摘要:
Compositions and methods for treating and imaging vulnerable plaque and other inflammatory conditions in a patient rely on the delivery of conversion electron-emitting sources and other radionuclides to regions of exposed collagen in the vasculature or other body lumens. The conversion electron-emitting sources or other radionuclides are coupled to a collagen-binding substance and administered to the vasculature or other body lumen to permit binding for imaging and/or therapeutic purposes.
摘要:
A luminal implant comprises a conversion electron emitting source present on an expandable scaffold. Implant may be positioned within a blood vessel or other luminal site at risk of hyperplasia or neoplasia. The conversion electrons emitted by the source will inhibit hyperplasia or neoplasia.
摘要:
A system and method for cooling and warming the central nervous system of a patient comprises a delivery tube with one of the ends couplable to a supply of fluid. A head structure is coupled to the other end of the delivery tube and cooling or warming fluid is directed through the tube to the head structure. The head structure is configured to be placed within the rectal cavity of a patient such that either a contact surface on the head structure or the fluid itself directly contacts a portion of the rectal mucosal membrane. A means for reversing the vertebral venous flow of blood through Batson's plexus supplies cooled or warmed blood directly to the vertebral structures. Unique methods of utilizing the system to selectively cool and warm the central nervous system structures of a patient are set forth herein.
摘要:
A pharmaceutical composition for administration to a patient body. The composition includes a physiologically-acceptable formulation including at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient, wherein said physiologically-acceptable formulation including said at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient is provided in a delivery form, said delivery form being administrable to a patient body through a plurality of administration routes, which include the oral and rectal routes.
摘要:
A system and method for cooling and warming the central nervous system of a patient comprises a delivery tube with one of the ends couplable to a supply of fluid. A head structure is coupled to the other end of the delivery tube and cooling or warming fluid is directed through the tube to the head structure. The head structure is configured to be placed within the rectal cavity of a patient such that either a contact surface on the head structure or the fluid itself directly contacts a portion of the rectal mucosal membrane. A means for reversing the vertebral venous flow of blood through Batson's plexus supplies cooled or warmed blood directly to the vertebral structures. Unique methods of utilizing the system to selectively cool and warm the central nervous system structures of a patient are set forth herein.
摘要:
A toilet deodorant container, including a main body to store a toilet deodorant upon an interior surface therein, at least one water aperture disposed on at least a portion of the main body to facilitate movement of water therethrough, and a hook assembly disposed on at least a portion of a side of the main body to connect via an outer surface of the hook assembly to a toilet bowl to suspend the main body into the toilet bowl.
摘要:
A method and combination including a visual marker for monitoring a patient to determine compliance with a medication regimen. An orally administrable medication composition is provided in combination with a visual marker. When the combination is orally ingested, the marker causes a coloration or discoloration of the oral and/or pharyngeal cavity of a subject. By visually observing the oral and/or pharyngeal cavity of the subject, one can determine whether medication has been ingested based upon the presence or absence of the coloration/discoloration.
摘要:
An injector device comprising a body containing a syringe with a needle and plunger, a drive spring coupled with the syringe and operable, when released, to drive the syringe forward to inject the needle and subsequently to dispense a dosage from the syringe, a housing containing the body and drive spring, and a release apparatus coupled with the housing. The drive spring is initially locked in an unreleased position, and the body is slidable with respect to the housing and configured for sliding upward in the housing when the injector device is pressed down at an injection site to engage the release apparatus and release the drive spring for delivering a dosage.
摘要:
A tactile communications device includes a two dimensional surface configured to be positioned in contact with a wearer for tactual stimulation. A plurality of actuators are positioned on the surface and arranged in a generally planar array. Various of the actuators are operable for being sequentially activated, line-by-line, to produce a non-veridical perception of a three dimensional surface.
摘要:
Oral medicament delivery system comprising a pharmaceutical composition comprising a flexible matrix, said matrix formed of a plurality of fibers comprising a collagen-based carrier and a medicament, the composition orally dissolvable to deliver a unit dose of the medicament to a patient. The flexible composition can be dose titrated and co-administered with a second pharmaceutical formulation.