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A method and apparatus for providing permanent epicardial pacing comparable to permanent transvenous pacing in the acutely ill or debilitated patient under local anesthesia and for drainage of pericardial fluid and pericardial biopsy. The apparatus includes a cylindrical member with first and second open end portions, an inner and outer wall portion and a connecting slot between the inner and outer wall portions, a guard member provided at the first end portion of the cylindrical member adjacent to the slot and a maneuvering member connected to the outer wall portion at the second end portion of the cylindrical member. The epicardial pacing method includes the steps of making a keyhole incision below a xyphoid process of a body, introducing a pericardioscope into a retro-sternal space of the body, making a cruciate incision in the pericardial cavity of the heart, screwing myocardial electrodes into a right ventricle of the heart, removing the pericardioscope from the retro-sternal space; attaching electrodes subcutaneously into a pocket in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen, and attaching a pulse generator to the electrodes to thereby provide epicardial pacing. The method of drainage of pericardial fluid and pericardial biopsy includes the steps of making a keyhole incision below a xyphoid process of a body, introducing a pericardioscope into a retro-sternal space of the body and excising a disc of the pericardium so as to allow for drainage of the pericardial fluid, entrance of the pericardioscope into the pericardial cavity, inspection of the epicardial surface of the heart and evaluation of the pericardium itself.
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A substantially purified intra-acrosomal human sperm antigen useful in a contraceptive vaccine is disclosed herein. The antigen remains associated with human sperm after the acrosome reaction. In particular, it remains associated with the inner and outer acrosomal membranes. Modified antigens and fragments thereof prepared by protein modification techniques are also disclosed as well as methods for purifying and using the antigens. Also disclosed are monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies to the antigen and methods of making and using such antibodies. Methods of use include purification of the antigen or use in various diagnostic techniques. Also disclosed are cDNA, expression vectors, and transformed microorganisms that produce the antigen.
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A method for increasing fertility in males with impairment of testosterone synthesis, comprising the step of injecting slow-release microcapsules or microspheres containing testosterone directly into the testes. The testosterone-laden microcapsules or microspheres act as temporary Leydig cells and release testosterone directly into the testicular parenchyma and maintain high intratesticular concentrations of testosterone needed for spermatogenesis.
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A metabolic catheter and method which allows the simultaneous removal of body fluids from organs and immediate addition of stop solution to the body fluid at the catheter tip to prevent degradation of the metabolite to be measured.
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A grafting material comprising milled bone which has an initial coating of guanidine-extracted bone proteins which are dialyzed from solution. Unbound bone proteins are removed and this augmented milled bone is lyophized. A subsequent coat of anti-coagulated plasma containing plasma proteins is applied to the augmented milled bone. The unbound plasma proteins are removed from the coating by rinsing.
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A slide irrigating unit has two plexiglass boxes, an inner box forming an irrigating chamber and an outer box forming a drain box. The outer drain box is tightly sealed and its inner walls form the perimeters of the inner box which is open at the top. PVC tubing extends through the outer box and underneath the inner box. This tubing is attached to a fresh water source. The fresh water flows into this PVC tubing and under the bottom of the inner box. Water emerges from this PVC tubing through holes in the bottom of the inner box. As the water level increases in height, it rinses racks of stained microscopic slides that have been inserted into the inner box from the top. The inner box contains drainage holes approximately one inch from the top of the open inner box. The stain contaminated water rises from the bottom of the inner box and drains through these drainage holes into the sealed outer box. The stain contaminated water exits the outer drain box through a PVC drainage pipe in the bottom of the outer box. By attaching a tube to this drainage pipe, one can drain the stain contaminated water directly into the drain of a sink.
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Methods and apparatus for electrochemically disinfecting or treating contaminated aqueous liquids by contact disinfection and/or the generation of a biocidally active chemical agent in the liquid being treated. Rapid polarization of reactor electrodes after polarity reversal and out-of-phase operation of paired reactors can be employed to promote efficient disinfection, reduce the bulk of the apparatus, and protect the reactor electrodes against damage.