A PORTABLE TUBE STERILISER.

Outpatient Treatment for Pneumothorax Using a Portable Small-Bore Chest Tube: A Clinical Report

BACKGROUND For treatment of pneumothorax in Korea, many institutions hospitalize the patient after chest tube insertion. In this study, a portable small-bore chest tube (Thoracic Egg; Sumitomo Bakelite Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) was used for pneumothorax management in an outpatient clinic. METHODS Between August 2014 and March 2015, 56 pneumothorax patients were treated using the Thoracic Egg. ...

Postoperative outpatient chest tube management: initial experience with a new portable system.

PURPOSE Prolonged air or fluid chest tube drainage may delay chest tube removal in thoracic surgery patients otherwise ready for discharge. We reviewed 20 months of experience at our institution with postoperative, outpatient chest tube management using a new portable chest tube device. DESCRIPTION From May 2003 to December 2004, 457 major thoracic procedures were performed at our institution...

Design Control System for Continuous Steriliser Using Image Processing

This study reports on a new control and instrumentation system to automate the sterilisation process in palm oil mills. Image processing system is a non-destructive method to analysis and determine the oil content. The digital image technology is a process where the data from a sample can be retrieved without making physical experiment on the sample. In other words; the data can be obtained by ...

A Novel Portable Scissors-Type Fruit Picking Device

At present, the fruit picking in most countries still largely relies on manual operation. Manual fruit picking can protect the fruits from damage during the operation process. However, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and poses a potential safety risk to the workers while working at heights not reachable. Therefore, a variety of fruit picking machines and platforms have been developed ...

A Broken Metallic Tracheostomy Tube