Abstract: A device for the treatment of patients by phototherapy includes a first multiple-use portion, formed of a flexible textile structure, including radiation generators formed by knitting and integrating optical fibers. At least one end of the optical fibers is connected to a light source, and the optical fibers are integrated in the knit stitches or positioned in partial wefts in the knit, to emit light due to the exceeding of their limiting bending angle, according to the so-called “macro-bending” technology. A second single-use portion, removably associated with the first portion, is intended to come into contact with the treated patient, and capable of diffusing towards the latter the light emitted by said first portion.

Abstract: A flavor accelerator system to speed imparting flavor into a foodstuff within a container comprising a hollow needle, where the hollow need extends between a tip and an end; a hose attached to the end of the hollow needle, where the hose is attached to a carbon dioxide canister at an opposite end from the hollow needle; and an injection lid on the container, where the injection lid seals the container, and where the injection lid includes an inlet port within the injection lid; and an injection nipple at a top of the injection port, where the injection nipple receives the hollow needle; wherein the hollow needle injects carbon dioxide into the container through the inlet port within the injection lid to accelerate the speed at which the foodstuff is flavored.