Abstract: A protective cover for use over a cast to prevent soiling of the cast from bodily fluids, excrement, etc. The cover remains on the cast until the cast is removed, but can be removed and replaced as needed. The protective cover is cleaned by wiping with a damp cloth or a disinfecting or soap wipe or solution. The material is soft and smooth to the skin and is hypoallergenic. The cover is in the shape of the cast with additional material provided at each of the cast openings so that the additional material can be tucked inside the cast. Depending on the shape of the cast, the cover may optionally be provided with a slit in the material to facilitate fitting it onto the cast. The slit is provided with fasteners on each side of the slit for securing the slit together to fit the cover over the cast.

Abstract: A welding unit welds respective side panels pieces of a partly-finished product being conveyed by a conveying unit to each other along a conveying direction. The conveying unit conveys, when the respective side panel pieces are welded to each other by the welding unit, the partly-finished product in a state in which both side portions in the width direction of the portions of the respective side panel pieces to be welded are held for each set of the respective side panel pieces.

Abstract: An absorbent article with a fastening system with reduced waste and method of manufacturing such an absorbent article is disclosed. The method of manufacturing an absorbent article can include cutting a first web of ear tab material to provide a first ear tab that is registered and cutting a second web of ear tab material to provide a second ear tab that is registered. The method can also include providing a web of ear panel material, coupling the first and second ear tabs to the web of ear panel material, cutting the web of ear panel material to provide first and second ear panels to form first and second ears, and coupling the first and second ears to the absorbent assembly to form at least a portion of the fastening system for the absorbent article. The first and second ears can be configured to be different from one another.

Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for detecting the presence and amount of liquid and/or solid excrement in diapers or other undergarments, using a miniature ultra-low power near-field electromagnetic probe, applicable circuitry, and additional sensor types, that is hand-held or attached to the outside of said garments

Abstract: A pull-on diaper 50B of the invention includes an outer cover assembly 3 defining the exterior surface of the diaper. A front body portion F and a rear body portion R of the outer cover assembly 3 are connected to each other along their laterally opposite side edges to form a pair of side seams 4, a waist opening 8, and a pair of leg openings 9. Each side seam 4 has a sealed edge portion 41 where the front body portion side edge 3F and the rear body portion side edge 3R of the outer cover assembly 3 are bonded to each other at a continuous linear fusion bond extending in the longitudinal direction of the side seam and, in part, a non-sealed portion 42 where the front body portion side edge 3F and the rear body portion side edge 3R of the outer cover assembly face to each other in a non-bonded relationship.

Abstract: An absorbent article (10, 110, 210) can include a chassis (11) and a waist containment member (54). The waist containment member (54) can be disposed on the body facing surface (19) of the chassis (11). The waist containment member (54) can include a proximal portion (76) and a distal portion (78). The proximal portion (76) can be coupled to the body facing surface (19) of the chassis (11). The distal portion (78) can include a body facing surface (78a), a garment facing surface (78b), and a free edge (88). In some embodiments, the waist containment member (54) can further include a compressible member (87) coupled to the distal portion (78) of the waist containment member (54).

Abstract: A fastening tape, mechanical fastener, methods of making them, and personal hygiene articles including them are disclosed. The fastening tape includes a tape backing having a fastening portion, an adhesive disposed on the fastening portion, and a release surface for the adhesive. The release surface is a either a release tape attached along one of its edges to the tape backing or a release coating disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the tape backing. At least one of the tape backing or the release surface comprises a microporous film having an opaque, microporous region and at least one see-through region of lower porosity within the opaque, microporous region. The mechanical fastener includes such a microporous film and mechanical fastening elements on at least one surface. The at least one see-through region extends through the thickness of the microporous film.

Abstract: Problem: To provide a touch fastener female material which can achieve a good printed appearance without using a substrate layer such as a printed layer support film and which has excellent engaging properties and durability, and a touch fastener and absorbent article containing the touch fastener female material. Solution: A touch fastener female material including a knitted fabric; the knitted fabric composed of back yarns, middle yarns, and front yarns; at least 50% of the back yarns being finished yarns; and the back yarns being arranged in accordance with a 0-0/N-N (where N is an odd number) knit structure.

Abstract: An adhesive bandage is provided which has at least four arms instead of standard two where two of which being of a different length than other two to resist its removal from skin by a baby. The adhesive bandage includes a first and a second bandage arms and a third and a fourth bandage arms. The first and second bandage arms are transverse to the third and fourth bandage arms. The first and second bandage arms are longer in length to the third and fourth bandage arms. The adhesive bandage further includes a medicated pad at an intersection of the first and second bandage arms and the third and fourth bandage arms. In one embodiment, the new bandage includes an adhesive strip and a clip such that the adhesive strip is looped through the clip. In another embodiment, the new bandage includes an adhesive strip and a Velcro strap such that the adhesive strip is looped through the Velcro strap.

Abstract: Various implementations include neonatal transport apparatuses and systems employing such apparatuses. In one particular implementation, an apparatus includes: an isolation stage; a first mount on a first portion of the isolation stage, the first mount configured to engage a mounting frame of a neonatal transport unit; a second mount on a second portion of the isolation stage, the second mount configured to engage a stretcher; and a stabilizing coupler extending from the second portion of the isolation stage, the stabilizing coupler positioned to directly couple the isolation stage with a floor underlying the stretcher.

Abstract: An articulating bed incorporates a support frame with a head end rail, a foot end rail and having side frame rails. An upper body support frame is rotatably connected to a first cross member in the frame. An elevating assembly for the upper body support frame has two angled arms attached to the first cross member with hinges. A first pair of wheels is attached to the angled arms at a vertex and a second pair of wheels attached at an end of the arms distal from the hinges. A first actuator is attached from the head end rail to a cross brace extending between the angled arms. The elevating assembly has a first range of motion in which the first pair of wheels are in contact with longitudinal rails in the upper body support and a second range of motion in which the second pair of wheels are in contact with the longitudinal rails.

Abstract: Patient care devices, such as person support apparatuses and thermal control units, include one or more internal high speed networks, such as an Ethernet, for transmitting data between internal nodes or modules. A lower speed network may also be included with the Ethernet for redundantly transmitting some, but not all, types of data. Devices external to the patient care device can be granted limited access to the internal high speed network. Such devices may connect to the high speed network to utilize one or more user interfaces of the patient care device and/or to piggyback onto the patient care device's connection to an external local area network (e.g. a hospital LAN), or the patient care device's connection to yet another device. Some nodes may include web servers for serving up web pages of diagnostic information relevant to that node. The web servers are accessible via an external web browser.

Abstract: A patient support apparatus, such as a hospital bed, includes an alert light assembly or an alert light module having separate zones that are individually illuminated to convey information regarding respective alert conditions. The zones each have indicia related to a particular condition of the patient support apparatus. The illuminated zones are each sufficiently large so as to be seen from afar, such as on the order of ten feet or more. Alternatively or additionally, a GUI of the patient support apparatus displays alert indicia as part of a screen saver. Further alternatively or additionally, the patient support apparatus illuminates an alert light in a manner indicating an optimal time for taking a patient's vital signs.

Abstract: The apparatus of the present invention provides an apparatus for moving a patient on a pad and holding the pad in place on the surgical table. The disposable pad works in conjunction with the reusable patient lifting/moving base, allowing nurses to more readily and easily move patients on the table in order to facilitate surgical positioning. In another embodiment, the entire apparatus may be disposable. A pressure sensitive adhesive may hold the pad in place and prevent slippage between the pad and the top of the surgical table.

Abstract: Systems for patient support, imaging, or transport include a modality with a support surface configured to support a patient thereon, a converter associated with the modality, the converter being configured to receive relatively low-volume high-pressure air from a source of the relatively low-volume high-pressure air and to convert the relatively low-volume high-pressure air into relatively high-volume low-pressure air, and an air flow device configured to receive the relatively high-volume low-pressure air from the converter and provide an air flow function to the modality using the relatively high-volume low-pressure air.

Abstract: An electrical connection system that can feed power, signal, data, and communication lines into a rotating patient support system in a infant warming device.

Abstract: Embodiments include a modular support pad having a support cushion, a fluid-filled bladder coupled to an electronic pressure sensor for sensing a fluid pressure within the fluid-filled bladder, and a ticking surrounding the support cushion and the fluid-filled bladder and providing a person support surface between the fluid-filled bladder and a person. Other embodiments include a modular support pad having a support cushion, a bladder coupled to an electronic pump for circulating a cooling fluid within the bladder, and a ticking surrounding the support cushion and the bladder and providing a person support surface between the bladder and a person. Methods of sensing pressure applied by a support pad are also described.

Abstract: A compression garment for a neurological disorder includes a body portion and a pad. The body portion may be operable to wrap around a foot and the pad can attach to an inner surface of the body portion. The pad can include an outward protrusion and/or an inward recess. A guide sleeve may be dimensioned to wrap together with the body portion around the foot, the pad being disposable between the body portion and the guide sleeve. A first tensioning band may be attached onto to first and second locations of the body portion and be operable to secure opposing first and second portions of the inner surface of the body portion to secure the outward protrusion and/or recess of the pad against the abductor hallucis and flexor hallucis brevis muscles of the foot. The outward protrusion can include a receiver for the metatarsal head.

Abstract: To measure the number of steps of a user in a more precise manner, the pedometer of the present invention comprises a state variable detection unit for detecting a state variable indicating a walking movement of a user, a walking step determination unit for determining each walking step of the user from an output of the state variable detection unit, a walking information storage unit for incrementing a step count each time a walking step is determined by the walking step determination unit and storing the incremented step count and the associated time information obtained by a clock, and a walking step count computation unit for computing a walking step count of the user from a time point of initiating the measurement operation to a time point of terminating the measurement operation to a decimal part according to the step count and the associated time information stored in the walking information storage unit.

Abstract: A coupling device couples a walker to a torso orthosis which is coupled to a person. The coupling device includes an orthosis coupling member coupled to said torso orthosis, a walker coupling member coupled to said walker, and a mechanism coupled to the orthosis coupling member from its first end and to the walker coupling member from its second end. The mechanism constrains said orthosis coupling member to move along a free line. The torso orthosis is worn by the person and said coupling device is coupled to both said walker and said torso orthosis. The person may be walking along a moving direction not parallel with said free line. The mechanism forces said walker and torso orthosis to move along said moving direction and allows said torso orthosis to move freely along said free line when said moving direction is not parallel with said free line.

Abstract: The system improves performance of selected internal organs by stimulating the organs through vibrating action to restore their normal youthful functions. The system includes a probe which is introduced through the rectum and has a vibrating element at the end of or along a flexible shaft having a length sufficient to reach the ileocecal valve in the intestinal tract.

Abstract: A venous reservoir including a single inlet line clamp capable of partially or completely restricting blood flow to the venous reservoir. The venous reservoir is provided with a rigid back plate or bracket that can accommodate an inlet line capable of joining to at least one blood inlet port. The rigid back plate or bracket can accommodate a clamp capable of completely or partially closing the inlet line containing both the cardiotomy line and the venous line to manually control the blood flow drained from the patient.

Abstract: The protecting body for a flexible pouch is specially designed to contain a biopharmaceutical fluid. It includes two substantially planar plates which respectively form a lower surface and an upper surface and which are fixed to each other. The two plates are able to sandwich the flexible pouch for constraining the flexible pouch such that the protecting body is substantially planar, and includes, on a peripheral side, at least one opening able to receive at least one port of the flexible pouch.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a conveyor belt configured to convey a tablet; a print head configured to perform printing on the tablet conveyed by the conveyor belt; and a belt-position detector configured to detect the position of the conveyor belt in a direction crossing the conveying direction of the tablet in a horizontal plane. The conveyor belt includes a plurality of holes arranged in a row along the conveying direction of the tablet to hold the tablet. The belt-position detector includes an imaging device configured to capture an image of two or more of the holes; and an image processing device configured to detect the position of the conveyor belt in the crossing direction based on the image captured by the imaging device.

Abstract: A tamperproof dosage form article comprising: a core, wherein the core comprises a first end and a second end; a first shell on at least a portion of the first end of the core; a second shell on at least a portion of the second end of the core; wherein the first and second shells comprise one or more locking protrusions extending along at least a portion of the circumference and inner surface of the shells, and the core comprises one or more locking recesses, and wherein at least a portion of the shells proximal to the locking protrusions is elastically deformable and arranged such that each one locking protrusion is snapped into each one of the locking recesses once inserted over a predetermined portion of the core to provide a locking force between the core and the shells.

Abstract: A rhythmic pill crusher, including: a crushing cover including a cylindrical boss, wherein a plurality of first threads formed on a first wall of the crushing cover and around a column portion of the cylindrical boss, wherein the first wall is distant from the column portion of the cylindrical boss; and a supporting platform including a cylindrical recess for receiving the cylindrical boss and a plurality of second threads formed, in response to the first threads, on a second wall of the supporting platform; wherein the first threads are loosing engaged with the second threads, the first threads spirally go upward and downward along the second threads, or the first threads suspend relative to the second threads, which allows the first threads to rotates remaining in a same height. The pill crusher can be operated efficiently and easily and can be cleaned easily for reducing cross contaminations.

Abstract: Disclosed is a blister pack smart dispensing package that has an overlay with conductors located over blister pack pockets that are broken when a user retrieves a solid medication, such as a pill, from the blister pack. The date and time that the user retrieved the solid medication from the smart pack is recorded by an electronics and communications package on the smart pack. A local communications device then receives this adherence data and transmits this data to a server, which generates a data structure containing adherence data. A blister pack overlay can be used which changes colors to indicate that the medication is about to expire, or has expired.

Abstract: A pill dispensing system and associated methods are configured for managing the distribution of pills to a patient. In at least one embodiment, an at least one tamper-proof pill storage container provides an at least one pill magazine positioned within a housing of the pill storage container and configured for storing and selectively dispensing a plurality of pills through a pill outlet provided by the housing. A patient application, residing in memory on an at least one patient device under the control of the patient, is in selective communication with the at least one pill storage container. An at least one monitoring device is in selective communication with the patient application, the at least one monitoring device configured for assisting the patient application with monitoring an at least one vital of the patient.

Abstract: This invention relates to a dual phase mouthwash comprising a hydrophilic phase, a hydrophobic phase, and a hydrotrope, wherein the hydrophobic phase comprises coconut oil, as well as to methods of using and of making such compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to microcapsules comprising a capsule core and a capsule shell wherein the capsule shell comprises a core surrounding layer of a polyvinyl alcohol and an adjacent layer of a polyoxazoline, a process of their production and their use.

Abstract: Described herein are oral care whitening compositions comprising a non-aqueous phase comprising a peroxysulfate whitening agent, a hydrophobic base and at least one hydrophilic polymer, and optionally an aqueous phase comprising at least one hydrophilic polymer. Methods of making and using these compositions are also described herein.

Abstract: Disclosed is a personal care composition comprising turbostratic boron nitride, porous silica having a specific surface area of higher than 300 m2/g, and a cosmetically acceptable carrier.

Abstract: An oral care composition comprising zinc phosphate, stannous fluoride and an organic acid buffer system, as well as methods of using the same.

Abstract: The invention relates to topical sunscreen emulsion comprising an oil phase and a water phase, wherein said emulsion comprises a phosphate ester emulsifier, phytantriol and an amount of at least 1 wt.-% based on the total weight of the topical sunscreen emulsion of at least one UV-filter substance. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of phytantriol for improving the water resistance of such topical sunscreen emulsions.

Abstract: Useful compositions are described herein that comprise a solvent base comprising at least one non-aqueous solvent; at least one sunscreen active ingredient that is a UV blocker and/or a UV absorber; and a polymer reaction product of a random polymerization of at least one organic diol, at least one polycarboxylic acid and at least one polyol having at least three functional groups. Such compositions are particularly useful in clear compositions including sunscreens for personal care including spray sunscreen formulations that are applied to and effective on wet skin, hair or nails.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition containing component (A): a compound represented by the formula (1) wherein each symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION, or a salt thereof, and component (B): at least one kind of inorganic powder. The composition can be produced conveniently, shows good dispersibility, and is superior in the sense of use such as moist feeling, feeling of close adhesion and affinity, and a coated film formed from the composition has good condition and is also superior in durability.

Abstract: Disclosed is a skin care composition comprising starch, benzotriazole derivative sunscreen, whitening pigment and a cosmetically acceptable carrier, wherein the starch is present in amount of less than 2.2% by weight of the composition, and the benzotriazole derivative sunscreen is present in amount of less than 0.22% by weight of the composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cosmetic composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium: an aqueous phase; spiculisporic acid; at least one sulfate and/or sulfonate surfactant; and at least one organic base; wherein the ratio R of the number of moles of organic base over the number of moles of spiculisporic acid is strictly greater than 1.

Abstract: A photoprotective composition can be utilized for a variety of cosmetic compositions. A photoprotective composition comprises one or more photoactive agents, and a synergistic combination of polymers. The photoprotective composition can provide a substantially a complete film. The photoprotective composition may comprise an alkyl dimethicone, a polymer with ester linkages, and a phenyl silicone or stearate. The photoprotective composition can further comprise abietic acid and ester derivatives. The photoprotective composition can be a liquid such that it is easily and consistently dispensed from a bottle, pump or spray.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition that comprises at least one peptide with a sequence length of 6-12 amino acids, where 2-5 of those amino acids are cysteines for the treatment of the hair, including animal and human hair, without the use of chemicals harmful to the hair fiber and consumer health and uses of said compositions in shampoo, lotion, serum, cream, conditioner, foam, elixir, oil, aerosol or mask.

Abstract: The present specification relates to an oil-in-water type emulsion cosmetic composition containing an amphiphilic anisotropic powder and ceramide, wherein the amphiphilic anisotropic powder contains a first polymer spheroid which is hydrophilic and a second polymer spheroid which is hydrophobic, wherein the first polymer spheroid and the second polymer spheroid bind by at least partially penetrating the other polymer spheroid, wherein the first polymer spheroid has a core-shell structure, wherein the shell contains a functional group, and wherein the ceramide contains oil phase ceramide included in oil phase and ceramide particles included in water phase.

Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to hair styling compositions and products comprising the hair styling compositions. The hair styling compositions include: one or more soft latex film-forming polymers having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of less than 35° C. or less; one or more hard latex film-forming polymers having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 35° C. or more; less than 15 wt. % of water; and at least 80 wt. % of one or more organic solvents, wherein the composition has a shear viscosity of up to about 70 cP at 23° C. The compositions may further comprise one or more propellants, and are useful in products such as aerosol hair sprays, pump hair sprays, hair mousses, hair foams, hair gels, etc. The disclosure further relates to methods for styling the hair using the compositions and products.

Abstract: Disclosed are hair styling compositions comprising at least two latex polymers, wherein at least one latex polymer is a film-forming polymer. The composition is capable of forming a film having certain properties on a substrate. Methods of styling the hair are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for promoting hair growth and reducing hair loss using bioactive extracts of curcumin, Withania somnifera, and saw palmetto. Tocotrienols, tocopherols, piperine extract, low molecular weight collagen, and hyaluronic acid are optionally included in the compositions and methods.

Abstract: A particulate composition suitable for oral consumption comprising: a carrier phase which is a free flowing particulate phase comprising a poor or bitter tasting agent and a first particulate agent; and a retained phase comprising a second particulate agent, wherein the second particulate agent is or comprises a flavour agent and/or a taste-masking agent, and wherein the residence time in the mouth of the retained phase (R90: retained) is greater than the residence time in the mouth of the carrier phase (R90: carrier).

Abstract: Mucoadhesive buccal films comprising a statin-hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin inclusion complex and a statin-loaded mixed micelle composition, wherein the ratio of the mixed micelle composition to the inclusion complex is from 2:0.5 to 2:1.5 are provided. Methods of improving permeation of a statin across mucosal tissue by administering the film to a subject are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mupirocin topical pharmaceutical composition in a pump device, and its use for dispensing predetermined quantities of mupirocin for treating skin lesions.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating or ameliorating the symptoms of inflammatory or autoimmune disease or disorder are described herein. The compositions contain a nanolipogel for sustained delivery of an effective amount of one or more active agents of choice, preferably a drug for treating or ameliorating the symptoms of inflammatory or autoimmune disease or disorder. The nanolipogel includes a lipid bilayer surrounding a hydrogel core, which may optionally include a host molecule, for example, an absorbent such as a cyclodextrin or ion-exchange resin. In preferred embodiments at least one of active agents is an immunosuppressant.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are related to multivesicular liposome formulations encapsulating zinc meloxicam complex microparticles. Methods of making the zinc meloxicam complex microparticles and administering the zinc meloxicam complex microparticles encapsulated in multivesicular liposome formulations and their use as medicaments are also provided.

Abstract: Carrier particles in the form of granules described herein are suitable for use in dry powder formulations for inhalation, and preferably administering high-strength dose active ingredients.