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Michael C Pereira

Christopher Kampf

Daniel J Nelsen

David Robson

Alvin Costa

Richard T Coffey

Charles J Renz

Marco Wo

Daniel Patrick Smith

Aidan Petrie

Thomas Parent

Aidan J Petrie

Benoit Devinat

Breck Petrillo

Thomas Weisel

David Skinlo

David John Copeland

Dan Nelsen

Christopher Weinert

Charles Johnson

Ron Farkash

Daniel Joseph Nelsen

Raymond Albert Hin

Gary Andrew Kennedy

Marc S Harrison

Edward S Richardson

John Merrick Taggart

A Jeffrey Turner

Thad M Ide

Paul J Mulhauser

Nelson Kraemer

Ralph J Infusino

Walter Paul Sjursen

Raymond P Denkewicz, Jr

Kenneth Zins

Hassan A Mohamed

Justin W Sirotin

Stephen E Lane

Kyungmin Andy Lee

Michael DeSalvo

Michael C Vieira

Troy Schubert

Son Minh Luong

Robert F Rosnak

Daniel J Nelson

Stephen E Lanc

Aldan J Petrie

Daniel P Smith

Daniel Nelsen

Son Luong

Ryan White

Christopher Weinart

Dan Nelson

A suturing apparatus comprises a pair of jaws. A bendable needle housed in one of the jaws is adapted to carry a suture. An optional suture receiver may be disposed adjacent to the opposite jaw. A transition block curves the needle and directs it in a direction generally unparallel to an axis of the carrying jaw. The needle may also be configured to retrieve a suture. A retaining mechanism holds a suture in place to be engaged by the needle. The jaw housing the needle may include a lateral opening through which the suture may be inserted. The needle may also include a lateral notch which may be aligned with lateral opening to receive the suture. An actuator coupled to the needle enables the user to move the needle proximally to align the notch with the lateral slot.

Suturing apparatus and method

An emergency eyewash station is disclosed. The emergency eyewash station includes a reservoir containing an eyewash fluid and a mechanism for dispensing the eyewash fluid from the reservoir to wash an injured person's eyes. An expandable container is configured and arranged to collect used eyewash fluid after the eyewash fluid has been dispensed to wash the injured person's eyes. The station can be further enhanced by equipping the expandable container with a pair of straps configured to compress the reservoir thereby providing a gravity assist to dispensing eyewash fluid.

Emergency eyewash station having an expandable bellows waste collection system

A retrofit kit for an emergency eyewash station and method of retrofitting a plumbed emergency eyewash station is disclosed. The kit includes a sterile eyewash fluid source. A pump assembly having an input port and an output port is also included. The input port is configured to connect to a dispensing structure of a plumbed eyewash station and the output port is configured to connect to the sterile eyewash fluid source. A drive assembly is configured to drive the pump assembly to draw sterile eyewash fluid from the sterile eyewash fluid source and discharge it through the dispensing structure of the plumbed eyewash station. The eyewash fluid discharged from the dispensing structure is configured to drain through a discharge of the plumbed eyewash station and away from the plumbed eyewash station.

Retrofit kit and method of retrofitting a plumbed emergency eyewash station

A cartridge for an emergency eyewash stations is disclosed. The cartridge assembly includes a housing having a front section and a back section that couple together. The front section has a surface defining an opening into the housing. A sealed, fluid-containing bladder having a dispensing port is contained within the housing. A bracket is configured and arranged to couple to the opening on the front section of the housing such that the dispensing port is captured in a fixed position between the bracket and the surface on the front section defining the opening.

Cartridge assembly for a self-contained emergency eyewash station

An emergency eyewash station and dispensing structure therefore is disclosed. The emergency eyewash station includes a main body configured and arranged to hold and dispense eyewash fluid therefrom, an actuator arm assembly movable from a closed position to an open position, and a dispensing structure having an eyepiece sealed by a membrane. The eyepiece is in fluid connection with the eyewash fluid contained in the main body. The dispensing structure is removably coupled to the actuator arm assembly such that when the actuator arm assembly is moved from the closed position to the open position, the membrane is unsealed and the eyewash fluid dispenses from the eyepiece.

Emergency eyewash station and dispensing structure therefor

A pump assembly for an emergency eyewash station and method of retrofitting a plumbed emergency eyewash station is disclosed. The pump is configured into two parts, an impeller assembly and a drive assembly, that are configured to couple together. The impeller assembly is isolated from the drive assembly and can be easily replaced to ensure a sterile fluid path is maintained for the eyewash fluid. The drive assembly can be fluid powered or an electric motor as desired. The present invention allows a plumbed eyewash station to be retrofitted to use a sterile eyewash fluid. The present invention can also be used in portable eyewash station units too.

Pump assembly for an emergency eyewash station

A vented closure is provided for use on a liquid container. The body of the closure () includes a dispensing port and a vent () extending therethrough with the vent adjacent the dispensing port (). The tube () extends through the dispensing port () and has a flange () extending laterally therefrom, engaging the outer surface () of the closure body. A flexible seal () member is positioned on the tube (), spaced from the inner surface () and having a frusto-conical shape where the inner end () of the member is formed at the tube (). The outer end () is spaced away from the tube () and engages the inner surface () of the closure body (), forming a hollow area () between the member () and the tube (). The flexible seal member () is movable radially away from the tube () and away from the inner surface () to the inflow of air through the vent and over the flexible seal member ().

Vented closure for container

Hearing aid part

A breast cup for use with a breast pump for expressing breast milk is provided. The breast cup sealingly separates the air flow from the breast milk, provides a barrier against impingement of the flexible insert by the user's breast and provides a massaging member for facilitating expression of the breast milk.

Breast cup

The invention relates to a method for purifying water by dissolving one or more soluble metal salts in the water to provide corresponding metal ions, by dissolving hypohalite into the water, and by regulating the residence time, and thus hypohalite concentration in the device using a venturi nozzle disposed between the metal generator and the hypohalite generator.

Method and apparatus for purifying water

A binder mechanism includes a rotatable support having ring segments that can be locked in a closed configuration. The binder mechanism includes a horizontal and/or a flush mounted push button that opens and/or unlocks the rotatable support. The push button acts on a ramped slider that causes the rotatable support to rotate open. An over-center arrangement aids in maintaining the binder mechanism closed or opened.

Ring binder mechanism

Method for purifying water

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Smithfield, RI, United States of America

Michael C Pereira