Author: claimsbot

I claim:

1. A syringe assembly for vaccinating an animal comprising:
a medicine syringe having a plunger extending from an end of an elongated shaft into a medicine dosage chamber, said medicine dosage chamber adapted for receiving said plunger, and said shaft having an interior axial conduit extending substantially therethrough which communicates with said medicine dosage chamber;
a handle for capturing said medicine syringe, said handle allowing actuation of said medicine syringe; and
a direct mount for receiving and retaining a liquid medicine bottle, said direct mount extending from said handle and permitting direct fluid communication from the liquid medicine bottle to said interior axial conduit of said shaft of said medicine syringe, wherein vaccine is drawn into said medicine dosage chamber from the liquid medicine bottle through said interior axial conduit.
2. The syringe assembly of claim 1 wherein said direct mount is configured to orient the liquid medicine bottle in a substantially inverted manner when received and retained therein.
3. The syringe assembly of claim 1 wherein said direct mount moves in a corresponding manner with said shaft and said plunger of said medicine syringe when said syringe assembly is actuated to inject medicine into the animal.
4. The syringe assembly of claim 3 wherein said direct mount moves forward toward a needle extending from said medicine syringe when said syringe assembly is actuated to vaccinate the animal.
5. The syringe assembly of claim 1 being free of flexible hose means coupled to said medicine syringe for providing vaccine to said syringe assembly.
6. The syringe assembly of claim 1 wherein said handle comprises a first handle portion for capturing said medicine syringe and a second handle portion for actuating said medicine syringe.
7. The syringe assembly of claim 6 wherein said direct mount moves in substantially a corresponding manner with said second handle portion when actuating said medicine syringe.
8. The syringe assembly of claim 6 wherein said first handle portion and said second handle portion are pivotally connected to one another.
9. The syringe assembly of claim 1 wherein said direct mount includes a spike adapted for being received and retained therein and for permitting vaccine to pass from the liquid medicine bottle into said interior axial conduit of said shaft of said medicine syringe.
10. The syringe assembly of claim 1 wherein said handle is positioned substantially directly beneath the liquid medicine bottle received and retained in said direct mount.
11. The syringe assembly of claim 1 wherein said handle comprises a first handle portion for capturing said medicine syringe and a second handle portion for actuating said medicine syringe, said second handle portion having a concave side portion adapted to receive at least a portion of said shaft and at least one opening in said second handle portion extending through said second handle portion from said concave side portion to another side of said second handle portion, said opening configured to receive a pin coupled to said shaft and adapted to permit said pin to pivot therein when said shaft is moved forward when said syringe assembly is actuated.
12. The syringe assembly of claim 1 wherein said interior axial conduit extending through said shaft of said medicine syringe comprises a first portion and a second portion, wherein said second portion is angled from said first portion.
13. The syringe assembly of claim 12 wherein said second portion of said interior axial conduit is oriented upward relative said first portion of said interior axial conduit.
14. The syringe assembly of claim 1 wherein said shaft having said interior axial conduit therein is substantially rigid.
15. The syringe assembly of claim 1 wherein said direct mount and said handle cooperate to permit the liquid medicine bottle to maintain a constant orientation relative said syringe assembly when said syringe assembly is actuated.
16. The syringe assembly of claim 15 wherein the liquid medicine bottle is maintained in a substantially inverted manner.
17. The syringe assembly of claim 1 further comprising a dispenser for applying an indicator to the animal, said handle allowing actuation of both the said medicine syringe and said dispenser.
18. A marking syringe assembly for vaccinating an animal and applying an indicator in the general vicinity of the injection site, said marking syringe assembly comprising:
a dispenser for applying an indicator to the animal;
a medicine syringe having a plunger extending from an end of an elongated shaft into a medicine dosage chamber, said medicine dosage chamber adapted for receiving said plunger, and said shaft having an interior axial conduit extending substantially therethrough which communicates with said medicine dosage chamber;
a handle for capturing said medicine syringe and said dispenser, said handle allowing actuation of both said medicine syringe and said dispenser; and
a direct mount for receiving and retaining a liquid medicine bottle, said direct mount extending from said handle and permitting direct fluid communication from the liquid medicine bottle to said interior axial conduit of said shaft of said medicine syringe, said marking syringe assembly being free of flexible hose means coupled to said medicine syringe for providing vaccine to said marking syringe assembly, said direct mount moving in a corresponding manner with said shaft and said plunger of said medicine syringe when said marking syringe assembly is actuated to vaccinate and mark the animal, wherein medicine is drawn into said medicine dosage chamber from the medicine bottle through said interior axial conduit.
19. The marking syringe assembly of claim 18 wherein said handle comprises a first handle portion for capturing said medicine syringe and said dispenser and a second handle portion for actuating said medicine syringe and said dispenser.
20. A direct mount coupling a medicine bottle and a syringe assembly together, said direct mount extending from a handle of said syringe assembly and permitting fluid communication from the medicine bottle to a dosage chamber of said syringe assembly, said dosage chamber automatically reloading with medicine from said medicine bottle due to actuation of said syringe assembly.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What we claim is:

1. An opto-acoustic generator of ultrasound waves, comprising an optical fiber associated to a laser-energy source, and an opto-acoustic transducer which is applied to said fiber and is designed to be impinged upon by the laser beam and to absorb partially the energy of the latter, converting it into thermal energy, thus bringing about the formation of ultrasound waves by thermo-acoustic effect, wherein said opto-acoustic transducer consists of a layer or film containing prevalently graphite, which is applied on a surface of said optical fiber.
2. The opto-acoustic generator according to claim 1, wherein said opto-acoustic transducer consists of a graphite layer deposited using one of the chemico-physical processes in themselves known.
3. The opto-acoustic generator according to claim 1, wherein said opto-acoustic transducer consists of a pre-formed graphite film, applied on the fiber.
4. The opto-acoustic generator according to claim 1, wherein said opto-acoustic transducer consists of a layer of graphite powder mixed with substantially transparent cementing agents.
5. The opto-acoustic generator according to claim 4, wherein said cementing agents present low acoustic absorption and a characteristic impedance that is close to that of the media, such as organic tissue, where the ultrasound waves are to be propagated.
6. The opto-acoustic generator according to claim 4 or claim 5, wherein said cementing agents are epoxy resins.
7. The opto-acoustic generator according any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the thickness of the transducing layer is between 0.5 micron and 20 micron, and preferably between 1 micron and 10 micron.
8. An optical fiber comprising, on one of its portions, an opto-acoustic-transduction layer made up prevalently of graphite, such as to be able to receive energy of an optical beam conveyed by the fiber, especially laser energy.
9. The optical fiber according to claim 8, wherein said layer is applied on the beam-exit tip of the optical fiber.
10. An array of transmitters and receivers, for diagnostic applications and other applications, including generators, built according to at least one of claims 1 to 9, and receiving elements of a piezoelectric type or equivalent, interspaced with the generators.

1. Spectacles for reducing glare from headlights of oncoming traffic while providing a wearer of the spectacles with a clear view of a road ahead while driving at night, the spectacles comprising:
(a) a wearable frame operable for supporting left and right lenses;
(b) left and right lenses affixed to said frame, said left and right lenses having a lens plane and an optical center, and wherein an imaginary line connecting said optical centers of said lenses defines an x-axis and an imaginary line passing through said optical center perpendicular to said horizontal line in said lens plane defines a y-axis, said x-axis and said y-axis collectively defining a polar coordinate system, and wherein an imaginary chord drawn on the lens between 225\xb0 and 15\xb0 partitions said lens into a smaller masked portion and a larger transparent portion;
(c) a masking material affixed directly to said masked portion of said lenses, said masking material being coextensive with said masked portion and having an optical transmissivity between zero and about 10%.
2. The spectacles of claim 1 wherein said optical transmissivity of said masking material is about 10%.
3. The spectacles of claim 1 wherein said frame includes adjustment means operable for changing a distance between said optical centers of said lenses.
4. The spectacles of claim 1 wherein said masking material is a red pass filter.
5. Spectacles for reducing glare from headlights of oncoming traffic while providing a wearer of the spectacles with a clear view of a road ahead while driving at night on a British-type road, the spectacles comprising:
(a) a wearable frame operable for supporting left and right lenses;
(b) left and right lenses affixed to said frame, said left and right lenses having a lens plane and an optical center, and wherein if an imaginary line connecting said optical centers of said lenses defines an x-axis and an imaginary line passing through said optical center perpendicular to said horizontal line in said lens plane defines a y-axis, said x-axis and said y-axis collectively defining a polar coordinate system, a chord drawn on the lens between 345\xb0 and 145\xb0 partitions said lens into a smaller masked portion and a larger transparent portion;
(a) a masking material affixed directly to said masked portion of said lenses, said masking material being coextensive with said masked portion and having an optical transmissivity between zero and about 10%.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An injection system comprising:
a tip segment attachable to and removable from a limited reuse assembly;
the tip segment comprising:
a dispensing chamber housing having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface defining a dispensing chamber for receiving a quantity of a substance;
a storage chamber located near the dispensing chamber housing;
a piezoelectric array located between the storage chamber and the dispensing chamber housing;
a needle fluidly coupled to the dispensing chamber; and
a first housing at least partially enclosing the dispensing chamber housing, the storage chamber, and the piezoelectric array;
the limited reuse assembly comprising:
a power source for providing power to the piezoelectric array;
a controller for controlling the power source; and
a second housing at least partially enclosing the power source and the controller;
wherein the piezoelectric array is activated to pump the substance from the storage chamber to the dispensing chamber.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the tip segment further comprises:
a heater for heating the substance.
3. The system of claim 2 wherein the tip segment further comprises:
a thermal sensor located near the storage chamber, the thermal sensor for measuring a temperature.
4. The system of claim 3 further comprising:
an interface connecting the thermal sensor to the controller.
5. The system of claim 4 wherein the controller uses the measured temperature to control the heater.
6. The system of claim 3 wherein the controller uses the measured temperature to control the piezoelectric array.
7. The system of claim 1 wherein the controller controls the piezoelectric array to control an amount of the substance that is delivered.
8. The system of claim 1 wherein the controller controls the piezoelectric array to control a rate at which the substance is delivered.
9. The system of claim 1 wherein the power source is a rechargeable battery.
10. The system of claim 1 wherein the tip segment further comprises:
a tip interface connector located on an interfacing surface of the tip segment; and
a limited reuse assembly interface connector located on an interfacing surface of the limited reuse assembly, the limited reuse assembly interface connector attachable to the tip segment interface connector.
11. The system of claim 1 wherein the tip segment further comprises:
a luer for securing the needle to the dispensing chamber housing.
12. The system of claim 1 wherein the substance is a drug for treating a condition of the eye.
13. The system of claim 1 wherein the limited reuse assembly further comprises:
an indicator located on the second housing, the indicator for providing information about a status of substance delivery.
14. An injection device comprising:
a dispensing chamber housing having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface defining a dispensing chamber for receiving a quantity of a substance;
a storage chamber located near the dispensing chamber housing;
a piezoelectric array located between the storage chamber and the dispensing chamber housing;
a needle fluidly coupled to the dispensing chamber;
a power source for providing power to the piezoelectric array;
a controller for controlling the power source; and
a housing at least partially enclosing the power source, the controller, the dispensing chamber housing, the storage chamber, and the piezoelectric array;
wherein the piezoelectric array is activated to pump the substance from the storage chamber to the dispensing chamber.
15. The system of claim 14 wherein the tip segment further comprises:
a heater for heating the substance.
16. The system of claim 15 wherein the tip segment further comprises:
a thermal sensor located near the storage chamber, the thermal sensor for measuring a temperature.
17. The system of claim 16 further comprising:
an interface connecting the thermal sensor to the controller.
18. The system of claim 17 wherein the controller uses the measured temperature to control the heater.
19. The system of claim 16 wherein the controller uses the measured temperature to control the piezoelectric array.
20. The system of claim 14 wherein the controller controls the piezoelectric array to control an amount of the substance that is delivered.
21. The system of claim 14 wherein the controller controls the piezoelectric array to control a rate at which the substance is delivered.
22. The device of claim 14 wherein the power source is a rechargeable battery.
23. The device of claim 14 wherein the substance is a drug for treating a condition of the eye.
24. The device of claim 14 wherein the device further comprises:
an indicator located on the housing, the indicator for providing information about a status of substance delivery.