Abstract: An anchor for attaching injured soft tissue to a bone and generating a therapeutic electromagnetic field at least in a part of the soft tissue when the soft tissue is sutured to the anchor, the anchor comprising: a) an affixing portion configured for affixing the anchor to the bone; b) a coil that generates the electromagnetic field when a current runs through it; c) an electronics module that controls the current in the coil; and d) an electric power source that provides electric power to the electronics module and the coil.

Abstract: An electronic patch for stimulating tissue healing at a target site, flexible enough to generally conform to a body surface adjacent to the target site, comprising: a) a battery or an arrangement of multiple batteries less than 5 mm thick; b) a capacitor in series with a coil; c) pulse generating circuitry, powered by the battery or batteries, which repeatedly changes the voltage across the capacitor and coil, to produce pulses of current in the coil, the current producing an electromagnetic field at the target site for stimulating tissue healing during the pulse period, most of the electromagnetic field energy coming from the capacitor at the beginning of the pulse period and returning to the capacitor at the end of the pulse period.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions for extended release of one or more active ingredients, comprising a lipid-saturated matrix formed from a non-biodegradable polymer or a block-co-polymers comprising a non-biodegradable polymer and a biodegradable polymer. The present invention also provides methods of producing the matrix compositions and methods for using the matrix compositions to provide controlled release of an active ingredient in the body of a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions for extended release of an active ingredient, comprising a lipid-saturated matrix formed from a biodegradable polymer. The present invention also provides methods of producing the matrix compositions and methods for using the matrix compositions to provide controlled release of an active ingredient in the body of a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions for extended release of one or more active ingredients, comprising a lipid-saturated matrix formed from a non-biodegradable polymer or a block-co-polymers comprising a non-biodegradable polymer and a biodegradable polymer. The present invention also provides methods of producing the matrix compositions and methods for using the matrix compositions to provide controlled release of an active ingredient in the body of a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: Cycling apparatus (10) including at least one front wheel (12) and at least one rear wheel (14) rotatably mounted on axles on a frame (18), a riding sea (20) attached to the frame (18), a drive mechanism (24) coupled to at least one of the wheels for driving the cycling apparatus, at least one handlebar post (26) attached to a portion of the frame (18), and a carrier member (28) attachable to the frame (18) for carrying at least one of a child and an object therein and movable between first and second attachment orientations, wherein in the first attachment orientation the cycling apparatus is in a rider orientation drivable by a rider sitting on the seat, and wherein in the second attachment orientation the cycling apparatus is in a stroller orientation wherein the at least one handlebar post (26) is arranged with respect to the carrier member (28) to form a pushable stroller, wherein in the stroller orientation there are two rear wheels (14).

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions for extended release of an active ingredient, comprising a lipid-saturated matrix formed from a biodegradable polymer. The present invention also provides methods of producing the matrix compositions and methods for using the matrix compositions to provide controlled release of an active ingredient in the body of a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: Cycling apparatus including at least one front wheel and at least one rear wheel rotatably mounted on axles on a frame, a riding seat attached to the frame, a drive mechanism coupled to at least one of the wheels for driving the cycling apparatus, at least one handlebar post attached to a portion of the frame, and a carrier member attachable to the frame for carrying at least one of a child and an object therein and movable between first and second attachment orientations, wherein in the first attachment orientation the cycling apparatus is in a rider-powered orientation drivable by a rider sitting on the seat and powering the drive mechanism, and wherein in the second attachment orientation the cycling apparatus is in a stroller orientation wherein the at least one handlebar post is arranged with respect to the carrier member to form a pushable stroller, wherein a center of gravity of the carrier member with respect to the axle of the at least one front wheel at the first attachment orientation is different

Abstract: Cycling apparatus (10) including at least one front wheel (12) and at least one rear wheel (14) rotatably mounted on axles on a frame (18), a riding sea (20) attached to the frame (18), a drive mechanism (24) coupled to at least one of the wheels for driving the cycling apparatus, at least one handlebar post (26) attached to a portion of the frame (18), and a carrier member (28) attachable to the frame (18) for carrying at least one of a child and an object therein and movable between first and second attachment orientations, wherein in the first attachment orientation the cycling apparatus is in a rider orientation drivable by a rider sitting on the seat, and wherein in the second attachment orientation the cycling apparatus is in a stroller orientation wherein the at least one handlebar post (26) is arranged with respect to the carrier member (28) to form a pushable stroller, wherein in the stroller orientation there are two rear wheels (14).

Abstract: Cycling apparatus including at least one front wheel and at least one rear wheel rotatably mounted on axles on a frame, a riding seat attached to the frame, a drive mechanism coupled to at least one of the wheels for driving the cycling apparatus, at least one handlebar post attached to a portion of the frame, and a carrier member attachable to the frame for carrying at least one of a child and an object therein and movable between first and second attachment orientations, wherein in the first attachment orientation the cycling apparatus is in a rider-powered orientation drivable by a rider sitting on the seat and powering the drive mechanism, and wherein in the second attachment orientation the cycling apparatus is in a stroller orientation wherein the at least one handlebar post is arranged with respect to the carrier member to form a pushable stroller, wherein a center of gravity of the carrier member with respect to the axle of the at least one front wheel at the first attachment orientation is different

Abstract: A projector including a non-polarized light source, at least one polarizing beam-splitter receiving light from the non-polarized light source, the polarizing beam splitter including first and second prisms separated by a liquid crystal material, a selectably actuable polarization rotating light valve having impinging thereon light from the polarizing beam splitter and operating in a reflective mode, and a mirror having impinging thereon light from the polarizing beam splitter and reflecting the light via the polarizing beam splitter to the light source.

Abstract: Apparatus and a method for hemostasis of an artery having a puncture after arterial catheterization, the apparatus comprising a catheter introducer having a forward and and a balloon adjacent said forward end, wherein the catheter introducer is constructed such that inflation of the balloon adjacent the forward end of the catheter introducer in engagement with an outer wall surface of the artery causes the forward end of the catheter introducer to be withdrawn completely from the wall of the artery and spaced therefrom.

Abstract: An optical polarizer including a polarizing beam splitter including first and second transparent elements separated by a layer of a birefringent material, the layer of the birefringent material being operative to change the polarity of light passing therethrough, the polarizing beam splitter being operative to receive a beam of unpolarized light at the first transparent element, to cause a first beam of light of a first polarity to undergo total internal reflection at an interface between the first transparent element and the layer of birefringent material and to pass a second beam of light of a second polarity through the layer of birefringent material, thus changing its polarity to the first polarity, a first reflector associated with a quarter wave plate and being arranged to receive the first beam of light of a first polarity reflected from the interface between the first transparent element and the layer of a birefringent material via the first transparent element and to change the polarity of the light

Abstract: A color display including a non-polarized light source, at least one polarizing beam-splitter receiving light from the non-polarized light source, at least one selectably actuable polarization rotating light valve having thereon impinging light from the polarizing beam splitter and operating in a reflective mode, the light valve having a plurality of separately controlled light valve regions which correspond to different colors, a display screen including a plurality of differently colored light impingement regions and imaging optics for directing light reflected from the at least one light valve via the at least one beam-splitter to the display screen such that light from individual ones of the plurality of separately controlled light valve regions which correspond to a given color impinges on correspondingly colored light impingement regions of the display screen.

Abstract: A projector including a non-polarized light source, a polarizing beam-splitter receiving light from the non-polarized light source and a selectably actuable polarization rotating light valve having light polarized in one sense from the polarizing beam-splitter impinging thereon from a first direction and having light polarized in an opposite sense from the polarizing beam-splitter impinging thereon from a second direction.

Abstract: A method for hemostasis of an artery having a puncture after arterial catheterization, the catheterization using an introducer sheath, the method including the steps of inserting a catheter with a first balloon into the introducer sheath, positioning the first balloon against an outside surface of a wall of the artery at the puncture, inflating the first balloon against the outside surface of the artery at the puncture, and maintaining the first balloon against the puncture so that the first balloon substantially seals blood flow from the puncture so as to achieve hemostasis.