Abstract:
An articular cartilage shell graft is designed to treat the arthritic population for which current biologic treatments are insufficient and as a biological-stage repair for intervention before prosthetic knee arthroplasty. An exemplary shell graft/cell isolate device is intended for use in symptomatic. Grade IV, predominantly unicondylar knee arthritis where a biological repair is preferred.
Abstract:
Assemblies and methods for securing a fractured or weakened bone within a subject's body are provided. The assembly includes a frame having an adjustable flexible member construct thereon. The adjustable flexible member construct is disposed in the frame such that the adjustable flexible member and the frame encircle the fractured or weakened bone.
Abstract:
An energy storage cell pack cradle assembly for holding multiple rows of energy storage cells oriented along a dominant axis of vibration includes a first cradle member including a plurality of energy storage cell body supporting structures including respective holes; a second cradle member including a plurality of energy storage cell body supporting structures including respective holes; and one or more fasteners connecting the first cradle member and the second cradle member together. The energy storage cell body supporting structures are configured to structurally support the energy storage cells, with the energy storage cells oriented along a dominant axis of vibration, by energy storage cell bodies of the energy storage cells with respective electrically conductive terminals extending through the respective holes without structural support of the electrically conductive terminals by the cradle members.
Abstract:
The present invention includes a method and software application for providing a promotion to a user on a phone. The software application resides on a user's phone and "listens" for phone numbers dialed by a user. In response to the user dialing a phone number, the software determines whether a promotion or an offer for a promotion should be provided to the user. In response to determining to play or offer to play a promotion to the user, the software application on the phone effectively "intercepts" the call and plays to the user either a promotion or an offer to hear about a promotion prior to placing an outbound voice call. The software application may retrieve the promotion from local memory or may connect with a remote server to download an applicable promotion.
Abstract:
A light fixture (100 ) includes a flexible color filter material (308) coupled to a scrolling mechanism (500) that moves the material in a first direction to position a selected portion of the color filter material in a part of a light beam from the fixture. A device coupled to the mechanism may move the mechanism in a second direction (506) so that another part of the light beam passes unfiltered. Different areas (B-I) of the color filter material produce different colors, the device may rotate the scrolling mechanism substantially parallel to the plane of the color filter material. The light fixture may also include a second scrolling mechanism (110) coupled to flexible diffusion material (310) for diffusing at least a part of the light beam of the light fixture by a predetermined amount.
Abstract:
The present invention includes a method and software application for providing a promotion to a user on a phone. The software application resides on a user's phone and "listens" for phone numbers dialed by a user. In response to the user dialing a phone number, the software determines whether a promotion or an offer for a promotion should be provided to the user. In response to determining to play or offer to play a promotion to the user, the software application on the phone effectively "intercepts" the call and plays to the user either a promotion or an offer to hear about a promotion prior to placing an outbound voice call. The software application may retrieve the promotion from local memory or may connect with a remote server to download an applicable promotion.
Abstract:
The present invention includes a method and software application for providing a promotion to a user on a phone. The software application resides on a user's phone and "listens" for phone numbers dialed by a user. In response to the user dialing a phone number, the software determines whether a promotion or an offer for a promotion should be provided to the user. In response to determining to play or offer to play a promotion to the user, the software application on the phone effectively "intercepts" the call and plays to the user either a promotion or an offer to hear about a promotion prior to placing an outbound voice call. The software application may retrieve the promotion from local memory or may connect with a remote server to download an applicable promotion.
Abstract:
A fixation device for attaching elongate flexible members to tissue. The device includes a plate defining a plurality of openings for receiving respective flexible members, and a plurality of fasteners corresponding to the plurality of openings. Each fastener passes through the corresponding opening and is received into the tissue, such that tightening the fastener against the plate compresses the respective flexible member between the plate and the fastener.
Abstract:
A food supplement, either in the form of a snack bar or a beverage, which contains one or more cartilage enhancing supplements is provided. The cartilage supplements include chondroitin, glucosamine, and hyaluronic acid. The food supplement may additionally be fortified with cetyl myristoleate. The beverage is a mixture of a juice drink base which may include a water-based fruit flavored juice prepared using a pasteurization process at a relatively high temperature and a cartilage supplement solution which includes a cartilage supplement prepared at a relatively low temperature. The beverage may be carbonated, non-carbonated or concentrated. The preferred cartilage supplement is glucosamine, preferably associated with a counter ion, more preferably as glucosamine HC1. The supplement also contains vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and calcium hydroxide powder.
Abstract:
The invention provides an article of manufacture comprising a substantially non-immunogenic injectable collagen for implantation into humans. The invention further provides methods for preparing injectable collagen material by removing collagen -containing material from a non-human animal; washing in saline and alcohol; subjecting material to cellular disruption treatment; and digesting the material with a proteoglycan- depleting factor and/or glycosidase and optionally following with a capping treatment. The invention also provides an article of manufacture produced by the method. The injectable collagen material of the invention are substantially non-immunogenic and have substantially the same mechanical properties as a corresponding native soft tissue.