Abstract: An air intake device of an engine has intake pipes connected to each of the engine cylinders divided into first and second groups to prevent the continuance of the intake strokes of adjacent cylinders. A first connecting cavity connected to the first group of cylinders and a second connecting cavity connected to the second group of cylinders are arranged in parallel with each other, for effecting supercharging by utilizing the dynamic effect of intake air into each cylinder. A first communicating passage is connected at one end to a longitudinal end of the first connecting cavity and at the other end to a longitudinal end of the second connecting cavity. A second communicating passage arranged on the same side as the first communicating passage is connected at one end to a side of the first connecting cavity and at the other end to a side of the second collecting cavity. The effective passage length of the first communicating passage is shorter than that of the second communicating passage.

Abstract: A fuel injection controlling device for a two-cycle engine includes an electronic fuel injection system having a fuel injection quantity determining device for determining a fuel injection amount in response to a rotational speed of said engine and a throttle opening. A misfire detecting device is provided for detecting a misfire condition of said engine. Further, a device is provided for decreasing the amount of fuel injection upon transition from a misfire condition to a fired condition. The misfire detecting device includes a sensor for detecting an internal pressure of an intake air path, a storage device for storing therein an output value of the sensor and data of an intake air path internal pressure in a predetermined operating condition of the engine upon normal combustion, and a comparison device for comparing the output value with data read out from the storage means to detect a difference in pressure.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for maintaining the control of lubricant to a two cycle engine so as to provide adequate lubrication without over lubrication and deleterious exhaust conditions, such as smoke. The system includes a lubricant pump that has both its output and its timing of discharge variable. Under one range of running conditions, the normal conditions, the output of the pump is maintained constant and the timing of the output is varied. Under high speed, high load conditions, the time of operation of the pump is held constant and the output time of the pump is varied.

Abstract: A valve spring retainer for a valve operating mechanism for an internal combustion engine comprises a matrix formed from a quenched and solidified aluminum alloy powder, and a hard grain dispersed in said matrix. The hard grain is at least one selected from the group consisting of grains of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, SiC, Si.sub.3 N.sub.4, ZrO.sub.2, SiO.sub.2, TiO.sub.2, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 -SiO.sub.2 and metal Si. The amount of hard grain added is in a range of 0.5% to 20% by weight, and the area rate of said hard grain is in a range of from 1% to 6%.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a cylinder head and a spark plug assembly adapted to be received in a cylinder head bore. The spark plug assembly includes a metal ground electrode element having an annulus disposed on a transverse annular seat of the cylinder head bore and a ground side electrode extending from the annulus. The ground side electrode is received in an axial slot of the cylinder head bore between the seat and a cylinder head inner wall and protrudes into the combustion chamber. The orientation of the ground electrode relative to the cylinder head, and thus to the geometry of the combustion chamber, is established by the circumferential location of the axial slot relative to the bore. The spark plug assembly also includes a center electrode element having a center electrode and surrounding insulator body.

Abstract: A spherical rotary valve assembly for an internal combustion engine of the piston and cylinder type wherein the spherical rotary valve assembly is positioned within a split cylinder head having an upper and lower section, such when secured defines a cavity for a rotational shaft having mounted thereon, an intake drum and exhaust drum for each cylinder, the lower half of the split head cylinder head having positioned therein, the inlet port and outlet port for the cylinder, the split cylinder head having an intake passageway and an exhaust passageway in communication with the drum cavities in the split cylinder head, the rotation of the respective intake drum and exhaust drum within their respective cavities interrupting the respective flow of the fuel air mixture or the exhaust gases to or from the cylinder by means of passageways within the drums, the drums rotating within the cavities in a gas tight sealing rotation on an annular sealing means axially positioned about the inlet port and outlet port in the l

Abstract: Pistons are described comprising a crown having an associated piston ring groove belt and which crown is supported by gudgeon pin bosses connected thereto by two generally axially extending planar webs which are orientated transversely to the gudgeon pin axis and also supported by at least one subsidiary support rib associated with each planar web and pin boss and which support rib extends in a generally axial direction between the crown underside and pin boss and generally transversely to the planar web. The piston may be of either articulated or monometal construction.

Abstract: An engine crankcase oil surveillance system with restoration of oil sufficiency. A vertical oil detection member extends down and into the engine sump. A timer is set for a specific period of time after initiation. The timer is initiated upon shut-off of the engine ignition system. An oil level indicator is activated when said timed period has taken place, and determines the sump oil level. An oil supply means is connected to a reservoir and to the oil level indicator for supplying reserve oil from the reservoir to the sump, upon indication by the oil level indicator that the sump oil level is below a predetermined level. The fluid from the reservoir is cut off the desired oil level is reached.

Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus to clean the intake system of an internal combustion engine including the intake valves. An air metering block is connected to the intake manifold of the engine by means of an adaptor tube. The only air that can get into the intake manifold of the engine is through inlet ports in the air metering block. An air adjusting screw selectively uncovers the inlet ports to vary the amount of air which can be introduced into the intake manifold. An electrically operated injector is fitted in the air metering block to inject solvent directly into the intake manifold. An adjustable injector driver varies the duty cycle or the on time of the injector to control the amount of flow of solvent into the intake manifold. A pumping unit is provided to pump solvent from a holding tank, through the injector, into the intake manifold.

Abstract: A plurality of reference pressures for pressure in an intake passage of the engine is stored in a memory so as to be derived in accordance with speed of the engine and opening degree of a throttle valve of the engine. A reference pressure is derived from the memory in accordance with the engine speed and the corrected opening degree. The pressure in an intake pipe is compared with the reference pressure. A fail-safe signal is generated when the intake pipe pressure is higher than the reference pressure. In response to the fail-safe signal, the fuel supply for the engine is cut off when the engine speed is higher than a predetermined speed.

Abstract: An auxiliary air amount control system for an internal combustion engine has an auxiliary air passage bypassing a throttle valve arranged within the intake pipe of the engine, and a control valve controlling the amount of auxiliary air supplied to the engine through the auxiliary air passage by varying the opening of the passage. The opening of the control valve is set in response to the opening of the throttle valve, and is decreased progressively from the set value as an initial value when the engine is in a predetermined decelerating condition. The set control valve opening is varied to a larger value as the reduction ratio assumed by a transmission connected to the engine is larger. The minimum value of the throttle valve opening at which the control valve opening can be set to a value larger than zero is varied to a smaller value as the reduction ratio is larger. The rate at which the control valve opening is progressively decreased is varied to a smaller value as the reduction ratio is larger.

Abstract: A valve assembly of novel configuration is associated with the main air induction passage of a fuel-injected, spark-ignited, automotive internal combustion engine for the purpose of regulating the idle air flow. The valve assembly has an inlet connected upstream of the throttle. A pintle controls the restriction that the valve assembly imposes on the idle air flow. The valve assembly is controlled by the engine computer selectively energizing a solenoid on the assembly. The solenoid armature controls flow through another flow path of the valve assembly that parallels the idle air flow path. A movable internal wall divides the valve assembly's body into two variable volume chambers. One chamber forms part of the idle air bypass while the other forms part of the parallel flow path. The one chamber is essentially at manifold vacuum while the other is regulated by a bleed valve and two orifices in the parallel flow path. Positioning of the movable wall positions the pintle.

Abstract: A rotational speed controller for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle has an air bypass passage which bypasses the throttle valve of the engine. A solenoid valve controls the air intake rate through the bypass passage. The output current of a generator which is driven by the engine is monitored by a current sensor. Based on the current which is sensed, an air intake adjuster calculates the change in the air intake rate through the bypass passage necessary to compensate for the load exerted on the engine by the generator so as to maintain a constant engine speed. The solenoid valve is controlled to change the air intake rate through the bypass passage by the amount calculated by the air intake adjuster. The change in the air intake rate can be calculated on the basis of the level of the generator current and/or the rate of change of the generator current.

Abstract: The device controls a throttle member of an induction passage in a fuel supply system. It comprises a first electric sensor for delivering a signal representing the position of a driver actuated member, an electric actuator and a second electric sensor providing an electric signal representing the actual position of the throttle member. The actuator and the sensor are mechanically connected to the throttle member. An electric control circuit receives signals from the sensor and gives the throttle member a position which depends on the position of the driver actuated member. A movable stop is mechanically connected to the driver actuated member and has a one-way connection with the throttle member which limits its degree of opening.

Abstract: In a construction machine having an engine speed setting device, a throttle lever for instructing a set number of revolutions to the engine speed setting device, and plural operating levers each for instructing the operation of an actuator, an engine speed controlling system including a lever neutral detector for detecting a neutral condition of the operating levers and outputting a lever neutral signal. A positive action switch outputs a deceleration command signal when operated by an operator. A control device outputs to the engine speed setting device either a normal operation command at the set number of revolution provided by the throttle lever or a deceleration command at a small number of revolutions in accordance with the signals provided from the lever neutral detector and the switch.

Abstract: Several embodiments of fuel supply systems for outboard motors and particularly those embodying fuel injection systems and remotely positioned fuel tanks. In each embodiment, a device is incorporated in the power head of the outboard motor for maintaining a uniform pressure of fuel delivery to the fuel injection nozzles by recycling a portion of the fuel back into the fuel system and within the power head. In some embodiments, the fuel is recycled directly into the fuel line before the fuel pump. In others, the fuel is recycled to either a delivery tank or an accumulator chamber.

Abstract: A fuel-metering system having a redundant control arrangement includes a main controller 12, an auxiliary controller 17, a first microprocessor 10, a second microprocessor 11, a switch-over unit 14, an actuator 15 and a fuel-metering unit 16. The second microprocessor emits a switch-over signal to the switch-over unit in the start phase of the internal combustion engine. The switch-over unit then supplies the actuator 15 with the actuator signal from the auxiliary control loop. A determination is made as to whether the actuator has reached the pregiven desired value. If this is indeed the case, then an indication is provided that the auxiliary controller and the switch-over unit are operating properly. If this is not the case, then the assumption can be made that the auxiliary controller or the switch-over unit is defective. In this case, a fault indication is provided.

Abstract: A fail-detection system is designed for detecting failure of a fuel concentration sensor for monitoring concentration of one of a plurality of different types of fuels which are blended to be supplied to an internal combustion engine, which fuel concentration sensor varies output signal level depending upon the monitored fuel concentration in the blended fuels. The system comprises first means for receiving the output signal from the fuel concentration sensor for providing a monitored data associated with monitored fuel concentration, second means for providing a reference data representative of normal range of the value of the monitored data, and third means for comparing the monitored data with the reference data for detecting abnormality of the fuel concentration sensor when the monitored data is out of a predetermined relationship with the reference data.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines having housing with a plurality of in-line pump elements including pump cylinders, surrounded by separate suction chambers and communicating with them by means of overflow openings, having two primary conduits disposed parallel to a camshaft for the inflow and outflow of fuel to and from the separate suction chambers and having defined connecting conduits between each separate suction chamber and each primary conduit by means of which the same quantity of fuel is metered to all the separate suction chambers under the influence of a pressure drop produced by the connecting conduits wherein an inflow connecting conduits has one fuel inflow throttle insert for the fuel inflow primary conduits the throttle insert being closed at one end and discharges with its open end into the separate suction chamber with its closed end protruding into the fuel inflow primary conduit the throttle insert having a defined throttle opening for conducting fuel from the primary c

Abstract: Warmed returned fuel from a vehicle fuel injection system is returned only a segregating canister in the tank, and pumped back therefrom preferentially, with make up fuel allowed in only as needed. Overall heating of the stored fuel, and consequent running losses, are substantially reduced, with no ill effects on vehicle operation.

Abstract: A fuel supply and glow plug arrangement for a portable electrical power supply fueled by a gaseous fuel internal combustion engine. The gaseous fuel flow to the engine is controlled by a solenoid valve having its duty cycle varied to vary engine speed. In addition, the solenoid valve is shut off when the engine speed falls below a predetermined speed so as to prevent fuel leakage. The engine is fired by a flow plug which is supplied with power at a high power level during cranking and at a lower power level during running.

Abstract: An electromagnetic pickup has a coil and a core. A noise shielding cylindrical member of magnetic material is provided around the coil to form an open magnetic circuit between the noise shielding member and the core.

Abstract: A number of embodiments of coils for mounting on spark plugs for supplying the voltage for firing the spark plugs. In each embodiment, all operative components are disposed below the upper end of the center electrode terminal of the spark plug for reducing the size requirements of the engine. In some embodiments, the coil is mounted at least in part independently of the spark plug so that the spark plug will not carry the full weight of the coil.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine of the piston and cylinder type is provided. The conventional cylinder head is replaced by a detachable head assembled from two hollowed out cylinder head components one of which (3a) is shown. The components when assembled provide a cavity (4) which is contoured so as to accommodate in gas-tight sealing with the walls thereof a rotor (5) having a pair of drums (7, 8) thereon, each drum (7, 8) has a rotor passage (7a, 8a) thereon so that when the rotor (5) is rotated (in a conventional manner), the rotor passages (7a, 8a) provide an uninterrupted conduit between the carburetor and the cylinder or the cylinder and the exhaust manifold during the induction stroke and the exhaust stroke respectively of the piston of one cylinder of the engine. Four pairs of drums are provided on the same rotor for use in a four cylinder, four stroke engine.

Abstract: A power unit archery bow wherein a frame member is secured with respect to a first end of at least one limb member by a spring-actuated power unit. A bow string secured to a second distal end of the limb member is adapted to engage an arrow and to be drawn rearwardly by a user. Retraction of the bow string causes the limb member to rotate rearwardly, whereby the entire length of the limb member is utilized to load the spring member of the power unit. Upon release of the bow string, the energy stored by the power unit spring is instantaneously released, being transmitted to the limb member to rotate the limb member to its original position so as to straighten the bow string and propel the arrow forwardly. Because the entire length of the limb member provides leverage to the power unit, the requisite pull force for the bow is greatly reduced.

Abstract: A method of forming hemispherically shaped diamond cutting elements for use in a rotary drill bit is provided. The method includes identifying a cleaving plane in a diamond and a perpendicular axis, polishing the diamond to form a series of truncated cones approximating a hemisphere around said axis, and cleaving the diamond to form a cutting face.

Abstract: A barbecue grill is disclosed having a fire box and a hood connected thereto, the fire box being inwardly tapered toward the bottom thereof and the hood being inwardly tapered toward the top thereof for reducing the overall material required for the grill while maintaining the same cooking area. The fire box includes integral seating portions for the burner, the burner includes receiving portions for the seating portions, and the fire box also includes an integral gas collecting dam around the ignitor port.

Abstract: An apparatus for simultaneously grilling food from above and below is provided having upper and lower grilling surfaces of gas fired tubes. The upper grill is hinged to lift up and provide access to the food and is vertically adjustable to accommodate variations in thickness of the item being cooked. The upper and lower grills are supported on a frame having a supply of combustion gases and induced draft exhaust system.

Abstract: A torsional strain relief assembly is provided for absorbing torsional strain at the proximal end of an elongated flexible insertion tube of a borescope or endoscope. The insertion tube is torsionally stiff, i.e. is bendable but resists rotation or twisting about its axis. The strain relief has a tubular rigid sleeve that is attached at its proximal end to a frame or housing, and contains a helical torsion spring whose proximal end is rotationally affixed to the frame. A bushing is rotatably disposed within the distal end of the sleeve and joins the distal end of the spring to the proximal end of the insertion tube. A layer of low friction material such as PTFE can be interposed between the bushing and the inner surface of the rigid sleeve. Rotation of the insertion tube due to bending and twisting is taken up by the spring, and the spring returns the insertion tube to the original position when the twisting forces are relieved.

Abstract: This endoscope apparatus is provided with an elongate flexible insertable part; a winding unit with a supporting structure having a winding member connected with the insertable part at the base end for winding up and housing the insertable part; an illuminating device for emitting an illuminating light for the endoscope; and an observing device for producing an image of an object to be observed. An external apparatus forming one or both of the illuminating device and observing device is provided separately from the winding member. A flexible connecting means is extended axially out of the side of the winding member and operatively connects the insertable part to the external apparatus.

Abstract: An ultrasonic cutting tip assembly for an ultrasonic surgical cutting instrument having an ultrasonic transducer. The assembly includes a transition horn which is operatively couplable to the transducer, an elongated ultrasonic vibration-transmitting tube which is separable from the horn, and a threaded retaining nut. The threaded portion of the nut threadably engages the threaded portion of the transition horn to hold the proximal end of the tube and the horn together so that ultrasonic vibrations can thereby be efficiently transmitted from the transducer to the distal end of the tube, and then to the surgical site. The nut threaded portion can be formed either on the outside or the inside of the nut, and when on the outside in one embodiment, the nut and tube can be formed as an integral member to be threaded into the distal end of the horn. The elimination of all exposed tip nut surface angles greater than forty-five degrees increases the hydrodynamic performance of the assembly.

Abstract: A portable massaging leg rest comprises a generally polygonal body of resilient foam having a top face and a front face sloping away from the top face with a sharp angle between the top and sloping faces. The upper portion of the body is formed of a cushioning resilient foam which is softer than foam in the lower portion of the body. An eccentric motor is mounted on a rigid plate within the body for causing massaging motion in at least the top poriton of the body. A channel extends through the body to the motor through which air can circulate for cooling the motor.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to two different embodiments of a roller massage tool. In one embodiment a "Y" shaped body includes a handle with a rotatable shaft extending between the adjacent distal ends of the "Y" and a rotatable handle member positioned on the single leg of the "Y". The rotatable shaft carries a pair of resilient non-rotatable balls thereon. In use the balls are rotated against the portion of the users body for massaging that portion. The device may be suspended by a rope or the like to a fixed object and the user can rub a portion of their body against the resilient balls. In the other embodiment a straight shaft extends through the diameter of the resilient balls. The resilient balls are centered and fixedly positioned on the shaft and rotatable handles are positioned on each distal end of the shaft. This second embodiment operates in the same manner as the first and is generally used with both hands rather than one as in the first embodiment.

Abstract: An endoscope having a solid-state image pickup device in the distal end of the insert portion of the endoscope, the central axis of the solid-state image pickup device being apart from the central axis of the insert portion. Signal lines connected to the solid-state image pickup device are directed slantingly from the solid-state image pickup device toward the central axis of the insert portion of the endoscope. Thus, the diameter of the bending portion can be reduced without the interference of the signal lines with members contained in the peripheral area of the bending portion of the endoscope.

Abstract: A sternal retraction apparatus for cardiac surgery and dissection of the Internal Mammary Artery (IMA) includes a support post fastened to a surgical table rail and an extension arm connected to the support post by an adjustable connection joint for holding the apparatus over the sternum of a patient. A pair of adjustable retraction arms is connected to the support post by means of a pivotal joint which enables the apparatus to separate the sternum as well as elevate the rib cage for sternal exposure. Retractor blades connected directly to the retraction arms extend downwardly through an incision to retract the sternum.

Abstract: A medical treatment device for resecting, e.g., a prostate or breaking a bladder stone, which includes a vibrator for generating ultrasonic vibrations, a horn connected to the vibrator, a casing for accommodating the vibrator and the horn, a probe connected to the front portion of the horn to transmit ultrasonic vibrations generated by the vibrator, and a power source unit for supplying a drive voltage to the vibrator, the power source unit having an oscillator for producing a wave having a frequency for vibrating the probe and a frequency switching circuit for selecting an oscillating frequency at which the distal end of the probe serves as a loop of vibration or a frequency at which the distal end of the probe serves as a node of vibration.

Abstract: A device for massaging extremities of the body, such as legs, and for activating fluid flows, said device consisting of consecutive, annular, mutually connected elastic jacket bags disposed to encircle the leg and in which pressures can be produced with the aid of a pressure source and a fluid, which cause a massaging effect. The drawback encumbering devices of this type known in prior art is that control of the pressure has been arranged by means of very complicated valve systems. The intervening space defined between the jacket bags of the present invention and the foot have also been connected to the pressure source and can therefore be pressurized, whereby the jacket bags are with the aid of the pressure in the intervening space simultaneously depletable of pressure and further, after the jacket bags have been pressurized, the intervening space is, with the aid of the pressure in the jacket bags, depletable of pressure.

Abstract: An irrigation appliance uses a reservoir which inverts to form a cover and includes a simplified valve in the reservoir as well as a switching mechanism adapted thereto. Liquid delivered to the unit from the reservoir is controlled as to pressure by adjustment on a hand-held device remote from the unit. In the base unit are elements which regulate forward and backward flow in order to obtain outlet pressure control.

Abstract: An orthopedic appliance and method for changing the angular relationship of an individual's longitudinal axis of the lower lumbar spine to a longitudinal axis of the femorae which includes a support device having a lower surface to be disposed along a resting surface. The support device also includes an upper surface having first and second surface portions which are angularly disposed relative to one another. The first and second surface portions are to be applied against a front portion of an individual near the individual's lower lumbar spine and femorae. The angular relationship between the first and second upper surface portions recreates in an individual an angle between the longitudinal axis of the lower lumbar spine and the longitudinal axis of the femorae which is approximately equal to the angular relationship between these longitudinal axes while an individual is standing.

Abstract: A type of device to improve male sexual potency; a penis protecting pad made of flexible material; on the upper edge of the penis protecting pad are two adjusting pads, and on its lower edges are left and right adjusting belts respectively pulled through the slots on the waist band. On the lower part of the penis protecting pad is a threaded tube joint to accommodate an inside threaded tube body. One end of the tube body is jointed and adhered to a flexible glans penis to form a penis-shaped structure to be worn onto a real penis.

Abstract: An improved orthopedic cast or splint includes a padding that is treated with a fluorochemical or silicone. The padding has an apparent surface tension of less than 60 dynes per centimeter and a porosity of less than about 15 seconds. The padding is able to shed water rapidly, thereby providing more comfort for the user.

Abstract: An athletic supporter having a pouch adapted to receive and retain a protector cup through an aperture at a peripheral edge, and having a member overlapping the aperture for retaining the protector cup therein when the athletic supporter is worn.

Abstract: A respiratory care device utilizes pressurized oxygen to pump an oxygen/air mixture to the patient. The device comprises a coupled turbine and blower. The pressurized oxygen drives the turbine which pumps air through the blower. The oxygen may be mixed with the air in selected ratios and delivered to the patient. Droplets may be added to the oxygen, to the air or to the mixture, upstream or downstream of the device or within the device.

Abstract: A face chamber for use with a continuous positive airways pressure apparatus to treat a patient comprising a housing with a pressure chamber and a face receiving opening to fit over the patient's face, a seal to seal the patient's face to the housing so that the patient breathes into said pressure chamber, an inlet connector for connecting the output of the continuous positive airways pressure apparatus to the pressure chamber, and control valves for controlling the discharge of gases from the face chamber.

Abstract: An apparatus for administration of at least two gases to a patient is described. The apparatus comprises a patient circuit (40) which consists of a circle system for rebreathing and a drive circuit (20), and which is provided with delivery means (45, 46) for supplying fresh gas, and a carbon dioxide absorber (44), the apparatus further comprising an actual value transducer (47) for the gas concentration of one gas type, a desired value transducer (81) for indicating the desired gas concentration, and a control device (80) for maintaining said gas concentration. The apparatus is characterised in that the patient circuit and the drive circuit communicate with each other via a gas switching unit or exchanger (30) for open separation, and that the control device (80) comprise a calculating means for determining the gas volume and gas type to be supplied to the patient circuit (40) so as to obtain the desired value concentration.

Abstract: A full face negative pressure respirator having a replaceable viewing window is described. The respirator is especially useful as a welder's negative pressure full face respirator where the viewing window is subject to chipping and/or scratching that can impair the vision of the wearer. The full face negative pressure respirator of the present invention utilizes a viewing window insert assembly that comprises an integrally molded curved insert wall and viewing window chamber that accommodates easy replacement of an optically damaged viewing window while providing a gas tight seal between the viewing window and the insert assembly which is not subject to failure by an increase in negative pressure within the facial cavity of the respirator during normal use conditions.

Abstract: Cannula apparatus for respiration therapy, having a pair of body members, each having a pair of cannulae for providing a cannula nipple outlet for each of a person's nostrils, the two body members respectively delivering gas to each of the person's nostrils, and monitoring the respiration of each of the person's nostrils. One of the body members is carried inwardly of the other, its cannulae also carried inwardly of those of the other, achieving the patient comfort of only feeling a single cannula in each nostril, yet the gas and monitoring lumens and their outlets are separate for good operativity of respiration and breathing-monitoring. Interchangeability of the body members and their respective tubing is providing by operative equality of areas of the cylindrical and annular passages.

Abstract: A tanning pod for use outdoors includes a body shell of curved configuration and provided with a transparent dome encompassing a majority of the extent of the pod and tapering to the front thereof. A bed within the pod is tiltable in a forward direction while a motive device is operable to rotate the pod relative an underlying support pedestal. A self-contained climate control system permits maintenance of desired temperature conditions within the pod regardless of the outside weather. Consoles adjacent the bed are provided with control panels allowing selective tilting of the bed and rotary displacement of the pod along with regulation of the climate control system as well as radiotape player devices. Current for operation of the pod and associated accessories may be supplied from a source of conventional AC power or alternatively, from attached or adjacent solar cells.

Abstract: Method, apparatus, and a substance is disclosed for releasing at a temperature above normal tissue temperature an anti-cancer drug and applying heat in combination to tissue having neoplastic cells such as a malignant brain tumor. The apparatus comprises a probe having a semi-rigid elongated member that is interstitially implanted in the malignant tumor. The elongated member is coated with a carrier substance that is responsive at a temperature above normal tissue temperature for releasing a carried substance such as a therapeutic anti-cancer drug. Within the elongated member, an electrical heater element produces heat when energized for heating the probe, the carrier substance, the anti-cancer drug, and the surrounding tissue. An electrical thermistor is also included within the elongated member for measuring the temperature of the probe in order to regulate the release of the drug and the temperature of the surrounding tissue.

Abstract: A non-programmable automatic implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (AICD) capable of providing programmable thresholds for triggering high energy stimulation pulse(s) from the AICD is coupled to an implantable programmable pacemaker which preferably includes bradycardia support and/or tachycardia support using low enery output pulses. When the low energy antitachycardia pulse(s) from the pacemaker fail to terminate a tachycardia, or whenever other various thresholds, as sensed by programmable sensing circuits of the pacemaker, are exceeded, the high enery pulses from the AICD may be selectively invoked by an AICD trigger circuit included within the pacemaker. Coupling between the AICD and pacemaker is by either a direct electrical connection, or by an indirect connection, such as through the use of narrow pulse sequences generated by the pacemaker which are of insufficient energy to invoke a cardiac response but are of sufficient energy to be sensed by the AICD sensing circuits.