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Posted Jan 10 2011 11:40am
Funny the timing of things, right?
Last May, just before Dr. Wakefield's appearance at the Center for Personal Rights rally (of which I was a coordinator) and the launch of Wakefield's book "Callous Disregard", seemingly out of nowhere, with no real precipitating event, the media was flooded with stories, old stories, unfounded stories, about how Dr. Wakefield's research was bogus, that the vaccine/autism link has been disproven and declared the vaccine safety debate over.
Imagine my surprise when this week, seemingly out of nowhere, with no real precipitating event, the media was flooded with stories, old stories, unfounded stories, about how Dr. Wakefield's research was bogus, that the vaccine/autism link has been disproven and declared the vaccine safety debate over.
It might lead someone to wonder... does the vaccine safety/choice community and/or Dr. Wakefield have any events and/or books coming out for which this might be an attempt to sabotage/distract/end around/disparage/discredit and generally torpedo? I mean they did that with "
Callous Disregard
" in the spring and to "
Age of Autism
" last fall, should I be looking for a new book from those who care about vaccine safety?
Fortunately, I already know the answer to that question is... wait for it...
And I know that because I am proud to share that I am a contributing editor and co-author (along with Andrew Wakefield and more than twenty others) of the upcoming book, brought to you by the Center for Personal Rights, announced today
How crazy that AGAIN, just like last May, that Wakefield has been declared a dastard, and vaccines cleared of all wrong doing RIGHT BEFORE our community comes out with media on the vastness of the problems in the vaccine program... darn the luck, I tell ya. Boy... do we have bad timing or what!
And that the source of this damning "new information" (which was actually from March of 2010) is once again, Brian Deer, who has mined the (illegally obtained) medical files of the children in Wakefield's paper to find evidence of "fraud" (by which he means that kids GP's who knew nothing about bowel disease and autism took different notes than the internationally known specialists in the field doing in depth research and medical evaluations on the children). Brian Deer.... who for those of you who have lost track, was the man who made the complaint that Wakefield's GMC trial was in response to (but who is also a "journalist" reporting on it... wrap your brain around those ethics if you can)... Deer has has managed to find "fraud" that was undectable by the parents of the children involved in the research project, Wakefield's 12 coauthors on the paper, the prosecutors and judges in Wakefield's 6 year/3 million dollar GMC trial, and the entire medical community and autism community, in the 13 years since this paper has been published.
Wow... that Brian Deer is one talented "journalist". So talented in fact, that he, among all journalists and doctors and people on planet earth, is allowed to illegally obtain the medical records of children, and not only escape arrest and prosecution for doing so, but is granted special dispensation to actually PUBLISH information, over the protests of the children's parents, that he claimed came from the files...
in a medical journal
! And not just that, but gets to have his unverifiable allegations broadcast by every mainstream media outlet in the US! (Anyone wonder why this is not being broadcast in the UK? Might there be legal problems with doing that there? Never mind... I am probably concerning myself over nothing.)
/end sarcasm
If it is not clear to you this far, let me be frank about it. The coverage of the vaccine/autism debate that you see in the media, is not scientific debate or earnest investigation... it is a dog fight. And Pharma plays dirty.
The vaccine industry is a 27 billion dollar per year business. It is as near as you get to the Federal Reserve and the Treasury as a license to print money. Vaccines are marketed and purchased by the US government and vaccine makers are immune from any financial or any other kind of liability when their vaccines kill or maim the American people. If you had a product line that you didn't have to advertise, that every child in the country had to buy (several times) and that you could not be sued for, and that even when one of your products was known to cause widespread death and damage, you could STILL go a decade or more with out having to go to the expense of updating it... how hard would you fight to keep that golden goose a'layin'? OK... pretend you have the gutter ethics of
, and
(who make MMR in the US and the UK respectively) and then tell me how hard you would fight. Ruining a man's life to prevent billions or trillions in future losses and potentially damaging a few kids is really nothing at all. It certainly would not have been the first time, nor the last. (Have I mentioned that Deers "investigations" have been mostly published by James Murdoch's newspaper? Did I mention that Murdoch is on the board of directors of GSK who makes the MMR? Or that Deer was "assisted" by Pharma's investigation
hit squad
? So many coincidences, many more to wade through over at
Age of Autism
Vaccine Epidemic
is a real threat to those 27 billion in profits. Our book is a very serious, very in depth analysis, by a cadre of smart and respected professionals (and me), that outlines the international medical standard of informed consent, stories of a variety of vaccine damage, legal implications/historical perspectives/financial concerns/political machinations/medical opinions of vaccinations and presents information on much of the damage that 25 years of pharmaceutical liability protection has done to the vaccine program and to our children.
What you have witnessed in the media this week is a frenzied effort to convince you that
1. This one research paper represents all of the concerns about the vaccine program. (Our book has almost 400 citations... and we didn't cite the Wakefield paper 400 times).
2. That Wakefield has been "discredited". (He hasn't).
3. That the vaccine/autism debate is settled and that all the questions have been "asked and answered". (It is actually expanding and the evidence that there is a causal association is mounting, not diminishing).
And if you read Vaccine Epidemic, you will see why the medical community and Pharma throwing out the Wakefield paper and declaring the debate "closed", is like carving a pothole in I-95 in Virginia and declaring the interstate from Florida to Maine "closed".
They don't want the media taking our book seriously and they sure as heck don't want you to read it.
please buy our book
and decide for yourself. Is the message that you are getting on NBC the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Or do you need to take responsibility for your family's vaccine decisions in your own hands, based on your own research from original sources?
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UPDATE: From the Department of Backfire
Yesterday our book was ranked below 250,000 on Amazon. At the moment it is #2,886 and climbing.
Offit's book, out last week, is 8,569
Wakefield's Callous Disregard, a year old, has climbed back up to 7,706 and number 10 in autism.
When they did this to Wakefield last spring, they put his book on the Amazon top ten list. So thank you to Brian Deer and Pharma? I guess? Keep slinging mud and the people will keep seeing through your CYA tactics and looking for the truth in how to best raise their children.
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All SCV Teens Grades 7-12 Invited to Santa Clarita Aquatic Center Saturday 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The Santa Clarita DFYiT anti-drug program has just completed its first school year, and organizers have invited all Santa Clarita Valley students in grades 7-12 to celebrate the milestone at the DFYiT "Summer Splash" pool party at the Santa Clarita Aquatic Center on Saturday, June 8, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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Established in Dade County, the greater Miami, Fla., area in 1992, the national DFYiT (Drug-Free Youth in Town) program now has more than 60,000 members in clubs across the country.
Spurred by a rise in drug abuse among Santa Clarita Valley teens and young adults, a task force of local representatives researched the Dade County DFYiT's success. The task force included officials from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station, the Wm. S. Hart Union High School District, the City of Santa Clarita and L.A. County's 5th Supervisorial District.
Then the organizations collaborated to create the Santa Clarita DFYiT chapter, and the clubs at each junior high school, middle school and high school in the valley. The clubs opened in late summer 2012, in time for students to sign up for the fall semester.
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After building the program and its membership over two semesters, DFYiT organizers and members held a year-end ceremony May 8, as the spring semester wound up.
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The "DFYiT Summer Splash" pool party is also an open invitation to other Santa Clarita Valley students to become DFYiT members this fall.
"The purpose is really to invite all teenagers within the valley to come, have a good time, choose healthy lifestyles and meet that type of people," Bradley said.
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After the "DFYiT Summer Splash," the next DFYiT events are in late August, as the new school semester is about to begin, Bradley said.
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(a) Authority. Continued service agreements are provided for in section 4108 of title 5, United States Code. Agencies have the authority to determine when such agreements will be required.
(1) The head of the agency shall establish written procedures which include the minimum requirements for continued service agreements. These requirements shall include procedures the agency considers necessary to protect the Government's interest should the employee fail to successfully complete training.
(2) An employee selected for training subject to an agency continued service agreement must sign an agreement to continue in service after training prior to starting the training. The period of service will equal at least three times the length of the training.
(3) The head of an agency shall establish procedures to compute length of training period for academic degree training programs in accordance with § 410.310(d).
(c) Failure to fulfill agreements. With a signed agreement, the agency has a right to recover training costs, except pay or other compensation, if the employee voluntarily separates from Government service. The agency shall provide procedures to enable the employee to obtain a reconsideration of the recovery amount or to appeal for a waiver of the agency's right to recover.
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[0001] The present invention generally relates to improved electrosurgical devices and methods for use. More particularly, this invention relates to a remotely wired electrosurgical device for ablating, cutting, or coagulating tissues via a wireless instrument with high frequency energy.
[0002] Electrosurgical devices are used in nearly every operating room today. Electrocautery systems are used as a substitute for a mechanical, sharp blade for the purposes of cutting tissue or coagulation. An electrosurgical device may be used in open-chest surgeries or in minimally invasive endoscopic operations. Known electrosurgical instruments include, for example, monopolar blades, bipolar forceps, bipolar scissors, monopolar hooks, monopolar scissors, bipolar endocutters, electric coagulators, or the like. Each of those instruments has an electrosurgical end effector which is adapted to treat tissue through application of electrosurgical energy to tissue which is brought in contact with the electrosurgical end effector. Most known electrosurgical instruments are connected by electrical cords or wires to electrosurgical generators.
[0003] In general, the terms for electrosurgery, electrocautery, radiosurgery, diathermy, endothermy and radiofrequency heating have all been used to refer to tissue application of radiofrequency electricity to obtain a desired effect. In its classic meaning, electrocautery is defined as the use of electricity to heat an object, which is then touched to the tissue to singe vessels. Electrosurgery usually uses radiofrequency electricity to generate heat in the tissue itself rather than applying heat from an outside source.
[0004] It has been noticed by surgeons that the standard electrocautery instrument is inconvenient for them to use due to the attached wire or electrical cord. The wire could become tangled on the cautery instrument or on another object, and can be troublesome to their hand motion, make cautery awkward and less efficient. The electrical cord is also a nuisance in that it requires monitoring and careful placement to ensure that it remains sterile during surgical operations. Some surgeons have developed innovative methods for hanging or suspending the electrical cords, facilitating use of the electrosurgical devices and reducing the interference of the cords. For example, Weber et al. described a novel, yet simple, electrosurgical suspension apparatus that facilitate the performance of excision and repair, Mohs micrographic surgery, cosmetic surgery, and other forms of dermatologic surgery in Dermatology Surgery 2000;26:142-145.
[0005] It has been noted that certain tasks, such as laparoscopic cautery, would benefit from the application of cautery without the use of another instrument such as cautery obturator. Furthermore, a surgeon has noted that he cannot always see as clearly as he would like while cutting in non-lapascopic surgeries.
[0006] The prior art of surgical cautery is mainly performed electrically with a monopolar or bipolar cautery instrument. The instrument transforms hospital available AC power into low current electricity, high frequency waveforms to cut through tissue and/or coagulate tissue. The attached electrical conducting wire or cord remains an unnecessary troublesome problem. This also applies to non-surgery electrical instruments.
[0007] An apparent form of the cordless electrosurgical device is a battery-powered cautery instrument or handpiece. U.S. Pat. No. 5,792,138 to Shipp discloses a cordless battery-operated electrocautery unit for use in surgical procedures. Though the battery-powered handpiece shows cordless advantages, the power may drift and the cautery efficiency demands constant battery exchange or recharge. The battery itself also increases the weight of the instrument.
[0008] Another alternative form of the cordless electrosurgical instruments is a specifically designed trocar or trocar adapter. U.S. Pat. No. 5,961,514 to Long et. al. discloses a cordless electrosurgical instrument that is adapted to fit through a trocar which includes an electrosurgical adapter with at least a first electrical contact positioned in and extending axially along the elongated aperture, an electrical conductor, an external conductor, an outer housing and an electrical cord attached to it.
[0009] Electrosurgical generators supply electrical energy to the electrosurgical instruments through electrical cords. The cordless electrosurgical instrument as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,961,514 still requires a specially designed trocar having an attached electrical cord connected to a generator. Furthermore, the Long et. al. device needs an extra hand to engage the trocar or trocar adapter to the cordless instrument, which is not a contactably coupling technique and the device applies only to laparoscopic procedures.
[0010] Therefore, there is an unmet clinical need for integrating the power and signal source into a surgeon's gloves and/or gown as a remotely wired system while the actual cautery or ablation is done with a cordless instrument. The technology that is readily applicable on a wireless instrument could apply to any cautery instrument, ablation handpiece, any electrosurgery apparatus, or the like.
[0011] In general, it is an object of the present invention to provide a wireless electrosurgical device system for contactably coupling a wireless instrument to a remote power source. In one preferred embodiment, a remotely wired electrosurgical device system comprises a wireless instrument and a remote power source, wherein the wireless instrument comprises at least one surface electrical contact for contactably coupling the wireless instrument to the remote power source through a coupling mechanism. In another preferred embodiment, the coupling mechanism further comprises a glove having at least one electrically conductive patch zone located at an outer surface of the glove for contactably coupling the wireless instrument to the remote power source. The glove may further comprise an insulated glove conductor having a first end and a second, the first end of said insulated glove conductor being connected to one of the at least one electrically conductive patch zone of the glove and the second end of said insulated glove conductor being coupled to said remote power source.
[0012] In another embodiment, the device system further comprises a gown having an insulated gown conductor, the insulated gown conductor being positioned between the second end of the insulated glove conductor and said remote power source.
[0013] In still another embodiment, the wireless instrument further comprises a signal transmitter and the remote power source comprises a switching/receiver unit, wherein signals transmitted from said transmitter are received by the switching/receiver unit adapted for switching the power on. The signals may be transmitted either by short range radiofrequency transmission method or by capacitively coupled signal transmission method.
[0014] A method for performing a cordless electrosurgery operation, the method comprises contactably coupling a wireless instrument and a remote power source through a coupling mechanism on a surgeon's glove, a surgeon's gown, and the like.
[0015] Additional objects and features of the present invention will become more apparent and the invention itself will be best understood from the following Detailed Description of the Exemplary Embodiments, when read with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0016]FIG. 1 is an example of prior art electrosurgical device systems.
[0017]FIG. 2 is a wireless electrosurgery instrument system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention.
[0018]FIG. 3 is a surgeon's glove serving as a coupling mechanism adapted for coupling the wireless electrosurgery instrument to a remote power source.
[0019]FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating the operating mode of the current wireless electrosurgery instrument system.
[0020]FIG. 5 is a switching/receiver unit for the wireless electrosurgery instrument.
[0021]FIG. 6 is a detailed block diagram including an end effector for the wireless electrosurgery instrument.
[0022]FIG. 7 is a dual function signals transmission and receiving sequence.
[0023]FIG. 8 is a block diagram of switches and basic system elements for dual cut and coagulation functions.
[0024]FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a simulated electrosurgery operation using the wireless electrosurgery device system of the present invention.
[0025] Referring to FIG. 1 to 9, what is shown is an embodiment of the wireless electrosurgical device system comprising a wireless instrument, a coupling mechanism and a remote power source.
[0026]FIG. 1 shows an example of prior art electrosurgical device systems. Currently surgical cautery is mainly performed electrically with a monopolar cautery instrument, though bipolar cautery instruments are also used occasionally. The prior art instrument transforms hospital available AC power (100 to 250VAC approximately, dependent upon the country) into low current electricity, high frequency (including radiofrequency) waveforms to cut through and/or to coagulate tissue. The cutting and coagulating waveforms are delivered to the tissue through a cautery scalpel that plugs into the cautery power supply through a standard cautery interface. There is a switch on the cautery scalpel that a practitioner or surgeon uses to close the appropriate circuit for either cutting or coagulation. Typically, a wired cautery instrument 11 with its attached wire or electrical cord 12 and a connector 13 is plugged into a standard electrosurgery power supply (EPSU) 14 or indirectly connected to a remote power source 15. The standard electrosurgery power supply in this invention can be a high frequency power generator, such as a radiofrequency generator.
[0027]FIG. 2 shows a wireless electrosurgery instrument system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention. The remotely wired electrosurgical device system comprises a wireless electrosurgery instrument 21 having a transmitter and a remote power source 15, wherein the wireless instrument 21 comprises an end effector 23 and at least one surface electrical contact 22 for contactably coupling the wireless instrument to the remote power source through a coupling mechanism 39. The term �contactably coupling� as referred in this invention is defined as coupling two electrical contact elements by contacting without plugging or connection. U.S. Pat. No. 5,961,514 discloses a cordless electrosurgical instrument that uses a trocar or trocar adapter as a coupling element for power supply, wherein the trocar or trocar adapter needs to plug into the electrosurgery instrument using an extra hand. Loose wires from the trocar adapter become a troublesome problem to the surgeon. On the contrary, the wireless instrument of the present invention has neither loose wires to interfere with the surgeon's hand motions nor does it contain a battery-pack.
[0028] In one embodiment, the coupling mechanism 39 may comprise a surgery glove 31 to be worn by a surgeon for performing electrosurgery on a patient and a plug 38 to be connected to a switching/receiver 34, which is electrically connected through an end plug 35 to and becomes an additional component of the generator 14 and remote power source 15. In one preferred embodiment, the switching/receiver may be enclosed within an EPSU 14 or otherwise stand-alone. The surgery glove 31 has at least one electrically conductive patch zone 32 located at an outer surface of the glove for �contactably coupling� the wireless instrument to the remote power source through an attached conductor wire 33. As shown in FIG. 3 for an alternate bipolar electrocautery operation, a second electrically conductive patch zone 36 on the glove surface may be provided for contactably coupling a second of the at least one surface electrical contact 22 of the bipolar wireless instrument to the remote power source 15 as a returning conductor wire.
[0029] The wireless instrument 21 may also comprise an end effector 23, the end effector being electrically coupled to one of the at least one surface electric contact 22 through a first internal conducting wire within the instrument (not shown). Therefore, a complete circuit is established by a returning electrode 52 normally placed contactably under the patient and returning the current to the standard electrosurgery power supply unit (EPSU) 14. In a bipolar instrument, the end effector 23 further comprises a returning electrode which is connected through a second internal conducting wire within the instrument to a second of the at least one surface electrical contact 22 for contactably coupling the wireless instrument to the remote power source through the coupling mechanism 39. The coupling mechanism 39, that may comprise at least one conducting wire, may be disposable or sterilized for re-use.
[0030] The end effector may include the distal portion of an electrosurgery instrument, such as bipolar forceps, bipolar scissors, a monopolar hook, monopolar scissors, bipolar endocutters, an electric coagulator, or the like. The wireless instrument may be a scalpel that has an actuator mounted on said scalpel, the actuator being adapted for activating and deactivating the remote power source. Typically a small battery, such as an AAA size battery is optionally included in the end effector for light bulb use and for activating the feedback circuit.
[0031]FIG. 3 shows a surgeon's glove serving as a coupling mechanism 39 adapted for coupling the wireless electrosurgery instrument 21 to a remote power source 15. The glove may comprise at least an insulated glove conductor 37 having a first end 37A and a second end 37B, the first end of the insulated glove conductor being connected to the electrically conductive patch zone 32 of the glove and the second end of the insulated glove conductor being coupled to the remote power source optionally through the EPSU 14.
[0032] In one preferred embodiment, the device system further comprises a gown 81 (as shown in FIG. 9) having an insulated gown conductor 82, the insulated gown conductor being positioned between the second end 37B of the insulated glove conductor 37 and the remote power source 15 through the EPSU 14. For example, a monopolar electrosurgery instrument with cautery power delivered from a standard electrosurgery power supply unit to which the wireless instruments interfaced, to the wireless instrument through an insulated conductor attached to the surgeon's glove and gown. The insulated conductor could be built into the glove and/or gown or attached on top of it with glue, Velcro� tape or other fixation technique. The insulated gown conductor could be right-handed, left-handed or both-handed. Typically the insulated conducting wires could be placed inside or outside of the gloves or gown.
[0033] The remotely wired electrosurgical device system of the present invention consists at least one of the following elements: an end effector that may contact the tissue for electrosurgery operation in either a monopolar fashion or a bipolar fashion, a control circuitry, signaling mechanism, light and driving circuit, and power source.
[0034]FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram illustrating the operating mode of the current wireless electrosurgery instrument. A patient 51 has a returning electrode 52 for returning the electrical current back to the standard electrosurgery power supply unit (EPSU) 14. The EPSU has typically a plurality of ports to receive electricity from the power source and the return current from the patient's ground, as well as the output ports (for example, three banana jacks in the standard model) to which the coupling mechanism 39 interfaces. This same interface is used to connect to the switching/receiver unit 34. The wireless instrument 21 is remotely wired to the EPSU 14 by a coupling mechanism 39 in a �contactably coupling� fashion 84. The switching/receiver unit 34 receives the signal from a transmitter 71 mounted at or adjacent the wireless instrument 21.
[0035] The switching/receiver unit as shown in FIG. 5 comprises a receiver for the signals sent from the electronics in the wireless instrument either through RF or IR methods or along the line. The signals received are filtered through a signal filter 63 to activate the receiver relay 85 for power supply from the main power line 66 to the end effector. The interface 65 to EPSU is positioned between the EPSU 14 and the switching/receiver unit 34.
[0036]FIG. 6 shows a detailed block diagram including an end effector 23 for the wireless electrosurgery instrument 21. In a preferred embodiment for dual cut and cautery functions, a transmitter subsystem 71 emits the signals for a desired cutting or cautery function to the switching/receiver unit 34. A light 76 is generally provided for the surgeon to better see the surgical site. After receiving and filtering the signal, the switching/receiver unit 34 then energize the circuits necessary to power oscillators attached to the main power line 66 for supplying the power to the end effector 23 of the wireless instrument 21. At least two of the push-button switches are located at the wireless instrument for different functions, such as cut, cautery or coagulation. In general, a cut switch 74 or a cautery switch 75 is depressed to activate a cut signal generator 72 or a cautery signal generator 73, followed by transmitting the signal to the switching/receiver unit 34 for power energizing.
[0037] Several communicating/signaling methods for activating the end effector of the wireless electrosurgery instrument are available. The communicating/signaling method of the present invention may be selected from a group consisting of (a) infrared transmission, (b) short range radio frequency signaling, and (c) monopolar end effector using capacitive coupling of signals. Other communication/signal transmission methods, such as voice activation, sound, ultrasound, light, laser, foot-switching activation, or the like are also applicable in the present invention.
[0038] Infra-red Transmission
[0039] The infrared transmission technique used infrared LEDs to transmit light pulses to perform the signaling and communication. Different signals for cutting, coagulating, inactive, or other function are made by varying the flashing frequency or other timing characteristics.
[0040] This communication could be done at very short range from one or several LEDs, possibly being arranged to form an optimized spreading of the light power, aimed at a receiver on the surgeon's glove. At the expense of power and the risk of line-of-sight blocking of the signal, this communication could also be done over a greater distance from a transmitter on top of the instrument to a receiver in a line-of-sight unobstructed location somewhere else in the operating suite.
[0041] The receiver (a phototransistor or other infra-red sensitive device) transduces the signal into something understandable by a microprocessor or other electronic circuitry. These electrical signals are then interpreted and the appropriate switches closed to turn on the desired electrosurgery operation.
[0042] This method of signaling has the limitations of interference by blocking of the signal forcing the transmitter to be close to the receiver, and through this limitation the necessity for extra wiring (including the receiver) being attached to the surgeon's arm.
[0043] Short Range RF Transmission
[0044] The short range RF transmission technique would work in much the same way but would instead use a RF transmitter located in the wireless electrosurgery instrument to transmit commands to a receiver. The receiver could be located on the surgeon's gown or elsewhere in the operating suite. The size and range of the antennae necessary would vary with the frequency permissible by the hospital and appropriate international standards. A good example of a system using short range RF transmission is a Bluetooth wireless mouse for a PC computer.
[0045] This would be an improvement over the infrared technique for its ability to communicate with an out-of-sight receiver, but would have the disadvantage of RF emissions in an operating room restricting the frequencies and the power levels being used. It would be possible to place the receiver somewhere on the operating table or close to the surgeon's hands for convenient signal transmission to the switching/receiver unit. In this application, transmitter must be a part of the wireless instrument. Antennae for receiving signals could be a second wire attached to the surgeon's gown.
[0046] Monopolar Cautery Using Capacitive Coupling of Signals
[0047] Another alternative is the one which integrates the signal and power delivery into the same conductor. This eliminates the requirement of a second set of wires on the user and the inconvenience of positioning them and maintaining appropriate orientations.
[0048] The transmitter in the wireless instrument in the user's hands and the receiver at the EPSU are now connected directly through a single conductor. The transmitter consists of circuitry to create voltage pulses of different time lengths depending on which task, for example, cut or coagulate, that the user wishes to perform.
[0049] These voltage pulses are sent along the single conductor to the receiver. Normally this would be ineffective as the transmitter being monopolar is effectively floating relative to the receiver. To get around this and create the illusion of a common basis (similar to ground but not electrically so), the signal is instead capacitively coupled to the receiver. The capacitor serves as a differentiator removing all DC content and passing only the AC. This transmitted signal is then reduced to two pulse spikes, one negative and one positive, framing the amount of time that the transmitter transmitted. The pulses are then massaged into regular electrical signals (e.g. at TTL levels) acceptable to timing circuitry, which calculates the time between the pulses and determines the user's intent. Once cut or coagulation is determined, the appropriate action is carried out.
[0050] Other transmission/communication methods are also applicable in the present invention. Two different frequencies are used to indicate the different operations. Receiver contains electronics to determine which frequency broadcast would still use capacitive coupling and switches to protect the electronics. One needs to choose frequencies wisely. It generally uses a frequency much greater than 60 Hz to avoid the 60 Hz hums. Shielded cable could be used for most of the length to limit radiation.
[0051] Operating Mode
[0052] This operating mode is shown in FIG. 7 where the user indicates a cut and then a coagulate operation. �t1� indicates the time for cut signal, and �t2� indicates the time for coagulation signal. Note that these signals could be on the order of microseconds or less and as such the operations are separated as they would most likely not occur so close together in time.
[0053] The operating sequence as shown in FIG. 7 includes (A) user indication; (B) transmitter function; (C) receiver receiving after coupling and amplifying; and (D) receiver timing and processing circuitry receiving. The time required to indicate each operation mode could vary provided that there is still a sufficient difference in time length between the two signal types. After receiving and interpreting its orders, the selected operation would be carried out for a period of time, a number of multiples of the signaling time chosen to be long enough to achieve efficiency of operation and to remove noticeable and inconvenient delays from the user, and short enough so as to be turned off when no longer desired. This can be seen to form each operation into a packet of time consisting of signaling, delay to setup, operation, and delay to reset.
[0054] To avoid the problem of variation between clock oscillators (these are generally small, but crystal and other clock oscillators can have tolerances of a percent or two) creating skew problems or preventing proper use of the cautery due to inexact timing, the exact time taken for each of these pulses would be arranged between the transmitter and receiver in a calibration procedure at the start of any operation and before use. In the calibration procedure the transmitter sends to the receiver pulses for cutting, coagulation and for the amount of time that the operation will take place�the �on-time�. The receiver receives each of these, measures them and stores for future comparison the amount of time each takes. This will facilitate coordination between the receiver and transmitter, removing the possibility of the transmitter circuitry being connected to (not isolated from) the conductor when the cautery waveform is applied.
[0055] It is important for the control circuitry to be isolated from the cautery waveforms due to the waveforms' high voltages (about 300 to 1500VDC) and high frequencies, which are enough to destroy circuit components. Although it is unlikely to be dangerous, it is probably best that the patient is isolated from the control signals. To evade unwanted exposure for the components and the patient, a method of separating the signals from the cautery was devised using electrically controlled mechanical relays and a timing scheme to isolate the two groups. This is shown in FIG. 8.
[0056] In FIG. 8, the transmitter 71 and receiver 62 are shown having outputs to various relays 87, 88, 89, 90. The transmitter controls a relay 87 that switches contact with the monopole between the transmitter and the cautery blade, an end effector 23. The receiver controls two relays: one relay that controls the type of cautery input (either cutting 89 or coagulation 90) and another relay 88 that switches monopole contact between the receiver and the cautery input.
[0057] Normally the relays are set to make the connection between the transmitter and receiver. After the user indicates their desired function and the transmitter transmits it, the transmitter activates relay 87 to connect up the end effector. Simultaneously, the valid timing signal is received at the receiver 62 and the receiver disconnects itself and connects one of the cut or coagulation inputs to the monopole direct to the end effector, and from there the signal passes into the patient.
[0058] After the pre-arranged �on time� (set during the calibration period), the receiver disconnects the cautery signal input and the transmitter reconnects itself to the monopole. The transmitter then waits for the user to give more input and the receiver waits for the transmitter to send a signal. Or should the user be holding the switch indicating an operation, the process begins again immediately. There is no confusion here for the receiver as to when to begin as the transmitter drives the process entirely.
[0059] It is unlikely but possible that noise could be substantial enough to be received as a pulse into the system. It would then set off a counter to await the next pulse. Thus there needs to be a method of determining when a pulse is legitimate or not. An error correction scheme could be set up using the time lengths stored from the calibration procedure as normal points and allow some variation in time from these.
[0060]FIG. 9 shows a perspective view of a simulated operation using the wireless electrosurgery device system of the present invention. A surgeon who holds a wireless electrosurgery instrument 21 has a coupling mechanism 39 comprising a glove 31 and/or a gown 81 of the present invention. The electrosurgery operation would become a complete circuit only when both the electrosurgery instrument contacts a patient who has a return electrode and the surgeon sends out a signal from the transmitter to activate the main power line through the EPSU 14.
[0061] The key advantage of the present invention over the prior art is its relative safety. The remotely wired electrosurgical device system of the present invention can only be activated by a surgeon or operator who has the coupling mechanism on his surgical glove and/or surgical gown. It is apparent that someone who picks up the instrument and depresses the transmitter button will not activate the instrument. This serves as a safety protection that is not available in other electrosurgical apparatus.
[0062] From the foregoing, it should now be appreciated that an improved wireless electrosurgery instrument having a coupling mechanism through a surgeon's glove and/or surgeon's gown has been disclosed. While the invention has been described with reference to a specific embodiment, the description is illustrative of the invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention. Various modifications and applications may occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the true spirit and scope of the invention as described by the appended claims.
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Twin RoomMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 1 infant)
Double Room, Partial Sea ViewMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 1 infant)
Family RoomMax Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children, 1 infant)
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Upscale hotel on the beach, with 2 outdoor swimming pools
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This Agadir hotel is set on the beach a short distance from Casino Le Mirage, Royal Palace, and Agadir Beach. Also nearby are Stade Al Inbiaate and Agadir Open Air Theatre.
Hotel Features
Catch some rays at the beach or spend the day relaxing at Iberostar Founty Beach's full-service spa. Then enjoy a meal at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants.
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Televisions come with satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature air conditioning, climate control, and safes.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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All inclusive
Guests can book rooms at Iberostar Founty Beach for a rate that is either for the room only or for all-inclusive. All-inclusive rates are higher because they include onsite food and beverages in the room rate (some restrictions may apply).
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Iberostar Founty Beach offers both all-inclusive room rates and room-only rates. All-inclusive rates include onsite meals and beverages, and may include taxes and gratuities. Additional charges may apply for meals at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, certain beverages, and other amenities.
Iberostar Founty Beach features a full-service spa, 2 outdoor swimming pools, an indoor pool, and a health club. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants. The property also offers a snack bar/deli. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of hotel's 2 bars/lounges. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
A business center is on site at this 4-star property. This beach hotel also offers a children's pool, a sauna, and a steam room. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Total number of rooms - 470
- Number of bars/lounges - 2
- Free breakfast
- Full-service spa
- Free Wi-Fi
- Number of outdoor pools - 2
- Turkish bath/Hammam
- Children's club
- 24-hour front desk
- Business center
- Health club
- Babysitting or childcare
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Shopping on site
- Luggage storage
- Rooftop terrace
- Number of floors - 3
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Free self parking
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Snack bar/deli
- Sauna
- Children's pool
- Indoor pool
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Hair salon
- Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
- Beach/pool umbrellas
- Laundry facilities
- Multilingual staff
- Year Built 2003
- Tennis on site
- Garden
- Number of buildings/towers - 3
- Steam room
- Supervised childcare/activities
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Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi , Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
Park your car
Free self parking
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- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Balcony
- Satellite TV service
- Climate control
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Bathtub only
Eat and drink
Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast each morning.
Mercure Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in Moroccan cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Antares - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves dinner only. Reservations are required.
Have fun
2 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with an indoor pool. In addition to a children's pool, other recreational amenities include a health club, a sauna, and a steam room.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Aerobics on site
- Basketball on site
- Bowling alley on site
- Volleyball on site
Solaria Spa has massage/treatment rooms. Services include facials and body treatments. The spa is equipped with Turkish bath/hammam.
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
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When you arrive
Minimum check-in age is 18
When you leave
Check-out time is 11 AM
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Musical man Daniel Moe dies
May 25, 2012
Key Chorale mourns the loss of Conductor Emeritus Daniel Moe
PHOTO GALLERY: Police Chief Albert Hogle Memorial Service
May 24, 2012
Friends, family members and fellow officers paid their respects to Longboat Key Police Chief Albert Hogle Thursday, May 24.
Accident near Fruitville Road delays traffic
May 24, 2012
A truck that overturned earlier this afternoon has delayed northbound Interstate 75 traffic.
May 24: Daily Headlines Video
May 24, 2012
Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.
Hogle memorial services take place today
May 24, 2012
The community will honor Longboat Key Police Chief Albert "Al" Hogle today beginning at 1 p.m.
Approved at last
May 24, 2012
The Downtown Improvement District Board of Directors will use an internal city loan to help pay for a Main Street streetscape project that will be constructed in the next two years.
Street Teams pick up momentum
May 24, 2012
A Salvation Army program gives the homeless an opportunity to re-enter the workforce by helping to keep the city clean.
Osprey mobile-home park nears extinction
May 24, 2012
Twelve bayfront lots overlooking Casey Key are being sold together or in pieces. One of the lots harbors what's left of a dwindling mobile-home park.
Attorney addresses DID concerns
May 24, 2012
City attorney Robert Fournier attended a Downtown Improvement District meeting to assuage concerns of board members who recently approved a Main Street project.
City amends public trespass ordinance
May 24, 2012
The city wants to amend an ordinance that will give future tresspassing violators written, as opposed to verbal, warnings.
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19 Lights In Bloom
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20 Bring Them Home for the Holidays Adoption Event
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
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20 La Fille mal Gardee Pre-Performance Children's Buffet
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24 What are you doing on Christmas Eve?
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Sound of hope
The holiday season hasn't officially started until our favorite bell ringers return to their posts.
Holiday harmonies
Shoppers and residents were treated to some holiday harmonies by the Senior Friendship Centers' group, the Second Wind Harmonica Players, in Downtown Sarasota.
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The Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County teamed up to bring the anti-bullying event Rachel's Challenge to Sarasota Dec. 3.


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Analysts wonder if FDA standards met
Orexigen Therapeutics said yesterday that people lost an average of 20 to 25 pounds by taking the San Diego company's experimental obesity medication for a year, while also adhering to a strict diet and exercising daily.
But while the company said the weight loss was statistically significant at showing the effectiveness of the drug Contrave, analysts questioned whether the weight loss met the bar by which the Food and Drug Administration would judge it.
The FDA has said obesity drugs need to demonstrate weight loss at least 5 percentage points above that seen with a dummy pill.
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Orexigen's share price dropped about 35 percent in after-hours trading after the company's announcement about the trial results. The stock had closed at $6.05, down 3 cents.
Orexigen, which has been consulting with the FDA on how it would run its four phase 3 trials with the drug and what level of results would probably be needed to win regulatory approval, pointed out that Contrave surpasses another bar established by the federal agency. The other three trials are ongoing.
A 2007 guidance document from the FDA states than an obesity drug must cause 35 percent of the people taking it to lose more than 5 percent of their starting weight. And the success of those taking the drug must be at least double the success of those taking a placebo.
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The guidance document suggests a drug meet one of the benchmarks, not both, Orexigen Chief Financial Officer Graham Cooper said.
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The FDA benchmarks were not written specifically to judge the effectiveness of the drug in a program that requires exercise and a strict diet. But the company decided to run the trial with the lifestyle modifications to answer the clinically relevant question of whether the drug was an added benefit to diet and exercise, Chief Medical Officer Eduardo Dunayevich said.
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