Abstract: An endotracheal tube sound device is presented having a sound bead connected to the distal end of a wire. A retaining piece is affixed to the wire adjacent to the sound bead. A handle is connected to the proximal end of the wire. Using this device, the sound bead may be inserted into an endotracheal tube to determine if the endotracheal tube is deformed and then removed from the endotracheal tube by pulling on the handle.

Abstract: A nebulizer with an active mesh configured to produce a plume of particles for treating medical conditions is activated by a dosage request by a user, produces a plume of particles, at least 95% of which have a diameter between about 0.5 and up to about 5 ?m, and tracks delivery of a pharmacological compound in the plume of particles of nebulized solution. The active mesh is configured to turn on, and turn off, during a single inhalation, and to provide a dose of pharmacological compound over at least one inhalation of at least one plume. The active mesh does not produce a plume of particles when no inhalation occurs, to prevent waste and to ensure accurate dosing of pharmacological compound. The nebulizer blocks use of the active mesh when a dosage limit is met, and enables use of the active mesh when a dosing delay time has passed.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards an apparatus comprising a card adapted to mount on a fixture and further adapted to fold into a box-shaped package with at least one wall and an internal cavity adapted to contain a suture, the card including a base and a plurality of tabs extending from the base, wherein one of the plurality of tabs includes a needle nest and one of the plurality of tabs is adapted to unfold and open one wall for removing the suture.

Abstract: A removable self-retaining suture system and methods for use thereof in emergency situations. The system comprises one or more self-retaining suture segments and a grasp engagement element. The system may be used for temporary wound closure in a trauma victim, and may be easily removed upon the availability of proper medical care to the victim.

Abstract: A removable self-retaining suture system and methods for use thereof in emergency situations. The system comprises one or more self-retaining suture segments and a grasp engagement element. The system may be used for temporary wound closure in a trauma victim, and may be easily removed upon the availability of proper medical care to the victim.

Abstract: An automated pre-packaged hot food vending machine is equipped with an unattended microwave cooking and vending system that is capable of quickly cooking a large variety of frozen or refrigerated pre-packaged food items that utilizes a gravity delivery system, which reduces the amount of parts needed to operate the vending machine thereby reducing the overall machines malfunction and repair. The overall invention of the automated, pre-packaged hot food vending machine achieves its objectives by automatically cooking and delivering a variety of pre-packaged food items, such as pizza, hot dogs, hamburgers, sandwiches, desserts, etc. that were previously frozen or refrigerated within the vending machine, to users of the machine that purchase and select such items.

Abstract: A software and hardware system is described for forming glass containers. Terminal programs are executed to display a variety of menus and configuration options for operator selection and adjustment, enabling an operator to adjust timing of various steps in the container formation process. In some situations the operator views graphical images of the relative timing of bottles appearing at the machine output and the window of time in which the bottle is expected to appear. A hot-end ware reject subsystem combines a photo-eye, a blow-off solenoid, and configuration switches with a software executable to automate the rejection process for improperly formed containers, such as those that are broken, lying on the conveyor, stuck to a neighbor, and the like.

Abstract: An automated order processing system for a telecommunications services carrier is capable of activating customer orders and provisioning telecommunications services for customers. The system includes a client application including a graphical user interface for receiving one or more customer orders from a remote location, each customer order having at least one unique identifier, the client application further up-front validating the format of customer orders received. A server application is provided for entering the validated customer orders in a database storage device, prior to initiating customer order activation and provisioning. In addition to controlling the order entry, activation, provisioning and installation processes, the server application tracks the status of each customer order by receiving status information updates for each customer order throughout the entry, activation, provisioning and installation process, and accordingly updates the database storage device.

Abstract: Strobe lag is identified as a major source of sensitivity in distinguishing acceptable and flawed glassware in bright field video inspection systems employing strobed light sources and video systems with vidicon tubes. By disabling video signal generation from the photoconductive target of the vidicon for several milliseconds beginning with initiation of the strobed light sources, less sensitive and more stable operation of the video inspection apparatus is achieved. The video signal is generated from the fully developed stored image on the photoconductive target.