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The Hoover Dam now is neighbor to a massive bridge held up by the longest arch in the Western Hemisphere.
An exhibit at Washington's Natural History Museum is aimed at helping to draw attention to coral reefs, which face stress, degradation and outright extinction due to human activity.
It turns out that the undisputed king of the dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex, didn't just eat other dinosaurs but also each other.
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The pre-Columbian Indian societies that once lived in the Amazon rainforests may have been much larger and more advanced than researchers previously realized.
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Homeskool78 posted...
Sooo many TROLLS with too much time on their hands for an intelligent response.
Any response that boils down to "l2play" in this thread, when directed to you, are the most intelligent responses physically possible by any creature in the universe.
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Homeskool78 posted...
Sooo many TROLLS with too much time on their hands for an intelligent response.
I was thinking of becoming capable and competent, but then I realized that this would be against my values.
Guys don't be too hard on him. He is a new user. He still has his troll training wheels on
Responding to trolls since 2003.
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Homeskool78 posted...
Ranger pets are very bad in this game. They run way ahead of me and aggro stuff, sometimes ill find them way off fighting something by itself. Some enemies/machinery the pets wont attack at all. Its a constant chore bringin your pets back to you after every fight cuz they run and attack random stuff. I would hope they realize this and fix it soon. Also Auto-target is bad-- picks random targets in wide radius. Tank and Healer structure would greatly improve game overall imo
I agree with the tank and healer structure...game is just too free form. The overworld events system discourages organic and strategic grouping and everything seems to be a dps spam mob fest. It just feels like theres no depth.
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Some enemies/machinery the pets wont attack at all.
I think this is a bug, since even F1 won't make them attack. I've noticed that swapping pets will usually fix it if you swap into a melee pet. Seems to work less often for ranged pets, though. Bears don't seem to have the issue as often as other pets in my experience.
DraconisRex posted...
What the hell does this have to do with the topic?
any Bear (iirc they have an attack that also regens a small amount of health)
Troll Unguent
seriously. Troll Unguent lets my Bear/Artodus tank most enemies (apart from zone bosses) while i flank and stack bleed using my Shortbow. if his health gets too low, i hit F4 and get the second bear at full health. then 20 seconds later i can swap back and have another full health bear back.
if you think pets suck, you honestly have no idea how to use them.
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They created an account almost 4 years ago to troll the GW2 forums? Seriously
My girlfriend is a ranger. She uses only the mouse, and has no idea what micro management means to video games...and she has none of these problems.
I don't think the game is at fault...
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Suffolk County is the first county nationwide to pass a bill that would raise the age for buying tobacco from 19 to 21. The bill restricts stores in Suffolk County from selling cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco and any kind of products that are related to tobacco, such as rolling paper and pipes, to people under 21. One of the lawmakers who voted for the bill, Suffolk Legislator Sarah Anker, said "This is about preventing addiction."
During a long debate over how convenience store owners would lose business and how adult's legal rights would be restricted, health advocates were happy after the 10 – 8 vote was in favor of raising the age to 21. However, gas station and convenience store owners criticized the new law and said it will cause economic hardship. If stores are caught selling tobacco or tobacco products to customers younger than 21, they will be fined up to $1,000 for a first offense.
Legislative budget analysts say the new law would save Suffolk County billions of dollars in long-term health care costs. Suffolk County will once again be a leader in public health law as the county strongly supported the ban of smoking in restaurants and all indoor places in 2003.
The new Suffolk County law goes into effect on January 1, 2015. It would be a good thing if the new law persuaded county legislatures to raise the age to 21 for buying tobacco in other counties around New York. Furthermore, hopefully in time the new Suffolk County law will become a New York State law and it will make young people less likely to smoke resulting in saving lives in New York.
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ASF Resigns JCP EC Seat
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) resigns their seat on the Java Community Process (JCP) Executive Committee (EC).
Yesterday, in both an email and blog post, the Apache Software Foundation posted the Java Community Process Executive Committee seat resignation notice to the community. The resignation comes on the heels of the Java SE 7 vote.
According to the blog post, "The recent Java SE 7 vote was the last chance for the JCP EC to demonstrate that the EC has any intent to defend the JCP as an open specification process, and demonstrate that the letter and spirit of the law matter." The post continues, "To sum up the issues at stake in the vote, we believe that while continuing to fail to uphold their responsibilities under the JSPA, Oracle provided the EC with a Java SE 7 specification request and license that are self-contradictory, severely restrict distribution of independent implementations of the spec, and most importantly, prohibit the distribution of independent open source implementations of the spec. Oracle has refused to answer any reasonable and responsible questions from the EC regarding these problems."
To better understand the issues the ASF has created an FAQ page. More information about this resignation announcement can be found on the website.
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A few years from now, after a few weeks of hot July Virginia weather, I don't want to even think of how your porous wood box is gonna stink up your boat. At some point it's going to rot through and leave an awful mess to clean up.
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Chinese Supercomputer Tops 500 List For A Third Time
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China is the land of that "Great Wall," and now it is also the land of the fastest computer on Earth for a third time. The Tianhe-2, which was developed by China's National University of Defense Technology, was declared the world's fastest computer according to Top500 list – the twice yearly compilation of fastest computers.
The Tianhe-2 was able to acquire 33.86 petaflops – quadrillions of calculations per second – utilizing the Linpack benchmark. The Tianhe-1A, the predecessor of the Tianhe-2, held the top spot on the supercomputer list in 2010.
While officially owned by the Chinese government and operated by a defense technology university, the Tianhe2 supercomputer is reportedly used as a "research and educational" tool according to BBC News.
The Chinese have surged ahead in recent years with supercomputing technology.
The Top500 organizers noted that the top 10 supercomputers were mostly unchanged from the last list, with the exception of the American Cray XC30 computer. That particular machine was reportedly installed at an undisclosed US government site.
While the United States can't claim the fastest computer, it does have by far the most supercomputers out of the top 500 systems – with 233 computers in total. However, this latest list saw US representation fall by 15 percent. China was a distant second but had 20 percent more supercomputers on the list with a total of 76, up from 63 in the previous count. The United Kingdom had 30, France had 27 and Germany had 23.
It has also been five years since IBM's Roadrunner became the first computer to break the 1 petaflop mark. Just as desktops and laptops can quickly become yesterday's technology, so too did the once-speedy Roadrunner, which IBM shut down last year. Built in 2008 it only held the title of fastest computer for a little over a year, and its success was largely due to technology that featured 296 server racks covering 6,000 square feet.
All computers on the Top500 list are measured against the same criteria, and the benchmark was first devised in 1979 but improved as computing power has become more sophisticated. The computational ability of the supercomputers is measured in the aforementioned petaflops.
The entire top 500 list of supercomputers combined reportedly offers the capability of 274 petaflops. However, it is also likely that the machines' capabilities won't continue to increase at super-fast speeds. Mashable's Lance Ulanoff reported, "Performance at the low end of the list typically grew at 90% year-over-year, but has now dropped to a 55% growth rate. Part of this deceleration is attributed to the dearth of new systems at the top. Despite that lack of change, these supercomputers will get more super. Tianhe-2 is projected to reach 100 petaflops by 2018."
Of the top 500 computers, 37 offered performance that exceeded 1 petaflop, and nearly all of those machines used multicore processors. Moreover 85 percent of the machines of those computers utilized Intel processors. While not exactly off-the-shelf systems 36 percent were built by HP and 33 percent by IBM, while Gray built 10 percent.
This year marked the 21st year that organizers in Germany and the United States have combined the Top500 list.
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A WOMAN'S genetic heritage may determine whether vitamin D helps her to conceive through IVF.
The sunshine vitamin is known for its benefit to bone health, but it may also play a role in conception. In 2010, a study of mainly white women found that those with the highest levels of vitamin D were four times more likely to have successful IVF than those with the lowest levels.
To find out whether this held true for a wider sample, Briana Rudick at Columbia University Medical Center in New York and colleagues compared vitamin D levels and IVF success rates in 188 white and Asian women.
White women who had the recommended level of vitamin D were four times more likely to get pregnant than white women who were deficient in the vitamin. The reverse was true for Asian women - those with the lowest vitamin D levels were most likely to get pregnant (Human Reproduction, doi.org/h8c).
Rudick's team says ethnic differences in the vitamin D receptor gene may be involved, but it's too soon to start recommending vitamin D levels for Asian women during IVF.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The NASCAR Hall of Fame is already facing money troubles four months after opening.
The 150,000-square-foot Hall of Fame was built without knowing exactly where the money would come from to pay for it.
That translates into about $21 million in bank loans that have to be paid back and $5 million owed to the city of Charlotte.
The debt to the city is supposed to paid back $1 million a year for five years, but there's only a small pool of money to spread across the city, bank loans, a marketing company and NASCAR. So, the city may be waiting for its cash.
The Hall of Fame's executive director points to the economy making it tough to get more sponsors, but he says he's optimistic about paying everyone back.
I'm very conscious of the economy but also confident in the product. We'll be able to pay the city back, said Winston Kelley.
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Published: February 20, 2012
Updated: January 30, 2015
Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1, Windows Server 2012
Registering a computer with Microsoft Azure Backup links the computer with a specific backup vault, and it associates that computer with your subscription. Before you can back up any items, you must register each computer with the backup vault.
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Before you attempt to register a computer, you should verify that the Azure Backup Agent was correctly installed and that you have a certificate that can be used to register the server with the vault.
To verify the installation of the Azure Backup Agent, do one of the following:
Press Windows logo key + Q to open the Apps menu, and then click Azure Backup Agent. The Azure Backup Agent snap-in should open.
Open Server Manager and select Computer Management from the Tools menu. Expand Storage, and then expand Windows Server Backup. Online Backup should be listed in addition to Local Backup.
Initial configuration of the Azure Backup Agent takes place by registering a computer with the online portal by using the Azure Backup Agent snap-in or Windows PowerShell cmdlets for Microsoft Azure Backup. To register a computer for use with Microsoft Azure Backup, you must have completed the process described in Install Azure Backup Agent and upload the vault credential. Membership in the local Administrators group, or equivalent, is the minimum required to complete this procedure.
Do this step using Windows PowerShell
Press the Windows logo key + Q to open the Apps menu, and then click Azure Backup Agent. The Azure Backup Agent snap-in should open.
In the Action menu, click Register Server (even if you are using a personal computer) to open the Register Server Wizard.
Vault credentials page is displayed. Browse for vault credentials page.
The Proxy Configuration page is displayed. If you want Azure Backup Agent to use a unique proxy server to connect to the Internet, click Use a proxy server for Azure Backup, and then type the URL to the proxy server. Use the fully qualified domain name or the IP address of the proxy server (for example, http://proxy.corp.contoso.com or http://10.186.173.132) and the port number on the server that is configured for Internet connections.
If the proxy server requires authentication before allowing connections, click This proxy server requires authentication, and then type the user name and password that Azure Backup Agent should submit when it is queried for credentials. Click Next to continue.
Note If no proxy server is specified, Azure Backup Agent will use the default proxy configuration for the server as displayed in the LAN Settings. (To see the LAN Settings, click Internet Properties, and then click Connections.)
Click Register to begin the registration process. If successful, a registration confirmation message is displayed and you can close the wizard.
Windows PowerShell equivalent commands
The following Windows PowerShell cmdlet or cmdlets perform the same function as the preceding procedure. Enter each cmdlet on a single line, even though they may appear word-wrapped across several lines here because of formatting constraints. Placeholder text in these samples is denoted by the use of angle brackets. You should replace that entire item, including the brackets, with the appropriate information.
The following code sample illustrates how you can use Windows PowerShell to register a computer with Microsoft Azure Backup after establishing variables to use to supply your credentials. You can copy and paste the sample code into your Windows PowerShell script.
PS C:\> Start-OBRegistration -VaultCredentials "E:\TestVault vaultCredentials"
When the server is registered, you need to use the Set-OBMachineSetting cmdlet to specify the server properties. The following examples show how the various settings can be specified:
Configure proxy settings
$spwd = ConvertTo-SecureString -String <password> -AsplainText –Force Set-OBMachineSetting -ProxyServer proxycontoso.com -ProxyPort <your proxy port> -ProxyUsername domain\username -ProxyPassword $spwd
If the server should stop by using a unique proxy server configuration:
Set-OBMachineSetting –NoProxy
Configure bandwidth throttling settings
$mon = [System.DayOfWeek]::Monday $tue = [System.DayOfWeek]::Tuesday Set-OBMachineSetting -WorkDay "Mo", "Tu" -StartWorkHour "9:00:00" -EndWorkHour "18:00:00" -WorkHourBandwidth (512*1024) -NonWorkHourBandwidth (2048*1024)
If a server should stop by using bandwidth throttling settings:
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It really wasn't that long ago that homes were cleaned using inexpensive, non-toxic, common household ingredients. Now we're lead to believe that only synthetic, pre-packaged products that are loaded with chemicals can do the job. The average American home contains roughly 63 synthetic chemical products, the majority of which are cleaning agents. Many of these products use chemicals that are extremely toxic to both the environment and human health. In fact, the very products that you use to make your home clean and safe for your family could actually be harming their health.
The good news is that it is actually easy to wean yourself from this chemical dependence. I have found that by doing so, my home is not only cleaner, but safer for my children. Here are a number of do-it-yourself green cleaning options that even the busiest parents with the messiest kids will appreciate.
All-Purpose Disinfectant
Mix 2 teaspoons borax, 4 tablespoons vinegar, and 3 cups hot water in a spray bottle. Need to cut through kitchen counter grime? Add 1/4 teaspoon liquid soap to the mixture.
To get floors good and clean without harmful chemicals, add 1 cup of vinegar per pail of hot water. For linoleum floors, combine ¼ cup washing soda, 1 tablespoon of liquid soap, ¼ cup vinegar, and 2 gallons hot water. This will work on everything from muddy footprints to greasy spills. But do not use this formula on waxed floors.
Furniture Polish
Mix a one-to-one ratio of olive oil and vinegar to clean and polish wood furniture.
Oven cleaner
Oven cleaning is the bane of my existence, so I typically try to avoid it by placing a cookie sheet on the bottom rack of the oven to catch spills. But for delicate recipes, this is not always an option. You can steer clear of toxic chemicals by using good old baking soda to clean the oven. Simply make a paste using 1 cup of baking soda and water. Apply to grimy spots and let stand. Lift off large deposits with a spatula and scrub surface with a scouring pad.
Make your toilet sparkle by adding ½ cup vinegar to the toilet bowl. Allow it to sit for 30 minutes and then scrub with a toilet brush. Alternatively, sprinkle a little baking soda inside the bowl and scrub. To clean the outer surfaces, sprinkle a wet cloth with baking soda and wipe down toilet.
Tubs and Sinks
Baking soda and liquid soap can work wonders in your bathroom. Simply sprinkle baking soda on porcelain tubs and sinks. Add a little of the liquid soap to a wet cloth and use it to rub in the baking soda. Rinse the fixture well to avoid leaving a hazy film.
Mix three tablespoons of vinegar with one quart of water in a clean spray bottle. Can't see through the handprints? Try a mix of 1/2 teaspoon of liquid soap, three tablespoons of vinegar, and two cups of water. And to get those windows streak-free, use newspaper rather than paper towels to wipe them clean.
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If Lee wasn't such an awful defender I might agree. But he is so I don't agree.
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If Lee wasn't such an awful defender I might agree. But he is so I don't agree.
My Malwarebytes pro has been blocking something suspicious on PSD as well.
Let's see. Your opinion the 9ers chose the wrong QB or Jim Harbaugh's opinion he chose the right QB?
That's a tough one.
No one in their right mind would take Baldwin over Crabtree or Boldin.
Baldwin's biggest play only happened because of Wilson legs extending the play over 10 seconds.
Yet He's better than any Wr on Seattle's roster.
Before you say Percy Harvin. Come back to me when he's had at least one thousand yard season.
Why the Niners are in good shape has nothing to do with what the OP wrote.
But why the Niners are in good shape is because they'll have Marcus Lattimore and Tank Carradine (both are first round...
God I hope the Niners stack the box to stop Lynch. Baldwin and Tate do not scare anyone.
Parker really does look like a Carmelo clone.
When Meagtron goes eleven straight years with over thousand yards we'll talk.
Like some poster said one page one. The jumpball is really the only thing Calvin Johnson does better than Rice.
Warriors couldn't afford to lose their defensive anchor. From that sense I can understand why they paid Bogut. Out of everyone the Spurs faced in the postseason last year Bogut defended Tim Duncan...
What kind of question is this? Of course they're contenders. Best defense in the league, efficient offense and they win the turnover margin.
It's scary how similar they're to the 2011 Niners and...
Wilson could easily be one. Like Kaep I don't see one weakness in Wilson's game.
The fact that two undrafted free agents(Kearse, Williams)are making your team doesn't exactly say a lot about your depth at WR as well.
Hunter has blown by more guys than James.
Hunter is 5'7 190 pounds. Maybe you have him confused with someone else.
Even today I would still take Boldin over those two.
If the Cavs got Bynum and could get 50 games out of him that would be my choice. But that's a lot of if's.
I'm taking the more efficient Curry over Harden. I'll give Harden credit on how much he gets to line, but Curry still is the better player.
Not sure why Dwight passed up GS. He could've had so...
I feel bad for Malone. This was the worst job available of all the openings.
Plus they hired him before they hired a GM. You should always hire the GM first and let him decide on the head coach...
Factor in he'll be playing behind a very good Oline in 2014 and he's my pick as well.
Says who?
Lakers had 34 free throw disparity last night and only won by 2 points. Yeah that's a huge sign of who was the better team.
Not really, difference is he's learned to play through ankle sprains this season.
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A bone marrow needle has a cannula (12) connected to a cannula handle portion (18) extending equal distances from the axis of the cannula bore. A stylet (14) is slidably positioned into the cannula with its stylet handle (16) matingly receiving the proximal projections (18.4, 18.5) of the cannula handle portion into recess (16.6), thus preventing relative rotational movement of the cannula and stylus during use. Proximal projections (18.4, 18.5) define a space therebetween for a syringe connector (12.3) that enables aspiration through the cannula after insertion into the bone.
1. A bone marrow biopsy needle assembly, comprising:
(a) an elongated tubular cannula having an axially extending bore therethrough;
(b) a cannula handle positioned on the proximal end of said cannula; wherein
(c) said cannula handle extends perpendicularly to the axis of said cannula; and wherein
(d) said cannula handle is comprised of two equal rectangular halves extending in diametrically opposed directions to each other from said cannula axis;
(e) each of said equal halves of said cannula handle having proximally extending shoulder projections substantially parallel to the axis;
(f) an orifice in said cannula handle in flow communication with said cannula bore, said orifice being coaxial with said cannula bore;
(g) a stylus handle removably positioned on the proximal end of said cannula handle; wherein
(h) said stylus handle extends perpendicularly to the axis of said cannula and includes an elongated palm contacting surface on the proximal side thereof; and wherein
(i) said stylus handle is comprised of two equal rectangular halves extending in diametrically opposed directions to each other from said cannula axis along the same diameter and substantially to the same extent as said equal halves of said cannula handle;
(j) an elongated stylus extending from the distal side of said stylus handle and slidably received within said cannula bore, said stylus having a sharpened distal tip which extends distally from the distal end of said cannula;
(k) and wherein the distal side of said stylus handle further includes recess means mated to the shouldered projections for allowing relative movement between the stylus and cannula handles only in the axial direction of said cannula;
(l) whereby when said equal cannula handle halves are received in said recesses of said equal stylus handle halves, force may be rotatingly applied around either axial direction of said elongated stylet positioned in said elongated cannula without relative rotation of said elongated stylet and said elongaed cannula;
2. The assembly of claim 1, further comprising:
(a) a recess on the proximal side and defined by said shoulder projections of said cannular handle which is coaxial with said orifice;
(b) a hypodermic syringe fitting proximally extending from said cannula handle in said recess to an extent no more than the proximal extent of the shoulders from said cannula handle; and wherein
(c) said hypodermic syringe fitting is in flow communication with said orifice; and
(d) said stylus handle further includes a means on the distal side for covering the proximal end of the syringe fitting when said recess means and shoulder projections are mated.
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 621,135, filed June 15, 1984, now abandoned which was a continuation of Ser. No. 225,048, filed Apr. 17, 1981, now abandoned.
The invention relates to medical instruments, and particularly to instruments employed to withdraw bone marrow from bones in biopsy and transplant procedures.
In the field of medicine, it is often desirable to obtain small samples of body substances such as bone marrow for diagnostic purposes, and to withdraw somewhat larger portions of bone marrow for bone marrow transplant procedures. The latter may have particular importance in the treatment of certain blood disorders, such as leukemia.
The outer layer of marrow-containing bones is very hard, and considerable force must be employed to force a sharpened stylet or the like through this layer and into the marrow-containing cavity. The surgeon must exercise not only considerable strength, but also great care, to avoid slipping of the stylet on the bony surface and to properly position and orient the stylet so that the bone marrow cavity is reached.
On prior biopsy needle, shown in U.S. Pat. No. 3,628,524, included a hollow cannula and a stylet received in the cannula. The stylet terminated proximally in a head spaced proximally of the open end of the cannula, and was held to the cannula by means of a pin and slot arrangement. Small grips extended outwardly from either side of the cannula at its proximal end. In use, a surgeon would place a gauze sponge or the like in his palm, and the head of the stylet then would be pressed into the sponge, the surgeon grasping as he could the device with the index finger extending, for guidance, along the cannula.
In another device, the cannula itself was provided with a palm-contacting handle, the stylet terminating proximally in a palm-contacting surface substantially co-extensive with the handle so that distal force could be applied against both the cannula and the stylet. In this embodiment, the stylet and handle were locked together so that distal forces applied to the cannula alone were transmitted as well to the stylet.
Surgeons have found it difficult to grasp such bone marrow needles as are shown in U.S. Pat. No. 3,628,524 so that sufficient axial and rotative forces could be applied to drive the stylet through the hard, outer layer of a marrow-containing bone and yet precisely control the orientation of the stylet and the cannula of such needles. At times, it has been necessary to use a mallet to drive the sharpened stylet through the hard outer bone layer. With the device described above having a palm-contacting handle attached to the cannula, it is necessary to have a firm, yet releasable lock between the cannula and stylet so that movement of the cannula will result in coordinate movement of the stylet as well, such construction contributing to the cost of the needle.
The present invention provides a needle for withdrawing bone marrow, the needle having a cannula with proximal and distal ends and a stylet with proximal and distal ends that is slideably received coaxially in the cannula. The needle is characterized by including a handle rigidly attached to the proximal end of the stylet, the handle having a broad, distallyfacing, palm-contacting surface extending generally normally of the axis of the stylet and engageable with the palm of the user to permit significant axial and rotative forces to be applied distally upon the stylet to force the latter through bone. The needle is further characterized by handle-receiving means carried by the proximal end of the cannula for releasably receiving the handle and for preventing rotation of the handle about the axis of the stylet when the handle is received by the handle-receiving means. The handlereceiving means includes means providing a clear passageway for a syringe or the like to attach to the proximal end of the cannula upon removal of the stylet. In a preferred embodiment, the stylet terminates distally in a syringe connector, and the handle and handle receiving means cooperate to protectably enclose the syringe connector.
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a bone marrow needle of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional, partially broken away view taken along line 2--2 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the device shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a view similar to that of FIG. 2 but showing the cannula and stylet portions partially disassembled;
FIG. 5 is a broken-away, cross-sectional view taken along line 5--5 of FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 6--6 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 7 is a diagramatic view showing one step in the biopsy or bone marrow transplant procedure; and
FIG. 8 is a diagramtic view showing another step in a bone marrow transplant or biopsy procedure.
The bone marrow needle of the invention is typified generally as (10) and comprises a cannula (12) within which is slideably received a stylet (14), the latter having a sharpened distal end (14.1). At its proximal end, the stylet (14) is provided with a broad, palm-fitting handle (16). The distal end (12.1) of the cannula is provided with a sharpened edge, and at least the outer surface of the cannula is tapered inwardly near its distal end as shown best in FIG. 2. The inner surface (not shown) of the cannula (12) near its distal end (12.1) preferably also is tapered inwardly. The distal end (12.1) of the cannula desirably fits snugly but slideably about the distal end portion of the stylet so as to avoid sharp shoulders which might hinder the entrance of the stylet and cannula into a bone. At its proximal end (12.2), the cannula (12) is provided with a syringe attachment, typified by the female leur lock fitting (12.3) and also handle receiving means illustrated at (18) for receiving the handle (16) when the stylet (14) has been moved distally in the cannula (12).
The handle (16) is provided with a proximally facing, broad, palm-contacting surface that extends generally normally from the axis of the stylet and which, as shown in FIG. 7, is received easily and snugly in the palm of a surgeon. The handle preferably is shaped such that the palm-contacting surface (16.1) forms a broad, elongated surface extending normally outwardly from either side of the axis of the stylet (14), but it will be understood that other broad, palm-contacting surface shapes can be employed as well. At its proximal end (14.2), the stylet (14), which commonly is made of stainless steel, is received within a tapered hub (14.3) terminating proximally in a splined shaft (14.4). A small, generally rectangular plate (14.5), extending in a plane generally normal to the axis of the stylet, is provided at the proximal end of the hub. The handle (16) is provided with peripheral, proximally extending end and side walls (16.2, 16.3) defining a distally open recess (16.4). Through the thickness of the handle (16) is formed a central aperture (16.5) sized to receive the splined shaft (14.4) in a press fit, the plate (14.5) of the stylet being received in an appropriately sized recess formed in the distally facing wall (16.6) of the handle. The plate (14.5), as depicted, prevents the stylet from escaping proximally through the orifice in the handle, and because of its non-circular (preferably rectangular) orientation, the plate (14.5) also prevents the stylet from rotating about its axis with respect to the handle. The handle (16) is itself preferably formed from a plastic such as an acetal resin (e.g., the product sold under the trade name "Delrin" by E. I. Dupont de Nemours & Co., Inc.,) a polycarbonate (e.g., the product sold under the trade name "Lexan" by the General Electric Company), and the like. The press fit between the splined shaft (14.4) and the handle orifice (16.5) is sufficient to securely anchor the stylet to the handle.
The cannula (12) preferably terminates in an enlarged, hollow hub (12.4) having a threaded distal end (12.5). An orifice (18.1) is formed through the thickness of the handle-receiving means (18) and is aligned with the orifice in the handle when the latter is received by the handle-receiving means. The hub (12.4) has a distally-facing shoulder (12.6) that engages the proximally facing shoulder formed in the orifice (18.2) of the handle-receiving means, the threaded distal end (12.5) of the hub extending through the orifice (18.1). A threaded nut (12.7) is then exteriorly threaded upon the protruding threaded end (12.5) of the hub to draw the shoulders (12.6, 18.2) together tightly and to thus lock the cannula (12) to the handle-receiving means. The hub (12.4) includes an exterior, flattened surface (12.8) that is received in facing engagement with the flat, inner surface (18.3) of the orifice in the handle-receiving means, thereby preventing respective rotation between the hub and handle-receiving means.
Smoothly rounded projections (18.4, 18.5) arise proximally from the handle-receiving means (18), the projections being shaped so as to be received within the distally-open recess (16.4) of the handle (16) such that when the handle has been received by the handle-receiving means, the projections (18.4, 18.5) make contact with inner surfaces of the walls (16.2, 16.3) and floor (16.6) of the handle recess (16.4) thereby releasably locking the handle and handle-receiving means together and preventing the handle from rotating with respect to the handle-receiving means. As shown perhaps best in FIGS. 4 and 5, the projections (18.4, 18.5) shelter between them a leur lock fitting (12.3) so that even when the stylet and handle have been removed, the leur lock fitting is prevented from contacting the planar surface upon whihc the cannula may be surface upon which the cannula placed, thereby avoiding damage to and restraining contamination of the leur lock fitting (12.3). Moreover, when the handle has been received by the handle-receiving means, the side walls (16.3) and floor (16.6) of the handle surround and overlie the leur lock fitting (12.3), the handle and handle-receiving means thus cooperating to protectively enclose the syringe connector.
The handle-receiving means (18) preferably is provided with generally distally facing, finger-gripping surfaces (18.6), and the handle-receiving means, or the handle, or both, may be provided with roughened outer surfaces typified by the stair-step serrations or corrugations shown best in FIGS. 1 and 2.
When the handle (16) has been received by the handle-receiving means (18), the tapered hub (14.3) is received, preferably loosely, within the interior of the leur lock fitting (12.3). The relative lengths of the stylet (14) and cannula (12) are such that the sharpened distal end (14.1) of the stylet protrudes for a short distance beyond the sharpened, distal end (12.1) of the cannula. The projections (18.4, 18.5) desirably snugly but slideably fit within the recess (16.4) of the handle so that when the handle is received by the handle-receiving means, as depicted in FIGS. 1 and 2, the slight friction therebetween will maintain the handle in position but permit it to be pulled proximally of the handle-receiving means with only very slight effort. As depicted in the drawing, the confronting surfaces of the handle (16) and handle-receiving means (18) are so configured as to enable them to axially nest together to form a unitary composite grip for a surgeon, the palm-contacting surface (16.1) being received comfortable in the surgeon's palm with the surgeon's fingers gripping outer surfaces of the handle-receiving means. The mating projections (18.4), (18.5) spaced from the axis of the needle and the recesses (16.4) prevent relative rotation between the handle and stylet-receiving means. Yet, the handle (16) may be freely axially withdrawn from the handle-receiving means as needed during a surgical procedure.
FIGS. 7 and 8 relate to the actual use of the bone marrow needle of the invention. The skin and fatty tissues and the like of a patient are designated generally as "S", the hard, bony layer of a bone is designated "B", and the marrow-containing interior of the bone is designated "M". Referring to FIG. 7, the needle of the invention is gripped firmly by the hand (shown as "H" in phantom lines in FIG. 7), the broad, palm-contacting surface (16.1) of the handle being firmly received in the palm of the surgeon and the fingers being wrapped about the finger-gripping surface (18.6) of the handle-receiving means. It is common for a surgeon to place his index finger along the length of the cannula, as shown, for greater control during the bone-piercing operation. The thumb may be wrapped over the sides of the handle and handle-receiving means for greater control and leverage. The sharpened stylet and cannula are inserted through the skin and fatty layers "S" until the outer surface of the bony layer "b" is encountered, following which the surgeon exerts significant distal and rotative forces on the handle, in a controlled manner, to cause the sharpened end of the stylet to pierce the bony layer "B", the distal ends of the stylet and cannula penetrating into the marrow cavity "M" (FIG. 7). It will be noted that the handle (16), rigidly attached to the stylet (14), bears the brunt of the force applied by the surgeon, the cannula following the stylet in a preferred embodiment in response to the transmission of axial and rotary forces from the handle to the handle-receiving means. The palm-contacting surface of the handle, as noted above, is elongated in generally a direction normal to the axis of the stylet, and hence the portions of the handle that project laterally outwardly from the axis of the stylet function as levers enabling the surgeon to apply considerable torque to the stylet.
Once the distal ends of the stylet and cannula have pierced the hard bony layer "B" and have penetrated into the marrow cavity "m", the stylet is removed from the cannula by gently pulling the handle proximally while holding the cannula in place. In a preferred embodiment, the handle is readily removed proximally, that is, axially outwardly, of the handle-receiving means by very gentle manual force, thereby avoiding any twisting, unlocking motion that might cause the cannula to rock back and forth in the hole pierced through the bony layer "B". By thus removing the handle and stylet, the leur lock or similar fitting (12.3) disposed at the proximal end of the cannula is exposed and to it is attached a hypodermic syringe (designated "H" in FIG. 7). Withdrawal of the plunger of the hypodermic needle causes bone marrow to be drawn into the syringe for later examination or for transplantation into another patient. When sufficient bone marrow has been drawn into the cannula, the cannula, handle-receiving means and hypodermic syringe may be withdrawn as a unit, and the contents of the cannula may be then expelled as desired.
In a preferred embodiment, the handle (16) preferably proximally overlays substantially the entire handle-receiving means, and hence substantially the entire axial force generated by the surgeon's palm is transmitted axially to the stylet. Further, the handle and handle-receiving means preferably cooperate to protectively enclose the hypodermic syringe fitting (12.3) at the proximal end of the cannula to reduce the likelihood of contamination of that fitting. Further, the palm-contacting surface of the handle is desirably elongated in a direction generally normal to the axis of the stylet. In a preferred embodiment, the handle and handle-receiving means are provided with confronting projections and recesses receiving the projections so that the handle is restrained from rotation with respect to the handle-receiving means but can readily be removed axially and proximally from the handle-receiving means with only gentle manual effort. The needle of the invention can be used by either hand of the surgeon and can be rotated in either direction about its axis without fear of accidentally dislodging the handle from the handle-receiving means. Further, the axial and rotative forces exerted by a surgeon upon the handle are transmitted to the cannula by the engagement between the handle and the handle-receiving means; in the preferred embodiment, there is no force-transmitting connection between the hypodermic syringe fitting (12.3) and the stylet, thereby avoiding the possibility of damage to the hypodermic syringe fitting.
Various adaptations and modifications of the invention will be suggested to those skilled in the art. For example, although the handle-receiving means is depicted as having a substantial axial dimension with respect to the cannula, this dimension can be reduced considerably if desired since the primary force exerted by the surgeon is upon the handle which in turn forces the stylet through the hard bony layer "B" of a marrow-containing bone. Because of the close, tapered fit of the distal end of the cannula about the distal end of the stylet, the amount of axial force that must be placed on the cannula to force it through the perforation made by the stylet is small in comparison to the axial force imparted to the distal end of the stylet.
While a preferred embodiment of the invention has been described, it should be understood that various changes, adaptations and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.
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Furniss, D; Blandford, A; (2006) Understanding emergency medical dispatch in terms of distributed cognition: a case study. ERGONOMICS , 49 (12-13) 1174 - 1203. 10.1080/00140130600612663.
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Emergency medical dispatch (EMD) is typically a team activity, requiring fluid coordination and communication between team members. Such working situations have often been described in terms of distributed cognition (DC), a framework for understanding team working. DC takes account of factors such as shared representations and artefacts to support reasoning about team working. Although the language of DC has been developed over several years, little attention has been paid to developing a methodology or reusable representation which supports reasoning about an interactive system from a DC perspective. We present a case study in which we developed a method for constructing a DC account of team working in the domain of EMD, focusing on the use of the method for describing an existing EMD work system, identifying sources of weakness in that system, and reasoning about the likely consequences of redesign of the system. The resulting DC descriptions have yielded new insights into the design of EMD work and of tools to support that work within a large EMD centre.
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