Abstract: A minimally processed ready-to-eat legume/grain product is provided containing a significant amount of prebiotic fiber and a probiotic source or is consumed with a probiotic source for the prevention and/or treatment of inflammatory chronic conditions such as inflammatory, autoimmune chronic conditions such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), digestive disorders such chronic constipation, gastric acid reflux, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, some type of cancer, malabsorptive disorders, eczema as well mental health disorders such as anxiety disorder. The present invention is suitable for men and woman of all ages.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing food products by means of co-extrusion, wherein at least two casing material components are mixed to make a viscous gelling solution. This viscous gelling solution is subsequently co-extruded whereby the gelling solution is forming the external layer of an extruded strand of food dough. The invention also relates to a viscous gelling solution obtainable by such method as well as a system for co-extrusion of food products.

Abstract: The present invention provides a flavor extract of low-temperature-pressed peanut cake which is extracted from low-temperature-pressed peanut cake. In the flavor extract, the content of pyrazines flavor substances is not less than 55%, and the content of the aldehydes substances is not more than 15%. The present invention also provides a method for improving the flavor of peanut oil by using the flavor extract of the low-temperature-pressed peanut cake. The flavor extract extracted from peanut cake according to the present invention, which contains 55% or more pyrazines flavor substances, can not only improve the flavor of low-temperature-pressed peanut oil significantly, but also retain the original quality and color of the low-temperature-pressed peanut oil when it is added to low-temperature-pressed peanut oil.

Abstract: There is provided a food composition comprising at least one edible oil in a gel matrix wherein the composition is a flexible cohesive solid at a temperature in a range of from 3° to 6° C. The composition can contain cocoa solids and/or other edible ingredients such as food pastes, fruit preparations, jams and the like. In at least some embodiments the composition can be provided in sheet form, typically with a thickness in a range of from 2 mm to 6 mm. The composition can be used as a snack by itself or be provided on other food items as an edible layering and further, can be provided in packaged slice form. In a further embodiment there is provided a package of sheets or slice of the composition. There is also described a method for providing the composition.

Abstract: A bean roasting system includes a roasting chamber, a blower, a variable diverter and a controller. The roasting chamber, the blower and the variable diverter each is disposed at least partially within a recirculating gas flow path. The blower is configured to provide a flow stream of gas through the recirculating gas flow path. The variable diverter is configured to split the gas flow path into at least two flow paths including a treated flow path and a bypass flow path. The treated flow path includes a series arrangement of a gas heater and a catalytic converter. The variable diverter is configured to control a percentage of a flow stream of gas that is diverted into the bypass flow path. The controller is configured to activate different predetermined operating modes for the bean roasting system by controlling a state of the variable diverter and a state of the heater.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a device and method for peeling beans and separating the hulls from the peeled beans. The device for peeling beans comprising a rough disc (3) in a bowl (2), driven by an electric motor (1), to abrasively impact beans in water. A barrier ring (4) enables separation of the hulls from the beans and a special filter (5) gathers the hulls out of the mixture.

Abstract: An apparatus and associated method are provided for manufacturing a smokeless tobacco product including tobacco material and at least one object. A forming unit is configured to form a continuous supply of a pouch material into a continuous tubular member defining a longitudinal axis. A tobacco insertion unit is configured to introduce tobacco material into a pouch member portion of the tubular member. An object insertion unit is configured to introduce objects into the tubular member, with at least one of the objects being introduced into the pouch member portion. A closing and dividing unit is configured to close and divide the tubular member at intervals along the longitudinal axis thereof, to form the tubular member into a plurality of discrete pouch member portions such that each discrete pouch member portion includes the tobacco material and the at least one of the objects.

Abstract: Method of emptying a container filled with rod-like articles manufactured in the tobacco industry comprising the following stages: the container to be emptied is delivered to the entrance area of an intermediate store comprising adjacent channels separated from one another by walls; by means of supporting plates the rod-like articles are transferred from the container to the channels of the intermediate store; the channels of the intermediate store are filled with the rod-like articles; characterised in that during the transfer of the rod-like articles (R) from the container (5) to the channels (7) of the intermediate store (2) the intermediate store (2) makes a reciprocating motion in the horizontal direction, transversely to the axis of the rod-like articles.

Abstract: Delivery of additives in a smoking article is provided through thermally degradable, robust immobilized additive inserts. Additives can be immobilized in an elongated device or an insert, wherein the elongated device or the insert is sufficiently robust to allow the elongated device or the insert to be manually or machine inserted into a smoking article while maintaining the structure of the elongated device or the insert. By providing additives in the form of thermally degradable immobilized additive inserts, migration and/or loss of the additives in a smoking article prior to smoking can be reduced.

Abstract: There is provided an aerosol generating article (10) comprising an aerosol generating substrate (12), a mouthpiece (14) in axial alignment with the aerosol generating substrate (12), and a tipping wrapper (20) wrapped around the mouthpiece (14) and at least a portion of the aerosol generating substrate (12). The mouthpiece (14) comprises a mouthpiece wrapper (30) circumscribing one or more mouthpiece segments (16). The tipping wrapper (20) comprises at least one weakening line (22) extending transversely around at least a portion of the tipping wrapper (20); an upstream wrapper portion (24) extending upstream from the at least one weakening line; and a removable tipping wrapper portion (26) extending downstream from the at least one weakening line (22). The mouthpiece wrapper (30) comprises at least one surface formation (28) underlying the removable tipping wrapper portion (26).

Abstract: Wrapper for cigarette manufacture includes transversely extending band regions applied by a printing technique, such as gravure printing. The band regions comprise starch, an anti-wrinkling agent such as 1,2 propylene glycol or glycerin, and optionally calcium carbonate. Any suitable printing technique can be used to apply the aqueous solution to the banded regions. The pattern of banded regions may be bands, stripes, two-dimensional arrays, undulated regions, and the like along and/or around the tobacco rod. The pattern can be applied in one or more layers. The pattern may be configured so that when a smoking article is placed on a substrate, at least two longitudinal locations along the length of the tobacco rod have film-forming compound located only on sides of the smoking article not in contact with the substrate.

Abstract: A unitary smoking pipe made of stainless steel is provided. The one-piece stainless steel construction is adapted to distribute the heat from the bowl cavity portion of the smoking pipe to the remaining portion of the body. Also, an air inlet extending through the body so as to fluidly communicate the bowl cavity to an opposing mouthpiece hole may do so at a downwardly angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the body, enabling a deeper bowl cavity.

Abstract: A slide push pack for smoking articles and a method of packaging smoking articles are disclosed. The slide push pack includes an outer shell and an inner shell. The outer shell has a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel, the back panel having a pair of guide rails and an inner channel, the front panel having a front finger window. The inner shell is configured to receive a pack of smoking articles. The inner shell includes an inner back panel, an outer back panel, a front panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, and a hinged-lid. The hinged-lid has a hinged-lid back panel configured to attach the hinged-lid to the back panel of the inner shell, and wherein the inner back panel includes an upper tab, and the outer back panel includes a mid-tab and a lower retention tab.

Abstract: A system comprising a housing having an input device configured to receive cigarette waste and a reward delivery device configured to dispense a reward in exchange for the cigarette waste.

Abstract: An assembler system for manufacturing vapor-generating articles may include a rotatable assembly drum including an outer face and a flute in the outer face. The flute is structured and arranged to hold a first section and a second section of the vapor-generating article. The system also includes a first mechanism that translates the first section relative to the second section while the first section and the second section are in the flute. The system additionally includes a second mechanism that rotates the first section relative to the second section while the first section and the second section are in the flute. The translating and the rotating connect the first section to the second section to form the vapor-generating article.

Abstract: There is provided a cartridge for an aerosol-generating system, including a housing configured to hold an aerosol-forming substrate and having an opening; and a heater assembly including at least one heater element fixed to the housing and extending across the opening of the housing, wherein the at least one heater element defines a plurality of apertures configured to allow fluid to pass through the at least one heater element, and wherein apertures of the plurality of apertures have different sizes. There is also provided an aerosol-generating system, including an aerosol-generating device and the cartridge. And, there is provided a method of manufacturing a cartridge for an aerosol-generating system.

Abstract: There is provided a cartridge for an aerosol-generating system, the cartridge including: a liquid storage container containing a liquid aerosol-forming substrate including at least one flavor object; an outlet; a filter disposed between the outlet and a portion of the liquid storage container including the at least one flavor object; and a liquid transport element, having a first part and a second part, movable from a first position to a second position, wherein in the first position the first part of the liquid transport element is external to the cartridge and adjacent the outlet, and in the second position the first part of the liquid transport element is internal to the cartridge and remote from the outlet.

Abstract: An electronic vapour generating device and cartridge for use therein is disclosed. The device comprises a housing defining a chamber for receiving a cartridge for holding a liquid for atomisation, and a power source for providing electrical power to an atomiser for atomising the liquid. The device further comprises an actuator which is reconfigurable between a first state in which the actuator electrically isolates the atomiser from the power source and a second state for enabling the generation of the vapour. The device further comprises a mouthpiece which is arranged to fluidly couple with the atomiser for communicating the vapour out from the device for inhalation by a user and which is slidably coupled to the housing. The mouthpiece is reconfigurable between a stowed configuration and an operative configuration and reconfiguration of the mouthpiece between the stowed and operative configuration is arranged to reconfigure the actuator between the first and second state.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic smoking device (10) with a first gas conduit (42) and a second gas conduit (46), wherein an atomizer (26) is arranged in the first gas conduit (42) and the second gas conduit bypasses the first gas conduit (42). In order to be able to change particle sizes of vapor provided by the atomizer (26), the electronic smoking device (10) is adapted to change flow resistances of the first and the second gas conduits (42, 44), while maintaining a total flow resistance of the first and the second gas conduits (42, 44).

Abstract: The aerosol-generating article (9) comprises a casing (8) and a plurality of aerosol-generating particles (1) arranged in the casing. The aerosol-generating particles of the plurality of aerosol-generating particles comprise a core of susceptor material, which core of susceptor material is coated with aerosol-forming substrate. Also disclosed is an aerosol-forming pellet (3) and a method for forming aerosol-generating pellets. The method comprises the steps of providing a plurality of particles, filling the plurality of particles into a cavity of a predefined shape and compacting the plurality of particles in the cavity, thereby forming an aerosol-generating pellet having the shape of the cavity.

Abstract: An inhalation device for inhaling a vaporized substance that provides security and/or childproof capability that includes an inlet, an outlet, a channel positioned between the inlet and outlet, a security mechanism capable of configuring the inhalation device in a locked mode and an unlocked mode, where the inhalation device is configured to vaporize an unvaporized substance when the security mechanism configures the inhalation device in the unlocked mode, where the security mechanism is configured to prevent the inhalation device from vaporizing an unvaporized substance when the security mechanism configures the inhalation device in the locked mode.

Abstract: An electronic pipe includes a pipe section comprising an outer shell with a coil placed around and along the inside surface of the shell. The pipe section also may include a connector element coupled to a connector element on a battery section, with both connector elements structured to transmit an electric current from the battery to the coil. A material container is insertable into the pipe section such that the coil is disposed between the inside surface of the outer shell and the material container. The coil is capable of initiating a combustion reaction inside the material container.

Abstract: An e-vapor apparatus may include a pod assembly including a pre-vapor formulation compartment, a first electrical connector, a vapor channel traversing the pre-vapor formulation compartment, and a vaporizer, the pre-vapor formulation compartment configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation therein and in fluidic communication with the vaporizer during an operation of the e-vapor apparatus, the first electrical connector including first and second power electrodes, the first power electrode including a first contact portion on an exterior of the first electrical connector and a first extended portion configured to contact an anode portion of the vaporizer, the second power electrode including a second contact portion on the exterior of the first electrical connector and a second extended portion configured to contact a cathode portion of the vaporizer. The e-vapor apparatus may further include a dispensing body including a second electrical connector configured to connect to the first electrical connector.

Abstract: A vaporizer is configured to receive electric energy from an external power source, and apply that energy to atomize a vaporizing medium disposed within the vaporizer. The vaporizer may be sized and configured to fit within the downstem of a water pipe. A power source receiver is formed on a side of the vaporizer. The power source receiver comprises a first node, a second node electrically insulated relative to the first node, and a magnet. The external power source has an electrical connector that also has electric nodes and a magnet. When the power source connector is arranged adjacent the power source receiver, the opposing magnets attract one another, pulling the power source and vaporizer into properly-aligned contact so that the nodes are engaged. As such, the external power source can provide power to operate the vaporizer.

Abstract: A vaporizer, including a removable panel; and a main body assembly such that the removable panel is removably attached to the main body assembly, wherein the main body assembly is further comprised of; a crucible/pan assembly such that a material to be vaporized is located within the crucible/pan assembly, an induction heater such that the induction heater is located adjacent to the crucible/pan assembly for induction heating of the crucible/pan assembly which in turn vaporizes the material to be vaporized located within the crucible/pan assembly, a removable battery assembly located adjacent to the induction heater, an electronics assembly operatively connected to the battery and the induction heater, and an interchangeable mouthpiece assembly operatively attached to the crucible/pan assembly for allowing vapors from the material to be vaporized to be inhaled by an end user.

Abstract: A garment worn under the clothes of a wearer comprising a lower portion and an upper portion wherein a bottom edge of the upper portion is coupled to a top edge of the lower portion along a seam. The lower portion supports a pelvic area of the wearer. The upper portion extends from the top edge of the lower portion to a ribcage area of the wearer. A top edge of the upper portion has an elastic material configured to maintain a position of the top edge of the upper portion proximate to the ribcage area of the wearer such that, when a particular movement of the wearer causes the clothes of the wearer to expose skin of the lower back area and abdomen of the wearer, the upper portion is exposed while covering the lower back area and the abdomen of the wearer.

Abstract: A maternity or postpartum support-garment that includes at least one of a stretchable and/or compressive material, at least one generally cylindrical shaped upper portions, and at least one generally cylindrical shaped base portions is provided. The maternity or postpartum support garment may further include at least one ribbing sections located on at least one of the one or more generally cylindrical shaped upper portions or base portions. The at least one ribbing section may include a first level of compression. The first section may include a different level of compression than the at least one ribbing section.

Abstract: The inventive subject matter provides breast supports that can advantageously be used with various types of bras to enhance the appearance and comfort provided. Contemplated breast supports include removable and insertable bra inserts, as well as breast supports that form a part of a bra. Breast supports can include padding and an internal support, each of which can be partially or completely enclosed in a cover material. The internal support can comprise a sheet of material including a multi-peaked upper edge, a rounded lower edge, and a mid-portion extending between the upper and lower edges.

Abstract: A fabric device includes a fabric and an electronic module. The fabric includes a fabric body configured to contact or to be worn on an object, and has a first surface configured to contact the object, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The fabric body is internally formed with a passage unit which has a plurality of passages intersecting and communicating with each other. The electronic module is disposed in the fabric body and includes a plurality of electronic components, in the form of strips, extending into the passage unit.

Abstract: A manufacturing method a housing assembly including a receptacle defining a chamber and having an access opening providing access to the chamber to removably receive an electronic module within the chamber. The housing assembly further includes first and second contact members each having a contact pad positioned outside the chamber and an arm extending from the contact pad into the chamber to form electrical contacts of an interface exposed to the chamber. The method includes connecting conductive leads to the contact pads to place the leads in electronic communication with the contacts, and bonding the housing assembly to a wearable article. The housing assembly is bonded between top and bottom layers of material forming a portion of the wearable article, such that the top and bottom layers are bonded to the receptacle by a bonding material. The article has an electrically-powered component, and the leads are connected to the component.

Abstract: A system includes an electronic module containing an electronic component and a connector in communication with the electronic component, and a housing defining a chamber and having an opening providing access to the chamber to receive the electronic module. The housing has an interface for removable electronic connection to the connector of the module when the module is received in the chamber, and the housing further has a magnet connected to the housing. The module includes a sensor configured to sense the magnet when the module is received in the chamber, and the module is configured to deactivate the connector when the sensor does not sense the magnet and to activate the connector when the sensor does sense the magnet. The sensor may be a Hall effect sensor and/or the connector may be configured for connection to a USB port in various configurations.

Abstract: An assembly includes a housing having a receptacle defining a chamber and an opening on a top side of the receptacle providing access to the chamber, such that the receptacle receives an electronic module within the chamber. First and second contact members have first and second contact pads, respectively, positioned outside the chamber on an underside of the receptacle opposite the top side and first and second arms, respectively extending from the first and second contact pads through a wall of the receptacle to form first and second electrical contacts exposed within the chamber. The first and second contact pads each have widths that are enlarged relative to the first and second arms, respectively. The first electrical contact and the second electrical contact form an interface exposed within the chamber and configured for removable electronic connection to a connector of the module when the module is received in the chamber.

Abstract: An article of apparel is configured to be worn on a torso of a wearer. The article of apparel includes a plurality of textile panels including a first textile panel and a second textile panel. The first textile panel is spaced apart from the second textile panel to define a gap between the first textile panel and the second textile panel on the article of apparel. An elastic textile material spans the gap and extends from the first textile panel to the second textile panel on the article of apparel. The first textile panel and the second textile panel possess a first elongation value, and the elastic textile material possesses a second elongation value that is greater than the first elongation value.

Abstract: A dynamic elastic one-way water-guiding sportswear is formed from a basic cloth. The basic cloth is made from a porous material having capable of dynamically adsorbing and transferring liquid water, and the dynamic transferring and guiding capability for liquid water of the basic cloth is determined based on the stretching ratio of the covered skin. The sportswear comprises an elastic stretchable bands (1_1, 1_2) and a pressure fastening area (2), wherein the elastic stretchable bands (1_1, 1_2) and the pressure fastening area (2) have different mechanics transmission properties. The elastic stretchable bands (1_1, 1_2) are used to provide elastic protection for twisting and stretching driven by the shoulders and legs, and the pressure fastening area (2) is used to fasten and protect the soft tissues of the back and abdomen by providing a pressure thereupon.

Abstract: Athletic garments comprising interchangeable top portions and bottom portions. The bottom portions may include an integrated or removable panty bottom portion to accommodate diapers, training pants, or other undergarments typically worn by young children. The athletic garments may be in a variety of style and colors and may be reversible for increased variety.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an air cooling blower and a piece of air-cooled clothing on which the air cooling blower is mounted. An air intake port is provided on a first end side of a tubular fan case, and an air outlet is provided on a second end side. First lock portions are provided in portions of a mounting flange or in portions of the tubular fan case near the portions of the mounting flange, and a second lock portion is provided in a portion of the mounting flange that opposes the first lock portions via a central axis of the tubular fan case interposed therebetween or in a portion of the tubular fan case near the portion of the mounting flange that opposes the first lock portions via the central axis of the tubular fan case interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A garment, such as a sports uniform, may provide visibility zones and/or flicker zones to enhance the ability of teammates to perceive the wearer. Different zones on a garment may have different sets of visual properties that may contrast with one another and/or a visual background. A denier differential between layers of a garment may facilitate moisture transport across the layers of the garment. Flicker zones may be discrete from or combined with visibility zones. One or more zones of a garment may also be substantially non-reflective at wavelengths associated with the visual background encountered while wearing the garment.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a protective gear and system for cushioning an object against falling. The protective gear includes a housing conforming to a portion of the object, an airbag disposed in the housing, a detector configured to detect a motion of the object; and a controller configured to generate an actuating signal to deploy the airbag if the motion is over a threshold. The protection system includes a primary protective gear and at least one secondary protective gear.

Abstract: A pair of water-resistant or waterproof chest waders includes at least one light source mounted to at least one area on the chest waders. The light source has multiple lighting elements facing toward different angles, thereby providing light in a number of directions simultaneously.

Abstract: An anti-chafing, anti-abrasion garment device is described. The device is configured to be worn between the thighs of a user, providing a buffer from skin-to-skin contact that can occur between the user's legs during movement. The garment device, when worn properly, is configured to adequately help protect the user from erythema, edema, chafing, and irritated skin which can commonly occur during walking, running, and jogging. The device is envisioned to remove the need to employ anti-chafing creams or other topical products on the inner thighs in order to prevent skin irritations and rashes.

Abstract: A method and system are provided for placing nose wires in a facemask production line. A supply of individual pre-cut nose wires are supplied to a dispenser in the production line. With the dispenser, the nose wires are metered at a defined spacing and orientation onto a running carrier web that is conveyed past the dispenser. The carrier web and nose wires deposited thereon are conveyed to a folding station wherein a binder web is folded over an edge of the carrier web such that the nose wires are encapsulated between the binder web and the carrier web.

Abstract: A pleated spray tan mask and method of donning is donned and attached around the face, so as to protect a user from inhaling undesired airborne particles or vapor while being spray tanned with tanning composition, and also to prevent tanning composition from coating the face. The mask comprises three panels that cover a portion of the face and perform independent functions for protecting against sprayed tanning compositions. The mask provides a forehead panel and a lower face panel that are pleated to increase in size for larger heads. Pleats allow the mask to be one-size-fits-all. Another unique feature of the forehead and lower face panels is that flaps form at the edges of the individual panels. Flaps fold inwardly and enhance airflow behind the panels. Further, a mid-face panel disposed between the forehead and lower face panels is at least partially transparent to enable visibility while being spray tanned.

Abstract: An electronic device holding system for inhibiting an electronic device from being dropped includes an electronic device and a glove that is selectively worn. A receiver is coupled to the glove and a mounting unit is removably coupled to the electronic device. The mounting unit releasbly engages the receiver to retain the electronic device on the glove. In this way the electronic device is inhibited from being dropped when the glove is worn.

Abstract: The embodiments herein provide an upper-body apparel design with a mechanism for folding integrated gloves under the sleeves of the apparel. The apparel comprises a pair of sleeves, a pocket on each of the sleeves, a pair of gloves and a hem finish. The gloves are designed in such a way that the gloves are available only when a user intends to use the gloves. When the gloves are not in use, the gloves are designed to slide into a pocket and stay hidden from view.

Abstract: The present invention is to an improved glove having both anatomically correlating stress relief zones and/or reinforced zones to add support in areas opposite the stress relief zones to keep bunching or slipping of the glove from interfering with the bending of the user's joints. The glove may have corrugated relief zones over some or all of the joints and knuckles of the hand, wherein the relief zones are formed of peaks and valleys. A relief zone can also be provided over the webbing between the thumb and the palm. The vertical or longitudinal relief zones provide for improved glove quality while keeping manufacturing difficulty and costs at a minimum.

Abstract: A pair of women's or ladies' pants, e.g., slacks or blue jeans, are provided with a small pocket sewn onto the pocket facing of one of the side pockets or front pockets, and configured to accommodate a feminine hygiene product such as a tampon. The personal pocket allows the personal hygiene product to be carried discreetly concealed, but readily available when needed. The personal pocket is oriented so as to align the tampon comfortably with the natural crease formed by the wearer's upper leg and torso, and may optionally have a closure.

Abstract: An article of clothing adapted for use by a wearer, the article of clothing including an outer body and an inner body. The outer body includes a front sheet, a collar portion, a pair of sleeves, each sleeve extending from one side of the outer body. The inner body includes a front sheet, a collar portion, a pair of sleeves, each sleeve extending from one side of the inner body. The collar portion of the inner body is attached to the collar portion of the outer body. The inner body is disposed within the outer body. In one embodiment, a pocket is disposed on the outer surface of the front sheet of the inner body. In another embodiment, a pocket is disposed on the inner surface of the front sheet of the outer body.

Abstract: Methods for bonding a seam using an inductively heated structure are provided. A three-dimensionally conformable structure is placed upon materials at a location of a desired seam for a clothing article. The structure contours to the surface and material as placed. The structure includes a conductive filling that may be inductively heated. The heated structure and conductive filling activate a heat-responsive adhesive at the location and bond the materials to one another to form the desired seam.

Abstract: One hair addition has a net with a central portion, a perimeter portion encircling the central portion, an upper face, and a lower face. A polymer base having an outer boundary extends below the net lower face at the entire net perimeter portion. The polymer base has upper and lower faces and a generally uniform total thickness therebetween, and the net central portion is devoid of the polymer base. Hair strands extend from the net central portion. A ribbon has first and second ends and a middle portion, and the first and second ribbon ends are fused to the polymer base. First and second cuts respectively extend from the outer boundary through the polymer base and the net. The first and second cuts are positioned above the ribbon and define lateral ends of a flap.

Abstract: The present invention relates to eyelash extensions and, more particularly, to a method for applying eyelash extensions to a subject's natural eyelashes by multiple technicians where the multiple positioned are positioned on opposite sides of the subject and each technician works on one of the subject's eyes.