Disclosed herein is an implantable electronic device for use with implantable medical leads. The implantable medical leads are retained within the implantable electronic device with coated setscrews and, in particular, setscrews having a vapor-deposited coating, such as parylene. The coated setscrews have improved thread locking capabilities that resist unscrewing once tightened and, as a result, improve retention of implantable leads within the implantable electronic device.

The present disclosure is directed to methods and apparatuses for embedding a scent in a fishing lure. In a general example embodiment, a device for adding a scent to a fishing lure includes a body including an inner space configured to be isolated from an outside environment and a container for a scented liquid, an attachment mechanism configured to suspend the fishing lure within the inner space of the body, a heating mechanism configured to raise the temperature of the scented liquid to create steam, and a control unit configured to cause at least one of: (i) a pressurization mechanism to increase pressure within the inner space to cause the steam to add a scent to the fishing lure; or (ii) a charge to be applied to the fishing lure to cause the steam to add the scent to the fishing lure.

A coating apparatus and method are disclosed for coating tablets with a film, in which the tables transit through a drilled first container where they are coated, then exit the first container and are removed from a rotating element provided on the periphery of a plurality of removal members that are spaced angularly apart from one another, in which each removal member removes a quantity of tablets, raises the removed tables as far as a certain height and then discharges the tablets into a chute that conveys the tablets into a second rotating drilled container, with delicate transfer of the coated tablets from one container to the next.

Method for coating bulk material comprises: starting a coating apparatus (1; 101) according to a start procedure on a discrete load of bulk material to be coated; operating the coating apparatus (1; 101) in stationary mode, by introducing a continuous flow of uncoated bulk material into the coating apparatus (1; 101) and obtaining at the outlet of said coating apparatus (1; 101) a continuous flow of coated bulk material having a predetermined stationary coating weight gain (W %); in which the coating apparatus (1; 101) comprises a first rotatable tubular container (2; 102) provided with a first dispensing device (5; 105) for dispensing coating material on the bulk material (M) in a plurality of internal successive adjacent spray zones between a first inlet and a first outlet of the first container (2; 102); a second rotatable tubular container (6; 106) arranged to receive bulk material (M) coming from the first container (2), the second rotatable tubular container (6; 106) being provided with a second dispensing device (9; 109) for dispensing coating material on the bulk material (M) in a plurality of internal successive adjacent spray zones between a first inlet and a second outlet of the second container (6, 106); conveying means arranged to convey the bulk material (M) from the first container (2; 102) to said the second container (6, 106); and in which the start procedure comprises in succession: dispensing coating material onto the load, maintaining the coating material inside the first container (2; 102) until coated bulk material is obtained with said predetermined stationary coating weight gain (W %); a transition phase to the stationary mode in which a flow of the load of coated bulk material is transferred from the first container (2; 102) to the second container (6; 106) and is supplied with an equal flow rate of bulk material to be coated to the first container (2; 102); dispensing coating material on the same flow rate of bulk material to be coated entering the first container (2; 102) activating in sequence the spray zones inside first container (2; 102) to obtain at the first outlet a coated bulk material with an established weight gain (U %); dispensing coating material on the same flow rate of bulk material to be coated having the established weight gain (U %) entering the second container (6; 106), activating in sequence the spray zones inside the second container (6; 106) to obtain a coated bulk material with the predetermined stationary coating weight gain (W %).

A reactor for coating particles includes a vacuum chamber configured to hold particles to be coated, a vacuum port to exhaust gas from the vacuum chamber via the outlet of the vacuum chamber, a chemical delivery system configured to flow a process gas into the particles via a gas inlet on the vacuum chamber, one or more vibrational actuators located on a first mounting surface of the vacuum chamber, and a controller configured to cause the one or more vibrational actuators to generate a vibrational motion in the vacuum chamber sufficient to induce a vibrational motion in the particles held within the vacuum chamber.

A method of treating a tubular medical device with a biomolecule comprises the steps of: a) providing a polyolefin tubular substrate forming a tubular medical device; b) cleaning the tubular polyolefin substrate; c) exposing the tubular polyolefin substrate to a reactive gas containing at least one of acrylic acid and siloxane and to plasma energy to yield a plasma-deposited coating on at least one surface of the tubular polyolefin substrate; and d) attaching a biomolecule to the polyolefin substrate following formation of the plasma-deposited coating on at least one surface of the tubular polyolefin substrate, and wherein the biomolecule is at least one of an antibacterial agent, antimicrobial agent, anticoagulant, heparin, antithrombotic agent, platelet agent, anti-inflammatory, enzyme, catalyst, hormone, growth factor, drug, vitamin, antibody, antigen, protein, nucleic acid, dye, a DNA segment, an RNA segment, protein, and peptide.

An object of the invention is to provide a fishhook for fishing or the like, the fishhook being easily stuck to a fish or the like and being also excellent in durability. The surface of a fishhook is treated with a compound selected from the group consisting of a metallic surfactant having at least one or more hydroxyl groups or hydrolyzable groups, a fluorine-based surface treating agent, a thiol compound and a disulfide compound.

A nanoparticle coated hydrogel may be formed by a method of electrospraying nanoparticles on to a surface includes providing a drug and polymer combination in solvent to an inner capillary of a coaxial dual capillary spray nozzle. A coating with a drug that releases over time may be provided. Open and closed matrixes may be selectively formed to help modify time release periods.

A fastener sealing material for application to fasteners is formulated from an acrylate present in a concentration of about 90 to about 97 percent by weight of the sealing material and a nanostructured material present in a concentration of about 3 to about 10 percent by weight of the sealing material. The sealant is applied to the fastener as a liquid and is cured using an ultraviolet or LED light source and without the use of heat.

Disclosed herein is an implantable electronic device for use with implantable medical leads. The implantable medical leads are retained within the implantable electronic device with coated setscrews and, in particular, setscrews having a vapor-deposited coating, such as parylene. The coated setscrews have improved thread locking capabilities that resist unscrewing once tightened and, as a result, improve retention of implantable leads within the implantable electronic device.