The invention features a catheter and methods for delivering drug to tissue at a desired location of the wall of a body lumen. The catheter is constructed for insertion in a body lumen and has a catheter shaft and an expandable portion mounted on the catheter shaft. The expandable portion is expandable to a controlled pressure to fill the cross-section of the body lumen and press against the wall of the body lumen. In one embodiment, at least a portion of the exterior surface of the expandable p...

A device for assisting the delivery of a baby. The device comprises a cup having a rim arranged to engage, in use, with the head of a baby. A conduit is attached to the cup and, in use, to a vacuum generating pump to generate a cup-retaining vacuum in the cup. A disk is suspended centrally within the cup by plural force absorbing members, such as springs or elastic members, and is used for absorbing forces that are not perpendicular to the plane of the head engaging rim of the cup during use.

A specialized receptacle accommodates secure delivery of mail and small packages. The receptacle has a loading door hinged on the receptacle structure. The loading door has a main section and a secondary section that telescopes out of the main section as the loading door is opened. The telescoping section supports packages as they are delivered and prevents unauthorized access to the storage compartment of the receptacle.

A hospital drug dispensing cart is provided with discrete compartments with each of the compartments corresponding to an individual hospital patient. An individual drug dispensing tray is placed in each compartment for each patient. The trays each consist of a row of drug storage bins with an attached correspondent chart. The chart, typically attached by a hinge to the tray, is movable from a vertical storage position to a horizontal indicating and recording position. In operation, the drug disp...

Very compact resin mixing and delivery device for use in mixing and delivering such resin as urea formaldehyde with foaming agents or the like and for delivering such mixtures to a delivery conduit which is adapted for applying the resin and foaming agent in place so that it may develop into a cured cellular foam like hard filler or body for use in various applications such as building insulation, wall reinforcing and filling various voids or cavities in a great variety of structures.

A fluid delivery system is disclosed utilizing a high pressure cleaning fluid, such as a blast of high pressure water, to remove material from the inside wall of the stator of a relatively large electric motor. In the preferred embodiment of this invention illustrated, the fluid delivery system includes a nozzle carriage having a high pressure nozzle movable along the length of the inside wall of the stator to be cleaned, a rotating carriage frame for rotating the nozzle about the inside wall of...

A system for activating a light and music box in the home when mail is deposited in a mail box located outside the home, and for deactivating the light and music box when the mail is removed. Switch means is provided inside the mail box and a circuit is arranged to activate the signal devices every other time the switch means is closed. Additionally, a signal light is provided on the mail box to enable a visitor to find the proper home at night, and an electrically operated lock is provided for ...

A vehicular delivery ramp apparatus includes a cargo restraint device which is elevatable above the surface thereof into a position to prevent rolling or sliding motion of cargo deposited thereon. The cargo restraint device is a gate or planar bar vertically displaceable within a transverse slit formed in the deck portion of the ramp. The restraint device is controllably interengaged in operative relationship with an elevation structure for the ramp in order to provide fail-safe operation insuri...

An elongated rod, having a signal flag on one end thereof, is secured by its other end to a housing adapted to be rotatably secured to the side of a rural mailbox adjacent its entrance end, the mailbox having a vertically swinging hinged door for opening and closing the entrance. The housing is provided with a radially extending latch arm releaseably engageable with a cam secured to the adjacent side edge of the door. The housing contains a coil spring for rotating the housing from a horizontall...

Toward apparatus for providing selectively a stream of one or a combination of first and second fluids is disclosed to include independent storage means for the fluids, pressure generating means for the respective fluids, atmospheric break means to preclude backwash of fluids and mixing means for selectively mixing the fluids as desired for delivery to a site.