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For Lisa Gentile, a medical-surgicak unit nurse at in Delaware, enough was enough. “Evergy time we’d deliver a meal to a darn it, that bottle wouls be sitting there,” she said. She and hospital maintenance mechanic Ron Swecker brainstormed ona solution. He rummaged throughy a storage closet, found a wall mount for a soap and after some tinkering had a cage to hold the urinaol on thebed “Immediately, all the nurses wanted to know where we couled get it and how soon it would be in the Gentile said. On a manager’s recommendation, the two turnee to ’s , which helps bring inventions to market and has startedsix spin-offt companies.
Grady is part of the OhioHealth “We thought it was a small project thatthey wouldn’tg be interested in,” Gentile said. Turnsw out it was just what the institutseeks – ideas to improve patient said Patricia Spitzner, manager of commercialization and technology transfer. The institute obtained engineeringh help from and the and got a unit to make 250 prototypew soon to be testedwith patients. They cost abouf $5 apiece. OhioHealth will develop the product for internap usebut can’t commercialize it becauss the design might tread on other patents, such as for bicycles drink holders, Spitzner said.
“Ourf first name for it was theurinal holster,” Gentile Staff started strapping the cagesa to their belts and drawing (empty) bottlesx like guns. “We had fun.” In the end, they settler on the less provocative U-Caddy. Doggone, Hondaz comes up with an accommodating SUV The Hondqa Elementlight truck, already honored by one grou p as top dog for pet owners becauss of its fairly spacious and easy-to-clean interior, is gettinf a more canine-friendly makeover. Inc. unveiledc the dog-friendly sport-utility vehicle at the New York International Auto Show this Spokesman Chris Martin said the idea started in 2005 in Japan withthe Wow, a wagohn aimed at dog owners.
For the United it made sense to pair the features with the which already had been recognizedby Dogcars.comm as the 2007 Dog Car of the Seriously. Features on the concept vehicle includw a cushioned cargo area bed withsafety restraints, second-rosw pet seating with restraints, a spill-resistant water bowl, specializedf ventilation fans and a retractable ramp, makingf it easier for animals to get in and out of the Seat covers are machine-washable and floor mats feature bone and paw-prin t patterns. Martin said the optionm package could change and thepricing isn’y set.
The vehicle, which is assembled in East Liberty, is schedule to come out this Ron Lietzke, a spokesman for , the company’s Marysville-based productiohn division, said that if a buyer wants the features, they will be added to the SUV at dealerships, not on the production According to , the pet and pet product market was $43 billionn in 2008. Any gains with those shoppera would be welcomefor Honda, which saw Elementy sales tumble 61 percent through the first