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September 16th, 2008 #1
Graphite pencils- How do I use them??
I've been using mechanical pencil for the longest to do all my drawings, but I just cant seem to shade well with them.
I also have a set of graphite pencils that I NEVER use, because I don't even know the difference between them, I just know they are used for shading.
Whats the difference between HB, 6B, 4B and what do I use each one for?
Hide this ad by registering as a memberSeptember 16th, 2008 #2
H leads are hard, B leads are soft, the higher the number the greater the degree of hardness or softness. An HB pencil is in between, a balanced, general purpose pencil (the same as a standard number 2).
Soft leads make darker marks, but don't hold their points because they wear down quickly. Hard leads make clean, even marks, but are lighter and can indent the paper if used with a heavy hand.
Last edited by Elwell; September 17th, 2008 at 08:22 AM.
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September 17th, 2008 #3
i suggest sticking to one pencil per drawing though, especially when it comes down to shading and lineweights
September 17th, 2008 #4
You know, when I was a beginner I didn't have any fancy internet. I had to put the pencils to paper, pointy end down, to find my answers
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Like said the B pencils are the softer leads with a higher number meaning increased softness, H is for hard and higher numbers are yet harder, HB is right in the middle and about equivalent to a No.2 pencil in the US. Can't really tell you what to use them for except to say that soft gives really heavy dark lines while the harder pencils give lighter yet more precise lines, so use them according to the kind of line you need.
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September 17th, 2008 #10
my bad
ill go somewhere else then
September 17th, 2008 #11
Do whatever you want. I think everyone in here answered your question. If you have trouble with "shading," it doesn't neccecarily mean you are using the wrong types of pencils.
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September 17th, 2008 #12
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September 17th, 2008 #13
Mechanical pencils are actually my first choice... you can shade just fine with them, it requires a bit of patience and practice. I'm going to refrain from saying "it's not the medium, it's the practice" because in this case you have not worked with the graphite pencils... and you really should, so that you can compare FOR YOURSELF how they're different.
You may find that you like graphite pencils better, or you may not. The important thing is that you TRY it. Just don't make the mistake of thinking that a problem area (like shading) will be fixed by using a different tool.
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Okay... you guys are snide arrogant bastards. The guy just wanted a little advice, or do you charge for that?
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Yes WOW! What. Elitist bastards you all are. I guess free advice won't sell your instructional DVDs. Is this how you get back at all the jocks who knocked the sketch book out of your hands?
September 17th, 2008 #16
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September 17th, 2008 #17
No one is being snide or arrogant bastards.
I was saying, in what was meant to be a humorous way, that it seems silly to ask a simple question like that when you can play with the pencils. They're pencils, not guns. It's not like you'll kill anyone if you experiment a little.
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September 17th, 2008 #18
Reckless, I hope you didn't leave completely, so in case you see this, here it goes.
There was nothing wrong with the question you asked. Sometimes, even the Internet has the answer, its always best to still get advice from people that use the mediums. That being said, try a shading scale with each of your pencils to get a feel for how they work.
Edit: Here are examples of shading exercises you can do, just in case:
About.com Pencil Exercise Sketching Blog
How to Shade a Sphere
As I said, use each of the pencils for this exercise so you get a physical understanding of how they work.
Also, try a shading scale with your mechanical pencil. Try crosshatching. It'll help you a bit more
Last edited by MM Howard; September 17th, 2008 at 04:50 PM.
September 17th, 2008 #19
Thanks for those that tried to help me. I was only asking because shading is not one of my strong points and I wanted to know if graphite pencils might make it a bit easier than trying to use a mechanical pencil for every shade.
I find that mechanical pencils are a little too hard, or they come to too much of a point to do every level of shading, and they often leave actual lines rather than areas of color. I thought that actual pencils might be easier because they wear down and their points are softer which might make it easier to blend an area of dark color to an area of light color and vice versa.
No one is being snide or arrogant bastards.
I was saying, in what was meant to be a humorous way, that it seems silly to ask a simple question like that when you can play with the pencils. They're pencils, not guns. It's not like you'll kill anyone if you experiment a little.
And yes, your comment was snide and it was arrogant. I asked for advice and you came and said "Hey, I'm better than you, go figure it out for yourself". Don't try to sugarcoat it by saying that it was meant to be "humorous". You're only defending yourself now because other people pointed out that you were being a dickhead.
As for everyone else who hopped on his elitist bandwagon, stay out of the advice section if you're not going to do any good.
September 17th, 2008 #20
J. Wilson's comment is what you could expect from any decent art teacher. If you need help with shading, ask, and I'm sure you'll get some good advise to get you going. Right now, however, I'm more convinced that you want attention more than you want any help.
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September 17th, 2008 #21
No problem in coming here for advice, problem is that in application you'll learn far more than we can ever tell you - which is where the "snide" comments that truly aren't so snide come in. He was blunt, but it was a valid point.
None the less your pencil range from H's to B's will help you to some extent, but if you can't shade well you need to look at technique first, really focus on your pressure level - for me it was doing value studies (boring! I know, but they help) that built up my fluidity a bit. Personally I prefer mechanical pencils now - it used to matter to me, but I eventually learned that the tools didn't matter a whole lot, just pressure.
My personal range is 2H, HB, and 2B. HB for good lineart, a hard pencil for lighter tones that the HB can't quite hit and the softer 2B for shadows that the HB can't quite hit. Any further on the scale and I find that they don't entirely layer together too well.
Hopefully something in that will help.
September 17th, 2008 #22
I don't see what's the problem.
"Try it out" is really the best possible advice. I do that with every new drawing tool I buy
Last edited by Farvus; September 17th, 2008 at 07:10 PM.
September 17th, 2008 #23
If you thought these guys were blunt, be glad you're not being critiqued by Alex Toth.
Just kidding. Best of luck with your experimentation with Graphite pencils.
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September 17th, 2008 #24
There are various resources that have good tips on using pencils. You can probably find this book at the library: http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Realis...1708319&sr=1-1
Classify the types of marks each pencil makes:
light - dark
thin - wide
smooth - rough
warm - cool
Takes time to memorize the effects.
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September 18th, 2008 #25
Keeping a sharp point on your pencil is always key number one.
As far as absolute control with the pencil, just realize you will need to keep a kneaded eraser, that is pointed, handy to pick out irregularities in your marks and shadows (Which will happen, the grain and texture of the paper won't allow perfect smooth shadows and transitions on their own). Also, I tend to favor lead holders (The plastic mechanical pencil like casings that accept a long lead from a pack of 10 or 12) that I can extend the lead out to however long I want and will allow me to swap softnesses.
I find a soft touch is critical in drawing shadow areas and smooth transitions. Too much pressure will kill the tooth on the paper and create dark marks everywhere that are unsightly and hard to get rid of.
As far as the actual look and process of shadows and transitions, a lot of it is simply cross hatching your pencil marks until it becomes a smooth transition or shadow. Using a blunt tipped pencil on the paper may lead to issues of the tooth of the paper smoothing out, which will lead to problems when trying to erase or even add more lead to an area that's been smoothed.
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September 18th, 2008 #26
seems to me
that elwell plainly ad consisely answered the question in the first response. adn everything sinces then witht the exception of few pieces of legitamate elaboration, has been pretty much , banter.
i would recommend that you try, the pencils, see what you can do with em. I f you like you could post the result. and we could maybe help wit your specific difficulties
It might also help to post examples of the kind of shading that you are trying to achieve. so that we could perhaps assist you in finding the technique you are looking for.
Personally I can't help much as I m too impatient to even attept to achieve the extra smooth result you seem to be craving
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September 18th, 2008 #27
Just to throw a monkey wrench into the works, mechanical pencil lead is available in a variety of harnesses. You can achieve a range of values just as easily with mechanical pencils as you can with the wooden ones. Sometimes combining both styles of pencil can be fun. Use the wooden ones for broad stokes and for shading large areas, then go back with the mechanical ones for details and fine lines.
September 18th, 2008 #28
You were remarking about little lines in your shadows. Another approach, especially with the softer pencils, is to use a blending stump (tortillon) to smooth out the shaded areas. This is going to be hell on the surface if you are using a textured paper so it won't be consistent with trying to exploit paper texture for special effects. Still, there are a lot of different ways to swim across this pool. Dive in.
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September 18th, 2008 #29
Ok well I started with a drawing of a roman bust
ill post it when its done
September 18th, 2008 #30
I'll make a peace offering though and offer you some real advice. Keep the pencils sharp, even when you want to make soft tones. What you really need to practice is control. A soft worn down point might help you at first, but you give up control and accuracey. Patience, practice and learning proper technique helps FAR more than the tool. A good artist can draw with a burnt piece of wood (and pretty much anything else that will leave a mark).
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Melbourne, Jan 24: Australia women lost the tightly-contested Twenty20 series against New Zealand 2-1 following a seven-wicket loss in the third and deciding match at the Junction Oval here Thursday.
The home side lost the toss and were sent in to bat. Elyse Villani, who recently rejoined the national side, found the boundary on three occasions and scored a quick-fire 20 runs before she was dismissed.
Jess Cameron (48) proved the mainstay for Australia with her knock, which included four fours and two sixes. She was well supported by Lisa Sthalekar (24) as they took their side's total to 134/5 after 20 overs. The wickets were shared evenly among the White Ferns bowlers, with Morna Nielsen (1/9) the most economical.
New Zealand got off to a solid start in their run chase with openers Lucy Doolan (35) and Suzie Bates (67) putting together a strong partnership and notching the majority of runs required to achieve the target.
The White Ferns reached their target in the 19th over, finishing 136/3. Ellyse Perry and Renee Chappell were the only wicket-takers for Australia.
New Zealand captain Bates claimed the player-of-the match award while Meg Lanning was named player-of-the-series.
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Sex, Tools And Chromosomes
Researchers at the University of California, Davis have discovered a key tool that helps sperm and eggs develop exactly 23 chromosomes each. The work, which could lead to insights into fertility, spontaneous miscarriages, cancer and developmental disorders, is published April 13 in the journal Cell.
Healthy humans have 46 chromosomes, 23 from the sperm and 23 from the egg. An embryo with the wrong number of chromosomes is usually miscarried, or develops disorders such as Down's syndrome, which is caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21.
During meiosis, the cell division process that creates sperm and eggs, matching chromosomes pair up and become connected by "crossing over" with each other, said Neil Hunter, a professor of microbiology at UC Davis and senior author of the new study.
These connections are essential for precise chromosome sorting and the formation of sperm and eggs with exactly the right numbers of chromosomes. Crossovers also play a fundamental role in evolution by allowing the chromosomes to swap chunks of DNA, introducing some variety into the next generation.
Each pair of chromosomes must contain at least one crossover. But there shouldn't be more than about two crossovers per pair, or the genome could be destabilized.
In their paper, Hunter and his colleagues describe a "missing tool" that explains how crossovers are regulated.
"There must be enzymes that ensure at least one crossover, but not too many," said Hunter, who is also a member of the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center research program.
Hunter, graduate students Kseniya Zakharyevich and Shangming Tang and research associate Yunmei Ma, looked for enzymes that could cut DNA to form crossovers in yeast, which form sexual gametes, or spores, in much the same way that humans and other mammals form sperm and eggs.
"There were several good candidates, but none turned out to play a major role," Hunter said.
Then they discovered the missing tool for crossing-over: three yeast enzymes, Mlh1, Mlh3 and Sgs1, which work together to cut DNA and make crossovers.
It turns out that the human equivalents of these enzymes are well known for their role in suppressing tumors. Human MLH1 and MLH3 are mutated in an inherited form of colon cancer. BLM, the human equivalent of Sgs1, is mutated in a cancer-prone disease called Bloom's Syndrome.
"Sgs1 was the biggest surprise," Hunter said. "We previously knew it as an enzyme that unwinds DNA to prevent crossovers. Its role in making crossovers had been hidden by other enzymes that can step in when it is absent."
"While other enzymes cut DNA randomly, Mlh1-Mlh3-Sgs1 only makes crossovers. This unique activity is essential for meiosis and its discovery is a huge step forward," he said.
The work was supported by the National Institutes of Health. Hunter is an Early Career Scientist of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Image Caption: There are many "tools" that cells could use to separate DNA strands that cross over during meiosis. UC Davis researchers have identified the right tools for the job. Credit: Neil Hunter, UC Davis
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after workin out chest and back yest, i have a sharp pain in my upper right arm. i increased weight on my incline dumbbell bench yest and i struggled a bit. could be it? im taking off today. shouldnt be anything serious... right?
after workin out chest and back yest, i have a sharp pain in my upper right arm. i increased weight on my incline dumbbell bench yest and i struggled a bit. could be it? im taking off today. shouldnt be anything serious... right?
Dunno. I'd give it a few days and see what happens. If not any improvements, go see the doc.
Give chalk a chance.
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****, now im freaking out.... read this http://health.yahoo.com/musculoskele...--hw61982.html
dont have many signs of anything on there....
where exactly is the pain in your upper arm?
from the part where my shoulder meets my arm, about 2-3 inches down my arm from there
that does sound like the rotator cuff to be honest, though it could simply be strain. did you try the test on the link you gave, particularly this one...
Hold your arm at your side, bend your elbow, and turn your wrist so your thumb points toward the ceiling. Your health professional will try to force your hand in toward your stomach as you resist by trying to rotate your arm outward. If your rotator cuff is weak or torn, you will not be able to hold your arm steady as your health professional pushes on it...
and doing a front raise motion against resistance?
also, does lying on it hurt?
Last edited by joelhall; 12-03-2008 at 06:01 PM.
lying on it doesnt hurt really, and i passed that test, but i also read the pain is more in the shoulder usually? and mine is in the top side of arm? so maybe ice will help?
also i was talking to a kid who tore his rotator cuff, he said he could move his arm, i can move my arm around a bit, it just hurts a little, could be a strain??? or i just slept on it funny?
probably muscle soreness, i get soreness in that area you described too
same symptoms too? what do you do? day or 2 off?
well if you really aren't sure, i would wait a few days to see if it feels any better
using icy hot now... hope that works?
just sleep on it. my guess is it'll be significantly better by morning.
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the thing i dont get is, it says it comes from too much pushing and not enough pushing (aka weak lower back), but i am doing the baby got back workout, so how is that possible. im just so pissed off i have to deal w this bs.
i also was just talking to someone who plays baseball about rotator cuffs, he doesnt think thats my prob, cause my pain is the outside of my arm and he said it goes from your back near your shoulderblades stright over your shoulder, rotator cuff pain taht is.


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- 70% are putting less in their emergency funds.
- 51% are cutting back on cable television and Internet services (especially on digital entertainment).
- 45% are curbing their retirement savings.
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MANILA, Philippines – Expect a tight race for the men's basketball tournament title in the 76th Season of the UAAP which opens this Saturday.
From veteran coaches Leo Austria of Adamson and Pido Jarencio of University of Santo Tomas to rookie mentors Nash Racela of Far Eastern University, Juno Sauler of De La Salle and Bo Perasol of Ateneo with a level playing field this year, any team can beat anybody.
"This Season 76 will be an exciting season. Any team can beat any team. I'm excited because my team has the opportunity to win the title and at the same time I'm nervous because any team can beat us," said Austria, who is in his seventh year as coach, during the league's press conference Tuesday at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.
"It's going to be an exciting year. The teams are balanced," echoed Sauler, who replaced Gee Abanilla in the sidelines just recently.
The coaches though are varied on which teams are this year's top contenders.
"Every team can contend but the two strongest teams are NU and UE," cited Perasol, whose squad is gunning for its sixth straight crown. "But we cannot discount the fact that La Salle is lurking behind us."
National University head coach Eric Altamirano, on the other hand, said that the team to watch out for is UST.
Altamirano also expects Ateneo to be a tough matchup despite its lack of depth.
University of the Philippines' Ricky Dandan considers his rookie-laden team as heavy underdogs while University of the East went from underrated to formidable after a championship run in the preseason.
"I don't think anybody in this venue will disagree that we are the underdogs… The fighting is back with the Maroons. Relatively, we will be the youngest team if not the youngest team in the league and that makes the community excited," said Dandan.
"For us to be included as a contender here, we are flattered but we shouldn't be contented. Everybody can do it. I think the bottom line is in reality, seventh place lang ang UE [last year]," UE coach Boycie Zamar said.
Season 76 unfolds at the Mall of Asia Arena with a pair of key matches with preseason favorite University of the East clashing with Far Eastern University in the opener at 2 p.m. after an elaborate opening ceremony.
The main game features last year's finalist UST against a beefed up La Salle side at 4 p.m.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - DECEMBER 06: (L-R) Gerald Sensabaugh #43 and Anthony Spencer #93 of the Dallas Cowboys celebrate after the Cowboys recovered a fumble on defense in the second quarter against the New York Giants at Giants Stadium on December 6, 2009 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Safety Gerald Sensabaugh has spent the last three years with the Cowboys on a series of one-year contracts, a streak that will come to an end after he agreed to a five-year extension with the team on Friday. Calvin Watkins of ESPNDallas.com reports that the deal is worth $22.5 millon. Watkins' report does not have…
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Recycling isn't only good for the environment. It could be critical to an agency's security.
That's because clicking "delete" on a computer doesn't truly rid it of its data.
Jeremy Farber helped found PC Recycler in 2003, and in 2009, the company was added to the General Services Administration's list of contractors providing both on- and off-site data-destruction services for federal agencies.
"We focus on secure destruction," Farber said in an interview on Industry Chatter."We're looking for clients that have a need to dispose of obsolete electronics but really want to take high consideration to data security and how that information that's being disposed — how it's going to be managed."
PC Recycler lists the Defense and Justice Departments among its federal clients.
Farber said the need for secure data destruction has grown — as awareness of data security, in general, grows with each news report about a data breach.
"We focus on physical security," Farber said. "People invest a lot of time and energy protecting and buying firewalls and antivirus. But very little thought is put into 'Hey, the computer has died, now what do we do? And a lot of people think 'Well, the computer died, the information must be dead.' And that's just not true."
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PLATTSBURGH — If you listen to Matt Boire, Plattsburgh is full of ghosts.
They frequent downtown as the disembodied products of murder, and they still patrol the property of the old base as soldiers of a bygone, but not forgotten, era.
Boire, who is the sole tour guide for the Greater Adirondack Ghost and Tour Company, loves to tell true stories about the region's rich history.
The ghosts, he said, just go with the territory.
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"You can't have one without the other," Boire said. "Plattsburgh was founded in 1785. Anywhere you have that rich of a history, that depth of time, there always seems to be that other layer that's left behind."
Maybe he's right.
Plattsburgh, it turns out, does have a lot of history, and with it comes an eerie past.
As Boire strolls through downtown with a tour group in tow, wearing a tall stove pipe hat and black, Abraham Lincoln suit, he gestures to buildings and street corners and tells tales of what life in Plattsburgh used to be like.
"I can walk through these streets and visualize what it looked like 100 years ago," Boire said. "I like to make that connection with people, and let them know what happened right where they're standing."
Boire's delivery is witty and engaging, even as he describes characters like Dr. Beaumont, the famed U.S. Army surgeon who became known as the "Father of Gastric Physiology."
But Beaumont, whom Beaumont Hall on the Plattsburgh State campus is named after, had a dark side.
During "Dr. Beaumont's Tour of Terror," Boire stops at a plaque indicating the former site of Beaumont's office, and explains in grim detail how the man performed the experiments that gave him so much knowledge on all things gastrointestinal.
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New Delhi: Former Advocate-General of Orissa and senior advocate Jagannath Patnaik has been re-elected Chairman of the Bar Council of India for a two-year term. The former Chairman of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, Rajendra Raghuwanshi, has been re-elected Vice-Chairman.
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Marshall: Have to make Rondo happy now
With Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Jason Terry now gone, Rajon Rondo has suddenly emerged as the veteran leader of the Celtics locker room.
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With his dealings in recent days, Danny Ainge has sent the message that Rondo will be the player he will build the next great Celtics roster around. In doing that, it's up to the C's to make sure he wants to stay around.
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A device (100) for repairing an aneurysm by deployment within the aneurysm comprises a graft tube, at least part thereof having an inflatable wall (102, 104) whereby the tube can be deployed in an artery and be inflated to grip at least part of the arterial wall.
1. A device for repairing an aneurysm by deployment within the aneurysm, the device comprising a graft tube, at least part thereof having an inflatable wall, whereby said tube can be deployed in an artery and be inflated, said inflatable wall of said graft tube having an inner wall and an outer wall that is expandable in preference to said inner wall, characterized in that said outer wall is capable of contacting the arterial wall in the region of the aneurysm when inflated.
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[0001] This invention concerns devices for use in repairing aneurysms, especially of the abdominal aorta.
[0002] An aneurysm occurs when an arterial wall becomes weakened to the extent that the weakened section balloons under pressure from the blood flowing through the artery. An aneurysm can lead to fatality if it ruptures causing rapid loss of blood.
[0003] An aortic aneurysm can be repaired by an endovascular repair procedure, in which a graft is inserted into the aneurysm via the femoral artery effectively to take the blood flow and to isolate the aneurysm. There are three forms of aortic endograft in current usage. The first is a straight stented tube graft. This may be used when there are adequate proximal and distal aortic necks for graft implantation. The tube may be stented at each end for support and to provide pins or hooks for embedding into the arterial wall to secure the tube in place. Alternatively, the tube may be stented throughout its length, such as by means of a metal wire stent. This form of endograft is used most commonly to repair aneurysms of the thoracic aorta.
[0004] An alternative construction of graft is a bifurcated tube for use in a patient with an abdominal aortic aneurysm where there is inadequate distal aortic neck but appropriate iliac artery configurations.
[0005] The third variation of endovascular graft is an aortouniliac graft, in which the tube extends from the proximal aortic neck into one of the iliac arteries. With this configuration an extraanatomic femofemoral bypass graft with a contralateral occlusion device in the common iliac artery is required. This device may be used when significant aneurismal disease is present in the contralateral iliac artery, precluding successful bifurcated graft placement.
[0006] A problem with such grafts is that over time, even over a period of two years, the graft can slip due to wear and tear on the stents, the effect of pulsatile blood flow through the tube and changes in the morphology of the arteries. The blood flow effect can be exaggerated as the graft slips and is able to bend and flex. Thus over time the integrity of the graft and isolation of the aneurysm can be compromised.
[0007] Another problem with stented grafts is that the twisting or flexing of the graft can cause fatigue in the metal stent. Such fatigue leads to fracturing of the stent wire and the resultant wire ends can pierce the graft material. Holes in the graft material mean that the aneurysm is no longer isolated from the blood flow.
[0008] Such grafts are generally used in a planned manner with the graft being selected for a specific patient according to precise pre-operative measurement of the aorta and adjacent arteries. Therefore, such grafts are not readily suited for use in repairing a ruptured aneurysm, where an emergency procedure is required simply to prevent death.
[0009] An object of this invention is to provide a device for use in repairing aneurysms that does not suffer from the above-mentioned disadvantages.
[0010] According to this invention there is provided a device for repairing an aneurysm by deployment within the aneurysm, the device comprising a graft tube, at least part thereof having an inflatable wall, whereby the tube can be deployed in an artery and be inflated to contact at least part of the arterial wall.
[0011] The term arterial wall may include arterial wall that is undamaged and/or aneurysm wall.
[0012] Graft tubes of the invention may be made of any suitable biologically compatible material and especially of plastics material.
[0013] Graft devices of the invention may be straight tubes or bifurcated tubes for use depending on the position and size of the aneurysm, i.e. for deployment in a similar manner to conventional endograft graft tubes. The graft tube of this embodiment may be one that narrows from one end to the other for use in aortouniliac grafting. The device of the invention may have an inflatable wall along its entire length or the device may have one or more discrete inflatable sections, especially at one or more ends of the tube.
[0014] Preferably the inflatable wall of the graft tube has an inner wall and an outer wall that is expandable in preference to the inner wall. The inner wall may be reinforced compared to the outer wall. Reinforcements of the inner wall may be, for example, by means of hoops, cages or mesh. Reinforcements may be of metal or plastics. Suitable metal reinforcement materials include stainless steel and nickel-titanium alloy. Suitable plastics reinforcement materials include inert polymers, such as, for example, polytetrafluoroethylene. Alternatively, the inner wall may be of a different material to the outer wall or may be of the same material but of different thickness to achieve the desired effect of the outer wall expanding upon inflation in preference to the inner wall with the inner wall substantially retaining its shape. The inflatable wall of the tube is preferably inflated by insertion of a settable material. Preferably the material is introduced as a liquid and sets to a solid or semi-solid state. The inflating material used will be biologically compatible and may, for example, be based on collagen or temperature/pH sensitive hydrogels, such as N-isopropyl acrylamide. It is possible that for stented graft tubes the inflating material need only set to a pliable condition. However, if the graft tube of the invention is to be deployed using a balloon to prevent an un-reinforced inner wall collapsing while the inflatable wall is being inflated, the inflating material may need to set to a relatively rigid condition.
[0015] The tube may be deployed in an aneurysm by inflating the tube, so that at least at the proximal artery position and ideally also at the distal artery position the tube grips the walls of the artery where there is no wall damage and between those positions the outer wall of the tube expands to contact the walls of the aneurysm and thereby support the aneurysm against flexing.
[0016] In one embodiment of the invention, a graft tube for use in repairing arterial aneurysms may have a first part with an inflatable wall to fit into the neck of the artery above an aneurysm. The remainder of the graft can be a straight, tapered or bifurcated tube.
[0017] Grafts of the invention may be deployed in an aortic aneurysm by means of conventional endovascular techniques. Typically, a guide wire is inserted through the femoral artery to extend beyond the aneurysm and the graft is guided into position along the wire. A narrow tube for inflating the twin walled part of the graft will be incorporated into the graft, one end of which will be accessible for the purpose of injection within the access wound in the groin. Once inflated to a desired extent the inflation tube is sealed.
[0018] Additionally or alternatively, a graft according to the invention may be deployed with the aid of an inflatable deployment balloon. Thus, a graft of the invention may be positioned in an aneurysm in collapsed form mounted on a deflated deployment balloon. The deployment balloon can then be inflated to seal the graft to the arterial wall above and below the aneurysm before the outer part of the graft is inflated by means of the settable material to conform to the anatomy of the aneurysm. Finally, the deployment balloon is deflated and withdrawn.
[0019] This invention will now be further described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
[0020]FIG. 1 shows a first prior art aortic aneurysm repair technique;
[0021]FIG. 2 shows a second prior art aortic aneurysm repair technique
[0022]FIG. 3 shows a third prior art aortic aneurysm repair technique;
[0023]FIG. 4 shows a first graft according to the invention;
[0024]FIG. 5 shows the graft of FIG. 4 in position in an aortic aneurysm;
[0025]FIG. 6 shows a second graft according to the invention in position in an aortic aneurysm;
[0026]FIG. 7 shows a third graft according to the invention in position in an aortic aneurysm;
[0027]FIG. 8 shows a first stage of deployment of a fourth graft according to the invention;
[0028]FIG. 9 shows a second stage in the deployment of the fourth graft according to the invention;
[0029]FIG. 10 shows a third stage in the deployment of the fourth graft according to the invention; and
[0030]FIG. 11 shows a fourth stage in the deployment of the fourth graft according to the invention.
[0031] Referring to FIG. 1 of the accompanying drawings, a tubular graft 10 is shown deployed in an aortic aneurysm 12. The aneurysm is situated between proximal and distal regions 14,16 respectively of the aorta 18. This deployment is possible when there is adequate aortic tissue above and below the aneurysm for attachment of the graft. The graft is stented (20,22) at each end and has pins 24 extending from the stented regions for attachment to the aortic wall.
[0032] When there is inadequate aortic tissue below an aortic aneurysm for attachment of a graft as shown in FIG. 1 of the drawings, a bifurcated graft 30 can be used as shown in FIG. 2. Here the graft is attached in the neck 32 of the aorta above the aneurysm 34 and the two tubes 36 resulting from the bifurcation are each deployed in an iliac artery 38 below the aneurysm. Again the ends of the graft are stented (40) and pins 42 are provided to aid attachment to the artery walls.
[0033] If there is significant aneurismal disease in the contralateral iliac artery, which precludes use of a bifurcated graft of the type show in FIG. 2, a graft 50 as shown in FIG. 3 may be used, which is deployed between the aorta 52 above the aneurysm 54 and the healthier iliac artery 56. The graft tube 50 narrows to compensate for the difference in widths of the aorta and iliac artery. With this procedure an extraanatomic femofemoral bypass 58 is required with a contralateral occlusion device 60 in the common iliac artery 62. Again this graft 50 is stented at both ends (64,66).
[0034] Turning now to FIGS. 4 and 5 of the accompanying drawings, there is shown a tubular endovascular graft 100 of the invention for use in repairing an aortic aneurysm. The graft 100 is twin-walled having an inner wall 102 and an outer wall 104, whereby the space 105 between the walls can be inflated by introduction of inflating material.
[0035] The outer wall 104 is relatively expandable compared to the inner wall 102. Both walls may be of the same material but the inner wall reinforced, so that upon inflation, the outer wall expands to contact the aneurysm wall, as shown in FIG. 5, whilst the inner wall 102 retains substantially its diameter, so as not to affect adversely blood flow through the graft. The inner wall 102 as shown is reinforced with metal hoops 106, although the reinforcement can be of other materials or take a different form. An alternative may be to make the inner and outer walls of different materials to achieve a similar effect.
[0036] The graft 100 can be deployed in a similar manner to the graft shown in FIG. 1, i.e. between proximal and distal regions 110,112 respectively of the aorta 114 above and below the aneurysm 116. When in position the graft is inflated by introduction of inflating material. This causes the outer wall of the graft to expand, firstly to grip the walls of the artery in those proximal and distal regions to fix the graft in place and secondly to contact the walls of the aneurysm to provide support therefor and, in the case of rupture, to seal the leakage of blood by direct closure of the tear in the aneurysm wall.
[0037] The inflating material is preferably a biocompatible material and may, for example, be based on collagen or temperature/pH sensitive hydrogels, such as N-isopropyl acrylamide. Preferably the inflating material is one that can be introduced as a liquid but which sets to form a pliable mass, such as in the nature of a gel. Once sufficient inflating material is introduced into the graft, possibly through a valve, the inflated graft is sealed.
[0038] In FIG. 6, a bifurcated graft 120 is shown which is similar in nature and general use to the graft 100 of FIGS. 4 and 5 but for the type of situation shown in FIG. 2 of the drawings, i.e. where there is aortic tissue damage requiring iliac artery deployment.
[0039] In FIG. 7 of the accompanying drawings there is shown an alternative form of inflatable tubular graft 150. The graft shown is a bifurcated graft but only a top portion 152 thereof is twin-walled. Thereby the graft 150 can be deployed and the top portion 152 inflated as with other embodiments of the invention to fix the graft in the proximal neck 154 of the aorta 156 above the aneurysm 158. The iliac tubes 160,162 of the graft may be fixed in the iliac arteries 164,166 in a conventional manner.
[0040] Turning to FIGS. 8 to 11 of the accompanying drawings, an endograft 200 comprises an inner graft tube 202 and an outer inflatable balloon 204 attached to the inner tube. The endograft shown is bifurcated but it could also be a single stem straight or tapered endograft. The outer balloon is designed to be inflated to conform to the anatomy of an aneurysm.
[0041] The endograft 200 is delivered into aorta 206 in a collapsed state mounted over an inflatable deployment balloon 208. Once the endograft is in position, the deployment balloon is inflated to expand the graft to form seals at the anastomoses 210, 212 and 214 of the aorta and iliac arteries (see FIG. 9). With the deployment balloon 208 still inflated, the outer balloon 204 of the endograft is inflated with a substance that rapidly sets to form a solid mass 216. Once that substance has set, the deployment balloon is deflated and removed, leaving the endograft supported by the inflated outer balloon that has conformed to the cortours of the aneurysm sac 218.
[0042] Fixation of the endograft can then be enhanced by placement of stents (with or without barbs or hooks), which secure the upper and lower extremities of the graft to the surrounding arterial wall.
[0043] Advantages of grafts according to the invention include the possibility of rapid deployment, which, in the case of a ruptured aneurysm is vital, because the graft does not have to be designed for a particular patient. The ability to inflate the graft to fix it in place means that the same type of graft can be used in a variety of cases. The gel material used to inflate the device, by filling the aneurysm sac, will stabilise the endograft and prevent buckling, migration and leaking over time. The effects of post-operative changes in the morphology of the aneurysm sac and adjacent blood vessels will also be minimised with improved long-term stability of the repair.
[0044] Another possible advantage of graft devices of the invention is that they can be deployed without the need for stents, which means that the stent fatigue problem can be avoided.
[0045] The endografts of the invention are primarily intended for planned treatment of aneurysms but may also be used for emergency sealing of a ruptured aneurysm as a holding manoeuvre to stabilise a critically ill patient. Extensions and modifications may be made at a later date using additional inflatable or conventional endografts overlapping within the lumen of the first inflatable endograft using the "trombone" technique.
[0046] Inflated devices of the invention can seal aortic side branches and thereby completely isolate an aneurysm from systemic blood pressure.
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SafeHarness aims to make bus travel safer
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Anderson Cooper to Korina Sanchez: Go to Tacloban
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MANILA,Philippines—CNN broadcast journalist Anderson Cooper urged news anchor Korina Sanchez to go to Tacloban, the hardest hit by one of the worst typhoons in history, since she has the means "as she is the wife of the Interior Secretary."
In a live broadcast on Friday morning, Anderson clarified that his previous reports merely showed the situation in Tacloban as it was and not to attack the government for its lack of presence in the desolate Leyte province.
"I urge her to go there (Tacloban). I'm sure she has the means as she's the wife of the Interior Secretary. Her husband's a politician, I'm sure he can arrange her a flight," said Cooper, referring to Manuel "Mar" Roxas II who is at the forefront of relief operations for victims of Supertyphoon "Yolanda".
Cooper's report aired on Wednesday apparently irked Sanchez. In her early morning radio show, she was quoted as saying: "Itong si Anderson Cooper, sabi wala daw government presence sa Tacloban. Mukhang hindi niya alam ang sinasabi niya. (This Anderson Cooper, he said there was no government presence in Tacloban. It seems he doesn't know what he is saying.)
But a day after she drew the ire of netizens in social media for criticizing the CNN reporter, Sanchez went to Ormoc, also in Leyte, to make an on-the-spot report in the city, which is about 105 kilometers from Tacloban City.
Recapping his controversial report that Sanchez had criticized, Cooper replayed a clip of his previous CNN report in the Friday broadcast:
"Here's what I actually said: As for who exactly is in charge of the Philippine side of operation, that is not really clear. I am just surprised. I expected on this day five, I thought I may have gotten here very late, that things will be well in hand, it does not seem like that. People are desperate, they do not have any place for shelter, it's very difficult for people to get food, neighbors are helping out neighbors, water is in short supply, it is a very very bad situation here."
Cooper also pointed out the lack of medical supplies, food and water in clinics set up at the Tacloban airport.
"I was sure there were clinics several days ago at the airport. The doctors said they did not have enough food, they didn't have enough water, for the hundreds of people they were seeing every single day, that they did not have enough medical supplies," he said.
"If any clinic in the entire disaster zone should be able to receive aid quickly and easily, it's the clinic at the airport and they were not getting it."
Cooper has been covering the disaster in Tacloban City where Yolanda's fury was heavily felt as it leveled buildings, smashed homes, toppled trees and posts and killed and injured thousands.
Korina sanchez reports from ormoc anderson cooper still in tacloban
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Please vote on the name and spelling! We've been having the hardest time narrowing down names and then I second guess. I would like reassurance, lol! Thanks!
Please vote on the name and spelling! We've been having the hardest time narrowing down names and then I second guess. I would like reassurance, lol! Thanks!
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I voted Lyla Rae, but prefer Lila Rae. I'm not crazy about the Lilah-with-an-"h" spelling.
I used to like Riley as a boy name... I just don't appreciate it on a girl.
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I voted for Lilah Rae- but only because I like Lilah. I prefer the "h", it looks more complete to me. It's a lovely name, but I don't like it spelled with the "y"- Lyla makes me think of lye.
I love the name Reilly (or Riley) for a boy. Ryleigh and Rylee just look silly (IMO) and do not make the name seem any more feminine. Ann (or was it Anne?) is lovely though.
Have you considered Lilah Ann?
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I hate Riley on a girl. Sorry.
I love Lila though!
I prefer Lilah to Lyla, but I'd choose Lila over both..
I also like Lyra!
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the other thing is, with Rylee Ann - you run the risk of people hearing it like: Ry Leann, since Leann is kind of a common name.
I don't like Riley at all and both of these cutesy spellings make it look silly.
I chose Lilah Rae, but I like the Lila spelling best of all. Why add the unnecessary H? Or the ever-so-trendy Y?
I also like Anne/Ann much better than Rae.
Lila Anne is lovely.
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Since I returned to Adv rider, and introduced myself on the couple of the local ME threads not so long ago, I have been having a "proper" look at some of the Omani options for bikes, having been here two years and missing two wheels, as opposed to just the day dreaming part and browsing dubizzle.
Now I've got my act together it looks like I might be sent to a new posting for a while, so instead of the info going to waste perhaps some of you guys might be interested.
At the recent oman motor show they did indeed have a Super Tenere on display. Having tracked the Yamaha guy down it turns out they had 2 or 3 but they have been sold already to a couple of indian guys. I was at the dealer this lunch time and he said he should be getting more in May. don't know how many. Price will be approx OMR6300 inc registration, 3rd party insurance, and a cheap helmet, maybe also first 1000km service. Based on UK prices that is pretty good considering the lack of alternative options. World crosser not available.
Service parts shouldn't be a problem but tyres will probably have to be got in Dubai.
Also there are 2 Omani guys from Oman Riders that are potentially interested/could be convinced to sell their BMW F800GS, and R1200GS.
If I remember correctly they are 2012, 2011 sourced from dubai and they are looking at OMR 6K and 7K respectively, with current insurance etc. A few extras like crash bars included. Prices are not so keen as they were reluctant sales based on the fact that their wifes didn't like sitting on the back of them! Oil and filters changed, K&N filters installed, but doesn't look like they've done valve clearances etc. No official BMW service here. I've read that the 800 valves clearances can be a little tricky as the access is a little difficult.
Coinicidentally they do appear on youtube, and one guy is riding one in what appears to be the sea. I've been assured that that is not the one for sale!
You can find those guys at Oman riders. Or on FB. I can let you have one of their names if you are interested.
But at those prices it makes the KLR for sale seem a relative bargain though, especially for short term use.
Hope this info is of use/interest to at least one of you.
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