Abstract: Disclosed is a portable, mechanical saw guide, system, and process for using the same. The saw guide includes a housing, boom, and finger member that creates a comparative measurement basis for cutting wood.

Abstract: A chevron osteotomy guide for use in a minimally invasive bunionectomy procedure comprises an oblong base plate having a modified rectangular shape with two parallel longitudinal sides, and having a semi-circular proximal end and a chevron shaped distal end. The chevron shape is isosceles triangular in which a dorsal edge and a plantar edge intersect to form an apex angle that is less than 90 degrees and greater than 60 degrees. In the bunionectomy procedure, the chevron osteotomy guide is attached to the first metatarsal bone using two K wires or pins through proximal and distal apertures in the guide. The proximal aperture is surrounded by two concentric tubular projections which are orthogonal to the plane of the base plate. These projections consist of an inner tubular core, having a circumference that coincides with that of the proximal aperture, and an outer tubular haft, which serves as a handle by which the surgeon adjusts the position of the guide on the first metatarsal bone.

Abstract: Disclosed is a secured medication dispensing system having a container body and a cap with a slatted attachment. A proprietary key sleeve is used to remove the cap from the container body. An elastic friction band may be used to allow facilitated opening and closing of the container.

Abstract: A pill dispenser that includes a container and a cap having a pill dispensing chamber that is configured to receive a single pill. The container has a neck extending from the upper segment of the container walls that has an aperture made therethrough. The cap, which also has an aperture in its annular edge is rotatably mounted to the neck of the container. Upon inverting the pill dispenser, a pill will be received in the dispensing chamber. Thereafter, the cap is rotated a sufficient distance to cause the aperture on the cap to align with the aperture in the neck—thereby forming a passage through which a single pill is dispensed.

Abstract: A dispenser apparatus is disclosed, and includes a container and a cap. The container includes an at least partially enclosed wall that defines an interior cavity to retain a plurality of pills therein. The at least partially enclosed wall terminates at a neck that includes a lock at least partially protruding therefrom. The neck aperture has a size that is as large or larger than a pill of the plurality of pills. The cap includes an interior recess such that the cap receives and rotationally engages the neck of the container. The cap defines a cap aperture that is rotatably alignable with the neck aperture. When the cap aperture and the neck aperture are aligned, a passage between the interior cavity of the container and an outside environment is provided so that a pill may pass therethrough.

Abstract: A pill dispenser that includes a container and a cap having a pill dispensing chamber that is configured to receive a single pill. The container has a neck extending from the upper segment of the container walls that has an aperture made therethrough. The cap, which also has an aperture in its annular edge is rotatably mounted to the neck of the container. Upon inverting the pill dispenser, a pill will be received in the dispensing chamber. Thereafter, the cap is rotated a sufficient distance to cause the aperture on the cap to align with the aperture in the neck—thereby forming a passage through which a single pill is dispensed.

Abstract: A multi-filament surgical suture comprising cover and core layers is differentially coated or impregnated with a long-acting local anesthetic so as produce a differential distribution of the anesthetic within the suture. The differential distribution of the anesthetic within the suture can be adjusted so as to release a uniform or variable prescribed dosage of the anesthetic at a uniform or variable prescribed rate over one or more prescribed intervals. The time-release period and the rate of anesthetic release can be regulated to suit the needs of the specific patient and/or the nature of the surgical procedure.

Abstract: A multi-filament surgical suture comprising cover and core layers is differentially coated or impregnated with a long-acting local anesthetic so as produce a differential distribution of the anesthetic within the suture. The differential distribution of the anesthetic within the suture can be adjusted so as to release a uniform or variable prescribed dosage of the anesthetic at a uniform or variable prescribed rate over one or more prescribed intervals. The time-release period and the rate of anesthetic release can be regulated to suit the needs of the specific patient and/or the nature of the surgical procedure.

Abstract: A pair of pivotally attached handles are normally displaced away from each other via a spring biasing arrangement, and are displaced toward each other as by squeezing the handles against the spring bias. A wire or pin is introduced into a fixed fracture or osteotomy and an end thereof is received in an angled slot at an operating portion of one of the handles so that when the handles are squeezed against the spring bias the operating portions of both of the handles cooperate to bend the wire or pin to prevent migration or skin puncture, as the case may be.