Abstract: A continuous process for transporting one or more waste plastic feedstocks to a refinery processing unit, includes receiving, in a blending unit, one or more waste plastic feedstocks, one or more waste plastic-immiscible bio feedstocks and a recycled inert carrier fluid received from a refinery processing unit, generating, in the blending unit, a homogeneous solution comprising the one or more waste plastic feedstocks, the one or more waste plastic-immiscible bio feedstocks and the recycled inert carrier fluid, and processing the homogeneous solution in the presence of a catalyst under catalytic cracking conditions in the refinery processing unit.

Abstract: A surgical reamer assembly can include a reamer head configured to ream a bone of a patient. The reamer head can include an internal hex housing. A ball hex driver can be insertable into the internal hex housing. The surgical reamer assembly can also include a retaining ring located within the internal hex housing. The retaining ring can be configured to retain the ball hex driver within the reamer head.

Abstract: A continuous process for transporting a waste plastic feedstock to a refinery processing unit, includes forming a solution containing (i) about 1 to about 40 wt. %, based on the total weight of the solution, of one or more waste plastic feedstocks and (ii) a recycled inert carrier fluid received from a refinery processing unit, and processing the solution comprising the one or more waste plastic feedstocks and the recycled inert carrier fluid in the presence of a catalyst under catalytic cracking conditions.

Abstract: Illustrated and discussed examples include a method of designing a cutting instrument for removing a portion of a bone of a patient. The method can include: receiving with a computing device, bone data; receiving with the computing device, operation data regarding one or more operating parameters for the cutting instrument; receiving a first plurality of device design parameters for the cutting instrument; performing a first analysis using the first plurality of device design parameters for the cutting instrument, the bone data and the operation data; altering one or more of the first plurality of device design parameters to a second plurality of device design parameters for the cutting instrument; performing a second analysis using the second plurality of device design parameters, the bone data and the operation data; and outputting a design of the cutting instrument after performing at least the first analysis and the second analysis.

Abstract: A continuous process for transporting a waste plastic feedstock to a refinery processing unit, includes forming a solution containing (i) about 1 to about 40 wt. %, based on the total weight of the solution, of one or more waste plastic feedstocks and (ii) a recycled inert carrier fluid received from a refinery processing unit, and processing the solution comprising the one or more waste plastic feedstocks and the recycled inert carrier fluid in the presence of a catalyst under catalytic cracking conditions.

Abstract: A continuous process for transporting one or more waste plastic feedstocks to a refinery processing unit, includes receiving, in a blending unit, one or more waste plastic feedstocks, one or more waste plastic-immiscible bio feedstocks and a recycled inert carrier fluid received from a refinery processing unit, generating, in the blending unit, a homogeneous solution comprising the one or more waste plastic feedstocks, the one or more waste plastic-immiscible bio feedstocks and the recycled inert carrier fluid, and processing the homogeneous solution in the presence of a catalyst under catalytic cracking conditions in the refinery processing unit.

Abstract: A device may include a cutting instrument configured to cut a bone of a patient with one or more cutting features. A device may include a guide configured to mount to the bone, the guide defining an aperture having a guide hole portion and a pilot hole portion, wherein the pilot hole portion is configured to initially receive a portion of the bone cutting instrument, and wherein an axis of the pilot hole portion is oriented at an acute angle relative to an axis of the guide hole portion.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for attaching tissue structures to orthopaedic implants. In one exemplary embodiment, the methods and apparatuses are used to attach soft tissue and/or bone to a proximal tibial implant. In another exemplary embodiment, the methods and apparatuses are used to attach soft tissue and/or bone to a proximal femoral implant.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for attaching tissue structures to orthopaedic implants. In one exemplary embodiment, the methods and apparatuses are used to attach soft tissue and/or bone to a proximal tibial implant. In another exemplary embodiment, the methods and apparatuses are used to attach soft tissue and/or bone to a proximal femoral implant.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for attaching tissue structures to orthopedic implants. In one exemplary embodiment, the methods and apparatuses are used to attach soft tissue and/or bone to a proximal tibial implant. In another exemplary embodiment, the methods and apparatuses are used to attach soft tissue and/or bone to a proximal femoral implant.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for attaching tissue structures to orthopaedic implants. In one exemplary embodiment, the methods and apparatuses are used to attach soft tissue and/or bone to a proximal tibial implant. In another exemplary embodiment, the methods and apparatuses are used to attach soft tissue and/or bone to a proximal femoral implant.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for attaching soft tissue and/or bone to orthopaedic implants. In one exemplary embodiment, the methods and apparatuses are used to attach soft tissue and/or bone to a proximal tibial implant. In another exemplary embodiment, the methods and apparatuses are used to attach soft tissue and/or bone to a proximal femoral implant.

Abstract: A fuel tank assembly is formed to fit within a personal watercraft hull that includes a cavity therein having curved sidewalls. A main fuel tank is formed as an elongate container that has a front section, a rear section and a central section.

Abstract: An air intake assembly for a personal watercraft provides air to an internal combustion engine located within a hull cavity includes a housing having a generally horn-shaped configuration that includes a base and an outer end. The housing has an air passage that extends from a base to an outer end. An adaptor assembly connects the base to the hull and is arranged to form a seal around an opening in an upper portion of the hull. The adaptor assembly includes an opening aligned with the air passage. An air intake valve assembly is mounted in the opening with the valve assembly being arranged to be open to allow air flow into the hull when the upper portion of the housing points upward from a horizontal plane through the upper portion of the hull and being further arranged to close whenever the outer end of the housing has a downward pointing component.

Abstract: This invention relates to chewable objects for animals which contain, as a dentally therapeutic ingredient, one or more cationic substances. The inventive therapeutic animal chews are of sufficient durability to allow for a chewing cycle long enough for the release of the aforementioned cationic substances into saliva. Furthermore, the inventive animal chews may contain an effective amount of a counter-ionic compound, such as an alkali metal salt, to allow for rapid solubilization of said cationic antimicrobial substance into the saliva of an animal chewing thereupon, especially when delivered or carried on a carrier having a negatively charged surface.

Abstract: A peroxidase-activating oral care composition, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, includes a non-enzymatic, water-soluble hydrogen peroxide precursor and a pH-adjusting agent capable of producing a selected pH in an aqueous solution. The composition facilitates the rapid release of hydrogen peroxide and results in the activation of a peroxidase enzyme in an oral cavity. A process for manufacturing the oral care composition including obtaining the precursor, dispersing it in a non-hygroscopic material so as to coat or encapsulate it, obtaining and associating the coated or encapsulated particles with a pH-adjusting agent, and formulating the particles into an oral care composition is provided in another embodiment.

Abstract: A telecommunications system has identical access terminal shelves and an intershelf bus interconnecting each shelf. Each access terminal shelf has transmission card slots constructed to accept different types of transmission cards that use different types of transmission media to communicate with remote telecommunications equipment and a processor programmed to determine whether transmissions from the remote telecommunications equipment are to be transferred to the intershelf bus for connection completion.

Abstract: A method of switching subscriber calls is disclosed that includes receiving a subscriber call request on an access terminal, determining whether the access terminal is in communication with a telecommunications network and routing the subscriber call request through alternate telecommunications equipment if the access terminal is not in communication with the telecommunications network.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine comprises a piston arranged to move reciprocally in a predetermined direction relative to an engine block. A drive shaft is mounted in the engine block and arranged to be driven by the piston in rotational motion about a first axis perpendicular to the direction of motion of the piston. Rotational motion of the drive shaft is transferred to a first shaft that is mounted in the engine block parallel to the drive shaft. Rotational motion of the first shaft is then transferred to a second shaft such that the engine produces a rotational output about an output axis that is parallel to the direction of reciprocal motion of the piston.

Abstract: A telecommunications terminal is provided that is compatible with, and capable of connecting to, a cellular switch. Also provided are a protocol engine programmed to convert signals used in the terminal to a protocol required by the cellular switch and a service element programmed to generate wireline services for wireline subscribers.