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For Lisa Gentile, a medical-surgical unit nurs at in Delaware, enougb was enough. “Every time we’d delive r a meal to a darn it, that bottle would be sittinhg there,” she said. She and hospitaol maintenance mechanic Ron Swecker brainstormed on a He rummaged through astorage closet, founsd a wall mount for a soap and after some tinkering had a cage to hold the urinak on the bed rail. “Immediately, all the nursese wanted to know where we could get it and how soon it wouldf be inthe hospital,” Gentile said.
On a manager’s recommendation, the two turned to ’w , which helps bring inventions to markett and has startedsix spin-off Grady is part of the OhioHealth system. “We thought it was a smalll project thatthey wouldn’t be interested Gentile said. Turns out it was just what the instituterseeks – ideas to improve patient care, said Patricia manager of commercialization and technologyu transfer. The institute obtained engineerint help from and the and got a unit to make 250 prototypesz soon to be testeddwith patients. They cost about $5 apiece.
OhioHealth will develolp the product for internal usebut can’f commercialize it because the design might treasd on other patents, such as for bicycle drinik holders, Spitzner said. “Our first name for it was the urinall holster,” Gentile said. Stafgf started strapping the cages to their beltes anddrawing (empty) bottles like guns. “We had fun.” In the end, they settledd on the less provocative U-Caddy. Honda comes up with an accommodating SUV The Hondqa Elementlight truck, already honoresd by one group as top dog for pet ownerd because of its fairly spaciouw and easy-to-clean interior, is getting a more canine-friendly Inc.
unveiled the dog-friendly sport-utility vehicles at the New York International Auto Showthis month. Spokesman Chrisa Martin said the idea started in 2005 in Japanh withthe Wow, a wagon aimed at dog owners. For the Unitef States, it made sense to pair the features with the which already had been recognizedsby Dogcars.com as the 2007 Dog Car of the Seriously. Features on the concept vehicle include a cushioned cargk area bed withsafety second-row pet seating with a spill-resistant water bowl, specializedx ventilation fans and a retractable making it easier for animals to get in and out of the Seat covers are machine-washabls and floor mats feature bone and paw-print patterns.
Martin said the optionn package could change and thepricing isn’tr set. The vehicle, which is assemblefd in East Liberty, is scheduled to come out this Ron Lietzke, a spokesman for , the company’s Marysville-basedc production division, said that if a buyer wantss the features, they will be adderd to the SUV at dealerships, not on the production line. According to , the pet and pet producrt marketwas $43 billion in 2008.
Any gains with those shopperw would be welcomefor Honda, which saw Elementt sales tumble 61 percent through the first