A gas mixture apparatus includes a measurement control system, an activation system, a pressurized chamber with one or more gases, and a mixing chamber. A filter can be preattached to the outlet of the mixture apparatus, allowing excess gas to be discharged therethrough and then atmospheric air to be drawn into the mixture apparatus through the filter for creating a therapeutic gas mixture.

A gas mixture apparatus includes a measurement control system, an activation system, a pressurized chamber with one or more gases, and a mixing chamber. A filter can be preattached to the outlet of the mixture apparatus, allowing excess gas to be discharged therethrough and then atmospheric air to be drawn into the mixture apparatus through the filter for creating a therapeutic gas mixture.

Method for controlling an eye surgical laser (18) of a treatment device (10) for the separation of a volume body (12) with a predefined posterior interface (14) and a predefined anterior interface (16) from a human or animal cornea, comprising controlling the laser (18) by means of a control device (20) of the treatment device (10) such that it emits pulsed laser pulses in a shot sequence in a predefined pattern into the cornea, wherein the interfaces (14, 16) of the volume body (12) to be separated are defined by the predefined pattern and the interfaces (14, 16) are generated by means of an interaction of the individual laser pulses with the cornea by the generation of a plurality of cavitation bubbles generated by photodisruption, wherein the plurality of cavitation bubbles is generated along at least one cavitation bubble path, wherein at least a partial area (42) of an outer cavitation bubble path of an outer edge area (50), as radially viewed, of the volume body (12) to be separated is generated with a higher cavitation bubble density than an inner cavitation bubble path.

Bird carriers and methods of restraining birds are disclosed. Each bird carrier may include a torso support, one or more leg clamps, and a head support. The head support may further include a beak receiving passage such that at least a portion of the birds' beaks are exposed. The bird carriers may restrain one or both legs and heads of the birds while supporting their torsos. Restraining the legs and the heads of the birds while supporting their torsos may produce a calming effect such that the birds exhibit significantly reduced struggling in an attempt to free themselves from the carrier.

The present invention relates to a device, system and a method for high pressure shockwave treatment of biological tissue having a large treatment zone and in particular to such a device, system and method in which a large biological treatment area in treated in a non-drug, non-surgical treatment protocol utilizing ballistic shockwave generating device.

The present invention relates to a device, system and a method for high pressure shockwave treatment of biological tissue having a large treatment zone and in particular to such a device, system and method in which a large biological treatment area in treated in a non-drug, non-surgical treatment protocol utilizing ballistic shockwave generating device.

Disclosed are methods, materials and devices for approximation of blood volume in a fluid, such as in a biological fluid collected during a surgical procedure. The method and devices include the use of a RBC flocculant, such as polyDADMAC, and an approximate blood hematocrit for the type of animal, as well as a calculated RBC packing ratio corresponding to the collection device being used. Also provided is a Blood Indicator Panel (BIP), comprising a series of markings calculated from an observed red blood settlement volume, the average animal type hematocrit, and a calculated RBC packing ratio “η” value for the collection device. Pediatric (about 200 ml or 250 ml size container), adult human (about 1,000 ml-1,500 ml) and veterinary (about 500 ml-2,500 ml) collection containers are also disclosed, that include a RBC flocculant, for use in approximating blood volume in a fluid.

A surgical towel clamp apparatus includes a first elongated element having a curved tip and a right finger ring, a second elongated element having a curved tip and a left finger ring, wherein the first and second elongated elements are coupled at a first pivot point, a third elongated element having a straight tip and coupled to the right finger ring, a fourth elongated element having a straight tip and coupled to the left finger ring, wherein the third and fourth elongated elements are coupled at a second pivot point, wherein in an open orientation, the rings are apart, the curved tips are apart, and the straight tips are apart, and wherein in a closed orientation, the left and right finger rings are adjacent, the curved tips are in contact and the straight tips are in contact.

A surgical towel clamp apparatus includes a first elongated element having a curved tip and a right finger ring, a second elongated element having a curved tip and a left finger ring, wherein the first and second elongated elements are coupled at a first pivot point, a third elongated element having a straight tip and coupled to the right finger ring, a fourth elongated element having a straight tip and coupled to the left finger ring, wherein the third and fourth elongated elements are coupled at a second pivot point, wherein in an open orientation, the rings are apart, the curved tips are apart, and the straight tips are apart, and wherein in a closed orientation, the left and right finger rings are adjacent, the curved tips are in contact and the straight tips are in contact.

A tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO) system is provided for surgical correction of a stifle joint of an animal. The system includes a bone plate, fixed angle locking screw, compression screw, and a K-wire. The bone plate includes first surface and a second surfaces having common structure such that each can be positioned against the bone. The plate has a first shaft portion with a dynamic compression screw hole having a major length both extending along a first axis, and second shaft portion with a second axis and K-wire slot defining a major axis angled relative to the second axis but parallel to the first axis. The locking screw has double lead threads and the threaded holes in the plate have quad-lead threads.