A phototherapy system includes a flexible pad for positioning an infant during phototherapy treatment and one or more light emitters for directing light through portions of the pad for exposing the infant's skin to the light during phototherapy treatment. The pad may include pockets and/or other attachment means for attaching one or more light emitters to the pad bottom and/or to one or more padded side walls.

A novel Antibiotic C-15003 is produced by cultivating a microorganism of the genus Nocardia. The Antibiotic C-15003 is useful as an antifungal agent or an antiprotozoan agent.

The present invention relates to a method of producing the antibiotics C-14919 E-1 and/or E-2 by cultivating an antibiotic C-14919 E-1 and/or E-2 producing strain of the genus Nocardia in a culture medium and accumulating said antibiotics. These antibiotics have a wide range of antibiotic activity and they are useful as germicides or disinfectants.

A method is described for producing acrylamide from acrylonitrile by the action of a microorganism having nitrilase activity in an aqueous medium, which comprises conducting the reaction in the presence of an alkali metal sulfate at an ionic activity of from 0.004 to 0.01 mole per liter while controlling the pH of said aqueous medium within a range of from 7 to 9 with an alkali hydroxide.

A disposable restraint jacket having a pair of laterally spaced, releasably secured flaps, formed in the front of the jacket, that grant ready access to the subclavian area. The jacket is color coded as to size, is marked with indicia to indicate its front and back parts, and its neck opening prevents choking of the patient. The flaps and other confronting parts of the jacket are releasably secured by a combination of locking devices of the hook and loop type. Additional embodiments add zippers ...

A head assembly is provided with a mounting surface, and an integrated circuit chip which is mounted on the mounting surface and processes signals. The integrated circuit chip is covered by a layer which prevents generation of foreign particles from the integrated circuit chip by the provision of the layer.

A crib sheet with attachment points used to attach to the crib rails or bed frame. The crib sheet is used in combination with an infant sleep garment that attaches to the crib sheet by hook and loop mechanism. Attachment to the crib frame or bed frame, rather than the mattress, eliminates the risk that the infant's movements can cause the crib sheet to move or shift. Two points of attachment lie on either side of the shoulders or upper torso of the infant. The sleep garment has a arm restraint m...

Body orienting harnesses and associated structures are disclosed, along with methods of use. The body orienting harness can position a body, such an infant, with respect to the associated structure, such as a bed, bed frame or crib, a sheet, or a blanket for example. The harness may be integrated with a sheet or blanket in order to secure not only a body in position but also secure the sheet or blanket in position with respect to the body. The sheet, blanket, or other cover, can provide a slip c...

A medical device consists of a sacral panel, an abdominal panel and first and second trocanteric pad assemblies positioned therebetween. The sacral panel is adjustably connected to each of the first and second trocanteric pad assemblies by posterior connecting elements. The abdominal panel is adjustably connected to each of the first and second trocanteric pad assemblies by anterior adjusting elements. Upon positioning of the device on a body of a patient, tightening of the anterior adjusting el...

Improved telemetry antennas and methods of fabrication for an implantable medical device (IMD) for use in uplink telemetry (UT) and downlink telemetry (DT) transmissions between the IMD and an external medical device (EMD) are disclosed. A first telemetry antenna element is supported to extend in a first direction along a minor side of the IMD housing by a first header segment, and a second antenna element is supported to extend in a second direction along a second minor side of the IMD housing ...