Abstract: A medical device includes a steering element defining a passage for a guide wire. A fluid injection tube defining a proximal and a distal end is also included, wherein a portion of the fluid injection tube is contoured about a portion of the steering element. A plurality of injection ports may be disposed in the portion of the fluid injection tube contoured about the steering element.

Abstract: A medical device includes a steering element defining a passage for a guide wire. A fluid injection tube defining a proximal and a distal end is also included, wherein a portion of the fluid injection tube is contoured about a portion of the steering element. A plurality of injection ports may be disposed in the portion of the fluid injection tube contoured about the steering element.

Abstract: To facilitate installation of a floor protector to a furniture leg or a caster for movable objects, shrinkable tubing, for example heat-shrink tubing, is used to secure the floor protector to the leg or caster. A tube of heat-shrink material may have at normal temperatures a predetermined unshrunk cross-sectional size large enough to permit the tube to receive the foot portion or caster circumference and a shrinkage ratio sufficient for the tube to be shrunk to a cross-sectional size that is smaller than the foot portion or caster circumference so that, when the tube is shrunk by application of heat or other suitable means, the tube will conform and be secured to the underlying foot portion or caster. Hot-melt adhesive may be applied to the interior of the floor protector and the heat applied to shrink the tube may melt the adhesive to adhere the floor protector to the foot portion or caster.

Abstract: A medical device includes a steering element defining a passage for a guide wire. A fluid injection tube defining a proximal and a distal end is also included, wherein a portion of the fluid injection tube is contoured about a portion of the steering element. A plurality of injection ports may be disposed in the portion of the fluid injection tube contoured about the steering element.

Abstract: There is provided a process for making a furniture leg floor protector having a plastic body and a floor-contacting pad, by placing a soft pad into a mold cavity whereby an upper pad layer is located at a position corresponding to a bottom wall of the protector, introducing molten plastic into the mold to form the protector body and infiltrating interstices within an upper layer of the felt pad with plastic while leaving the lower layer of the pad essentially free of plastic thereby integrating the pad with the body. The upper, plastic-infiltrated layer is in the range of 0.5 to 2 mm in thickness. The invention further relates to a protector having a plastic body and a floor-contacting pad integrated with the body, in which an upper layer of the pad has interstices filled with plastic and a lower layer is essentially free of plastic.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a furniture leg floor protector. The invention is an improvement over the prior art in that firstly it has a flexible upper sleeve which is stretchable and adapted to receive a leg of many dimensions. This overcomes previous problems with floor protectors which after a certain age and wear, and because of semi-rigid construction, tend to fall off the furniture legs. The invention also presents a process for installing the felt pad on the bottom of the floor protector by means of molding around the pad during molding of the floor protector. This not only fixedly secures the pad to the rest of the floor protector in an integral manner; but also alleviates applying the pads to the floor protector by means of adhesive as a second step in the manufacturing process after molding.

Abstract: To protect floors against marks or damage from casters , a shrinkable tire, for example, a piece of heat-shrink tubing, in its unshrunk condition, is fitted around the caster circumference and then is shrunken. The dimensions and shrinkage ratio of the shrinkable tire are selected such that, when shrunken onto the caster, the tire grips the caster securely. If desired, the frictional grip between the tire and the caster circumferential surface may be enhanced by applying to the interior of the unshrunk tire a hot-melt adhesive which will be activated by the heat applied to shrink the tire. Additionally or alternatively, the width of the tire may be greater than the width of the caster so that, when the tire has been shrunken onto the caster, marginal portions of the tire form flanges gripping the caster on opposite sides.

Abstract: To facilitate installation of a floor protector to a furniture leg or a caster for movable objects, shrinkable tubing, for example heat-shrink tubing, is used to secure the floor protector to the leg or caster. A tube of heat-shrink material may have at normal temperatures a predetermined unshrunk cross-sectional size large enough to permit the tube to receive the foot portion or caster circumference and a shrinkage ratio sufficient for the tube to be shrunk to a cross-sectional size that is smaller than the foot portion or caster circumference so that, when the tube is shrunk by application of heat or other suitable means, the tube will conform and be secured to the underlying foot portion or caster. Hot-melt adhesive may be applied to the interior of the floor protector and the heat applied to shrink the tube may melt the adhesive to adhere the floor protector to the foot portion or caster.

Abstract: A medical device includes a steering element defining a passage for a guide wire. A fluid injection tube defining a proximal and a distal end is also included, wherein a portion of the fluid injection tube is contoured about a portion of the steering element. A plurality of injection ports may be disposed in the portion of the fluid injection tube contoured about the steering element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a furniture leg floor protector. The invention is an improvement over the prior art in that firstly it has a flexible upper sleeve which is stretchable and adapted to receive a leg of many dimensions. This overcomes previous problems with floor protectors which after a certain age and wear, and because of semi-rigid construction, tend to fall off the furniture legs. The invention also presents a method of installing the felt pad on the bottom of the floor protector by means of molding around the pad during molding of the floor protector. This not only fixedly secures the pad to the rest of the floor protector in an integral manner; but also alleviates applying the pads to the floor protector by means of adhesive as a second step in the manufacturing process after molding.

Abstract: A novel perforated mat for supporting decorative lights is disclosed. The perforated mat has a first side and a second side, where a plurality of perforations arranged in a grid pattern traverse the flexible mat from the first side to the second side. At least one of the plurality of perforations is for frictionally supporting an ornamental light therein. Preferably at least some of the perforations are individually addressable for following design template instructions for making of decorative designs using the perforated mat and a string of decorative lights.

Abstract: An integrated multiple energy ablation system that allows for a variety of ablation procedures to be performed without the interchanging of catheters. A console is provided that is connected to one or more energy treatment devices such as catheters or probes, via an energy-delivering umbilical system. A processor in the console allows a user to selectively control which type of energy is released into the umbilical system and delivered to the energy treatment devices. Cryogenic fluid, RF energy, microwave or direct current as well as laser energy can be supplied in order to cover a wide range of ablation techniques. The integrated ablation station is designed to be compatible with commercial catheters and allows for sequential or simultaneous ablation and mapping procedures to be performed when a deeper and wider lesion capability and/or a broader temperature ablation spectrum is desired.

Abstract: A novel furniture leg glide is disclosed for reducing a screeching sound made by a furniture leg being dragged across a floor. The furniture leg glide is formed from a hollow body portion having an end cap disposed thereon with a flexible coupling formed along the hollow body portion between first and second ends thereof. A piece of felt type material is bonded to the end cap and the flexible coupling permits the piece of felt type material to contact the floor when the furniture leg is angularly displaced in relation to the floor within a predetermined number of degrees. The flexible coupling flexes and compresses in relation to the angular movement of the furniture leg. In accordance with another embodiment of the invention a furniture leg glide is provided for attaching to a furniture leg having a swivel base furniture leg glide disposed thereon.

Abstract: A novel furniture leg glide is disclosed for reducing a screeching sound made by a furniture leg being dragged across a floor. The furniture leg glide is formed from a hollow body portion having an end cap disposed thereon with a flexible coupling formed along the hollow body portion between first and second ends thereof. A piece of felt type material is bonded to the end cap and the flexible coupling permits the piece of felt type material to contact the floor when the furniture leg is angularly displaced in relation to the floor within a predetermined number of degrees. The flexible coupling flexes and compresses in relation to the angular movement of the furniture leg. In accordance with another embodiment of the invention a furniture leg glide is provided for attaching to a furniture leg having a swivel base furniture leg glide disposed thereon.

Abstract: A novel ball toy is disclosed that is formed from a first shaped volume of material. The first shaped volume of material has a first nut embedded within the first shaped volume of material between a first predetermined position and a second predetermined position, the first nut comprising an inner thread approximately concentric with a first center axis of the shaped volume of material. A first bolt having a head and an outer thread disposed about a shaft thereof for having the shaft controllably threaded into the inner thread of the first nut for frictional engagement therewith. A variation of the separation between head of the first bolt and the first shaped volume of material is used for varying a trajectory of the ball toy when rolled.

Abstract: A novel releasable clamp is disclosed. The releasable clamp has a common member at a first end thereof. A first jaw is coupled with the common member at the first end and extending to a second end away from the common member. A second jaw is coupled with the common member at the first end and opposite the first jaw and extending to the second end away from the common member. A mouth is formed between the first and second jaws at the second end. Pluralities of protrusions are formed along an inner surface of the first jaw facing the second jaw and an inner surface of the second jaw facing the first jaw. These jaws are either flexibly coupled with the common member or a track is formed within the common member for permitting of sliding one of the jaws with respect to the other.

Abstract: An integrated multiple energy ablation system that allows for a variety of ablation procedures to be performed without the interchanging of catheters. A console is provided that is connected to one or more energy treatment devices such as catheters or probes, via an energy-delivering umbilical system. A processor in the console allows a user to selectively control which type of energy is released into the umbilical system and delivered to the energy treatment devices. Cryogenic fluid, RF energy, microwave or direct current as well as laser energy can be supplied in order to cover a wide range of ablation techniques. The integrated ablation station is designed to be compatible with commercial catheters and allows for sequential or simultaneous ablation and mapping procedures to be performed when a deeper and wider lesion capability and/or a broader temperature ablation spectrum is desired.