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US 6635492 B2 Abstract A method and apparatus for heating specimens in wells of a metallic specimen carrier. The specimen carrier is heated by applying resistive heating directly to the carrier. An AC source and transformer may be used where the specimen carrier is in series with a single turn secondary winding of the transformer. A magnet may be placed in each well and excited by the heating current to provided a stirring effect.
Claims(38) 1. A method of heating a specimen carrier of the kind comprising a plurality of specimen sites, in which said carrier is in the form of a metallic sheet and the method comprising applying a current to said sheet so as to provide resistance heating of said sheet so as to heat specimens carried by said carrier and in which a thickness of a metallic material of the sheet is thinner than an average thickness at a center of the sheet and thicker than said average thickness at an edge of the sheet in such a way as to promote even temperature distribution during heating.
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a power supply arrangement for applying an alternating current to said sheet to provide heating of the samples in the wells, and
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37. A method of heating a specimen carrier of the kind comprising a plurality of specimen sites, in which said carrier is in the form of a metallic sheet and the method comprising applying a current to said sheet so as to provide resistance heating of said sheet so as to heat specimens carried by said carrier and in which the step of applying a current to the sheet comprises the step of applying an alternating current to said sheet to provide said resistance heating, and wherein a magnet is loosely contained within at least one specimen site and is arranged to be agitated by the alternating current so as to provide a stirring action during the heating.
38. Apparatus for carrying out the method of heating a specimen carrier of the kind comprising a plurality of specimen sites, in which said carrier is in the form of a metallic sheet and the method comprising applying a current to said sheet so as to provide resistance heating of said sheet so as to heat specimens carried by said carrier and further comprising a specimen carrier of the kind carrying a plurality of specimen sites, in which said carrier is in the form of a metallic electrically conductive sheet, a power supply, and a transformer having a primary winding connected to said power supply, and a secondary winding including to said conductive sheet and in which the power supply is arranged to apply an alternating current to said sheet to provide resistance heating, and wherein a magnet is loosely contained within at least one specimen site and is arranged to be agitated by the alternating current so as to provide a stirring action during the heating.
Description This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/117,202, filed Jul. 24, 1998, now abandoned which is a 371 of PCT/GB97/00195 filed Jan. 1, 1997. The present invention relates to heating and more particularly to the thermal cycling of specimen carriers. In many fields specimen carriers in the form of support sheets which may have a multiplicity of wells or impressed sample sites, are used for various processes where small samples are heated or thermally cycled. A particular example is the Polymerase Chain Reaction method (often referred to as PCR) for replicating DNA samples. Such samples require rapid and accurate thermal cycling, and are typically placed in a multi-well block and cycled between several selected temperatures in a pre-set repeated cycle. It is important that the temperature of the whole of the sheet or more particularly the temperature in each well be as uniform as possible. The individual samples are normally liquid solutions, typically between 1 μl and 200 μl in volume, contained within individual sample tubes or arrays of sample tubes that may be part of a monolithic plate. It is desirable to minimize temperature differentials within the volume of an individual sample, during thermal processing. The temperature differentials that may be measured within a liquid sample increase with increasing rate of change of temperature and may limit the maximum rate of change of temperature that may be practically employed. Previous methods of heating such specimen carriers have involved the use of attached heating devices such as wire, strip and film elements and Peltier effect thermoelectric devices, or the use of indirect methods where separately heated fluids are directed into or around the carrier The previous methods of heating suffer from the disadvantage that heat is generated in a heater that is separate from the specimen carrier that is required to be heated. The thermal energy must then be transferred from the heater to the carrier sheet, which in the case of an attached heater element occurs, through an insulating barrier and in the case of a fluid transfer mechanism occurs by physically moving fluid from the heater to the sheet. The separation of the heater from the block introduces a time delay or �lag� in the temperature control loop. That is to say that the application of power to the heating elements does not produce an instantaneous or near instantaneous increase in the temperature of the block. The presence of a thermal gap or barrier between the heater and the block requires the heater to be hotter than the block if heat energy is to be transferred from the heater to the block. Therefore, there is a further difficulty that cessation of power application to the heater does not instantaneously stop the block from increasing in temperature. The lag in the temperature control loop will increase as the rate of temperature change of the block is increased. This can lead to inaccuracies in temperature control and limit the practical rates of change of temperature that may be used. Inaccuracies in terms of thermal uniformity and further lag may be produced when attached heating elements are used, as the elements are attached at particular locations on the block and the heat produced by the elements must be conducted from those particular locations to the bulk of the block. For heat transfer to occur from one pan of the block to another, the first part of the block must be hotter than the other. Another problem with attaching a thermal element, particularly a Peltier effect device, is that the interface between the block and the thermal device will be subject to mechanical stresses due to differences in the thermal expansion coefficients of the materials involved. Thermal cycling will lead to cyclic stresses that will tend to compromise the reliability of the thermal element and the integrity of the thermal interface. The present invention aims to solve at least some of these problems by applying direct electrical resistance heating to a metallic specimen carrier. Thus the invention provides a method of heating a specimen carrier in the form of a metallic sheet by applying a heating current to said sheet. The electric current passing through it directly heats the sheet; this removes lags in the temperature control loop. The whole of the sheet can be substantially instantaneously heated. Preferably the metallic sheet will be of a metal having high thermal conductivity such as copper or silver. Small variations in metal thickness or thermal loading over the area of the sheet may be tolerated if the thermal conductivity of the sheet is high enough to equalise the temperature differences between any localised high or low temperature regions. The level of temperature variation that may be tolerated will depend upon the application, for PCR, applications more than 0.5 C is not tolerable. Silver is preferred over copper in some circumstances, for example when rapid thermal cycling is to be used, as silver has a lower specific heat capacity than copper and will therefore require less energy to produce any particular temperature change. The sheet will generally have a thin section in the region of 0.3 mm thickness, say in the range of 0.2-0.5 mm. The sheet may be in a form where a matrix of sample wells is incorporated in the sheet. The sheet may have an impressed regular array of wells to form a block and a basal grid or perforated sheet may be attached to link the tips of the wells at their closed ends to form an extremely rigid three-dimensional structure. In some applications the mechanical stiffness of the block is an important requirement. Where a basal grid is used, heating current is also passed through the metal of the grid. The basal grid is preferably made of the same metal as the block. While the metallic sheet may be a solid sheet of silver (which may have cavities forming wells) an alternative is to use a metallised plastic tray (which may have impressed wells), in which deposited metal forms a resistive heating element. Another alternative is to electro form a thin metal tray (which again may have impressed wells), and to coat the metal with a bio-compatible polymer. These measures enable intimate contact to be achieved between the metallic heating element and the bio-compatible sample receptacles. This gives greatly improved thermal performance in terms of temperature control and rate of change of temperature when the actual temperatures of the reagents in the wells is measured. The plastic trays are conventionally single use disposable items. The incorporation of the heating element into the plastic trays may increase their cost, but the reduction in cycling time for the PCR reaction more than compensates for any increased cost of the disposable item. The bottom of the composite tray should be unobstructed if fan cooling is employed. If sub-ambient cooling is required at the end of the PCR cycles, either with a composite tray or a block, chilled liquid spray-cooling may be employed. The boiling point of the liquid should be below the low point of the PCR cycle so that liquid does not remain on the metal of the tray or block to impede heating. This also allows for the latent heat of evaporation of the liquid to increase the cooling effect. The heating current may be an alternating current supplied by a transformer system wherein the heating power is controlled by regulating the power supplied to the primary winding of the transformer. The sheet to be heated may be made part of the transformer secondary circuit. The secondary winding may be a single or multiple loop of metal that is connected in series with the sheet. By these means, the high current, low voltage power that is required to heat the highly conductive sheet may be simply controlled by regulating the high voltage, low current power supplied to the primary winding of the transformer. The transformer may comprise a toroidal core having an appropriate mains primary winding and a single bus bar looped through the core and connected in series with the metallic sheet to form a single turn secondary circuit. When heating samples in sample wells of a carrier in the way described above it is sometimes desirable to provide agitation or stirring. In a development of the invention the heating current is an alternating current, and a magnet is loosely contained within at least one well and is arranged to be agitated by the alternating current so as to provide a stirring action during the heating. According to another aspect of the invention there is provided a method of heating a specimen carrier in the form of a metallic sheet and in which a matrix of sample wells is incorporated in the sheet, which method includes applying an alternating current to said sheet to provide heating of the samples in the wells, and a magnet is loosely contained within at cast one well and is arranged to be, agitated by the alternating current so as to provide a stirring action during the heating. Usually, but not necessarily always, each well will contain a magnet. The sample wells may incorporate samples directly or may carry sample pots or test tubes shaped to closely fit within the wells. Generally the sample wells may be conical in shape. This helps any stirring action of each magnet within the respective well. More specifically, in direct resistance heating using alternating current, an oscillating magnetic field is produced at each well by the heating current. A small bar magnet, (typically 5 mm long by 1 mm diameter), may be placed in each sample tube and the heating current will cause oscillating forces to be applied to the magnet. The geometry of the conical section of the sample tube will then constrain the bar to spin about an axis that is not coaxial with, or normal to, the axial dimension of the bar. The stirring action is then similar to that which would be produced by vigorously stirring each individual tube with a manual stirring rod. The magnets may be made of readily available materials, in particular hard magnetic alloys such as Alnico 4. Rare earth magnets (for example iron-neodymium-boron or samarium-cobalt) may also be used. To prevent contamination of the liquid sample, the magnet may be given an inert coating. Such a coating may be of a bio-compatible polymer such as polypropylene or polycarbonate, or a noble metal such as gold. A noble metal coating has the advantage that it adds no significant volume to the magnet when applied in a coating of sufficient thickness to ensure that the coating is not porous. When using gold a 5 μm thickness is sufficient to provide a porefree coating, and adds a volume of 0.08 μl to the magnet. The magnets cost much less than the typical reagent mix to be placed in a sample tube, and may therefore be regarded as consumable items. However the magnets may clearly be easily sorted from the waste reagents for cleaning and re-use. The magnets may be small. In particular embodiments, for a 100 μl liquid sample, a magnet 1 mm in diameter and 5 mm long may be employed. Such a magnet has a volume of 3.9 μl. A 0.5 mm diameter by 3 mm long magnet may be provided for use in smaller tubes and would have a volume of 0.58 μl. The approximate masses of these magnet examples would be 31 mg and 4.5 mg respectively. In certain embodiments, a magnet is placed in each of the wells to be agitated. In standard practice the shape of the individual wells is conical and the magnet length is chosen such that the long axis of the bar magnet is constrained to be within a range of between 5 and 30 degrees of the axis of the well. Such orientation ensures that the agitation magnet will spin eccentrically and will not jam in the well. The diameter of the magnet should be as small as is practical, in order to minimise the volume of the magnet. The passage of the alternating heating current through the block gives rise to an alternating magnetic field circling the block in a plane normal to the direction of current flow. The alternating magnetic field causes alternating forces to be applied to the bar magnets as they try to align themselves with the magnetic field. The conical shape of the wells constrains the movement of the magnets, which then spin eccentrically in each well. The effect of the eccentric spinning of the magnets is to vigorously stir the liquid sample in each of the wells to which a magnet has been introduced. The stirring effect almost completely eliminates any of the temperature differentials that may be observed in a static sample during thermal cycling. Preferably, the bottom of the sheet, even if a basal grid is attached, has an open structure with a large surface area. Such a surface is ideal for forced-air cooling. Moreover, preferably there are no attached elements to impede free and full contact between the metal of the sheet and moving air. Ducting of the air may be provided to encourage even cooling effects over the extent of the sheet. To allow for controlled cooling rates, the air movement may be under proportional control. The control response time of a device that imparts movement to air, for instance a mechanical element such as a fan, is slow compared to the fast electronic control response of the heating system. The heating system may therefore be used together with the fan to control the temperature changes of the sheet during cooling The secondary winding in series with the sheet may have more than one loop through the core of the transformer. The power supply means and control for the heating current may be a high frequency AC power supply permitting a reduction in the amount of material in the transformer core. The thermal uniformity of the sheet will be dependent on the heating power dissipation at any point in the sheet being matched to the thermal characteristics of that point. For instance, a point around the centre of the sheet will be surrounded by temperature controlled metal, whereas a point at the edge of the sheet or block will have temperature controlled metal on one side and ambient air on the other. The geometry of the sheet may be adjusted with the aim of achieving thermal uniformity. In general practice the geometry of sample sites or wells of a sheet or block will be a standardised regular array. The industry standard arrays consist of 48, 96 or 384 wells in a 110�75 mm rectangular plate or block. These layouts are arbitrary and larger arrays of 768 and 1536 wells are appearing. Typically, the geometric factors that may be varied comprise the thickness of the metal from which the sheet is formed, and if a basal grid is used, the geometry of the webs in the plane of the grid. Embodiments of the invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawings in which; FIG. 1 is a side elevation of a heating apparatus; FIG. 2 is a plan view of the apparatus of Figure; FIG. 3 is a side view of sample tubes incorporating magnets and located in wells of a sheet of the heating apparatus of FIG. 1; FIG. 4 is a top plan view showing the magnet location, and FIGS. 5A to 5C shows a perspective, plan and side view of the block specimen carrier of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1. A metallic sheet specimen carrier in the form of a multi-well block (1) measuring 110 mm�75 mm and having 96 wells (2) disposed in a grid layout is formed in silver nominally 0.3 mm thick. This is attached to bus bars (3) of substantial cross-sectional area. The bus bars loop once through a transformer (toroidal or square), core (4). The core (4) has a primary winding (5) appropriate for the mains voltage employed. The bus bars (3) also act as a structural member supporting the block (1). The transformer primary current is controlled using a triac device (6). The triac device receives current from an AC source and is controlled by a temperature control circuit (7) which uses at least one fine wire thermocouple (8) soldered to a central underside region of the block to sense the temperature of the block. The temperature control circuitry may be operated manually or by a personal computer (9). More specifically, the heating power may be controlled by proportional phase angle triggering of the triac (6) in response to signals from the thermocouples (8) combined with programmed temperature/time information entered to describe the required thermal behaviour of the apparatus. Cooling of the block is by means of a fan (10) mounted under the block, passing ambient air over the protruding well forms (2), the air being directed by the enclosure in which the block is mounted. The fan is controlled by the same temperature control circuitry that drives the heater triac. Although not shown in detail, the airflow is guided to give even cooling of the block (1) by means of multiple shaped air inlets on the top, sides and bottom of the apparatus enclosure. The fan extracts air from the inside of the enclosure. The negative pressure within the case is varied proportionally by proportionally controlling the fan speed. It will be appreciated that the rear surface of the block (1) has a large surface area which is ideally suited to the dissipation of heat. The measured performance of the example apparatus gives rates of change of temperature in excess of 6 degrees per second and over/under shoots of less than 0.25 degrees within the typical PCR working range of 50-100 degrees. The thermal uniformity of the block is such that within 10 seconds of any temperature transition, even at rates of change of temperature in excess of 6 degrees Celsius per second, the range of temperatures that may be measured in wells around the block does not vary more than �0.5 degrees from the mean temperature. The block (1) of the present embodiment will have an electrical resistance of around 0.00015 Ohms. To obtain the levels of heating desired, a current in the order of 1600A is supplied to the block. The order of this required current is easily calculable on the basis of the size of the block and the innate properties of silver. The current in the primary winding (5) might be up to around 3A at 240V or 7A at 110V. Thus even though high current is supplied across the block (1), the voltage across the block remains low, say 0.25V. Further, the block (1) and bus bars (3) are isolated from mains power and may be connected to ground to enhance safety further. The described example uses a silver block with cavities, but metallised plastic tray inserts, or electro formed thin metal trays, as previously described, may also be used. The system as described has several important advantages. 1.1 The block is heated directly with no requirement for heat transfer from an attached heat source. This is very efficient and taken together with the very low specific heat capacity of silver allows very rapid temperature changes. 1.2 Direct heating means that there is no thermal lag at all. Temperature control functions are immediate so that the block may be cycled in temperature with little or no over or undershoot. Temperature control is therefore inherently precise. 1.3 Since there are no obstructions or thermal barriers attached to the block, simple forced-air cooling of the back of the block provides rapid and controllable cooling. 1.4 The fine wire thermocouple is soldered directly to the block so as to provide close temperature measurement and control. Any other temperature measurement device may be used as long as it does not introduce significant sensor lag. 1.5 The temperature distribution around the surface of the block is dependent on the evenness of heating and the thermal conductivity of the block. The thermal conductivity of silver is very high, and the distribution of heat energy around the block is dependent upon the distribution of the heating current. This may be regulated by varying the geometry of the multi-well block. The variation in geometry will typically be achieved by spatial variation in the thickness of the block (1) such that, (for instance), the minimum metal thickness (of about 0.25 mm), may be found at the middle of the block surface and the maximum metal thickness (of about 0.4 mm), may be found along the edges of the block (1) parallel to the longer axis. The variations in metal thickness are used to maintain thermal uniformity across the area of the block during thermal cycling by compensating for the differing thermal environments experienced by different points in the block (1). The variations in metal thickness are produced whilst manufacturing the block by electroforming. During the electroforming process the distribution of the electrodepositing, current is modulated such that the depositing current is higher in areas where a greater thickness of metal is required. The overall geometry of the block is standardised to accept liquid samples of 20-100 μl contained in either individual 200 μl sample tubes or arrays of samples contained in a 96 well microplate. The large currents required may be easily produced and controlled since the block becomes part of a heavy secondary circuit of the transformer. The cross-sectional area of the winding bars is made considerably larger than the cross-sectional area of the block so that significant heat generation only occurs in the block. The current can be easily controlled in the primary winding (where the current is small), using thyristors, triacs or other devices. Alternatively, the primary winding may be driven by a high frequency, switch mode, controllable power supply. This allows the same degree of control of the current induced in the secondary winding incorporating the block, but the high frequency allows the use of a more compact core in the transformer. Referring now to FIGS. 3 and 4, a novel stirring arrangement is shown. A sample carrier (1)(which is equivalent to the block (1) described above) has conical cavities (12) carrying 200 μl sample tubes (13). Then, within each tube is loosely carried a magnet (14). Each is a small bar magnet, (typically 5 mm long by 1 mm diameter), which is placed in each sample tube and the heating current is then able to cause oscillating forces to be applied to the magnet. The geometry of the conical section of the sample tube will then constrain the bar to spin about an axis that is not coaxial with, or normal to, the axial dimension of the bar. The stirring action is then similar to that which would be produced by vigorously stirring each individual tube with a manual stirring rod. The magnets can be made of readily available materials such as Alnico 4 and coated with non-reactive materials such as polypropylene of PTFE or nobel metals such as gold, for example a 5 μm layer of acid hard gold plating may be used. The magnets cost much less than the typical reagent mix to be placed in a sample tube, and may therefore be regarded as consumable items. However the magnets may clearly be easily sorted from the waste reagents for cleaning and re-use. The magnets are small, 1 mm diameter by 5 mm long which gives a volume of 3.92 μl for use in a 200 μl sample tube. A 0.5 mm diameter by 3 mm long magnet for use in smaller tubes has a volume of 0.58 μl. The approximate masses of these magnets are 31 mg and 4.5 mg respectively. The action of the agitation magnets not only removes measurable temperature differentials from the 100 μl liquid samples used, but also increases the overall rate of heat transfer from the block to the sample. Thus the programmed temperature/time profile is more accurately reproduced in the thermal processing experienced by the liquid sample. FIGS. 5A to 5C show the sample carrier sheet (block) (1) of FIGS. 1, 2 and 4 in more detail. As described above this metallic specimen carrier is in the form of a multi-well block (1). This block (1) measures 110 mm�75 mm and has an 8�12 array of standardised conical wells 12 mm deep and is formed in silver having an average metal thickness of 0.33 mm. An attached basal grid may also be provided which ties together to exterior bottoms (101) of the wells. It will be seen that the wells in the sheet (1) have a significant depth and thus include side walls (102) and have an overall generally frustoconical shape. The wells are arranged to accept and surround a significant portion of any sample tubes positioned in the wells. This can help in the efficient transfer of heat into and/or out of samples. A large surface area of tube is in contact with the sheet (1). Furthermore, in cooling it will be noted that this large area of tube is in direct contact with a portion of the sheet, ie the exterior or underside of the wells, over which ambient air is fed. Similar considerations also apply if samples are placed directly in the sheet rather than in a sample tube. It has been found that mains frequency currents eg 50 Hz provide a good stirring effect. The fact that the rear of the carrier sheet is exposed can lead to various other advantages, in particular other apparatus may be located behind the sheet and/or access to the rear of the sheet is easy to obtain. In a particular alternative, a method and apparatus for realtime analysis or monitoring of reactions occurring in the sample sites during heating and/or stirring can be provided. This may be implemented by providing a optical probe in each sample site or well, typically this probe will be the tip of a optical fibre which is located in an aperture towards the base of the well. The fibre in each well will lead away from the rear (or underside) of the sheet to suitable transmitter, receiver and analysis equipment. The monitoring will typically make use of the fact that the fluorescing characteristics of the reagents change as the reaction progresses. Thus an exciting frequency of light will be fed from the transmitter along the fibres to each well. This exciting frequency will cause fluorescence in the reagents and the emitted light will travel back along the fibres to the receiver and analysis equipment where the fluorescence or changes in fluorescence will be analysed to give an indication of the state of the reaction. Patent Citations
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Looks great but hard to put together and not sturdy unless mounted to a wall
This lamp is a perfect fit for our inteneded use> we have a vaulted ceiling with recessed lighting so when you are sitting on the couch to read there isnt ample light> I knew I wanted lighting to come from behind the couch and yet be spread out overhead to give more even lighting without being too bright. Not only does this look beatiful it also has a dimmer so I can adjust the lighting to my needs
I am using this as a reading in the corner of my bedroom. It is much taller then I expected and a bit of a pain to put together ..but certainly not to bad. I did however expect a little bit more from the Ethan Home Collection...Lamp was made in China and arrived looking like it.....The shipping and packaging was more along the lines of something I would expect to see when ordering dorm furniture for my son. With that said the lamp must be 1) Braced in a corner behind a chair 2) Base firmly placed beneath a couch, bed or piece of furniture that will help keep in upright 3) or braced to a wall. ( The directions said there was a "brace" in the box but there was not) . ..This is not a piece you want in a high traffic area with kids around. This lamp WILL tip over if not properly secured. It will stand alone but I would never trust it to stay that way for long without support of some sort. Surprisingly I did really like the look of it after it was all set up although the"chrome" is so shiny it almost appears to be black. For the money I would recommend the piece providing you can meet the criteria for securing it. Definitely different and does provide a lot of much needed light for my reading chair and corner.
When this arrived, the box was opened on the ends and we couldn't be entirely sure that all pieces arrived safely. There were a few sections that did not go together easily; hubby had to reshape some of the metal ends to get them to fit together. Once it was all together (thankfully all pieces had arrived), it turns out that the base of the lamp is taller than the opening under my sofa, so we can't tuck it under the sofa as I would have preferred. All that being said, we bought this because the price was right. Similar styles were at least twice as much and we just couldn't see spending the extra money. It brings much needed light to the corner of my previously dark sectional sofa. I haven't been able to read on the couch due to poor lighting for years, so it works fine.
i didn't have a problem putting this item together like some have complained about. the lamp just isn't worth the price. it doesn't have the dramatic look i thought it would have. if you are looking for something subtle and low impact, this is your perfect lamp. if you are looking for a wow factor in your room, this isn't the lamp for you...
Only one con: it is very tall lamp, so be aware. Except for that - great looking, modern lamp.
This lamp is great but is not as advertised. This lamp uses 4 40 watt light bulbs (smaller chandelier bulbs) not 4 60 watt standard bulbs as advertised. The lamp is sturdy and huge. It was not difficult to assemble, took about 30 minutes for me to do alone. The lighting is very powerful and provides more than enough light for my purposes. This is the main source of light in a medium sized room with no ceiling light.
The dimmer feature is great!! It also looks modern and nice. However, like other reviews said, it is very wobbly!! Unless shoved in a corner so it doesn't move, I would not recommend this.
This is a beautiful lamp--at least if you like modern design. It sits on a heavy (marble?) base and is overall quite sturdy (although the arches seem to sway a bit when there is movement or a bit of air flow around. Assembly was comparatively easy, but definitely required the instructions that came with the lamp. The light is pleasant, especially since the lamp comes with a dimmer (which I didn't realize when I bought it, so this was a nice surprise). But perhaps the best aspect of this lamp is its height: it's almost 7 feet tall--great for a floor lamp when you have high ceilings (as I do). In short, definitely worthwhile if you have the right kind of space for it and like modern design.
This lamp is amazing... ONCE you get it assembled. It is kind of a pain to put together and the directions are not that clear. I purchased it for a room that is plum and gray so I was happy to see it is a smoke/dark gray chrome metal! I would have been fine if it was silver too but dark gray is great for me. It isn't brown to me at all, as some reviewers have said but it is NOT a silver color at all. Looks amazing because I have a huge family room with 12-foot vaulted ceilings, and it has tons of space for a lamp like this. I would not suggest this lamp if you don't have a large space to accommodate it. It's definitely a statement piece and I love the dimmer switch!
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Parents' horror as Chinese boy, 6, has his eyes GOUGED OUT after being 'kidnapped by organ trafficker who stole both his corneas'
- Youngster snatched while playing outside home in Linfen, Shanxi Province
- Parents found him three hours later screaming in a field covered in blood
- Kidnapper reportedly told boy: 'Don't cry and I won't gouge out your eyes'
- Illicit trade fuelled because China has 300,000 on transplant waiting list
Organ traffickers gouged out the eyes of a six-year-old boy to sell on China's transplant black market, it was claimed yesterday.
Police said the child, Binbin, was drugged after being kidnapped while playing outside his home.
His family found him covered in blood and crying in pain three to four hours later. His eyes were found nearby with the corneas missing, police say, implying that an organ trafficker was behind the attack.
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Horrific: The Chinese boy lies in hospital after he had his eyes gouged out
Recovering: The youngster was playing alone outside his home in Linfen, Shanxi Province, when he was snatched on Monday evening
An entire eye cannot be transplanted, but a cornea could be vital for a patient with faltering vision.
Police are seeking a woman suspect and have offered £10,500 for information leading to an arrest.
About 300,000 patients in China need transplants each year, but only about 10,000 people can get them due to a lack of donors, state media said.
Few Chinese agree to donate their organs after death, fuelling the rampant illegal market activity.
Child organs are usually more expensive on the black market, an organ trafficker told Sina Internet news portal in 2010, as 'most people think the younger the donor is, the better the quality of organs'.
Seven people were jailed last year when a teenager sold a kidney for an illicit transplant operation and used the proceeds to buy an iPhone and iPad.
Binbin's devastated father said: 'We didn't notice his eyes were gone when we discovered him – he had blood all over his face. We thought he had fallen down and smashed his face.'
boy was rushed to hospital where doctors were shocked to find his eyes
had been removed. His father said: 'His eyelids were turned inside out,
and his eyeballs were not there.'
Illegal organ harvesting is booming in China, where there is a shortage of donors, and last night, amid domestic and international outrage, Beijing was urged to crack down on the country's multi-million-pound transplant industry.
Binbin was shown on state TV being taken in bandages from an operating theatre to a hospital bed, writhing in agony as his shocked family wept.
China Central Television said he had been drugged and 'lost consciousness' before the attacker removed his eyes.
His parents discovered he was missing when they called for him to come in around 8pm on Monday but received no response.
Mortified: Relatives of the youngster talk to a nurse. His parents realised he was missing when they tried to call hm inside the house but received no response
'Extraordinarily vicious': The child's eyes were found nearby but the corneas were missing, reports said, implying that an organ trafficker was behind the harrowing attack
After a frantic search with relatives, they found him screaming in a field near their home in Fenxi, north China. The kidnapper had reportedly told Binbin: 'Don't cry and I won't gouge out your eyes.'
The organ trafficker may have been motivated by money.
But they could also have been driven to such a horrific crime by the hope of saving someone's sight - or even their own.
Problems with the cornea - the clear front part of the eye - can cause the eye to mist up and, if left untreated, lead to blindness.
But the most serious conditions such as Fuchs' dystrophy, a degenerative condition that affects older people, can be cured with a transplant, above (file picture).
Until recent years, the only operation was a full cornea transplant, an operation that involved 24 stitches in each eye and an 18-month recovery period.
But advances in technology have meant surgeons can now carry out a partial replacement under local anaesthetic with a recovery time of just four weeks.
does not have a donor culture, but about 300,000 patients need
transplants each year. Only about 10,000 receive organs, mainly taken
from death-row prisoners.
Though the sale and transplant of organs for money is prohibited, lax laws and widespread corruption have fuelled a booming industry.
China is also a leading destination for 'transplant tourists' who travel there to obtain organs.
Last night international doctors appalled by Binbin's suffering called on leading medical journals to ban publication of Chinese research papers on organ transplants, to shame the country into tackling the problem.
Professor Arthur Caplan, head of medical ethics at New York University and spokesman for Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting, said: 'As unimaginable and untrue as this boy's torment sounds, it shocks but does not surprise.
'Whereas hearts, livers and kidneys must be sourced from donors who match the same blood and body type of recipient patients, in-demand corneas for corrective eyesight operations can be taken from any age and body type.
'Anyone who knows where the corneas are located in the eye can extract them, and I fear for the unsterile conditions and the barbaric methods used, and that infection may add to the boy's suffering.
'He will suffer unthinkable physical and psychological pain.'
Professor Caplan urged international governments to 'stand up to China' and take action to make it clean up its transplant industry.
'Transplant tourists who travel to China with the right amount of money can order the organ needed,' he said. 'A prisoner is found to match the recipient and is taken out and shot.'
Last weekend, Chinese police detained members of a kidney- trafficking ring, including a team of four doctors and nurses.
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Net sales increased 17% to a third quarter record $4,948,000 compared to record third quarter sales of $4,230,000 in the same quarter last year. Net income was affected by non-recurring expenses of approximately $503,000 for legal, accounting, investment banking and administrative expenses associated with the June 15, 2011 acquisition of Cables Unlimited Inc. and approximately $59,000 in additional consulting, legal, corporate and administrative expenses incurred in addressing certain stockholder issues and activities. After these expenses, net income for the third quarter was $63,000 or $0.01 per diluted share compared $312,000, or $0.05 per diluted share in the same period last year. In the third quarter of fiscal 2011, net income was affected by non-cash expenses for the write-off of Neulink inventory and goodwill impairment related to the Aviel acquisition of $248,000 and $137,000, respectively.
"Cables Unlimited contributed $909,000 to net sales for 45 days of the quarter. Excluding Cables Unlimited's sales, overall sales for RFI's continuing businesses were down 4.5% for the quarter, affected primarily by inventory adjustments and shipping delays from some of our major distributors. We believe these are adjustments and delays, not lost sales. Sales rates improved for August," said Howard Hill, CEO of RF Industries.
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