The present disclosure is drawn to skin care devices. An example skin care device can include skin-rejuvenation head with a first external region including an array of skin-cleansing bristles and a second external region including an auxiliary skin-treatment appliance of a different type than the skin-cleansing bristles, e.g., an LED phototherapy appliance. The skin-rejuvenation head can include a vibrational motor positioned therein to provide vibratory oscillation to the skin-rejuvenation head.

A method and apparatus of adaptively controlling a surgical stapling instrument are disclose. The method includes identifying a staple cartridge type, configuring the surgical stapling instrument based on the identified staple cartridge, and adaptively controlling, by a control circuit, operation/functionality of the surgical stapling instrument based on the configuration of the surgical stapling instrument loaded with the identified staple cartridge type. The apparatus includes a control circuit including a microcontroller and a memory coupled to the microcontroller. The memory stores machine executable instructions that when executed by the microcontroller cause the microcontroller to execute the above method.

A heterogeneous patient-based breast phantom that mimics the anatomy and properties of real breast tissues when screened with ionizing and nonionizing imaging modalities is described. The heterogeneous breast phantom includes a skin mimicking segment; an adipose tissue mimicking segment; a fibro-glandular tissue mimicking segment; and a pectoral muscle mimicking segment wherein each segment is shaped and arranged such that the breast phantom represents a breast tissue. Performance of the breast phantom was characterized by mass attenuation coefficient, electron density and effective atomic number. Further, performance of breast phantoms was confirmed CT and breast MM machines.

A medical device comprising a structure formed of polyvinyl alcohol.

Present invention provides a rotary endodontic file for root canal treatment of tooth with particular arrangement of wires so as to form a basket shape. The file is flexible and has increased resistance to cyclic fatigue breakage. Said rotary endodontic file is flexible, easy in operation, simple in design and it reduces 5 torsional as well as cyclic failure. Also, said file can be operated by using available endo-motors.

A method of producing an alloy including magnesium and calcium, preferably an implantable medical device having magnesium and calcium, includes the steps of generating a billet including magnesium and calcium, and extruding the billet. The billet is extruded at least once at an extrusion temperature in the range of 250? C. to 450? C. and at a ram speed in the range of 0.01 mm/s to 1 mm/s and at an extrusion ratio in the range of 20 to 150 and preferably at an extrusion ratio in the range of 35 to 150.

Disclosed herein are methods of treating venous thrombosis and vascular inflammation through administration of carbon monoxide and/or a carbon monoxide releasing molecule. Also disclosed herein are devices capable of releasing carbon monoxide for the purpose of treating microvascular, arterial and venous thromboembolism and/or inflammation.

The present disclosure relates to woven and knitted fabrics including boron nitride nanotubes and to methods of manufacturing and using such materials. In one embodiment, these materials are incorporated into implantable medical devices such as stent graft devices and the like.

A system comprising: a sensor configured to be introduced into a clearance hole of a surgical implant, wherein the sensor is configured to be introduced in proximity to a generated magnetic field and cause distortion of the magnetic field; and one or more field measuring coils configured to: measure a characteristic of the magnetic field when the sensor is in proximity to the magnetic field; and provide, to a computing device, a signal representative of the measured characteristic of the magnetic field, wherein the computing device is configured to determine one or both of a position and an orientation of the sensor and the clearance hole based on the measured characteristic of the magnetic field.

An improved abdominal hernia repair system is presented comprised of a silicone layer backed up with a knitted or woven polypropylene fabric layer, the silicone layer possessing a regular pattern of slits that permit equilibration of fluid pressure across the device. A variety of therapeutic substances can be applied to the hernia repair device to promote healing, including aloe and other medicinal preparations. An improved inguinal hernia repair system is presented that is identical to the above except it does not contain the hydrophobic silicone component.