A blister piercing element for puncturing the lid of a blister containing a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user is disclosed. It comprises a body having a surface and an opening in the surface for the passage of air, or for the passage of medicament entrained in air, through the body. The body includes a pair of spaced cutting teeth upstanding from the surface in spaced side-by-side relation, each cutting tooth projecting in cantilevered form over said opening and each having a distal cutting edge at a free end remote from said surface. The distal cutting edge of each tooth is configured to initiate a slit in a blister lid when pressure is applied to a blister lid by the teeth and the teeth are spaced from each other so that separate slits cut by the distal cutting edge of each tooth propagate in a direction toward each other between the teeth as the teeth continue to penetrate a blister lid. The pair of spaced cutting teeth form a single slit in a blister lid that defines a single flap which is folded into the blister by the teeth.

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for producing a consistent and effective herbal vapor. A sealed container pod may include a chamber wall defining an internal volume within which a pre-processed herbal composition (e.g., cannabis) is located. The container pod may include filters for the vapor produced from the herbal composition. The container pod may also include a support member for holding and evenly distributing the herbal composition within the internal volume during vaporization. A vaporizer may be configured to obtain information regarding the contents of the herbal composition. The vaporizer may expose the herbal composition to an automated series of timed temperature adjustments specifically tailored for producing a desirable herbal vapor. The herbal vapor may be collected into a bag and/or canister for subsequent consumption.

An irrigation and aspiration device includes a drive assembly, an evacuation chamber, and a delivery apparatus. The delivery apparatus includes an evacuation tube configured to hold an irrigation solution and a vacuum tube that is in fluid communication with the evacuation chamber. The drive assembly is configured to store a restoration energy within the evacuation chamber and force the irrigation solution out of the evacuation tube in response to an applied force. The device is configured to use the restoration energy to draw an aspiration fluid into the vacuum tube.

A dialysis system (e.g., a hemodialysis (HD) system) can be designed to operate in alternative environments, such as disaster relief settings or underdeveloped regions. The dialysis system can include a solar panel for generating electricity to power the dialysis machine and an atmospheric water generator for extracting water from ambient air. The extracted water can be used to generate dialysate and saline on-site. One or more of the components of the dialysis machine can be discrete components that are configured to facilitate fast shipping and simple on-site assembly (e.g., at a remote location). In some implementations, the discrete components may be configured to be attached to an existing dialysis system (e.g., a dialysis system designed for operation in a traditional environment) to permit the dialysis system to operate in an alternative environment.

A tattoo device is provided comprising a housing having a first oscillator which is coupled, in use, to a needle assembly having a sharps end. The first oscillator is arranged and adapted to induce vibrations at a frequency from 1-1000 Hz substantially longitudinally along an axis of the needle assembly in order to cause, in use, the sharps end to penetrate skin. The tattoo device further comprises a second oscillator which is also coupled, in use, to the needle assembly, wherein the second oscillator is arranged and adapted simultaneously to induce vibrations at a higher frequency than the first oscillator and in particular at a frequency from 5-200 kHz in order to lower the insertion force required to penetrate skin layers.

A vane compressor for a surgical gas delivery system is disclosed, which includes a compressor head having an outlet port for delivering pressurized gas to a gaseous sealing manifold communicating with a gas sealed trocar and an inlet port for receiving spent gas from the gaseous sealing manifold by way of the gas sealed trocar, wherein the compressor head is coupled to and driven by a motor.

A tattoo device is provided comprising a housing having a first oscillator which is coupled, in use, to a needle assembly having a sharps end. The first oscillator is arranged and adapted to induce vibrations at a frequency from 1-1000 Hz substantially longitudinally along an axis of the needle assembly in order to cause, in use, the sharps end to penetrate skin. The tattoo device further comprises a second oscillator which is also coupled, in use, to the needle assembly, wherein the second oscillator is arranged and adapted simultaneously to induce vibrations at a higher frequency than the first oscillator and in particular at a frequency from 5-200 kHz in order to lower the insertion force required to penetrate skin layers.

A trigger assembly for an inhaler and an inhaler is provided. The trigger assembly includes: a first component including a guide support; a second component, the first component and the second component are configured such that the second component can move away from the first component to a preloaded position in the case where the second component rotates relative to the first component in a first direction; and a first actuator configured to block the second component from leaving the preloaded position in the case where the second component has been moved to the preloaded position, and configured to, upon being triggered, release the second component such that the second component moves to a triggered position toward the first component; the first actuator abuts against the guide support.

The present disclosure generally relates to medicament delivery devices such as autoinjectors, and particularly concerns a subassembly adapted to provide digital confirmation of a completed injection.

Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to conserving energy of an injection device that includes an energy source configured to power an electronic component, a priming component configured to generate a trigger, a reactant configured to generate an instantiation signal in response to the trigger, and a sensor configured to detect and process the instantiation signal and generate an activation signal to activate the energy source.