroxyl radicals, passing the mixture through strong and weak unpolarized magnetic fields, static discharge and neutralization units, and finally, exposing the mixture to ultraviolet radiation. If found necessary, a subsequent static discharge and neutralization unit may be employed.

Abstract: A process for treating flowable waste material to sanitize contaminants in the material includes the steps of neutralizing the charges of the molecules of the contaminants in the flowable waste material, for causing the molecules to separate from each other to increase treatment efficiency; exposing the flowable waste material to ozone; exposing the flowable waste material to electron beam radiation; exposing the flowable waste material to ultraviolet radiation; and exposing the flowable waste material to an ozone destructor mechanism. An apparatus is provided for treating and sanitizing flowable waste material containing contaminants, including an allotropic cell having a low density polyethylene sleeve removably secured over the tube outer surface for collecting material deposited onto the tube from the flowable waste material so that the deposited material is removable together with the sleeve.