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A catherer system and method are provided including a blunt end assembly with a catheter and a blunt end member. The blunt end member includes jaw sections which have a first position or closed position for locating the blunt end member at the site of the occlusion within the native lumen of the blood vessel and a second position or open position wherein the jaw sections are able to press against the interior walls of the lumen adjacent the occlusion. The assembly includes an actuation member for moving the jaw sections from the closed to the open positions repeatedly resulting in a fracturing of the occlusion. A guide wire may be thread through an internal opening in the catheter and the blunt end member and after fracturing, across the occlusion.
1. A method for bypassing a vascular occlusion, comprising:
positioning a distal end of an intravascular catherer adjacent to the vascular occlusion, wherein the intravascular catherer includes at least one distally mounted hinged jaw section configured for placement within a blood vessel that is movable between an open position and a closed position, and an actuation member formed with a ferrule and a guide wire tube to move at least one hinged jaw section located at the distal end of the intravascular catherer towards the open position to displace a vascular occlusion; and
actuating member to move the at least one jaw section to an open position to displace the vascular occlusion.
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positioning a guidewire adjacent the occlusion;
advancing the intravascular catherer along the guidewire; and
positioning the intravascular catherer adjacent the vascular occlusion.
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providing a guide wire tube disposed in the catherer, wherein the ferrule is coupled to the distal end of the guide wire tube; and
manipulating a proximal end of the guide wire tube to actuate the actuating member.
15. A method for fracturing a vascular occlusion comprising:
positioning an intravascular catherer adjacent to the vascular occlusion, wherein the intravascular catherer includes an actuation member and at least one hinged end member that is configured for placement within a blood vessel, wherein the actuation member comprises a ferrule and a guide wire tube to move the at least one end member located at the distal end of the intravascular catherer towards a relatively open position to fracture the vascular occlusion;
activating the actuating member to move the at least one end member towards an open position; and
displacing the vascular occlusion.
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advancing a guidewire through a guidewire lumen of the intravascular catherer into at least a portion of the vascular occlusion.
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wherein the balloon is inflated to stabilize the intravascular catherer before activating the actuating member.
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21. A method for fracturing an occlusion within a blood vessel, comprising:
providing an intravascular catherer comprising at least one jaw section located at the distal end of the intravascular catherer having a first position for allowing the at least one jaw section to be positioned substantially adjacent the occlusion and a second position for fracturing te occlusion;
coupling an actuation tube assembly to the at least one jaw section, wherein the actuation tube assembly includes a ferrule for moving the at least one jaw section between the first and second positions;
positioning the at least one jaw section adjacent to the occlusion while the at least one jaw section is maintained in the first position; and
actuating the at least one jaw section by manipulating the actuation tube assembly; and
fracturing the occlusion.
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providing a guidewire lumen within the actuation tube; and
advancing a guidewire through the guidewire luen towards the occlusion.
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24. A method for bypassing a vascular occlusion, comprising:
positioning an intravascular catherer adjacent to the vascular occlusion, wherein the intravascular cathere includes at least one hinged section coupled to an actuation member located at the distal end of the intravascular catherer, wherein the at least one hinged section is rotatably coupled among at least one open position and at least one closed position, wherein the actuation member includes a ferrule and a guide wire tube coupled to control movement of the at least one hinged section;
opening the at least one hinged section to the at least one open position in response to a force applied to the actuation member; and
displacing the vascular occlusion.
This application is related to and claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional application No. 60/050,913 filed Feb. 28, 1997; and U.S. Pat. application No. 08/775,264 filed Feb. 28, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,968,064.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to medical devices. More particularly, this invention relates to intravascular catheters having the ability to fracture an occlusion sufficiently for allowing a guide wire to pass through the occlusion within the natural lumen of the blood vessel.
2. Background
Medical science has long sought effective treatments for disease conditions involving stenosis (narrowing obstruction) of the lumen (interior passage of the artery) of an artery. This condition, known generally as an occlusion, is found in patients suffering from atherosclerosis (accumulation of fibrous, fatty or calcified tissue in the arteries). An occlusion can manifest itself in hypertension (high blood pressure), ischemia (deficiency of circulation), angina (chest pain), myocardial infarction (heart attack), stroke, or death. An occlusion may be partial or total, may be soft and pliable or hard and calcified, and may be found at a great variety of sites in the arterial system including the aorta, the coronary and carotid arteries, and peripheral arteries.
Of particular interest to cardiac medicine are the often disabling or fatal occlusions occurring in the coronary arteries (arteries supplying the heart). Traditionally, coronary artery occlusions have been treated by performing coronary bypass surgery, in which a segment of the patient's saphenous vein is taken from the patient's leg and is grafted onto the affected artery at points proximal (upstream) and distal (downstream) to the occluded segment. The bypass often provides dramatic relief. However, it entails dangerous open chest surgery and a long, painful, costly convalescence in the hospital. Moreover, with the passage of time, the bypass patient's saphenous vein graft can also become occluded. If the patient has another saphenous vein, a second bypass procedure may be performed, once again entailing open chest surgery and prolonged hospitalization. Thereafter, if the underlying atherosclerotic disease process is not controlled, the prognosis is dismal.
Newer, minimally invasive procedures are now preferred in the treatment of arterial occlusions. These procedures use a catheter, a long, thin, highly flexible device which is introduced into a major artery through a small arterial puncture made in the groin, upper arm, or neck and is advanced and steered into the site of the stenosis. At the distal end of the catheter, a great variety of miniature devices have been developed for operating upon the stenosed artery.
The more popular minimally invasive procedures include percutaneous transluminal coronary angiopiasty (PTCA), directional coronary atherectomy (DCA), and stenting. PTCA employs a balloon to mechanically dilate the stenosis. In PTCA, a steerable guidewire is introduced and advanced under fluoroscopic observation into the stenosed artery and past the stenosis. Next, a balloon-tipped catheter is advanced over the guidewire until it is positioned across the stenosed segment. The balloon is then inflated, separating or fracturing the atheroma (stenosed tissue). The hoped-for outcome is that, over time, the lumen will stay open.
In directional coronary atherectomy, a catheter containing a cutter housed in its distal end is advanced over the guidewire into the stenosed segment. The housing is urged against the atheroma by the inflation of a balloon, so that part of the atheroma intrudes through a window in the side of the housing. Under fluoroscopic observation, the cutter is used to shave away the atheroma. The shavings are collected in the nosecone of the housing and withdrawn along with the catheter.
Stenting is a procedure in which a wire framework, known as a stent, is compressed and delivered using a balloon catheter. The stent is positioned across the stenosed segment of the artery. The balloon is inflated, dilating the stent and forcing the stent against the artery wall. The hoped-for outcome is that the stent will hold the arterial lumen open for a prolonged period. Frequently, a stent is placed in an artery immediately following PTCA or DCA.
It must be noted, however, that the aforementioned catheters are "over-the-wire catheters." These catheters depend on the guidewire, which typically has a tiny bent portion at its distal end for steering. Over-the-wire catheters cannot be positioned adjacent the stenosis until the guidewire has been advanced across the stenosed arterial segment. Thus, where the occlusion is too severe to be crossed by a guidewire or where there is not enough room for the balloon, cutter, or stent delivery catheter, neither PTCA nor DCA nor stenting can be done. Unfortunately, the occlusion often contains extremely hard, calcified tissue and presents an impenetrable barrier to the guidewire. Even a less than total occlusion may contain complex structures which divert or trap the steering end of the guidewire. Thus, the guidewire might not completely cross the occlusion, but become diverted into the subintimal space between the intima and the atheroma or become buried in the atheroma. In either case, the guidewire cannot be positioned across the stenosis to guide a balloon or cutting element. In such cases, bypass surgery may be necessary with the associated cost, risks, and recovery period.
Thus, in patients suffering from severe or total arterial occlusion, it is preferable to do what has been difficult or impossible in the past: to open the severely or totally occluded artery itself, rather than by performing a bypass. If a guidewire and working catheter can be passed through or around the atheroma, the severe or total occlusion can be treated by PTCA, DCA, stenting, site-specific drug delivery or a combination of these proven therapies.
It would be advantageous to find and open a path of low resistance, either through or around the atheroma. Of course, this must be done without perforating the arterial wall. Clearly, the serious consequences of penetrating the arterial wall must be avoided at all cost. The physician will not use a system which would be unsafe and no patient would want a physician to use such a system. Therefore, any solution to the problem of finding and creating an opening through or around the atheroma must be safe and in many instances include a system of guidance for the device that would find and open such an occlusion.
There has been a long felt need to provide a reliable system of guidance for such a device. As understood by those in the art, the device must travel a criss-crossing, often maze-like structure before it even gets to the occlusion. Then the occlusion itself is often a maze-like structure. Attempting to cross such an occlusion without reliable guidance is dangerous. For example, it is easy to dissect the tissues of the arterial wall instead of the occlusion, thereby creating a false lumen and possibly perforating the artery. If blood escapes the artery and accumulates in the pericardial space, it will compress the heart, requiring emergency intervention to avert heart failure and death.
One guidance system which has been used in conjunction with coronary catheterization is biplane fluoroscopy, wherein the interventionist observes two flat real-time x-ray images acquired from different angles. Biplane fluoroscopy, however, is unreliable, costly, and slow. Delay is unacceptable, for it contributes to trauma and stress and creates opportunities for complications and failures of technique.
Recently, promising optical systems have been disclosed for imaging an occlusion through a catheter placed in the artery. One such system is Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). In OCT, a beam of light carried by an optical fiber illuminates the artery interior. In a radar-like manner, light reflected back into the fiber from features inside the artery is correlated with the emitted light to capture the depth as well as the angular separation of those features. The features are displayed graphically in two or three dimensions through the use of a suitably programmed computer.
The beam in OCT is swept by mechanical rotation or movement of optical components in the catheter, or by optical switching devices which select one of several fibers through which to perform measurements. The rotation is encoded, or the switching pattern recorded, for reconstructing angular information about the artery interior. For example, a beam splitter may be placed between the light source and the catheter fiber to produce a reference beam which is directed to a reflector at a known distance. The catheter beam and the reference beam are recombined as they return. When the paths traveled by the two beams are of equal optical length, interference fringes are observable in the combined beam. Since the lengths of the reference path and the catheter fiber are known, the distance from the fiber end to a particular reflective feature within the artery can be inferred. In OCT and related methods, signals many also be impressed upon the light beam to facilitate the measurement of distance or the detection of motion of objects relative to the fiber end. By means of OCT or other similar optical methods, imaging capability can be incorporated into an intravascular catheter or guidewire.
However, while superior imagery alone is of diagnostic interest, effective intervention for severe occlusive arterial disease is what is truly desired. Even with improved guidance, there persists a long felt need for working elements which are capable of opening a path through or around an arterial occlusion at low risk of perforating the artery. What is needed is an intravascular catheter system for the effective treatment of the severely occluded artery and, in particular, the totally occluded artery. What is especially needed is a therapeutic working element which allows the physician to mechanically fracture an occlusion or to separate the occlusion from the intimal surface, but which is operable in a manner unlikely to perforate the adventitia.
A method and apparatus are provided for bypassing a vascular occlusion. An intravascular catherer is positioned adjacent to the vascular occlusion. The intravascular catherer includes at least one distally mounted hinged section coupled to an actuation member. The hinged section is rotatably coupled among at least one open position and at least one closed position. The actuation member includes an actuation shaft coupled to control movement of the hinged section. The hinged section is opened to an open position in response to a force applied to the actuation member, and the vascular occlusion is displaced.
For a further understanding of the objects and advantages of the present invention, reference should be had to the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like parts are given like reference numerals and wherein:
FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of the blunt end member for fracturing a total occlusion in accordance with this invention shown in partial cross section.
FIG. 2 is a partial cross sectional view of the catheter having the blunt end member of FIG. 1 in the process of fracturing the total occlusion.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged side view of the blunt end member having a first closed position and a second open position.
FIG. 4 is an end view of the blunt end member of FIG. 3 in the first or closed position.
FIG. 5 is a cross sectional plane view of the blunt end member of FIG. 1 shown in cross sectional view.
FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view of the blunt end member of FIG. 1 shown in the second open position.
FIG. 7 is a cross sectional plane view of another exemplary embodiment of the blunt end member in accordance with this invention.
FIG. 8 is a cross sectional view of the blunt end member of FIG. 7 shown in the second open position.
FIG. 9 is an end view of the blunt end member of FIG. 8.
FIG. 10 is an enlarged end view of the blunt end member of FIG. 7 shown in the second or open position.
The invention is described particulary with reference to a coronary bypass arterial condition. As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, the blunt end member, in accordance with this invention, is shown adjacent to a total occlusion where a bypass is in the process of failing. The bypass has developed diffuse stenosis as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. It is likely that where stenosis has developed sufficiently to block an anterial blood vessel, stenosis will also accumulate following a bypass. Even, to the point that the bypass may also be blocked or become totally occluded. Using the blunt end member, in accordance with this invention, the original, native blood vessel is reopened allowing the bypass to fade as the primary source of blood flow.
It will of course be appreciated that the drawings are illustrative only, and that the invention may be used in any situation where the blood vessel, such as a coronary artery has been occluded, by stenosis or other arterial disease. The principal feature of the invention is to fracture the stenosis occluding blood flow and allow the native artery to resume the primary responsibility for blood flow.
With particular reference to FIG. 1, there is shown the blunt end member assembly in accordance with this invention, generally designated by the numeral 20. The assembly 20 includes a blunt end member, 22 and a catheter 24. An actuation member indicated by doted lines 26 moves the blunt end member from a first closed position as illustrated in FIG. 1 to an second open position as illustrated in FIG. 2.
The catheter is positioned using a guide wire 28 as best shown in FIG. 2, so that the extreme distal end of the blunt end member is adjacent to the total occlusion, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. Once positioned, the catherer of an embodiment can be stabilized using a stabilizing member for example, a balloon member 30. The balloon member 30 is inflated as shown in FIG. 2, so that the catheter remains in place during actuation of the blunt end member 22.
With particular reference to FIGS. 3 through 6, there is shown an exemplary first embodiment of the blunt end member 22. The blunt end member 22 has a proximal end 40 attached to the distal end of the catheter 24. The method of attachment is conventional within the skill and knowledge of the prior art.
The blunt end member includes a set of sectional members defining jaw sections 42. The jaw sections 42 are located at the distal end of the blunt end member and are spaced equal distance of the longitudinal center line 44. Thus, the jaw sections 42 open to a second position shown particularly in FIGS. 3 and 6, and close to a first position as shown in FIGS. 3, 4, and 5. An actuation member moves the jaw sections 42 from a first closed position to a second open position.
The jaw sections 42 are generally spade shaped and are separate from one another. This allows the jaw sections to meet flush against the arterial wall and the occlusion for optimizing fracturing of the occlusion. The jaw sections 42 are spaced as shown in FIG. 4.
With respect to FIGS. 5 and 6, there is shown an assembly view of the blunt end member 22 in accordance with the invention as illustrated in FIG. 4. FIG. 5 is a cross sectional view along line 5—5 of FIG. 4 and looking in the direction of the arrows. The blunt end member 22 includes a reverse conical urging member 50 and a spaced apart support member 52. The members 50 and 52 are sized and shaped to fit within the same cavity or lumen of the catheter 24.
Each of the members 50 and 52 includes a center opening along the longitudinal center line 44. The openings 50 and 52 are aligned so that a guide wire tube 54 can slide toward and away from the proximal end of the catheter 24.
Attached to the guide wire tube 14 is a ferrule 50. The ferrule 56 also has a center opening aligned with the center openings of the members of 50 and 52. However, the center opening of the ferrule 56 has a smaller diameter to match the guide wire 28 and not the guide wire tube 54. Thus, the ferrule 56 is designed to accommodate only the guide wire 28 and not the guide wire tube 4.
The guide wire 28 is shown inserted in the center opening of the ferrule 56. It will also be appreciated that the jaw sections 42 are spaced apart sufficient distance along the longitudinal center line 44 so that the guide wire is guided thereby. Therefore, the jaw sections 42, when closed, form a internal guide 58 for sliding the guide wire toward and away from the distal end of the catheter 24.
The ferrule 56 may be made from a variety of materials including stainless steel, nickel titanium or other shape memory alloys and various engineering plastics. Additionally, other polymers or metal materials, which are bio-compatible and have the mechanical characteristics necessary to perform the functions herein are equally suitable.
The ferrule defines a frusto-conical shape, while the urging member 50 forms a reverse compatible shape for sliding against the frusto conical shape of the ferrule 56. The surfaces where each of the ferrule 56 and the urging member 50 contact, define a mating surface. The materials selected for each of the ferrule 56 and urging member 50 are compatible for such mating sliding contact.
In response to actuation, the ferrule 56 is pulled toward the proximal end of the catheter 24 causing the ferrule 56 to slide against the urging member 50, the mating surfaces of each sliding across one another. As the ferrule is pulled towards the proximal end of the catheter, an increasing force is urged against the jaw sections 42 for spreading apart said jaw sections 42. Upon full activation of the actuation member the jaws are fully open.
In an embodiment of the invention, the blunt end jaw members 42 are made of material having sufficient strength to withstand the mechanical forces necessary to fracture the occlusion. In a preferred embodiment, the jaw sections are made from nickel titanium which has proven bio-compatible as well as having sufficient strength.
The guide wire tube 54 is bonded to the ferrule. The bonding may be similar to the bonding of the catheter and the blunt end member 22. Additionally, bonding may be done using adhesives such as loc-tite™, soldering, or chemical or physical bonding, of a suitable kind. As such, the guide wire tube 54 is permanently connected to the ferrule with a bond that is strong enough to withstand the urging forces exerted against the occlusion. The interior opening of the members 50 and 52, provides a guide for the guide wire tube 54 as the jaw sections 42 are opened and closed in repeated use. It may be advantages to coat the interior opening of the members 50 and 52 as well as the exterior of the guide wire 54, with Teflon or similar polymers so that any friction from sliding is greatly reduced. A reduction in friction will, of course, result in more force being applied by the ferrule 56 against the urging member 50 to maximize the amount of fracturing power generated by the blunt end member 42.
Conventionally, the guide wire tube 54 is a braided strand, and thus can be quite abrasive to the internal opening of the members of 50 and 52. Thus, the matter of applying a coating may be increasingly important to reduce the friction in sliding. Additionally, it is preferable that the mating surfaces of the urging member 50 and the ferrule 56 also be as smooth as possible and chosen from compatible materials to minimize the amount of friction developed as the mating surfaces slide against one another in an effort to fracture the occlusion. In an embodiment the ferrule and urging members are both made from nickel titanium. In another embodiment, the urging member 50 is made from stainless steel and the ferrule 56 is made from nickel titanium. Again, the mating surfaces of the ferrule 56 and urging member 50 are made as smooth as possible to minimize the friction there between.
The support member 52 provides support both internal and external to the assembly 20. The support member 52 remains fixedly attached to the distal end of the catheter 24 and provides an internal opening for the sliding movement of the guide wire tube 54. Additionally, the jaw sections 42 have a proximal end zone 60 which surrounds both the urging member 50 and the support member 52. The proximal end zone of the jaw sections 42 secures the members 50 and 52 together to provide the assembly 20. The support member is notched at shoulder 62 to provide a secure connection fit with the jaw sections 42.
The entire assembly, including members 50 and 52, as well as jaw sections 42, may be made from a single piece of nickel titanium (NiTi) for a unified assembly. In another embodiment the jaw sections are notched with an opening at elbow 64. This allows space for deformation of the jaw sections along an axis predetermined by the angle and length of the opening.
FIGS. 7 through 10 show another embodiment of the blunt end member 100. The blunt end member 100 includes jaw sections 102. The blunt end member 100 includes a spring member 104 and a support member 106. A reinforcing member 108 is positioned between the catheter tube 24 and the guide wire tube 54 in the guide wire lumen of the catheter tube 24. Attached to the guide wire tube 54 is a ferrule 56.
Similar to the reverse conical urging member 50, the spring member 104 has a mating surface for mating with the ferrule 56. Upon actuation, the ferrule 56 is pulled toward the proximal end of the catheter 24 and the mating surfaces engage and separate the jaw sections 102. Upon releasing the actuation member, the spring member 104 urges the jaw sections 102, back to their original and first closed positioned. The spring member 104 serves to connect the jaw sections 102 and the rest of the blunt end member 100, and specifically the support member 106. The support member 106 is crimped at its proximal end 110. The reinforcing member 108 is positioned so that the crimp in the support member 106 sandwiches the distal end of the catheter tube 24. The strength provided by the reinforcing member 108 enables a secure attachment of the support member to the distal end of the catheter tube 24. The crimp in the support member, plus the added hoop strength provided by the reinforcing member 108, provide a secure connection for the entire blunt end member 100.
The blunt end member is supported by the connections at the joining of the spring 104, the jaw sections 102, and support member 106. These connections can be made in a variety of ways. For example, it is preferable to bond the members with an epoxy, should they be made of a polymer or to use welding, soldering, or brazing, if the members are made from metal.
In an embodiment, the spring 104 is made from nickel titanium as are the support member 106 and jaw sections 102. In other embodiments, the support and spring members 106 and 104 are made using stainless steel. Additionally, the reinforcing member 108 may be made from nickel titanium or stainless steel. It is also contemplated that various other types of materials are suitable for manufacturing of the blunt end member 100.
In operation the blunt end member 100 is placed in a first closed position. As is typical in DCA operations, the guide wire 28 is fed through the lumen of the blood vessels of a patent and advanced to the occlusion. The blunt end member 100 with ferrule 56 is positioned directly adjacent to the occlusion. Although not shown, the balloon 30 may also be adapted for use with this embodiment.
After stabilization of the catheter 24 in the lumen of the blood vessel, the blunt end member 100 is activated by pulling on an actuation member such that the mating surfaces of the spring 104 and the ferrule 56 are brought into contact with one another. The ferrule 56 moves the jaw sections 102 away from the longitudinal center line 44 of the catheter as described earlier with reference to FIGS. 1 through 6. This operation is repeated until fracturing occurs, as clearly shown in FIG. 2. Once fracturing occurs, and the guide wire 28 can be fed through the natural lumen of the blood vessel, the catheter may be removed and another working end may be brought to bear upon the occlusion. Such working end may include an angioplasty device, atherectomy catheter device, or a stent or other known medical methods, for removing the occlusion once the guide wire 28 is across the occlusion.
While the foregoing detailed description has described several embodiments of the method in accordance with this invention, it is to be understood that the above description is illustrative only and not limiting. Particularly, the invention need not be limited to a ferrule having a frusto-conical shape. It will be appreciated that a spherical ferrule could also be used within the spirit and scope of this invention. It will also be appreciated that the various elements which make up the blunt end member may be made from stainless steel, or some engineering plastic, including a suitable polymer. Additionally, while the invention has been described with regard to bypass type of operation, it will be appreciated that other medical procedures wherein a occlusion blocks an blood vessel, or substantially blocks a blood vessel, or at least prevents a guide wire from crossing the occlusion, are suitable for use with the invention described herein.
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The Vimini Solar Cooker has been brought to the country of Burundi, located in the interior of Africa, through the efforts the non-profit Italian group, il Telaio. Using local materials and artisan labor, they have been able to create this cooker. The parabolic shell is made with a woven basket technique, lined with aluminum foil, used in hydroponic agriculture projects. Total expense for the cooker is 18 euros.
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Ryan Frantzen was appointed national sales director for Securian's Financial Institution Group.
Frantzen, a 12-year veteran of the financial services industry, joined Securian in 2008 as a regional vice president for the Financial Institution Group, covering the eastern US. Prior to joining Securian, Frantzen worked in a similar position with Bank Financial Services.
"Ryan has built tremendous relationships with our distributors and clients during his time at Securian, which has resulted in a number of significant sales," said Dave Seidel, vice president and actuary, Securian Financial Group. Frantzen will report to Seidel and the sales staff will report to Frantzen.
Frantzen, 37, lives in Woodbury, MN and is a native of Cottage Grove, MN. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota Duluth.
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Olympic Aspirations: Realised and Unrealised surveys more than a century of the Olympic Movement's promotion of Olympic ideals internationally. The idea for Olympic Aspirations emerged at the world-renowned annual Beijing Academic Forum just months after the city hosted the impressive 2008 Beijing...
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Final Score: Detroit 44, St. Louis 6
Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - Shaun Hill threw for 227 yards and three touchdowns and Stefan Logan tied a franchise record with a 105-yard kickoff return for a score as the Detroit Lions snapped a 10-game losing streak with a 44-6 demolishing of the St. Louis Rams at Ford Field.
Hill completed 21-of-32 throws, while Calvin Johnson, Brandon Pettigrew and Nate Burleson each had a TD grab for the Lions (1-4), who won for the first time since defeating Cleveland, 38-37, on November 22 of last year. The Lions suffered a 28-26 setback at Green Bay last weekend. Logan's return equaled that of Terry Fair for the longest in Lions' history. Fair set the mark in 1998 against Tampa Bay. Alphonso Smith added a 42-yard interception return for a score.
"It does feel great to get a win, to get a win the way we did," Hill said. "Everybody scored, offense, defense, special teams. It was a fun one."
Rookie running back Jahvid Best, getting the start despite being slowed by a toe injury in practice all week, rushed for 67 yards on 18 carries in the victory. Johnson ended with four catches for 54 yards, but landed awkwardly on his right shoulder while making a diving reception for a 29-yard gain early in the fourth quarter and did not return. He was seen on the sideline with his shoulder wrapped.
Rookie quarterback Sam Bradford passed for 215 yards on 23-of-45 efficiency with two interceptions, while Steven Jackson rushed 25 times for 114 yards for St. Louis (2-3), which was coming off a 20-6 win over Seattle last Sunday, but has now dropped five straight road games. The Rams' last road victory came on November 1, 2009 at Detroit. Danny Amendola had 12 grabs for 95 yards. Josh Brown accounted for the only Rams' points with a pair of 28-yard field goals.
"I give a lot of credit to Detroit," Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo said. "They did a heck of a job. They took it to us, we lost the football game and we'll have to take our medicine and move on."
St. Louis went to its bag of tricks with an on-side kick attempt to start the game. However, the trickery backfired when Amari Spievey easily recovered for Detroit at the Rams 41. The miscue led to a 30-yard field goal by Jason Hanson.
After an exchange of punts, the Rams had a good drive going at the Detroit nine-yard line before Amendola caught a short pass then fumbled which was recovered by the Lions and returned to the 27. St. Louis challenged the ruling of a fumble, but the call was upheld.
Brown's 28-yard chip shot on the last play of the opening quarter capped a 12- play, 62-yard drive to briefly tie it.
Logan answered on the ensuing kickoff with his long touchdown return to put the Lions back in front. Then after a short Rams' offensive set, Detroit went ahead 17-3.
Using a short passing attack, Hill completed 7-of-8 throws before Best picked up a key 3rd-and-1 from the St. Louis five, taking it to the one-yard line. On the next play, Hill hit Johnson for the score with 6:14 to play in the half. The drive covered 81 yards on 13 plays.
St. Louis answered with another 28-yard field goal by Brown with 1:37 to play, but a Hill-to-Pettigrew three-yard TD connection finished off a 12-play, 80- yard drive with 10 seconds remaining for a 24-6 game heading into the break.
Detroit kept its foot on the gas pedal in the third quarter. After the Rams opened the second half with a three-and-out, Logan's 17-yard punt return put the Lions in business at the St. Louis 41. It took only four plays for the hosts to make it a 31-6 contest as Hill spotted Burleson for a catch-and-run that went for a 26-yard touchdown.
Hanson tacked on a 48-yard field goal with 11:18 left in the fourth quarter. Then Ndamukong Suh, the second overall pick in the 2010 draft, recorded his first career interception on the Rams' next offensive series. The 6-foot-4, 307-pound defensive tackle tipped Bradford's pass to himself and rumbled 20 yards to the St. Louis 30. The pick led to a 47-yard effort by Hanson and a 37-6 game with just under eight minutes to play.
It went from bad to worse for the visitors as Smith intercepted Bradford and returned it for a 42-yard TD on the St. Louis' ensuing possession.
Drew Stanton came on for mop-up duty in place of Hill late in the fourth to finish off the rout.
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36 South, the hedge fund whose 'Black Swan' vehicle returned 200% in 2008, plans to launch a UCITS version of its long-volatility structure for investors concerned with the current market environment.
36 South CEO and CIO Jerry Haworth said the London-based fund is hoping to launch its first UCITS fund in the third quarter of 2014, in response to what he described as a "burning need" for volatility protection.
Marcus Brookes, head of multi-manager at Schroders, told Investment Week earlier this month that 36 South's Black Eyrar strategy is the only fund he can find that displays sufficient inverse-correlation with equity markets.
But he added he could not invest in it due to daily dealing requirements.
Speaking to Investment Week, 36 South founder Haworth (pictured) said the group has put the development of a UCITS vehicle "on the front burner", although the product may differ slightly from the Eyrar fund.
He said the group is still wrestling with the issue of how to incorporate a long-volatility strategy into a UCITS structure, given the more stringent requirements regarding liquidity, transparency, and valuation of derivative positions.
"As our funds stand at the moment, we would not be able to simply migrate them to a UCITS structure. We have got our design caps on and are interested in getting the best possible structure for long-volatility," he said.
"I do think it is important, and there is a burning need out there. We view volatility on a five-year cycle, and it is certainly in the lowest 20% of that cycle at the moment."
Although all 36 South funds are long-volatility strategies, the UCITS offering will be most similar to the company's Kohinoor strategy, which targets both 'left tail' and 'right tail' volatility: extremely low or extremely high returns respectively.
This is in contrast to the Eyrar and Black Swan strategies, both of which focused on left tail risk. The Black Swan fund returned 204% in 2008 by capitalising on the market ruptures triggered by the financial crisis.
Haworth acknowledged the more generalised strategy would sacrifice some potential return in a downside scenario, but pointed out the bullish environment also carries risks for left tail strategies.
"It is all very well having a left tail fund, but if the market keeps rising, you get a problem called strike relevance.
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Bill Gross thinks conditions are ripe for a liquidity crisis, and he points a finger at his old firm for its potential to be at the center of the storm.» Read More
Congressmen slammed Obama administration officials this week for hiring a firm with a connection to a hedge fund manager that spectacularly blew up.
"Here we have somebody who lost millions of dollars, under investigation by the Department of Justice. We've got to figure out how in the world these people got the contract," said Rep. Jason Chaffetz on Wednesday in reference to Owen Li during a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, according to Politico.
The only problem was that Chaffetz had the wrong man.
There's now more data to support the idea that doing well and doing good are not mutually exclusive.
A new study from investment consultant Cambridge Associates and the Global Impact Investing Network shows that private equity and venture capital funds with so-called impact missions produce roughly the same returns as funds just trying to make as much money as possible.
Some 51 impact funds, which bet on businesses that help people or causes, launched between 1998 and 2010 returned an average of 6.9 percent per year to investors through June 2014 versus 8.1 percent for 705 nonimpact funds.
However, a more representative sample are funds raised from 1998 and 2004 as they have mostly cashed out of their multiyear investments. The seven impact funds launched from 1998 to 2001 gained an average of 15.6 percent versus 5.5 percent; nine impact funds launched from 2002 to 2004 gained 7.6 percent versus 7.7 percent.
"There's a view among some investors that impact investing necessarily entails a sacrifice in financial return," Jessica Matthews, head of Cambridge's mission-related investing group, said in a statement. "However, this data helps to show that is more perception than reality."
Past performance in fact does seem to provide a good indicator of future results, just not in the way you might think.
Anyone who's ever even contemplated investing has seen the familiar disclaimer warning against picking a manager or strategy simply on track record.
A study from S&P Dow Jones Indices shows just how important heeding that advice is, finding that positive past results come close to assuring negative future results.
Specifically, of the equity mutual funds in the top quartile performance-wise—measured against their benchmark indexes—in March 2013, just 5.28 percent were still there in March 2015. The news was worse for large caps, of which just 3.95 percent managed to stay at the top.
Over three years ended in March 2015, just 16.3 percent of funds in the top half managed to stay there. The trend paints a grim picture:
The small group of hedge funds betting on a Greek recovery remain invested, still hoping that assets like government bonds and bank stocks will rally once a political solution is reached on the nation's financial obligations.
"[There's] no change on the expectation of a deal," Diego Ferro, co-chief investment officer of $1 billion global investor Greylock Capital Management, said in an email. "This problem has been political from the beginning, the amount of money involved is not that big. So you would expect some bickering to last until it is signed."
Greylock owns government bonds and bank stocks.
The first thing to know about the Greece story is that it's not really about Greece.
Not, at least, in the big financial picture, where the country's measly $242 billion economy is only a shade larger than Connecticut's, and where its debt, the equivalent of $360 billion, would be a rounding error of the nearly $18 trillion in U.S. obligations.
Why Greece and its likely debt default and possible exit from the euro zone matters is as a symbol—of how far the global community will go towards rescuing Greece from its debts, and ultimately, perhaps, for whether similarly debt-laden weak sisters in the euro zone should simply leave the union, go back to their original currencies, and inflate their way out of trouble.
For U.S. investors, then, the dollars and cents aren't particularly compelling, but the longer-term ramifications could be more meaningful.
"You always want to think about any volatility that could be created by a default," Quincy Krosby, market strategist at Prudential Financial, said in an interview. "It's one thing to say it's 'contained,' but investors heard that subprime was contained, too."
Read MoreThese investors like Greece debt talks breakdown
Indeed, the contagion risks, like those posed by the subprime mortgage meltdown in the previous decade, are at the heart of the Greek melodrama.
Mark Spitznagel, the libertarian hedge fund manager, has a new part-time job: senior economic advisor to Rand Paul's campaign for president.
Spitznagel is the founder and chief investment officer of Universa Investments, a fund that specializes in protecting investors against sharp market drops, sometimes referred to as Black Swan events. The firm manages about $6 billion in assets, a sizable figure for the hedge fund industry.
"I am very grateful to have Mark Spitznagel serve as senior economic advisor to my campaign," Paul, now a U.S. senator from Kentucky, said in a statement.
"As I travel across the country, the top concern of the American people is our failing economy. I believe we can revitalize our economy by encouraging opportunity and entrepreneurship with lower taxes, a balanced budget, less Federal Reserve interventionism, and limited government spending," the candidate said.
"I look forward to working alongside Mark to solve our nation's economic problem and to restore the American Dream," he added.
Paul, one of the leading contenders for the Republican party nomination, was elected in the Tea Party wave of 2010. Much like his iconic father Ron Paul, Paul has become a libertarian standard-bearer.
As it ponders when to raise interest rates for the first time in nine years, the Federal Reserve already may have missed its best chance.
Previous rate-hiking cycles haven't crushed stock market rallies because they happened as corporate profits were increasing, according to an analysis by Jim Paulsen, the widely followed chief market strategist at Wells Capital Management.
Now that earnings are flat-lining, the market, which at the end of the day is propelled by profits, may not take so kindly to the end of historically easy monetary policy.
Julian Robertson and his Tiger Management are famous for producing a slew of highly successful hedge fund managers. More recently though, the famed investment family has been in the news for firms shutting down, including Cascabel Management earlier this week and at least six others over the last three years.
While that number may appear high, a closer examination of the varied reasons for each fund shutting down—including Tiger Consumer Management for personal reasons, TigerShark Management for performance and Tiger Asia Management for legal issues—and broader context of other successful seeds suggest that the Tiger bloodline remains strong despite some stumbles.
"Yes, a few people have left the business, but it's no trend. People have been predicting the downfall of Tiger for years. That's a bad bet to make," said Bill Richards, a former senior hedge fund relationship manager at UBS who has worked with Robertson and the Tiger family of funds since 1983.
As the U.S. finance system just keeps getting bigger, so does the amount to which taxpayers, in an extreme case, would be exposed should things go haywire again.
The total portion of financial system liabilities that "are subject to explicit or implicit protection from loss by the federal government" has grown to a record 60 percent, according to the latest calculations from the Richmond Federal Reserve's "Bailout Barometer."
Total price tag for those guaranteed liabilities: $25.9 trillion.
That's a post-crisis high for a system that regulators and legislators have sought desperately to downsize. To no avail, though: The 2009 estimate put the total liabilities, including guaranteed and nonguaranteed, at $42.33 trillion; the latest assessment, updated in March, is $43.15 trillion, a 2 percent gain. The total guaranteed level rose from $24.92 trillion, a 3.9 percent gain.
The liabilities come from banking and savings firms; credit unions, government-sponsored enterprises including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, private pension funds and other financial firms.
In trying to steer the economy of 2015, the Federal Reserve is fighting the foreboding spirit of 1937.
Wall Street strategists, in fact, are worried that the U.S. central bank is so cautious over not making the mistakes of a long-ago ancestor that it may miss a solid opportunity to normalize monetary policy after seven years of decidedly abnormal times.
"Many policymakers and market observers assert that the risk of the Fed raising rates too early exceeds that of moving too late. This is the specter of 1937, when the Fed raised rates prematurely and exacerbated the Great Depression," Michael Arone, managing director and chief investment strategist at State Street Global Advisors, said in an analysis for clients titled "Why the Federal Reserve Needs to Bury the Ghost of 1937."
"Most investors assume the prevailing lower-for-longer consensus is bullish for both equities and bonds," he added. However, Arone said his "view is that a tardy Fed has a good chance of proving bearish for bonds and, longer term, for equities as well."
The Fed's Open Market Committee gathers this week at a meeting that only a few months ago was expected to include the first rate increase in nine years. However, slower-than-expected economic growth has taken some of the urgency off the expected tightening.
Now, traders at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange aren't pricing in a hike until December. While Arone said he doesn't think the Fed should move now, he believes the risks of waiting too long outweigh those of tightening too soon.
"Risks in this environment are growing, not shrinking," he said. "The longer the Fed stays on this path, the more aggressively it may have to tighten and the crueler the asset price adjustment will be when it finally comes."
What's causing much of the consternation is fear that, like 1937, a desire to avoid bubbles and normalize rates will come too soon and plunge the economy back into a slump. The Fed took its short-term rates target down to zero amid the financial crisis and the Great Recession, and has been there since late 2008.
However, that recession officially ended in 2009, yet the central bank has not moved on policy. In addition to zero rates, it has boosted up its balance sheet to $4.5 trillion in a liquidity program whose effect has been to pump up the stock market by 220 percent.
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley would cease to exist under "living wills" drawn up to show how banks would handle bankruptcy in a crisis.
Oil's free fall could continue, with U.S. crude futures breaking $50 in the near future.
Last year saw a big shift in institutional investors in Greece, as it changed from developed to emerging market, according to eVestment.


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By Maisie McCabe, mediaweek.co.uk, Friday, 15 March 2013 11:59AM
Young adult viewers who have registered with Channel 4 have been emailed invitations to join the community and fill in a questionnaire to determine what subculture (such as Emos, Hipsters or Scene Kids) is most relevant to them.
Tribes Live forms part of Channel 4's ongoing research project, UK Tribes, and the Tribes Live community will be regularly asked questions on a range of topics such as media, lifestyle, brands, their aspirations and current affairs.
Channel 4 will use the insight gleaned from the research to inform programming and make it available to agencies and advertisers. Brands and agencies will also be able to use the community to conduct bespoke projects.
The broadcaster also hopes its community will get involved by blogging and posting videos in order to explain the trends and attitudes among their friends.
Sue Gray, the head of advertising research and development at Channel 4, said the initiative built on the "unique relationship Channel 4 has with young adults".
Gray said: "Over a third of all 16- to 24-year-olds in the UK have now registered with Channel 4, and our Tribes Live community enables us to engage a sample of these viewers and explore a broad range of issues with them in real time.
"We're looking forward to working with agencies and advertisers by extending the use of this immediately available community to our commercial partners, to give them significant insight into the entire spectrum of young adults – an often elusive demographic for traditional research."Follow @MaisieMcCabe
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A rainy Wednesday and a cooler second half of the week
A cold front will slide through the region today and into the overnight producing periods of rain and showers.
Wednesday: Periods Of Rain & Showers; T-Storm Poss. Especially South & East
Highs: Low – Mid 60s | Wind: Becoming NW 5-10
Overnight: Scattered Showers; Breezy
Lows: 40s | Wind: N 10-15 Gusts 20-25
Thursday: Lingering AM Showers; PM Clearing & Breezy
Highs: Around 50 | Wind: NW 10-15 Gusts 25-30
A cold front will slide through the region today and into the overnight producing periods of rain and showers. A few pockets of heavier rain will be possible at times and we may even see a few thunderstorms in the mix especially south and east of town. High temperatures will be in the low to mid 60s with a few exceptions where temperatures may be warmer or even cooler. Scattered showers will continue overnight as winds increase and become breezy out of the north. A few showers may linger Thursday morning before the system departs and gradual clearing occurs. Winds will remain gusty Thursday with daytime highs around 50 degrees. We will round out the week with sunshine and chilly highs around 50 degrees during the afternoon hours. Temperatures moderate some Saturday back into the mid-50s under mostly sunny skies. Sunday we will be back in the low 60s with partly cloudy skies overhead. The next system will head our way Sunday night into Monday.


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REFLECT on this: a gentle push is all it takes to turn the blackest material in the world into a shiny mirror. What's more, combining the two extremes in one substance could open up applications in optical sensors and bendy electronics.
The dark material is a "forest" of vertical carbon nanotubes that absorb more than 99 per cent of incoming light. Kenichi Takahata, Alireza Nojeh and their and colleagues at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, discovered they could make the nanotubes reflective by bending a few "trees".
Slowly pulling a vertical tungsten rod through the deep dark forest turned the plowed regions into a smooth, polished surface, capable of reflecting 10 to 15 per cent of visible and infrared light (Applied Physics Letters, doi.org/h64). While not a high shine compared to normal mirrors, it does create useful contrast when reflective patterns are etched into the forest.
Walter Lubeigt, a physicist at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK, says it is impressive that the team increased the forest's reflectivity by a factor of 100. But the polished surfaces cannot match existing micro-mirrors, which can be up to 99.9 per cent reflective.
Takahata points out that the reflective nanotubes are bendable, unlike other micro-mirrors, so they might find a use in flexible electronics or in computer memories based on optics. Patches of bent tubes could represent 1s and erect ones 0s, say, and light would be used to read out the data.
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The museum's permanent collection of European art contains a group of nineteenth-century landscapes by artists associated with the French Barbizon School, including Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, Victor Dupre, and Charles-Francoise Daubigny. In addition, examples of Christian icon painting from Eastern Europe and a 17th century Sienese Corpus are represented. European works on paper include prints by Giovanni Piranesi, William Hogarth, Georges Rouault, and Francisco Goya. A selection of objects from this collection is on permanent view in the museum's Mark and Janeth Sponenburgh Gallery.


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Punishing oil and gas producers makes no sense
June 16, 2009
Max Schulz
About the only good to come from the global economic meltdown was the swift end to the jaw-dropping oil prices that had been causing so much pain at the pumps. Oils price topped $140 per barrel last summer, bringing with it gasoline near $5 per gallon.
The crisis slashed global demand, and prices plummeted to $35 per barrel. A salutary effect of that drop was gasoline under $1.50 per gallon, helping to ease the economic burden on consumers in uncertain times.
Now there are signs that the global economy may be picking up. Thats undeniably good news, but it is accompanied by the troubling specter of oil prices again moving northward. Oil prices have doubled since their low-water mark in January. Gasoline has inched steadily up to approach $3 per gallon as the summer driving season gets underway.
By the looks of President Obamas energy policies, however, it doesnt appear the chief executive is interested in acting to combat soaring pump prices.
A number of factors contributed to the steadily rising price of oil between 2004 and 2008. Among them were the weak U.S. dollar and the role of speculators. Most important was the booming global economy.
Ravenous appetites for oil from the U.S., China, and India narrowed supply and demand margins on the world market, helping to bid up prices. When a strong economy returns, so will the global thirst for oil at home and abroad.
The irony is that the U.S. is uniquely positioned to take steps that would cushion world markets and alleviate prices. We could add potentially several million extra barrels of oil each day to the worlds supply by opening up for energy exploration those lands which laws and regulations have locked off for years.
At present the United States prohibits drilling in 85 percent of our coastal waters. Government estimates peg the amount of recoverable oil in those areas at more than 20 billion barrels, with similarly huge amounts of natural gas also available. There is thought to be at least another 10 billion barrels of recoverable oil off-limits in Alaskas remote Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The national mood last year swung firmly in favor of opening up those areas to drilling, but plans by Congress to act were shelved when it was forced to turn its attention to Wall Streets meltdown. As a candidate, Obama equivocated on offshore drilling.
As President, he has given little indication of support for expanding domestic energy production capabilities. His Interior Department throws up roadblocks to energy production on those federal lands where, theoretically, it currently is permitted.
The presidents focus has seemed to be on punishing oil and gas producers, not protecting consumers from the shock of rising prices. The budget that Obama worked out with Congress socks energy companies with tens of billions of dollars in new levies, and specifically forbids them from claiming the manufacturing tax deduction available to every other American industry. Such policies will make it more expensive and more difficult to bring oil to market.
The global warming legislation making its way through Congress with Obamas blessing will similarly hurt consumers. The boondoggle bill gives emissions permits to electricity producers, but virtually none to the transportation fuel sector. The petroleum industry will have to pay for its permits, meaning cap-and-trade is, in the words of GSW Strategy Group analyst Geoffrey Styles, "a targeted tax on gasoline, diesel and jet fuel."
With luck, the U.S. and global economy gets back on track sooner rather than later. If that happens, however, why would we choose to kneecap it with another bout of sky-high energy prices?
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I've been wanting to put something like this together for awhile now, so hopefully y'all like it! I asked Keith to do some modeling for me because I've become obsessed with OAK's t-shirts and felt like they deserved a post. Shopping for something so basic can be a bitch sometimes, especially when you're picky...
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The search can be messy and I'll admit it took me a span of several months to decide exactly which t-shirts were absolutely most perfectest. I finally did, though, so clap for me! OAK's plain tees are everything I could ever want from a wardrobe staple: thoughtfully detailed, artfully proportioned and subtly sexy. They're sophisticated enough to be worn sans layers without looking slummy and versatile enough to be traveling-pantsed with your girlfriends. The line is comprised of several unique styles, all of them available in a range of deliciously muted earth tones. Plus, they're made in the USA! For this shoot, I wanted to capture the qualities that make these shirts an elevated basic. Inspired by the portrait work of Georgie Wileman and Bertil Nilsson, I told Keith not to pose, but to keep moving, as if he were dancing. Once we got our bearings in Ari's apartment-cum-studio-for-the-day I think we hit a stride and got some nice shots. Let me know your thoughts!
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In this post: all t-shirts OAKNYC // knife-edge silver bracelet Stephen Einhorn // jeans vintage Levi's from 10 ft. Single (seen here and here) // St. Christopher pendant, prayer beads (worn as bracelet) + rings my own