Abstract: A wearable switch apparatus for a person having a digit which comprises a housing, a switch disposed in the housing, a member secured to the housing and adapted to receive the digit and an adjustable lever in communication with the switch. The lever is configured and arranged based on the mobility of the digit to form a spaced relationship between the digit and the lever thereby allowing the digit to contact the lever and activate the switch. The apparatus is supported on the digit.

Abstract: A personal care monitoring system having at least one condition detecting sensor and a corresponding condition indicator. The condition detecting sensor may indicate detection of wetness, such as caused by enuresis. Alternatively, or additionally, the condition detecting sensor may indicate that the physical position of the wearer of the device has not been adjusted for over a predetermined amount of time after which the likelihood of the development of bedsores increases. The indicator may be any desired type of indicator, preferably alerting one of the senses that the monitored condition has been detected. For instance, the indicator may be a light, an audible alarm, or a vibrating device. A processing means preferably is provided to control operation of the various components of the monitoring system. Moreover, the processing means may be programmed to store information pertaining to the operation of the components of the monitoring system.

Abstract: A method of disaggregating tissue, particularly those containing relatively soft cells of body organs, to component cells, is disclosed as well as apparatus for carrying out the method which permits obtaining relatively large quantities of single cells or small groups of cells, the membrane and contents of which are structurally and chemically intact and not adversely affected by the disaggregation process.