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WASHINGTON, April 29, 2004 Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz asked a House appropriations subcommittee here today for more flexibility in how funding for security assistance programs in Iraq is spent.
The focus of the hearing before the Foreign Operations Subcommittee was on the Bush administration's fiscal 2005 budget request for security assistance.
Wolfowitz used part of his opening statement to explain how elaborate rules for contracting have made it difficult to get equipment into the hands of Iraqi forces.
He said Congress has given the Pentagon that flexibility in the past, but would like it extended particularly beyond the Iraqi army, and in limited amounts to the Iraqi police and Iraqi Civil Defense Corps.
"We have military units who are fighting side by side with Iraqi units, and because of many of the elaborate rules that are appropriate in peacetime for contracting, it is very difficult for them to get the kind of equipment into the hands of their Iraqi comrades that we can freely get for our American forces."
The deputy secretary also answered criticism that the Pentagon had taken control of security assistance spending from the State Department, which normally controls such function.
Wolfowitz, who testified alongside Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, refuted that theory. He said Defense and State are "united in a common interest in success in Iraq, and we've got to figure out the flexible ways to do that."
Getting the job done is what's important, Wolfowitz told the lawmakers. "The goal in Iraq is to produce for the American people and the American men and women who are in harm's way," he said. "It is not to fight over departmental prerogatives. And I hope it can be taken in the spirit, not of DoD trying to take over security assistance; we are not." Any new authority on the Pentagon's part would be subject to concurrence of the State Department, he added.
Arizona Rep. Jim Kolbe, House Appropriations Committee chairman, pointed out that the entire foreign assistance emergency supplemental funding package of $18.4 billion has been largely programmed and managed by DoD through the Coalition Provisional Authority. Wolfowitz said the issue that needs to be addressed is not the allocations between civilian and military or State and Defense, but rather between Baghdad and Iraq's provinces.
"Very often the substantial presence in those provinces is because our circumstance are military," he explained.
Wolfowitz also addressed questions as to whether DoD, by controlling priorities, was devoting huge sums of money to infrastructure projects that yielded few visible signs of reconstruction efforts.
New York Rep. Nita Lowey said such efforts leave "many Iraqis with the impression that the United States is doing nothing to improve their daily lives." Kolbe said only $2.24 billion of the $18.4 billion has been obligated; "even less has been expended."
Wolfowitz testified that progress was being made in Iraq, and that of the money obligated already, most was spent on security, electricity and democracy building. He said the pace of allocations will increase substantially over the coming months, adding that another $6.4 billion is already committed and that he expects that money to move "fairly quickly."
Kolbe said in his opening statement that he had "very serious" concerns about the pace of assistance funding in Iraq, and the management of those funds. He asked Wolfowitz for assurances that the Pentagon is "fulfilling its fiduciary responsibility" to the taxpayers and troops who are relying on a successful implementation of the program. He also asked that the Pentagon take aggressive steps to expedite foreign assistance activities.
Wolfowitz said the Pentagon is reviewing the contracting process to see how more of the $18 billion supplemental might be spent.
He told the committee the Pentagon shares its concern about the importance of "getting money out in the field." Nonmilitary projects are just as important to winning the war as military operations, he added. "It is critical that we sustain the support of the Iraqi people," Wolfowitz said.
He cited progress in restoring electricity, in school construction and in the health care sector, but emphasized the importance of security. "Unless there's security," Wolfowitz said, "all of the other progress doesn't matter."
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I like Kristen Stewart but must she smoke? I find that really disguisting and that whole pipe smoking picture was....whoa! She always looks high and beat. I think she just needs to lay low for awhile and chill. She clearly can't handle the fame. I hope she pulls through it.
6 years
she's pretty and all...but she really can't act that well....neither can rob pattinson for that matter either
bonniebonnie 6 years
I'm just not interested in watching her act. Also, I don't think her or Dakota Fanning can pull off being Joan Jett and Cherie Currie.
jaan_black 6 years
she's Bella to me, which means Bella's not really clumsy n shy but stoned and creepy...and I love it so whatever
PopDiva24 6 years
She will never "always be Bella to me" because she never was in my mind. She was terrible in the role and just horribly cast.
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Addictclothe your judging kristen base on the pictures that you see in every gossips sights and your telling us that you know kristen for that hahaha where are you from?have you ever go to school? I guess you have a very low grades because your such an idiot biatch!!!and don't ever judge rob for loving kristen he knows kstew for almost 3years and he always been amaze with her unique personality that he never found in every biatches that surrounds him.
addictCLOTHES 6 years
Oh, and in true style of a fifteen-year-old, Kristen's acting sucks. She doesn't really ever seem to loose herself in a role. I never see the character, I just see Kristen.
addictCLOTHES 6 years
RP Fan, I agree completely. You're in the public eye Kristen, you're a role model to all these random women and young girls across the country defending you. Smoking, doing drugs is, bluntly, stupid. I agree that she's grown up to quickly in this environment and thinks she's invincible. You're all right, those who have said that I don't know her. But I've seen some pretty hard hitting evidence, smoking pot out in broad daylight, drinking abroad, smoking cigs, partying, staying out late. You think she's overworked, it's the result of her lifestyle after all the working. I hate today's "It-Girls" most of them don't know or seem to understand what a public image is. Grow up for Christ's sake. The bitchy attitude and indifference has gotten old and left some wondering why you're so popular. I don't understand the attraction anyone, including Robert Pattinson who is supposedly "intellectual", can have with her.
badz 6 years
come on.. We know that Kristen is a talented actress. She is the reason why i watched twilight, she did it very well. And I saw her other movies.. She is good and great actress.. So haters.. Just Back-off!!..
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To roboholic: So she smokes marijuana. Many people from various countries, ethnicities, education levels, and vocations do. So she got caught smoking a bowl. And the beat goes on. I think she's an incredibly expressive actress (I couldn't take my eyes off her in Twilight). I think she has talent and will go far. Personally, I can't wait to see the biopic.
daise 6 years
I absolutely second no. 18 - Also, I don't think that Kristen has a 'pot face' - some of you may laugh at this but she's had that face forever...Please go watch some of her other movies before you judge. I've said it before and I'll keep on saying it - Twilight's not supposed to be movie magic - it's a tweenie book for God's sake!
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I'm no Twihard or anything (the books take cheesy, clunky writing to a whole new level), but the film had a beautiful indie vibe, largely due to Kristen Stewart's amazing performance. She manages to convey misery and physical longing better than any actress of her age, so I look forward to New Moon. But I am really, really stoked to see The Runaways. I fully expect Stewart to rock this film. I've always loved Joan Jett, and was amazed when they actually cast someone talented in the part. Oh, and, to all you hater skanks, you wouldn't know talent if it popped you in the eye! We get that y'all wanted to see some Miley Cyrus bimbo play Bella, and instead you got an actual actor, who plays Bella as a (gasp!) teenager, replete with angst, longing, and (here's the rub!) a forceful personality. But suck it up gals, Kstew is here to stay for a long time.
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She is an actress and I enjoyed twilight as well but you people gotta let the whole bella thing go. For god sakes she has been in many things other than twilight that may shock you. Just bc you are jealous she is dating rob or jealous you can't land roles in movies, S T F U. Lol.
MuppetsForDinner 6 years
I agree... see Into the Wild or Speak and you'll think differently about Kristen. Twilight was an awful screenplay and the acting was poor. Can't wait for something else.
Debie 6 years
Go Kristen! Love ya :)
Debie 6 years
Go Kristen! Love ya :)
6 years
Missashleem you can tell that to yourself and to your fellow haters why you never stop bashing kristen private life!!well infact the question is all about her role of being joan jett!!
missashleem 6 years
wow, that Florida BITCH person posted like, a novel. The post we're commenting on is called ARE YOU EXCITED TO SEE KRISTEN STEWART IN A NEW ROLE?Which means they are just asking our opinion... lol... are you or aren't you excited to see her? Some of us aren't... some are... so I'm not sure why we all have to go to hell if we don't happen to like her Florida BITCH... u should relax :)
missashleem 6 years
wow, that Florida BITCH person posted like, a novel. The post we're commenting on is called ARE YOU EXCITED TO SEE KRISTEN STEWART IN A NEW ROLE? Which means they are just asking our opinion... lol... are you or aren't you excited to see her? Some of us aren't... some are... so I'm not sure why we all have to go to hell if we don't happen to like her Florida BITCH... u should relax :)
6 years
she is such a stoner and not even a good actress she always looks depressed and why did they pick her as bella she isnt even that pretty but i do want to see if she can play anybody else better than bella
mediaddict000 6 years
I'm not really a fan of her and I didn't really like her in Twilight, so I don't care about her getting other roles. More power to her, if someone wants to hire her, but she won't be much of a draw for me.
6 years
I thought she was ok in Twilight though I would not say she is perfect in portraying Bella but come on, perhaps she will portray a heart-shattered and depressed bella in New Moon better? I mean, acting comes with feelings and sometimes, practices(that's why they have rehearsals before the actual filming.) Maybe in twilight, she wasn't really know how to project the right bella because it was her first time portraying bella, which is a challenging role- especially the inner portion, as in the emotional and mental part. Or She portrayed bella in a way that is not easily understandable by some of us. maybe her so-called monotonous and expressionless behaviour has something more to just the love she feels for edward? I don't know but I remembered once in an interview where she said she wanted to play bella not in a cliche and trite way. Either way,I can tell she is really serious about the Saga and of course her other upcoming projects, The Runaways and hopefully, K-11 and Breaking dawn. If you hope for BD, go to watch new moon in nov and support the saga. Well, that's what I think that would make BD a reality. 5 more months, to November.
beeshop 6 years
its laughable to see some women really jealous of this talented beautiful girl......Im aware of druggie Stewart and I hope she quits.
yokwe 6 years
WTF, all the haters just go to hell where u come from. Girls who says bad things about KS are just jealous because she's beautiful and talented.RP is inlove with her and not you uglies.


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By Cheryl PellerinAmerican Forces Press Service
JERUSALEM, April 21, 2013 On the first afternoon of two days of talks with military and government officials here, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel toured Yad Vashem, Israel's living memorial to the Holocaust, and in the Hall of Remembrance laid a wreath on a stone crypt containing ashes of Holocaust victims.
Hagel walked the solemn and evocative displays of the Holocaust History Museum with his son Ziller and Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, later calling the institution "important, inspirational and beautiful."
Yad Vashem was established in 1953 as the world center for documentation, research, education and commemoration of the Holocaust, Nazi Germany's murder of 6 million Jews during World War II.
After Hagel's visit to the museum, he participated in a memorial ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance, visited the Children's Memorial and signed the Yad Vashem guest book.
Then, sheltered by the building from a steady rain, Hagel took a few moments to speak with reporters and museum guests.
Thanking those who have made the institution possible, the secretary said of Yad Vashem, "I've brought my son Ziller with me on this trip and I particularly wanted him to accompany me here for this experience."
Such institutions and museums are created as a tribute to generations of the past and in particular victims of the past, he said, "but maybe more importantly these institutions are built to instruct future generations."
The secretary added, "They come together at an intersection that is important for all of us as one dimension or responsibility for each person. There is no more poignant, more touching, more effective way to tell a story than this reality, as painful as it is."
"We must prepare future generations in our time here for a clear understanding that we must never allow this to happen again."
After Hagel signed the guestbook, he read his inscription to the audience.
"For my friends of Israel," the secretary read, "thank you for this magnificent institution, reminding all mankind of the depths of evil but also the promise and hope and courage of man -- a beautiful and important tribute to those victims of the past and an instruction and reminder for the generations of the future. [Signed,] your friend, Chuck Hagel, United States secretary of defense."
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"The Homeschool Experiment" WINNERS!
Thanks to everyone who participated in The Homeschool Experiment: Book Review & Giveaway. I feel like I've taken a big dip in the pool of experience and wisdom reading everyone's advice! What a powerful thread of comments for first-time homeschooling families!
NOW! On to the important stuff!
The randomly selected two (2) winners for The Homeschool Experiment: Book Review & Giveaway are:
# 173 Jenn, who wrote: "My advice would be to plan with focus on your priorities and plan on being flexible. There is so much you will WANT to do, but always have a 'I will be content' list of things you will be content to get done with a list of 'what I'll add when we have time'." »» Read the rest of Jenn's comment
# 1236 Maren, who wrote: "No advice, but will read the comments to gain some. Thanks!"
Congratulations to you both!
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Nezzy (Cow Patty Surprise) On Friday, March 23 at 4:02 pm
Woohoo, push the furniture waaaay back so I can do a great big old happy dance for the lucky winners!!! Congratulations Jen and Maren. What fun your gonna have with your win. :o)
From the happy hills and hollers of the overflowin' (flooded) Missouri Ponderosa, ya'll have yourselves an amazin' weekend!!!! :o)
We'll be roundin' up cattle and fixin' watergates….booger!
natalie On Friday, March 23 at 6:37 pm
happy book, winners!!!
Marilyn Elliott On Saturday, March 24 at 10:33 pm
Congrats to the lucky winners. What did ya win? LOL I guess I need to catch up on things.
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ginabx3 On Sunday, March 25 at 12:04 am
I was home schooled as well as private and public at some point of my life. I now have a 10 year old who I am contemplating homeschooling next year. I am concerned about the age differences with my children. I have a 4 month old, 3 year old and 10. I am also concerned about the social aspect. I know there are homeschool coops, but the ones i have researched have seemed to be specific to curriculum? What about me time? How do homeschool moms fit in me time (nails, hair, coffee with a friend etc…) ?
Maren Gladden On Monday, March 26 at 9:17 am
Imagine my surprise to see my name listed as a winner…but it's not me!
I've only once met another person with my name…and I didn't really meet her, and her parents (she was about 6) pronounced it differently. I have recently heard of 2 babies with my name, but spelled differently.
Congrats Maren! and Jenn!
JennyD. On Tuesday, March 27 at 10:55 am
I missed it… Congrats ladies!! I will have to check out the book…
I totally agree with Jenn … there is SO much wonderful stuff to do with
our kiddos… =) I found after the first year … I must plan, prioritize and
then most importantly… go with the flow… be flexible… and have fun!
what doesn't get done this year… maybe next! =) off to read about the book!
educator On Wednesday, March 28 at 3:16 pm
I also missed it. Congratulations Jenn and Maren
Lynda from Australia On Wednesday, April 4 at 4:06 am
Dear Ladies/Gents, I attended both public and private schools in Australia and whilst the teachers did their best, the classes were too large and the curriculum too inflexible to accomodate the variety of students within each class. I think Home Schooling is a wonderful idea and that your children are so very lucky to have parents who are willing and able to provide Home Schooling for them. Well done folks, keep up the good work, the world needs people that have been Schooled by people that really care about them and take time to make sure each and every one of them are learning the important things. Best Wishes, Lynda


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Syrian security forces have arrested at least 500 pro-democracy activists, a rights group said, as the government continues a violent crackdown on anti-government protests across the country.
The arrests followed the deployment of Syrian troops backed by tanks and heavy armour on the streets of two southern towns, the Syrian rights organisation Sawasiah said on Tuesday.
The group said it had received reports that at least 20 people were killed in the city of Deraa in the aftermath of the raid by troops loyal to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad on Monday. But communications have been cut in the city, making it difficult to confirm the information.
"Witnesses managed to tell us that at least 20 civilians have been killed in Deraa, but we do not have their names and we cannot verify," a Sawasiah official told the Reuters news agency.
The group said that two more civilians were confirmed dead after government forces entered Douma, a suburb of the capital, Damascus.
At least 500 people were arrested elsewhere in the country, it said.
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Gunfire continued to reverberate across the city of Deraa on Tuesday, residents said, a day after thousands of soldiers swept into the city, with tanks taking up positions in the town centre and snipers deploying on rooftops, witnesses said."We've been listening to live ammunition. Some snipers are working as well, but we don't know from where," a resident of Deraa told Al Jazeera on Tuesday.
"The snipers are on all the roofs. I'm now on my stomach, on the ground - I am really in a panicked situation. The city is quite in danger."
Witnesses said soldiers began opening fire on civilians indiscriminately after arriving in Deraa, sparking panic in the streets.
However, the government insists the army was invited in to rid the town of gunmen.
Al Jazeera's Rula Amin, reporting from Damascus, said the government has reiterated that it is there to protect residents.
"What we are hearing from activists in Damascus is fear and concern that what the government is trying to do is crush the protests to create fear among people to stay at home.
"Then [the government will] come up with its own plan of reforms, but people won't be able to stand up and defy these reforms. That is how the government wants to move forward."
She said the troop deployment was an "unprecedented" offensive against the wave of dissent that has swept the country since the uprising began on March 15.
Up until now, she said, security forces had cracked down in reaction to protests. But the flood of troops into Douma and Deraa came in the absence of any demonstrations."We're seeing a different tactic, with security forces sweeping the towns," she said, noting reports of house-to-house searches, arrests and random shooting coming from both towns.Also for the first time, the military has become directly involved in quelling the uprising, much to the disappointment of opposition activists.
"They were hoping the army would not get involved," our correspondent said. "They feel this is only the beginning of a very serious crackdown."
However, one activist told Al Jazeera that some army officers have defected to fight alongside the people of Deraa against the government.
Two members stepped down from the provincial council in Deraa. The resignations came a day after two legislators and a religious leader from Deraa broke with the government in disgust over the killings.Protesters gunned downMeanwhile, in the coastal town of Jableh, where several protesters were gunned down on Sunday, witnesses said security forces in camouflage uniforms - some with their faces covered - and masked armed men dressed in black were roaming the town's streets.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Syrian rights group, said on Monday that at least 13 people had been killed in Jableh since Sunday's crackdown began.
The country has banned nearly all foreign media and restricted access to trouble spots since the uprising began, making it nearly impossible to get independent assessments.
Syria has also closed all border crossings on its southern frontier with Jordan as the crackdown intensifies, a security official told Al Jazeera.
Syrian intellectuals have expressed their outrage over the violence, with a declaration on Monday signed by 102 writers and exiles from all the country's main sects.
"We condemn the violent, oppressive practices of the Syrian regime against the protesters and mourn the martyrs of the uprising," they said.
President Assad is also coming under increased foreign pressure to stop the deadly crackdown.
France, Britain, Germany and Portugal have all urged the UN Security Council to condemn the government's violent action against demonstrators, and the United States is considering imposing new sanctions.
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Re: Problem solved
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I've solved the problem in my computer!!!! Now it starts quicker than ever or, at least, as quick as usual.
What have I done? (will you probably ask).
Well, I only sit a while to read the problems' FAQ inside NVidia drivers' package's README file, the solution to our problems is there, believe me.
The only thing I had to do was to edit the XF86Config file, adding a line like the following:
Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "DFP, TV"
into the section named "Device". After doing that XWindow startup wasn't slow anymore, and I have NOT needed to update my graphic card's BIOS.
You can obtain more info about that option reading the README file I've talked about above. The line that I added works fine to me, but you will have to change it if you usually (I do) don't use a monitor (CRT, LCD, TFT or whatever), but a TV or some other kind of display device.
I hope this will be useful to you.
Hi, Morgul !!!
Many thanks for your reply, but ... I already try to use this options and others from README file ... Problem doesn't in slow start of X. X freeze on change of screen resolution (last line in X86xxxx.log) and stop at all ... I wait a 10 min
but seems like it freeze forever
And ... "crazy" character on screen - doesn't have relation to TV or other devices as I suppose
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An implantable endocardial lead with retractable sharpened helix. The piston has a central bore for receiving a specialized stylet. The stylet comprises a flexible wire having an enlarged distal end or tip. An elastomeric sliding sleeve fits over the wire. When the proximal end of the stylet is inserted into the bore in the piston, the wire can be withdrawn slightly, pulling the enlarged tip into the tube, and wedging the tube against the walls of the bore. By manipulating the stylet, the helix can be exposed outside of the lead, or retractable into the lead, as desired.
1. A lead assembly for implantation in a patient, the assembly comprising:
an electrode adapted for insertion into a chamber of the patient's heart for electrical stimulation thereof and having a lumen extending through the electrode from a proximal end to a distal end thereof;
a lead having a sheath and a conductor, said conductor connected to said proximal end of the electrode at a distal end of the lead and adapted to transmit electrical impulses between the electrode and a proximal end of the lead, the lead having a lumen extending through the lead from the proximal end to the distal end thereof; and
means for securing the electrode to the lining of the heart chamber, the securing means being in the lumen of the electrode and having
fixation means for penetrating the lining of the heart,
spring means for rotating said fixation means, and
means for releasing said spring means to permit rotation of said fixation means.
2. The lead assembly according to claim 1 further comprising means for pre-loading said spring means.
3. The lead assembly according to claim 1 wherein the fixation means comprises a sharpened helix.
4. The lead assembly according to claim 3 wherein said spring means have a proximal and a distal end and wherein means for releasing said spring means comprise
a piston attached to said sharpened helix and to said distal end of said spring means,
a housing attached to said proximal end of said spring means, and
means for selectively securing said piston to said housing.
5. The lead assembly according to claim 4 further comprising means for pre-loading said spring means.
6. The lead assembly according to claim 5 wherein the pre-loading means comprise a stylet and means for turning said piston.
7. The lead assembly according to claim 6 wherein the piston has a slot thereon and the stylet has a flattened distal tip for engaging said slot on said piston.
8. The lead assembly according to claim 4 wherein the selectively securing means comprise at least one tab and a mating slot.
9. The lead assembly according to claim 8 wherein the piston has a proximal side and said tab is carried on said proximal side and said housing has a distal side and said mating slot is in said distal side.
10. The lead assembly according to claim 9 further comprising means for pre-loading said spring means.
11. The lead assembly according to claim 10 wherein the pre-loading means comprise a stylet and means for turning said piston.
12. The lead assembly according to claim 11 wherein the prison has a slot thereon and the stylet has a flattened distal tip for engaging said slot on said piston.
1. Field of the Invention
My invention relates generally to cardiac stimulation, and more particularly to an implantable endocardial lead which stimulates or senses electrical activity of the heart and which employs a spring-loaded fixation mechanism comprising a sharpened helix which screws itself into cardiac tissue without rotation of the lead or a stylet.
2. Prior Art
There are generally two types of body implantable leads used with cardiac pacemarkers--one which requires surgery to expose the myocardial tissue to which an electrode is affixed and another which can be inserted through a body vessel, such as a vein, into the heart where an electrode contacts the endocardial tissue. In the latter type, the endocardial lead is often secured to the heart through the endothelial lining by a sharpened helix affixed to a distal end of the lead. When the end of the lead contacts the lining of the heart at a desired location, the lead may be secured in place by rotating the lead, thus screwing the helix into the heart tissue.
A helix system has been relatively effective in secureing an endocardial lead once the initial location of the lead has been achieved. However, it is undesirable to expose the sharpened helix while the lead is being inserted through a blood vessel into the heart. Moreover, to implant the helix into the heart, it has generally been proposed that the helix be rotated either by rotating the entire lead or by rotating a stylet or other structure within the lead.
For example, the following patents illustrated leads wherein the helix is rotated by the rotation of the entire lead: U.S. Pat. No. 3,974,834 to Kane; U.S. Pat. No. 4,570,642 to Kane, and Revane; U.S. Pat. No. 4,649,938 to McArthur; U.S. Pat. No. 4,924,881 to Brewer and U.S. Pat. No. 4,967,716 to Bradshaw.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,463,765 to Gold for a "Screw-in Pacing Lead Assembly", on the other hand, illustrates the use of an internal structure to rotate the helix. A flat ribbon extending throughout the lead from a proximal to a distal end thereof is disclosed. Another internal apparatus is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,056,516 to Paul R. Spehr. An endocardial lead with a flexible, tubular landyard is described. The lanyard passes through a lumen from a proximal end of the lead to a distal end of the lead where the lanyard was attached to a sliding member supporting a helix. When the helix is in an exposed position, torque can be transmitted from the proximal end of the lanyard from the distal end thereof through the piston and then to the helix to screw the helix into the endocardial tissue.
Other apparatus for securing an electrode within the heart are also known. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,754,555 to Schmitt discloses a lead having prongs which can be thrust out from and retracted into an electrode, U.S. Pat. No. 4,858,623 to Bradshaw and Baker discloses a lead having a pivoting rigid hook. In a first position, the hook is collapsed against the electrode and not exposed to tissue. In a second position, the hook is extended and can engage a cardiac wall.
My present invention provides an implantable endocardial lead with a spring-loaded screw-in fixation means. In the preferred embodiment, the fixation means comprises a sharpened helix with ia attached to a torsion spring in tension and retracted within an electrode at a distal end of the lead. The lead defines a lumen from its proximal to its distal end. A stylet can be inserted into the lumen at the proximal end and passed through the lead to the distal end. Located at the distal end of the lead is a piston joining the sharpened helix to the compression spring. The spring forces the piston away from the distal end of the lead. Before insertion of the lead into the heart, the spring can be loaded in torsion, preferably by using a specialized stylet. The tension of the torsion spring locks the piston and attached helix in a selected position. During insertion, therefore, there is a predetermined load on the spring.
To expose the sharpened helix, a stylet presses against a proximal end of the piston, extending the spring. When the piston is disengaged from a locking means and the distal end of the lead is pressed against the cardiac wall, the helix is rotated into the wall by the spring. It is not necessary to rotate either the lead or an internal structure such as a stylet, lanyard or coil ribbon. After insertion of the helix the stylet can then be removed.
With the foregoing in mind, it is an object of my invention to provide an endocardial lead with means for driving a sharpened helix into a cardiac wall.
It is a principal object of my present invention to provide an implantable endocardial lead with a fixation means which can implant itself into a cardiac wall without rotary manipulation of either the lead or an internal structure.
A further object of my invention is to provide a lead wherein the fixation means is rotated by a preloaded torsion means.
It is another object of my invention to provide a spring-loaded fixation means on a lead wherein the spring force is not transmitted to the cardiac wall when the lead is attached thereto.
These and other objects and features of my invention will be apparent from the detailed description taken with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an implantable endocardial lead according to my invention.
FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a distal tip of the lead taken along line 2--2 of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the distal tip.
I will now describe my preferred embodiment of my invention with reference to the drawings. Like numerals will be used to designate like parts throughout. FIG. 1 shows an endocardial lead, generally designated 10. The lead 10 has a suture sleeve 12 which slides along the lead 10 and which can be attached at an entrance into a vein of a patient in a conventional manner. The lead 10 also has an electrode 14 located at a distal tip 16 of the lead.
As shown in FIG. 2, the lead 10 comprises a silicon or polyurethane sheath 18 which defines a lumen 20 along a longitudinal axis of the lead 10. Within the lumen 20, there is a coil conductor 22 for transmitting electrical impulses between the electrode 14 and a proximal end 24 of the lead 10. In the illustrated embodiment, a tri-filar conductor is shown as the coil conductor 22. The coil conductor 22 wraps around a crimp slug 26 at a proximal end of a spring housing 28. A cylindrical crimp connector 30 surrounds the crimp slug 26 and a portion of the coil conductor to provide electrical contact and mechanical fixation.
The electrode 14 comprises a ring contact 32 and a conductive sleeve 34. The conductive sleeve 34 fits tightly over a distal end of the spring housing 28. The sheath 18 encloses the conductive sleeve 30 of the electrode 14 to the ring contact 32.
Within the spring housing 28 there is a cylindrical chamber 36 which houses a torsion spring 38. The torsion spring 38 is secured to the spring housing at a proximal end 40 of the spring. A distal end of the spring 42 is secured to a piston 44 which supports a sharpened helix 46. At the proximal end of the spring housing 28 there is a bore 48 providing access for a stylet 50. One or more notches 52 (preferably more than one notch) are provided at the distal end of the spring housing 28 for inhibiting rotation of the piston 44. The piston 44 has an internal slot 54 which is adapted to receive a flattened end of specialized stylet so that the piston can be rotated. At a proximal end of the piston 44, one or more tabs 58 are provided. The tabs 58 engage the slots 52 in the spring housing.
In my preferred embodiment a specialized stylet being a flattened end is inserted into the lead, through the lumen, into the spring housing thence into the slot in the piston. By pushing on the stylet, the piston 44 is moved distally so that the tabs disengage from the slots in the spring housing. The stylet can then be rotated, turning the piston and preloading the torsion spring 38. When the piston has been turned sufficiently to compensate for the desired number of turns in the sharpened helix 46, the stylet can be withdrawn. As the stylet is withdrawn, the spring 38 pulls the piston 44 against the spring housing 28. The tabs 58 lock into the slots 52 preventing the torsion spring 38 from turning the piston.
To engage the fixation means, the lead is inserted into the heart and the electrode 32 is pressed against the cardiac wall. The stylet is inserted into the lead and pressed against the piston, moving the piston and helix distally. As the helix 46 is exposed outside of the electrode 14 and pressed against the cardiac wall, the tabs 58 disengage from the slots 52 and the torsion spring 38 acts to screw the helix into the wall of the heart.
My invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiment is therefore considered in all aspects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the means and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.
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- Particle number fluctuations in canonical ensemble (2004)
- Fluctuations of charged particle number are studied in the canonical ensemble. In the infinite volume limit the fluctuations in the canonical ensemble are different from the fluctuations in the grand canonical one. Thus, the well-known equivalence of both ensembles for the average quantities does not extend for the fluctuations. In view of a possible relevance of the results for the analysis of fluctuations in nuclear collisions at high energies, a role of the limited kinematical acceptance is studied.
- Equation of state, spectra and composition of hot and dense infinite hadronic matter in a microscopic transport model (1998)
- Equilibrium properties of infinite relativistic hadron matter are investigated using the Ultrarelativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics (UrQMD) model. The simulations are performed in a box with periodic boundary conditions. Equilibration times depend critically on energy and baryon densities. Energy spectra of various hadronic species are shown to be isotropic and consistent with a single temperature in equilibrium. The variation of energy density versus temperature shows a Hagedorn-like behavior with a limiting temperature of 130 +/- 10 MeV. Comparison of abundances of different particle species to ideal hadron gas model predictions show good agreement only if detailed balance is implemented for all channels. At low energy densities, high mass resonances are not relevant; however, their importance raises with increasing energy density. The relevance of these different conceptual frameworks for any interpretation of experimental data is questioned.
- Local thermal and chemical equilibration and the equation of state in relativistic heavy ion collisions (1998)
- Thermodynamical variables and their time evolution are studied for central relativistic heavy ion collisions from 10.7 to 160 AGeV in the microscopic Ultrarelativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics model (UrQMD). The UrQMD model exhibits drastic deviations from equilibrium during the early high density phase of the collision. Local thermal and chemical equilibration of the hadronic matter seems to be established only at later stages of the quasi-isentropic expansion in the central reaction cell with volume 125 fm 3. Baryon energy spectra in this cell are reproduced by Boltzmann distributions at all collision energies for t > 10 fm/c with a unique rapidly dropping temperature. At these times the equation of state has a simple form: P = (0.12 - 0.15) Epsilon. At SPS energies the strong deviation from chemical equilibrium is found for mesons, especially for pions, even at the late stage of the reaction. The final enhancement of pions is supported by experimental data.
- Local thermodynamical equilibrium and the equation of state of hot, dense matter created in Au+Au collisions at AGS (1998)
- Local kinetic and chemical equilibration is studied for Au+Au collisions at 10.7 AGeV in the microscopic Ultrarelativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics model (UrQMD). The UrQMD model exhibits dramatic deviations from equilibrium during the high density phase of the collision. Thermal and chemical equilibration of the hadronic matter seems to be established in the later stages during a quasiisentropic expansion, observed in the central reaction cell with volume 125 fm3. For t > 10 fm/c the hadron energy spectra in the cell are nicely reproduced by Boltzmann distributions with a common rapidly dropping temperature. Hadron yields change drastically and at the late expansion stage follow closely those of an ideal gas statistical model. The equation of state seems to be simple at late times: P = 0.12 Epsilon. The time evolution of other thermodynamical variables in the cell is also presented.
- Chemical freeze-out parameters at RHIC from microscopic model calculations (2001)
- The relaxation of hot nuclear matter to an equilibrated state in the central zone of heavy-ion collisions at energies from AGS to RHIC is studied within the microscopic UrQMD model. It is found that the system reaches the (quasi)equilibrium stage for the period of 10-15 fm/c. Within this time the matter in the cell expands nearly isentropically with the entropy to baryon ratio S/A = 150 - 170. Thermodynamic characteristics of the system at AGS and at SPS energies at the endpoints of this stage are very close to the parameters of chemical and thermal freeze-out extracted from the thermal fit to experimental data. Predictions are made for the full RHIC energy square root s = 200$ AGeV. The formation of a resonance-rich state at RHIC energies is discussed.
- Transition to resonance-rich matter in heavy ion collisions at RHIC energies (2000)
- The equilibration of hot and dense nuclear matter produced in the central region in central Au+Au collisions at square root s = 200A GeV is studied within the microscopic transport model UrQMD. The pressure here becomes isotropic at t approx 5 fm/c. Within the next 15 fm/c the expansion of the matter proceeds almost isentropically with the entropy per baryon ratio S/A approx 150. During this period the equation of state in the (P, epsilon)-plane has a very simple form, P = 0.15 epsilon. Comparison with the statistical model (SM) of an ideal hadron gas reveals that the time of approx 20 fm/c may be too short to attain the fully equilibrated state. Particularly, the fractions of resonances are overpopulated in contrast to the SM values. The creation of such a long-lived resonance-rich state slows down the relaxation to chemical equilibrium and can be detected experimentally.
- Equilibrium and non-equilibrium effects in relativistic heavy ion collisions (1999)
- The hypothesis of local equilibrium (LE) in relativistic heavy ion collisions at energies from AGS to RHIC is checked in the microscopic transport model. We find that kinetic, thermal, and chemical equilibration of the expanding hadronic matter is nearly reached in central collisions at AGS energy for t >_ fm/c in a central cell. At these times the equation of state may be approximated by a simple dependence P ~= (0.12-0.15) epsilon. Increasing deviations of the yields and the energy spectra of hadrons from statistical model values are observed for increasing bombarding energies. The origin of these deviations is traced to the irreversible multiparticle decays of strings and many-body (N >_ 3) decays of resonances. The violations of LE indicate that the matter in the cell reaches a steady state instead of idealized equilibrium. The entropy density in the cell is only about 6% smaller than that of the equilibrium state.
- Local equilibrium in heavy ion collisions. Microscopic model versus statistical model analysis (1999)
- The assumption of local equilibrium in relativistic heavy ion collisions at energies from 10.7 AGeV (AGS) up to 160 AGeV (SPS) is checked in the microscopic transport model. Dynamical calculations performed for a central cell in the reaction are compared to the predictions of the thermal statistical model. We find that kinetic, thermal and chemical equilibration of the expanding hadronic matter are nearly approached late in central collisions at AGS energy for t >= 10 fm/c in a central cell. At these times the equation of state may be approximated by a simple dependence P ~= (0.12-0.15) epsilon. Increasing deviations of the yields and the energy spectra of hadrons from statistical model values are observed for increasing energy, 40 AGeV and 160 AGeV. These violations of local equilibrium indicate that a fully equilibrated state is not reached, not even in the central cell of heavy ion collisions at energies above 10 AGeV. The origin of these findings is traced to the multiparticle decays of strings and many-body decays of resonances.
- Omega, J/psi and psi' transverse mass spectra at RHIC (2002)
- The transverse mass spectra of J/psi and psi' mesons and Omega hyperons produced in central Au+Au collisions at RHIC energies are discussed within a statistical model used successfully for the interpretation of the SPS results. The comparison of the presented model with the future RHIC data should serve as a further crucial test of the hypothesis of statistical production of charmonia at hadronization. Finally, in case of validity, the approach should allow to estimate the mean transverse flow velocity at the quark gluon plasma hadronization.
- Transverse momentum spectra of J/psi and psi prime mesons from quark gluon plasma hadronization in nuclear collisions (2001)
- Recent results on transverse mass spectra of J/psi and psi prime mesons in central Pb+Pb collisions at 158 AGeV are considered. It is shown that those results support a hypothesis of statistical production of charmonia at hadronization and suggest the early thermal freeze-out of J/psi and psi prime mesons. Based on this approach the collective transverse velocity of hadronizing quark gluon plasma is estimated to be <v^H_T> \approx 0.2. Predictions for transverse mass spectra of hidden and open charm mesons at SPS and RHIC are discussed.


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