Abstract: A glenoid implant (100) is disclosed. The glenoid implant including a plurality of bone fixation pegs (130, 140, 150) extending from a back or medial surface thereof. The bone fixation pegs including one or more features in the form of fins (132) and grooves (160) arranged and configured to provide increased fixation to the patient's bone thus minimizing the likelihood of the implant loosening.

Abstract: A method for coupling a glenoid component to a scapula includes forming an anchor-receiving hole in a glenoid of the scapula; inserting a guide pin into the anchor-receiving hole; forming a first concave surface of the glenoid using a reaming device; forming a second concave surface of the glenoid using the reaming device; removing the guide pin; and connecting the glenoid component such that a base surface portion faces the first concave surface and an augmented surface portion faces the second concave surface.

Abstract: A patient specific shoulder guide is provided that includes a hub and a plurality of peripheral members. Each of the peripheral members has a peripheral member height dimension between the patient specific contact surface and a side of the peripheral member opposite the patient specific contact surface. At least one of the peripheral members is a low profile peripheral member in which the peripheral height dimension is less than the peripheral height dimension of at least one other of the peripheral members or is less than the hub height.

Abstract: A fusion plate (1, 20) to assist fusion of a first bone (2) and second bone (3) comprising a rigid elongated plate configured to span the joint between the first and second bones having a C-shaped profile along its length, a thickness of 0.5 to 1.5 mm, and a plurality of holes (11) to receive bone-fixing screws (12) to fix the plate to the first and second bones, wherein the plurality of holes include at least one proximal hole disposed on each side (9, 10) of a proximal end (7) of the plate configured to receive proximal bone fixing screws (12) in an orthogonal fixing screw configuration and at least one hole disposed on each side (9, 10) of a distal end (8) of the plate configured to receive distal bone fixing screws in an orthogonal fixing screw configuration. The plate may be configured for dorso-medial attachment and fusion of a meta-tarsal joint selected from a MetaTarsoPhalangeal joint (MTPJ) and a TarsoMetaTarsal Joint (TMTJ) of the big toe.

Abstract: An intradiscal shield and an exterior shield configured to prevent re-herniation and to provide structural integrity to a spinal defect within or on a spinal disc. An insertion instrument to insert the intradiscal shield within the spinal defect and attach the intradiscal shield or exterior shield to the spinal disc. The insertion instrument having a distal tip for spraying a protein crosslinking reagent within the spinal defect. The exterior shield configured for attaching to the exterior wall of the spinal disc and blocking an exterior opening of the spinal defect.

Abstract: A height-adjustable spinal fusion cage including a first end plate and a second end plate, a distal movement block fixed to be relatively movable to a dove-tail groove formed at a distal end of each of the first end plate and the second end plate, a proximal movement block fixed to be relatively movable to a dove-tail groove formed at a proximal end of each of the first end plate and the second end plate, an adjusting member rotatably fixed to the proximal movement block and screw-coupled to the distal movement block to adjust a distance between the distal movement block and the proximal movement block, and a vertical guide portion formed to be disposed at the first end plate and the second end plate and provide support for a load in a longitudinal direction or width direction of the first end plate and the second end plate.

Abstract: An embodiment includes an orthopedic fusion system comprising: a cage; a curved first channel coupling a lateral wall of the cage to a superior surface of the cage; a curved second channel coupling the lateral wall of the cage to an inferior surface of the cage; a third channel coupling the superior surface of the cage to the inferior surface of the cage; a curved first anchor configured to slide within the first channel; a curved second anchor configured to slide within the second channel; and a threaded projection extending outwardly from the lateral wall; a washer non-threadingly attached to the threaded projection; a cam non-threadingly attached to the threaded projection and directly contacting the washer; a nut threadingly attached to the threaded projection and directly contacting the cam.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a spinal implant with a solid frame and a porous inner layer. The implant may have a cavity defined by the porous inner layer. The solid frame may have one or more ribs extending from a medial wall to a lateral wall. The thickness of the porous layer may vary relative the thickness of the solid frame at various locations. An inserter to place a spinal implant and a method to perform same are also disclosed.

Abstract: An expandable fusion device is capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. The fusion device may include a body portion, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the first and second endplates capable of being moved in a direction away from the body portion into an expanded configuration or capable of being moved towards the body portion into an unexpanded configuration. The fusion device is capable of being deployed and installed in both configurations.

Abstract: An expandable implant includes an upper portion configured to engage a first portion of bone, a bottom portion configured to engage a second portion of bone, a control assembly coupled to the upper portion and the bottom portion and configured to control relative movement between the upper portion and the bottom portion, wherein the control assembly includes a front portion and a control member, wherein the front portion has an aperture configured to receive the control member, wherein the control member includes a head, and wherein a portion of the head is positioned outside of the aperture as the implant is expanded between a first, collapsed orientation and a second, expanded orientation.

Abstract: Tibial implants, instruments, systems, and methods of implanting a tibial tray during a knee arthroplasty. The inserter instrument may include a main body with a pair of fixed posterior tabs, a moveable anterior tab body with an anterior tab, and a rotatable shaft for controlling movement of the anterior tab body. When the shaft is rotated, the anterior tab body is translated into an expanded position to lock the inserter to the tibial tray, thereby providing precise positioning of the tibial tray during implantation.

Abstract: Disclosed are various approaches for an apparatus having a tubular member which has a radially external side and a radially internal side. The apparatus can further include a plurality of artificial cilia disposed circumferentially on the radially internal side of the tubular member, where the plurality of artificial cilia forming arrays extending longitudinally along the radially internal side of the tubular member.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling an orthopedic joint of a lower extremity in at least one degree of freedom by an adjustable actuator for adjusting an orthopedic apparatus to walking situations that differ from walking on a plane. The orthopedic apparatus includes a top connector connected to a limb and an orthopedic element that is arranged in a hinged manner distal to the top connector.

Abstract: A limb prosthesis including a socket having an inner cavity configured for disposal therein of a limb stump of a user, and means for changing an inner diameter of the inner cavity by a remote control, where the inner diameter includes a lining disposed within the cavity, having between fifteen and sixty of only longitudinal inflatable cells where each of the cells is situated immediately adjacent to two other of the cells such that no intervening element aside from a shared border is provided between two such immediately adjacent cells, thereby diminishing blood flow blockage in the limb stump, and a pump assembly, for inflating and deflating the inflatable lining to a desired air pressure set by a user or by a controller, the remote control being in data communication with the pump assembly, for instructing the pump assembly to inflate or deflate the lining to the desired air pressure.

Abstract: Various embodiments for an endovascular implantable device (and variations thereof) that virtually eliminates the problem of stent foreshortening phenomena in which the length of a stent or prosthesis shortens as the prosthesis is expanded in the biological vessel.

Abstract: A method for producing a living body indwelling object capable of stably fixing a porous structure to a stent. The method for producing a living body indwelling object includes disposing a porous structure fixing material and a porous structure having a knitted stitch structure on a stent extending in an axial direction and formed to be capable of inflating in a radial direction, and fixing the porous structure to the stent by melting the porous structure fixing material.

Abstract: A sheath core assembly, a method for manufacturing a sheath core assembly, and a delivery device. The sheath core assembly includes a sheath core, and a tip and a connector at a distal end of the sheath core. The tip includes a first connecting section and guiding section connected to a distal end of the first connecting section. The guiding section is tapered and has an outer diameter decreasing from a proximal end to a distal end thereof. The connector connects between the sheath core and tip. A proximal end of the connector extends out from a proximal face of the tip, and a distal end of the connector extends towards a distal end of the tip and forms an extending section. The extending section is embedded in the guiding section. The extending section is tapered and has an outer diameter decreasing from a proximal end to a distal end.

Abstract: The present teachings provide a medical system for delivering and deploying a medical implant, and the method of using thereof. Specifically, one aspect of the present teachings provides a medical system having an implant with an engagement loop, and a delivery system having an engagement wire and an engagement mechanism. During implant delivery, the engagement wire engages the engagement loop of the implant. The engagement wire further interacts with the engagement mechanism in order to prevent unintended disengagement of the engagement loop from the engagement wire. The present teaching also provide an implant release mechanism that is configured to break away from the implant pusher shaft. Specially, one aspect of the present teaching provides that the implant release mechanism being of one unit with the implant pusher shaft. To release the implant, a clinician simply breaks away the implant release mechanism from the rest of the implant delivery system.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides devices for preventing or absorbing fluid (e.g., sweat) and/or odors from the intergluteal cleft of a subject. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides devices for treating or preventing hemorrhoids and methods of using same.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to various embodiments of a patient-specific ankle-foot orthotic (AFO) and methods of producing the same. The AFO includes a body comprising an upper support member, a lower support member, and a footplate. The upper support member comprises a first outer surface and a first inner surface, the first inner surface designed to selectively engage with at least a portion of a patient's calf. The lower support member comprises a second outer surface and a second inner surface, the second inner surface designed to selectively engage with at least a portion of the patient's ankle. The footplate comprises a third outer surface and a third inner surface, the third inner surface designed to selectively engage with at least a portion of the patient's foot. The body includes one or more structural bands disposed on portions of the first outer surface, second outer surface, and third outer surface.

Abstract: A preferred embodiment of the invention relates to an elastomeric athletic or orthopedic brace and provides support for a joint complex. The preferred embodiment includes an elastomeric sleeve having a distal portion and a proximal portion that surrounds and supports one or more joints and with fenestrations or cut-outs and optional supplemental supports or framework so as to provide an external anatomically configured network that augments the effects of the ligaments. The brace can be used prophylactically or therapeutically.

Abstract: Provided is a wearing-type correction apparatus for the human body, wherein the apparatus can accurately detect compression intensity at a position close to a curved portion of the body to be corrected, and show data including the compression intensity to a user via a correction management service application installed in a user terminal. To this end, the wearing-type correcting apparatus for the human body according to the present invention comprises: clothing worn on the upper body of a patient; a curve compressor that is disposed on the clothing and compresses the curve portion to be corrected; an intensity adjuster that is disposed on the clothing and connected to the curve compressor by a wire, and that adjusts the compression intensity of the curve compressor by adjusting the amount of winding and unwinding of the wire; and a pressure sensor installed in at least one of the curve compressor or the intensity adjuster to sense the compression intensity.

Abstract: A belt with knob for adjustable elasticity is disclosed, including a belt body. The belt body includes a support part and fixing belts connected to both sides of the support part, the support part is configured to be connected with a plurality of adjusting belts, and the adjusting belts are arranged symmetrically along a center of the support part to the both sides. Two fixing belts are configured with adjusting knobs, the adjusting knobs are configured with elastic strings, and the adjusting knobs are connected with the adjusting belts of corresponding sides by linkage of the elastic strings. The belt of the present disclosure can improve effects of tightening and pulling, and thereby achieving adjusting elasticity effect. Moreover, due to the adjusting knobs are one-way adjusting knobs, which can effectively prevent human body muscles from contracting and expanding action influencing an optimal adjustment of the belt elasticity.

Abstract: A cushioned support device includes a pad configured to support a portion of a patient's leg, and a leg wrap coupled to the pad and configured to secure the portion of the patient's leg to the pad. The leg wrap includes a first flap extending from a first side of the pad, a second flap extending from a second side of the pad, and a fastener positioned on the first flap and configured to removably couple the first flap to the second flap to define a leg cavity between the leg wrap and the pad.

Abstract: A device or tool for repositioning a stoma prolapse Is shown along with an assembly including the device or tool for repositioning a stoma prolapse combined with a positioning unit preventing a stoma prolapse from occurring. The device includes a container (1) with side walls (2), a first end (4) and a second end (5) wherein the second end (5) has an opening, a piston (3) dimensioned to travel inside the container (1) from the first end (4) of the container (1) to the second end (5), and a push device (6) configured to move the piston (3) from a first position to a second position close to or in contact with the second end (5).

Abstract: An ostomy system includes a plurality of electrodes adapted to sense a leakage of stoma output relative to the base plate, with a first adhesive provided on a proximal side of the electrode assembly, a second adhesive provided on a distal side of the electrode assembly, a connection part with a plurality of terminals electrically coupled with the electrode assembly; and a monitor device with monitor device terminals. The coupling part mechanically and electrically connects the monitor device terminals to the connection part. When the electrode assembly is secured to the base plate and the first adhesive is secured to the skin of the user and the monitor device is coupled with the coupling part, the monitor device transmits a signal to an accessory device to alert the user to sensed leakage of the stoma output relative to the base plate.

Abstract: A shield device is disclosed, which provides a user with a more discrete method of wearing medical products. The shield device comprises a body component that is configured in the shape of the ostomy bag. The body component is opaque with an adhesive on the rear side, which secures it to the ostomy bag. The body component is attached to the outside of a medical supply pouch, or it may be worn as a cover up to shield medical supplies from the view of others. The body component can be customized with different colors and designs. The device will essentially allow medical personnel to carry their supplies in a more discrete fashion.

Abstract: An ostomy bag device includes a bag with first and second chambers communicating via a first opening and a pressure sensitive interface. The bag includes a second opening interfacing with a stoma exit and receiving waste in the first chamber, a third opening expelling the waste from the first chamber, and a fourth opening releasing gas from the second chamber. The interface transitions from a first state in which the interface prevents a gas flow through the first opening from the first to second chambers and a second state in which the interface allows the flow. A first pressure differential in the first chamber relative to the second chamber causes the interface to assume the first state preventing the flow and a second pressure differential in the first chamber relative to the second chamber higher than the first differential causes the interface to assume the second state allowing the flow.

Abstract: A system for use with a mandibular lingual repositioning device has a computing application implementable on a user's personal computing device in operative communication with a managing platform over a communication network. The computing application has a first module configured for entry of a user's biometrics, a second module configured for entry of a user's health/fitness goals, a third module configured for calculating a plurality of variables relative to the user's health/fitness goals. The plurality of variables includes carbohydrates daily intake, protein daily intake, fat daily intake, calories per day, calories per week, basal metabolic rate, ml/hr hydration loss during exercise, active metabolic rate, and a target calorie burn rate. The managing platform has a user interface configured for managing the data from the user's computing application, managing access to the user's computing application, and managing one or more algorithms executable by the third module of the computing application.

Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus to insert and remove a thermally activated vaginal pessary (102), by employing a nitinol core material that is integrated into the construction of the thermally activated vaginal pessary and configured to increase in radial size upon contact with body temperature by undergoing a configurational phase change in the underlying nitinol core material.

Abstract: A board for thermally regulating the temperature of a patient disposed on the board is provided. The board includes a board body formed by at least two laminate layers and a temperature regulating apparatus embedded between the first laminate layer and the second laminate layer of the board body. The temperature regulating apparatus may include a heating element that selectively emits thermal radiation to at least one of the first laminate layer and the second laminate layer. Alternatively, the temperature regulating apparatus may include a fluid tube for receiving a flow of a temperature regulating fluid therethrough. The board may further include a fluid pump and a fluid tank that holds the temperature regulating fluid therein. The fluid pump generates the flow of the temperature regulating fluid though the fluid tube. The fluid tank, fluid pump, and fluid tube form a recirculating flow circuit for the temperature regulating fluid.

Abstract: A heat transfer device for applying a varying temperature to a portion of an animate body comprises a liquid conduit. The liquid conduit is liquidly connectable to an external first liquid source to establish a first circulation loop for transporting a first liquid. The liquid conduit is liquidly connectable to an external second liquid source to establish a second circulation loop for transporting a second liquid. The second liquid has a higher temperature than the first liquid. The liquid conduit is operably switchable between the first circulation loop and the second circulation loop for achieving the varying temperature applied to the portion of the animate body.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a medical pad for exchanging thermal energy between a targeted temperature management (TTM) fluid and a patient. The medical pad includes a fluid containing layer configured for circulation of a TTM fluid therein. The pad is configured to expand together with an expansion of the patient's skin. A fluid containing layer of the pad includes openings extending therethrough to facilitate expansion. The pad further includes tabs extending away from a perimeter edge, so that a clinician may apply a lifting force to the tab to separate a proximate portion of the pad away from the patient. The pad further includes a hydrogel layer formed of an ultraviolet light-cured composition.

Abstract: A dispenser containing a viscous ophthalmic product that is sterile and free from preservatives, including a reservoir having a wall suitable for deforming when pressure is applied to the reservoir by a user of the dispenser and for spontaneously returning to its original shape upon release. The reservoir further includes a flexible bag in the internal space defined by the wall thereof in which the viscous ophthalmic product is contained. The dispenser includes an air inlet means for receiving air between the wall of the reservoir and the flexible bag and an attached head which comprises a drip end piece having a dispensing opening, a unidirectional valve-interposed between the flexible bag and the dispensing opening, the valve being configured to prevent air from outside the dispenser from entering into the flexible bag.

Abstract: An ophthalmic injection device is disclosed. The injection device is configured to inject a quantity of local anesthetic into or immediately beneath the bulbar conjunctive to create a patch of anesthetized eye wall prior to an intravitreal or subretinal injection. The device is designed to allow complication-free injection of local anesthesia into the eye wall by non-physician healthcare personnel with minimal training.

Abstract: Provided is an intraocular implant delivery device, comprising a housing, a main control pull rod assembly, a slider assembly a striking assembly, a retracting needle turntable, and a push needle assembly. The main control pull rod assembly, the slider assembly, the striking assembly, and the retracting needle turntable are all arranged in the housing. A through hole is provided at a distal end of the housing, and a push needle of the push needle assembly passes through the through hole and extends to an outer side of the housing. The main control pull rod assembly, the slider assembly, and the striking assembly are each provided with an energy source capable of selectively releasing energy. The main control pull rod assembly is actuated by an operator through a button arranged on the housing, so that the energy source drives the main control pull rod assembly to move axially.

Abstract: The application relates to an eye drop dispensing device optionally including one or more active principles, the device including a dispensing head including an eye drop supply duct, the supply duct having an open dispensing end, and a dispensing surface in the vicinity of the dispensing end, the dispensing surface extending over at least one side of and below the dispensing end, the dispensing end being arranged so as to supply the eye drops to the dispensing surface.

Abstract: A lens drying system includes a sterile gas supply, a supply line, and an annular body. The body is connected to the supply line and defines an internal channel. The internal channel, which is in fluid communication with the sterile gas supply via the supply line, defines a plurality of openings. The openings are collectively configured to direct a flow of a sterile gas, e.g., a filtered and desiccated medical grade gas, from the sterile gas supply onto a lens surface of an ophthalmic front lens. This occurs during a non-contact wide-angle visualization process to mitigate fogging of the lens surface. A processor of a surgical console may receive user preference settings, including a desired steady-state flow rate and/or a desired pulse rate of the sterile gas. The processor could then command the desired steady-state flow rate and/or a desired pulse rate from the surgical console.

Abstract: Ophthalmic devices can be applied for treatment of various conditions including eye diseases, such as glaucoma, using minimally invasive surgical techniques. The ophthalmic device can be used to cut the trabecular meshwork (TM) in the eye. The device tip provides entry into the Schlemm's canal and ramped portions elevate the TM under tension and guide it to lateral blades. An entire strip of TM can be removed without leaving TM leaflets behind and without causing collateral damage to adjacent tissues.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for correcting higher-order aberrations including providing a laser radiation. The method also includes controlling a location of a beam focal point of the laser radiation by a system of scanners and guiding the beam focal point in such a way that the location of the beam focal point is in a cornea of an eye. The method further includes introducing the laser radiation into the cornea of the eye. The method includes cutting a lenslet, wherein a thickness of the lenslet t(X,Y) satisfies a following equation: t(X,Y)=t0+?t(X,Y)/(n?1), where ?t(X,Y) represents a higher-order wavefront elevation and t0 represents the thickness of the lenslet having a spherical refractive power of D.

Abstract: A single-piece patient interface device for coupling a patient's eye to an ophthalmic surgical laser system includes a cone substrate with a rigid frustoconical shaped shell for coupling to the laser system, and a flexible suction ring integrally joined to the lower end of the rigid shell for coupling to the patient's eye. The suction ring has a circular skirt extending downwardly from a base portion, a diaphragm extending from the base portion and disposed inside of the skirt, and a contact lens held by the diaphragm to cover a center opening. When the skirt contacts the eye's surface, the skirt, the diaphragm, the contact lens and the eye surface form a vacuum chamber, where a vacuum may be applied to secure the patient interface device to the eye. The parameters of the suction ring are optimized to fit a large range of eye sizes, including smaller eyes.

Abstract: Devices and methods for encapsulating a portion of a wound dressing with a coating are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method can comprise positioning a substantially flexible wound contact layer of the wound dressing on a perforated plate. The wound contact layer can include a first side supporting a plurality of electronic components protruding from a surface of the first side and a second side opposite the first side. The second side can be substantially smooth. The method can further comprise applying a vacuum to the wound contact layer through perforations in the perforated plate to hold the wound contact layer against the perforated plate and coating the wound contact layer with a coating.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical article for fixation of a wound dressing as well as its use and manufacturing method. The medical article comprises a non-woven backing layer. A plastic film layer is attached to the bottom side of the non-woven backing layer. An adhesive silicone gel layer is then in turn attached to the bottom side of the plastic film layer. Preferably, the medical article is provided in the form of a roll. The medical article according to the present invention may provide an easy to apply, secure, skin-friendly, painless and gentle fixation of a primary dressing such as a compress on the body of a patient.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to apparatuses and methods for wound treatment. In some embodiments, a negative pressure source is incorporated into a wound dressing apparatus so that the wound dressing and the negative pressure source are part of an integral or integrated wound dressing structure that applies the wound dressing and the negative pressure source simultaneously to a patient's wound. The negative pressure source and/or electronic components may be positioned between a wound contact layer and a cover layer of the wound dressing. The negative pressure source and/or electronic components may be separated and/or partitioned from an absorbent area of the dressing. A switch may be integrated with the wound dressing to control operation of the wound dressing apparatus. A connector may be direct air from an outlet of the negative pressure source to the environment. A non-return valve may inhibit back flow of air into the wound dressing.

Abstract: Examples of an engineered knitted garment with a number of integrated compression zones are disclosed. The engineered knitted garment may be a pair of tights having a first compression zone located at the calves, a second compression zone located at the knees, and a third compression zone located at the waist. The compressive moduli of the compression zones may be different to provide higher compression in areas where greater support is required (e.g., at the calves) and lower compression in areas where greater mobility is required (e.g., at the knees).

Abstract: A brace for treating/preventing carpal tunnel injury including a body having a proximal end and a distal end defining s longitudinal direction, the body including a forearm support at the body proximal end, a wrist support coupled to the forearm support by a neck portion, the wrist support comprising a first palmar strap support, a first member and a second member extending from the wrist support in the longitudinal direction towards the distal end, a distal palmar support, a proximal palmar aperture, a palm band having a second palmar strap support, and a palmar strap, extending between a proximal end attached to the first palmar strap support to a distal end, the palmar strap configured to extend across a portion of the back of the hand and over a purlicue of the hand, the distal end of the palmar strap configured to removably attach to the distal palmar support.

Abstract: Medical devices and related methods useful for EVAC procedures are described. The medical device may include a sponge. The sponge may include a plurality of perforations that form one or more tear surfaces. The one or more tear surfaces may define a predefined location for removing a first portion of the sponge from a second portion of the sponge. The one or more tear surfaces may form a boundary between a radially inner surface of the first portion and a radially outer surface of the second portion. The medical device may further include a tube coupled to a proximal portion of the sponge.

Abstract: A medical device may include a conduit and a porous body coupled to a distal end of the conduit. The medical device may have a first loop extending proximally from a proximal end of the porous body. The medical device may have a second loop extending distally from a distal end of the porous body.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to an absorbent pad for use in a garment and a garment having the absorbent pad. The absorbent pad includes a liquid impermeable barrier layer; a functional assembly attached to the barrier layer; and a peripheral assembly attached to a periphery of the functional assembly, at least part of the peripheral assembly being liquid impermeable. The functional assembly includes an absorbent layer attached to the barrier layer, the absorbent layer for absorbing liquid; and a wicking layer attached to the absorbent layer. The wicking layer is arranged to face towards a skin of a user when in use. The wicking layer transfers liquid to the absorbent layer. The wicking layer and the absorbent layer are attached at a plurality of discrete points between them to facilitate liquid transfer from the wicking layer to the absorbent layer via areas around the discrete points.

Abstract: A method includes positioning a first end of a cloth material at an initial position, with the first end being bendable. The method also includes configuring a first connector on a top end of the first end of the cloth material. The first connector is adjacent to an area positioned to receive one or more liquids in set time intervals or random time intervals. The method also includes positioning a second connector adjacent to the area receiving the one or more liquids. The second connector is configured to connect with the first connector to secure the one or more liquids within the area.