A monitoring system for use with a human simulator for simulating interaction between a human baby and a bonded human and method of operating thereof are disclosed. The simulator comprises a housing having an outer layer configured to contact the baby, the housing having a surface contoured to simulate a torso of the bonded human; a respiration simulation system configured to simulate a respiration motion of the bonded human; and a heartbeat simulation system configured to simulate a heartbeat of the bonded human. The monitoring system comprises a smart device having a first communication interface; one or more sensors for detecting one or more biological parameters of the bonded human; at least one processor programmed with machine readable instructions to activate the sensor(s) and to transmit a signal corresponding to the detected biological parameters from the first communication interface to a second communication interface connected to the simulator.

Spray dispenser for nasal drugs includes a non-pressurized bottle for storing medical fluids in particular of drugs and other sterile fluids, a mounting body mounted to the top of the bottle and an actuating body, wherein the bottle, the mounting body and the actuating body are aligned along a longitudinal axis, and wherein the actuating body is slideably attached to the mounting body along the longitudinal axis and movable between an actuating position and a non-actuating position, wherein the spray dispenser includes an applicator nozzle and an actuating section for moving the actuating body into the actuating position, characterized in that the applicator nozzle has a nozzle axis which is inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis, the applicator nozzle facing away from the actuating section.

Environmental characteristics or scenes of habitable environments (e.g., hotel or motel rooms, spas, resorts, cruise boat cabins, offices, hospitals and/or homes, apartments or residences, or other spaces or sub-spaces) are controlled to facilitate certain activities of a user in the environment by increasing focus, preparing for sleep, directing movement, masking ambient noise, and improving air quality, among others. Controllable characteristics include, for example, lighting, CO.sub.2/O.sub.2 levels, humidity levels, sound, aroma, and air temperature. Controls are provided for the occupant and/or facility personnel to select activities or scenes, or sensors detect the activity and implement an appropriate scene.

A device for securing and monitoring movement of a catheter includes a film having an adhesive disposed on a body-facing surface for securing the film to a body. The device also includes a base mounted on the film, the base comprising a first portion of a guide channel for receiving the catheter. A cover is coupled to the base via a hinge, the cover comprising a second portion of the guide channel, the cover further comprising a rounded portion extending from a distal end of the cover, wherein in the closed configuration, the catheter is completely enclosed by the rounded portion and the first and second portions of the guide channel. The device also includes a positional shift indicator fixedly attached to the catheter and configured to indicate positional shifts by the catheter within the guide channel.

A negative pressure treatment arrangement comprising a multi-layered drainage film, wherein a drainage space is formed between two layers of the drainage film, a first film layer on the wound side delimiting the drainage space comprising a first opening arrangement facilitating the admission of fluids or gases to the drainage space and a second film layer facing away from the wound that also delimits the drainage space comprising a second opening arrangement designed to discharge fluids and/or gases from the drainage space, and also comprising a fluid-tight fixing film that can be used to fix the drainage film to the skin surrounding a wound and to cover at least one area of the second opening arrangement.

Disclosed is a method of treating microbial infections and their associated complications in humans. The method includes administering to a patient, a composition of dextrose and ethanol. The composition can be administered in the form of an infusion. For patients suffering from respiratory complications, the disclosed method also provides for enhancing oxygen uptake by lungs and reducing oxygen resistance through the administration of air having helium gas and excited oxygen atoms.

A plungerless aspiration and/or injection device and a method of using the same are disclosed herein. The plungerless aspiration and/or injection device includes a housing; a needle portion disposed in the housing, the needle portion configured to be selectively retracted and extended by a user, the needle potion comprising a needle tip configured to be inserted into tissue of a patient for aspiration, injection, and/or implantation; and a bulb portion disposed in the housing, the bulb portion defining a fluid containing cavity that is fluidly coupled to the needle portion, and the bulb portion being elastically deformable so that the user is able to perform the aspiration, the injection, and/or the implantation on the patient by manipulating the bulb portion.

The invention relates to a metallic, nanoporous canister used to encapsulate cellular and/or biotherapeutic agents. The device is biocompatible and functions to wholly isolate a therapeutically active agent and/or cells therein. Their implantation, and survival in vivo, permits the local or systemic diffusion of their encapsulated cellular and/or biomolecular and therapeutics factors with the potential to promote repair of damaged or degenerated tissues in mammalian hosts, primarily humans.

A positive pressure ventilation (PPV) appliance module includes an adapter that couples to a port on an NIV mask and an appliance for performing a respiratory care procedure. The adapter is configured to form a PPV seal with the port of the PPV mask and also form a PPV seal with the appliance. The PPV appliance module allows clinicians to perform procedures through the NIV mask without disrupting the therapeutic pressure.

An oxygen delivery pillow includes a shaped cushion, an oxygen delivery system, and a cover. The shaped cushion includes a top surface with a recess that can receive a subject's head. The oxygen delivery system delivers oxygen to the recess. When oxygen is delivered to the recess, it collects within an open space and then passes through the cover to a location around the subject's head on the cover and partially in the recess where it can be readily inhaled by the subject.