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The Saints need Reggie Bush to keep the offense on pace this game. Bush creates so, I mean so many match up problems with any NFL team. Although he's not the greatest runner, he can get the job done, especially against one of the weaker run defenses in the NFL in Green Bay. Even though I'm a huge fan of Green Bay, I hope Bush doesn't play, because he makes a difference.
As I look at this game, a lot of things come to mind. First, let's start off with the Saints. The Saints have Drew Brees, an all-pro quarterback who is really coming into his own this season. Wide Receivers Marques Colston, Devery Henderson, and Lance Moore are all legit wideouts. However, even with Bush possibly being back, he's not a runner. He may be able to create some matchup problems in the pass game, but it's not like Green Bay or any other team hasn't had to deal with those this year. The Saints are a pass-happy team. They have scored lots of points against teams like Denver, Kansas City, San Diego, and Oakland (The whole AFC West!!) because of their weak pass defenses. The Saints struggled against Carolina, the 5th ranked pass defense in the NFL. They now go up against the 3rd ranked pass defense that has been on fire lately. I'm aware that the turf will help the offensive teams, but still, it will be a challenge for the Saints. On the other side of the spectrum, there's Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers going up against the weak Saints defense. The Saints rank 26th in the league versus the pass, and that's not good news for Saints fans. When Rodgers played the Bears (30th vs pass) and Seahawks (31st vs pass), he's played solid games. He should have another good one monday night. Also, don't believe that the dome will intiminate him, because it won't. Nothing, I mean nothing, is worse than the metrodome. With run defense, the Saints rank 19th, slightly below average. Ryan Grant and the O-line are picking up steam, and should eventually be able to get their game going. Beleive me, I know the Saints will be jacked up for their home game, which they haven't been home since week 6, but still, once it comes around mid-second quarter, thinks will die down. Jennings and Driver will create tough matchups for the Saints corners, which includes X Packer Mike McKenzie (who is not very good by the way). The Packers matchup very well in this game, and should win the game around 33-24.


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Real Housewives of New Jersey
Caroline Manzo on Season 4 of The Real Housewives of New Jersey: "I Can't Wait For it to End …"
Caroline Manzo had a wonderful 50th birthday surprise organized by her husband and children in Napa on last Sunday's episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, but in her most recent BravoTV.com blog she reveals that she can't wait for Season 4 to be over!
Caroline explains, "This has been quite a season so far, and frankly I can't wait for it to end so I can lock it away in my mind's vault never to surface again."
Whoa, that's quite a statement from mama Manzo. We know this hasn't been the easiest season for her, but has it really been that bad? Maybe she was talking more about what's to come …
In spite of all the drama, Caroline knows just how lucky she is to have a family that loves her so much. "My kids are my heart and soul, my pride and joy, and I am truly blessed to have such a wonderful relationship with the three of them. I will forever treasure the memory of a 50th birthday celebrated in a vineyard while looking at a U-Haul," she writes.
Hey, she could have been looking at something much worse!
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MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — No people were injured but several cattle died in the crash of a semitrailer on Interstate 90 in southeastern South Dakota's Davison County.
Sheriff's Deputy Steve Harr tells The Daily Republic newspaper that the truck tipped on its side in the ditch early Thursday. The semi was hauling 34 cattle and nine are believed to have died.
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Came in 12th in the 200 breaststroke and competed in the 200 butterfly and the 200 individual medley at the SEC Championships.
Qualified for the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in the 100 breaststroke.
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Crystal Mouse and her husband returned to their home in Gentry after it was damaged by fire over the weekend.
The family of 11 is searching for a new place to live in time for the holidays.
"With Christmas coming up and losing the house and now we have to find a new home. It's just really emotional right now," Crystal Mouse said.
Mouse's family and their two chihuahuas, Hope and Joy, survived the fire. However they lost most of their belongings.
"We were sitting out here and my son was crying on my shoulder," Mouse said with tears in her eyes. "He goes, 'I can't take this mom 'I've lost everything.'"
It would be the family's first fire of the year and they wanted to warm up on a chilly Saturday night. They had enjoyed fires last year and had no reason to think anything would go wrong.
What they didn't know was their foundation had settled, causing a slight separation between their chimney and fireplace. When the logs in the fireplace started crackling, the flames shot quickly into the walls of the house.
"I guess it was the biggest mistake of our lives," Mouse said.
It took the Gentry Fire Department more than four hours to put out the blaze.
The entire upstairs is destroyed, the living room ceiling is gone and there is a fair amount of water damage, Mouse said. Gentry Fire Chief Vester Cripps estimated a quarter of the house was destroyed.
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Some of the children are adopted and they range from 18 months to 17 years of age.
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A programming station for use in programming and servicing two-way radios. The station allows a user to read stored radio control and radio feature parameters as stored in either a radio or an archive file. The station allows the user to modify at least some of the radio feature parameters, and to access a remote central unit that allows modification of the remaining radio feature parameters. The changed parameters can then be merged as necessary and stored in the radio and/or an archive file.
1. A method for using a programming station to program a radio that operates in a communication system, which radio includes memory means for storing:
first radio feature parameters that may be changed by said programming station without approval from a remote central unit; and
second radio feature parameters that should only be changed with approval from said remote central
said method including the steps of:
(A) coupling said programming station to said radio;
(B) accessing said remote central unit to: (i) provide information to said remote central unit regarding changes to at least some of said second radio feature parameters; (ii) receiving approved changed second radio feature parameters from said remote central unit;
(C) combining at least some of said approved changed second radio feature parameters with at least some of said first radio feature parameters to provide combined parameters;
(D) storing said combined parameters in said memory means.
2. A method for programming a radio that operates in a communication system, which radio includes memory means for storing:
first radio feature parameters that are substantially related to radio specific features; and
second radio feature parameters that are substantially related to system specific features; said method including, at a programming station that is coupled to said memory means, the steps of:
(A) reading at least some of said first and second radio feature parameters from said memory means;
(B) accessing a remote data base that stores data relating to said second radio feature parameters;
(C) providing information to said remote data base regarding desired changes to said second radio feature parameters;
(D) receiving approved changed second radio feature parameters from said remote data base;
(E) merging said approved changed second radio feature parameters with said first radio feature parameters;
(F) storing said merged parameters in said memory means.
3. A device for programming a radio that operates in a communication system, which radio includes:
memory means for storing:
first radio feature parameters that are related to radio specific features; and
second radio feature parameters that are related to system specific feat
computer means for controlling at least some radio features in response said first and second radio feature parameters;
said device comprising:
(A) first coupling means for coupling to said memory means;
(B) second coupling means for coupling to a remote central unit;
(C) programming means for connecting to said first and second coupling means, for:
reading said first and second radio feature parameters in said memory means;
changing at least some of said first radio feature parameters without input from said remote central unit;
receiving new second radio feature parameters from aid remote central unit;
storing said changed first radio feature parameters second said new second radio feature parameters in said memory means.
A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material that is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever.
This invention relates generally to the programming and servicing of two-way radios.
Two-way radios are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Many such radios now realize many operating functions and features through provision of an on-board microprocessor For example, some models of the Spectra radio, manufactured by Motorola, Inc., do not include any internal adjustable components such as potentiometers or coils. Instead, all RF and signaling parameters are controlled by an on-board microprocessor. These increasingly sophisticated radios have given rise to a concurrent need for a similarly sophisticated means of both initially programming such radios for intended service, and of servicing or reprogramming the radio in a service shop.
At the same time, however, certain radio functions are not properly controlled at the service shop or user level. For example, certain parameters that relate to the operation of trunked radios are best maintained and controlled from a single central site. Since this central site will usually maintain such information for a number of systems, the central site will likely be remote with respect to the radio that requires servicing. In the past, therefore, when system configuration changes were required, the entire code plug contents for the radio were down-loaded via modem from the central site and then programmed into the radio.
The above process presents a number of problems. For example, this approach requires the central site to maintain many parameters that are not critical to the system. This can become a significant burden. Also, as the number of parameters stored in the radio's memory increases, the telephone line connect time required to down-load each new configuration increases as well. This represents both a time and cost issue. Further, as radios become more complex (as described above), many of the radio's parameters are not available to the central site, thereby rendering the prior art approach inapplicable.
A need therefore exists for a radio programming device that can access a remote database for system critical information, and integrate that information into a radio in conjunction with other on-site programmable information.
These and other needs are substantially met through provision of the radio programming device disclosed herein.
This device is intended for use with two-way radios that have a memory for storing at least some radio control parameters, and an internal computer for controlling at least some radio control functions as a function of the stored parameters.
The device includes an appropriate coupling mechanism to allow access to at least the memory in the radio, and a programming station for communicating with the radio via the coupling mechanism. The programming station allows an operator to access the memory and read the radio control parameters that are stored therein, to change these radio control parameters, and to store the changed and unchanged radio control parameters in the radio's memory, such that future use of the radio will be governed by the newly stored parameters.
In another embodiment of the invention, the programming station can also read, change, and store certain radio feature parameters that may also be stored in the memory of the radio.
In yet another embodiment, the programming station can receive new radio feature parameters that are maintained at a remote central unit, and combine that new information with other radio control and radio feature parameters in an integrated form, and store the composite information in the memory of the radio.
FIG. 1 comprises a block diagram depiction of the invention as coupled to a two-way radio;
FIG. 2 comprises a depiction of a main menu as presented at the programming station;
FIG. 3 comprises a diagrammatic representation of the functional capabilities of the programming station;
FIG. 4 comprises the trunking configuration menu as presented at station;
FIG. 5 comprises the get/save menu screen as presented at the programming station; and
FIG. 6 comprises a representation of the TCMS code plug update screen.
Referring now to FIG. 1, the programming station, depicted generally by the numeral 10, operates in conjunction with an appropriate two-way radio (11). The radio (11) connects to an appropriate power source (12) and the programming station (10) couples to the radio (11) through an appropriate coupling mechanism; in this case, a radio interface box (13). Each of these components will now be described in more detail in seriatim fashion.
The radio (11) may be, for example, a Spectra two-way land mobile radio as manufactured and sold by Motorola, Inc. Such a radio has an internal microprocessor for controlling its radio control functions and its radio feature functions. (As used herein, "radio control functions" refers to radio specific performance parameters, such as deviation, reference oscillator, transmit power, signaling deviation, and so forth. "Radio feature functions" refers to both user specific and system specific features, such as trunking system data, IDs, channel scan lists, telephone interconnect data, call number lists, and so forth.)
The microprocessor in the radio communicates with other devices within the radio and external to the radio on a serial bus. The radio interface box (13) functions to level shift the RS232 voltage level signals that are output and received by the programming station (10) to an appropriate signal level that is compatible with the radio's serial bus interface.
The radio interface box (13) may be provided through use of Part No. 01-80353A74. The cable between the radio interface box (13) and the radio (11) may be provided through use of Part No. 30-80369B73. The cable between the radio interface box (13) and the programming station (10) may be provided through use of a Part No. 30-80369B71. All Of the above noted parts are manufactured and sold by Motorola, Inc.
The programming station (10) can be comprised of an IBM personal computer or compatible (14), which includes at least one RS232 port, 512K RAM, and a DOS 3.0 operating system. In addition, at least one disk drive (16), a keyboard (17), a display screen for displaying alphanumeric information (18), a printer (19), and a modem (20) should be provided.
Referring now to FIG. 2, most actions of the programming station (10) are controlled through the use of formatted screen displays and the function keys ordinarily found on the keyboard (17) (i.e., F1-F10). In general, all screens provided at the programming station (10) use an identical format, with the screen being divided into four dedicated sections. The first dedicated section comprises a box (21) in the upper left hand corner. This box (21) displays the radio's trademark (in this case, "Spectra"), along with the model number (or other radio type indicia) of the radio as read from the radio's memory (the model number is not displayed in FIG. 2 but can be seen in FIG. 4).
The second dedicated section comprises a box in the upper right hand corner (22) that displays an indication of a generic type of input that the programming station (10) expects at that time from the user. For example, as depicted in FIG. 2, the words "Select Function Key F1-F10" instruct the operator that one of the indicated function keys must be actuated to select a desired operation. Also, error messages and data entry errors are displayed in this box (22) when necessary.
The third dedicated section comprises a large center box (23) that contains menu descriptions or data entry fields, depending upon the function currently in progress. FIG. 2 displays the main menu in this section. The main menu indicates the other functions that can be accessed through use of the function keys.
Finally, the fourth dedicated section comprises an area at the bottom (24) of the display screen. This section (24) provides an abbreviated indication of each function key operation. In general, the location of the display indicia coincides with the general location of the function keys themselves as an additional aid to the operator.
With reference to FIG. 3, the programming station (10) provides screens and functions organized as depicted The system will not allow an operator to randomly jump from one screen or function to another. Instead, the operator must move up and down the branches by using the menu screens and function keys in an appropriate manner. For example, pushing the F1 function key will provide a help function (26) which in turn leads to various other help options, including "more help" (27) and "keyboard help" (28). The help options provide helpful supplemental information regarding the operation of the programming station (10) to the user.
In addition to the help function (26), the main menu (20) provides access to an initial setup function (29) and an exit routine (31). The main menu (20) also allows access to four important service and programming menus: service (32), get/save (33), change/view (34), and print (36). (Additional information regarding the service function (32), the get/save (33) function and the print function (36) can be found in copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/175,361 filed on Mar. 30, 1988 and entitled Radio Component Replacement/Programming Device, Ser. No. 07/175003 filed on Mar. 30, 1988 and entitled Radio Alignment/Programming Device, and Ser. No. 07/175,084 filed on Mar. 30, 1988 and entitled Radio Programming Device, which applications are incorporated herein by this reference.)
In general, the service function (32) comprises a multilevel menu routine that supports radio alignment, advanced alignment, board replacement, and service aids functions. All service screens access the memory in the radio directly, and it is not necessary to read the radio's memory via the get/save function (33) before using the service screens. All service screens use the same four dedicated screen sections described earlier.
The get/save function (33) generally functions to read radio control and radio feature parameters as stored in a radio's memory, and to obtain achieved parameter information from a diskette or hard disk. However obtained, the change/view function (34) can then be used to edit the parameter information. The get/save function (33) also operates to write modified parameter information into the radio's memory, or to save the modified parameters to an archive file on a diskette or hard disk.
Finally, the print function (36) allows production of permanent records of parameter configurations.
With reference to FIG. 4, the trunking configuration menu as depicted therein can be obtained by selecting the appropriate function key from the change/view menu (34). The trunking configuration menu allows the user to view and/or change parameters that relate to radio feature functions, such as trunking personality and system parameters.
Many personality and system parameters can only be changed through access to a remote central unit, such as a trunking code management system (TCMS). Other parameters can be changed on-site directly from the programming station (10). For example, with reference to Table 1 set forth below, various parameters that relate to personality, personality options, system, system scan options, and phone menu are represented in conjunction with a code. This code indicates whether the parameter can be viewed-only by the programming station (10) unless access is made to the remote central unit ("V"), or whether the parameter can be both viewed and changed with access only to the programming station (10) ("C").
TABLE 1______________________________________PERSONALITY SYSTEMFailsoft V Connect Tone VPhone Enable C Control Channel VPrivate Call Enable C Individual ID VPrivate Call List C System ID VSystem # VSystem Scan Enable C SYSTEM SCAN OPTIONSSystem Scan List C Cntrl Channel Monitor CTime Out Timer C Failsoft Monitor CUser Group ID V Nuisance Delete Enable C Rx Hang Time CPERSONALITY Tx Hang Time COPTIONSISW Retry Timer CTalk Back Scan Enable C PHONE MENUTalk Permit Tone C Phone List Names CTrunking Type V Phone Numbers C______________________________________
From the depicted trunking configuration menu, the F3 function key can be selected to view and change radio feature parameters such as personality and personality options as listed in Table 1. Selection of the F5 function key allows system options to be viewed only. Changes to these system options requires accessing the remote central unit, and that procedure will be described below in more detail. The F6 function key allows the user to both view and change system scan options, thereby allowing the user to easily customize these radio feature parameters. Finally, selection of the F7 function key allows the user to view and change phone list parameters. This allows the user to enter preprogrammed telephone interconnect numbers and names that are associated with each number in the list.
As indicated above, not all radio feature parameters can be changed on-site with access only to the programming station (10). Many of these parameters, particularly the ones relevant to operation and behavior of the radio within a system context, should only be changed with the permission of a remote central unit that has responsibility for the programming of similar parameters for all radios operating within the system. Therefore, to change these parameters, the remote central unit must be accessed
Through use of the programming station (10), appropriate software (such as the on-line field programming software sold by Motorola, Inc. as Part No. RVN4004A), and the modem (20) associated therewith, the remote central unit can be accessed in a normal and usual manner. An indication of the desired radio feature parameter changes can then be provided to the remote central unit. Importantly, it is not necessary to inform the remote central unit of all proposed parameter changes; only those parameters that should only be changed with permission of the remote central unit need be provided in this way.
The remote central unit can then approve the changes by down-loading an appropriate file to the programming station (10), which file includes the new radio feature parameter information. Again, this new information need not include all radio control and radio feature parameters. Instead, only those parameters that should only be changed through access to the remote central unit need be down-loaded.
The get/save function (33) can then be used to either read current parameter data from the radio (through selection of the F2 function key) or to obtain parameter information as stored in an archive file (through selection of the F3 function key).
Next, the user can select the F4 function key from the get/save menu to initiate the get TCMS function. The programming station (10) will then review its files to locate the above noted down-loaded file from the remote central unit, and present the relevant information on an update screen as depicted in FIG. 6. The F8 function key can then be selected from this screen to cause the updated radio feature parameter information to be merged with other parameters (which may be either changed or unchanged) and down-loaded to and stored in the radio.
In this way, radio feature parameters that are both changeable directly from the programming station (10) and those that are changeable only through access to the remote central unit can be merged and programmed into the radio with a minimum requirement for connect time to the remote central unit and a minimum burden being placed upon the remote central unit to maintain records regarding all parameters of the radio.
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UTEP Tennis Falls to San Jose State
Jan. 26, 2013
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The UTEP Tennis team fell to San Jose State, 6-1, in the Miners' second match on the West Coast at the Spartan Tennis Complex on Saturday.
Junior Rebeca Calvillo captured the Miners lone singles win against Sabastian Leon Chao, 6-4, 6-0, at No. 2 while the team of fellow classmates Marie Leblond and Gabi Vazquez won their doubles match, 8-3, at No. 2.
The Miners (1-1) will face the University of San Francisco tomorrow (11 a.m. MT).
Singles competition
1. Klaudia Boczova (SJSU) def. Martina Trierweiler (UTEP) 6-0, 6-3
2. Rebeca Calvillo(UTEP) def. Sabastian Leon Chao (SJSU) 6-4, 6-0
3. Chau Truong (SJSU) def. Marie Leblond(UTEP) 6-3, 6-1
4. Erica Medlin (SJSU) def. Gabi Vazquez(UTEP) 6-3, 6-3
5. Julianna Bacelar (SJSU) def. Jamie-Leigh Michau(UTEP) 6-4, 6-1
6. Jessica Willett (SJSU) def. Matilda Rose Tench(UTEP) 6-4, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Klaudia Boczova/Sabastian Leon Chao (SJSU) def. Martina Trierweiler/Rebeca Calvillo (UTEP) 8-7
2. Marie LeBlond/Gabi Vazquez (UTEP) def. Erica Medlin/Amber Walker (SJSU) 8-3
3. Jessica Willett/Julianna Bacelar (SJSU) def. Matilda Rose Tench/Jaime-Leigh Michau (UTEP) 8-1


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Anti-violence vigil disrupted; four people shot
CHARLOTTE — Four people were shot and wounded when gunfire broke out at an anti-violence vigil near downtown Charlotte, police said.
Mothers of Murdered Offspring sponsored the Thursday night vigil, calling attention to the death of a man who police say was fatally shot when he allegedly tried to rob a convenience store.
A statement from police says officers were called by someone at the vigil who said a person pulled a gun and began firing at people.
Officers found no one shot at the scene but learned that each victim had called for help from a different location after the crowd scattered.
As of Friday afternoon, there had been no arrests in the case. Police announced they were offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of a suspect.
The vigil shootings were the latest to plague North Carolina's largest city. Between Aug. 29 and Sept. 5, five people were shot and killed in Charlotte, three of them last Sunday.
A statement from police on Friday said an intruder shot when he and another person kicked in the door of a home died at a local hospital. The victim was identified as 17-year-old Jamal Antonio Haynes.
Authorities said Haynes was taken to Carolinas Medical Center after he was shot in the home Thursday evening. The search continues for the second intruder, police said.


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The United States still lacks an effective strategy to prevent or counter the potential loss or diversion of a weapon of mass destruction somewhere in the world, according to a senior Defense Department official.
Several recent Pentagon exercises demonstrated "that our capabilities in this regard have some serious gaps," John Harvey, principal deputy to the assistant Defense secretary for nuclear and chemical and biological defense programs, said on Friday. "A critical gap is that we do not have a systematic approach to achieve what we call in the Department of Defense 'situational awareness' for the combat commands regarding" unconventional weapons.
That enhanced insight into ongoing developments in a particular military theater "is not the broad-area, ground, or maritime surveillance that would be critical once an asset has been lost for days or weeks, assuming we knew it were lost," he added at a breakfast event on Capitol Hill. "While that's important, we want to get our arms around the problem as close to the point of prevention of loss as we can."
The solution, in part, calls for increased intelligence in a number of areas, according to Harvey, including: the state of nations' WMD programs; terrorists' interest in those efforts; existing proliferation networks; national proliferation activities; and the security status of WMD facilities, including possible threats and vulnerabilities. Also key would be continued engagement on enhancing weapons security and ongoing threat-reduction programs with other nations, he said.
"All of these things basically answer the question of what's going on in anything having to do with WMD" in the regions covered by U.S. Central Command and the nine other combat commands, Harvey told the audience.
He said a new Pentagon program designed to address some of those concerns is slated to begin in the next fiscal year.
The United States has long been concerned that another nation's WMD materials might go missing or be acquired by terrorists. Washington has used programs such as the Pentagon's Cooperative Threat Reduction initiative to secure or eliminate nuclear and other WMD materials in the former Soviet Union and beyond.
President Obama has identified countering WMD threats as a top national security goal. Last year the administration released a National Security Strategy that described nuclear weapons and other unconventional arms as the "gravest danger to the American people and global security."
In addition, the administration's 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review addressed the need for WMD response forces. The Pentagon last year announced it would establish 10 National Guard domestic units assigned to that mission. The forces are intended to conduct quick responses to attacks involving chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and large-explosive devices.
"The idea of preventing loss of control is not how our military typically thinks," Harvey told Global Security Newswire after the event. "What they think is, if it's lost, tell me where it is, I'll go get it, I'll kill the people who have it, and I'll make sure they don't set it off. But we've got to get to the left of that, if you know what I mean."
Pentagon officials want combatant commands to possess a better day-to-day picture of the security of warheads and other dangerous materials, including chemical and biological agents, in their respective theaters, Harvey told the audience.
He did not discuss specific commands, which cover various regions around the globe. The U.S. Central Command, for example, has an "area of responsibility" that encompasses North Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East, including Syria, which is suspected of holding a sizable arsenal of chemical weapons, and Pakistan, which remains subject to concerns regarding the security of its nuclear arsenal.
In addition, the department wants to ensure the commands "have the earliest possible indication of a change in status" of those materials, including any tips of unusual activity by people working on WMD programs to head off insider threats, he said.
He noted that the response to a potential loss of an unconventional weapon might not involve U.S. military forces. Instead, the command could share intelligence with the host country's military or police and have them follow up or, if a weapon is in transit, pass coordinates to local officials or allies in neighboring theaters.
The new worldwide approach would need to draw data from classified and open-source information from inside the intelligence community as well as other areas, according to Harvey.
"It's more than intelligence," he said. "It's knowledge."
Harvey offered a "broad-based plan" for addressing potential WMD vulnerabilities, said Rick Nelson, director of the Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
"But going forward, it will be important to conduct any strategy-formulation process with as much interagency participation as possible, so as to limit the possibility of a plan that leaves out important issues," he told GSN by e-mail.
Harvey touted the creation of a new Pentagon effort, dubbed Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Systems, aimed to give combat commands the additional insight needed to prevent or defeat a catastrophic attack.
The newly minted effort would receive roughly $7.8 million in the next fiscal year, slated to begin October 1, budget documents show. Funding would increase in subsequent budgets, settling around $69 million in 2015 and 2016.
"This program addresses developing an integrated and interconnected CWMD capabilities-based system that defines and enables a comprehensive CWMD steady-state and surge posture," the budget item justification states. The text does not offer specific details.
"We fought really hard within the department to get this funded," Harvey told GSN, adding that he and other Pentagon officials recently visited Capitol Hill to speak about the program with staff from the respective appropriations committees.
"We see this as an opportunity to begin to put together the pieces of what I would call a CWMD systems architecture, and a CWMD concept of operations, and to start thinking about what we need to do to improve the capabilities of that architecture," he said.
Nelson warned that "ensuring consistent and continued funding for CWMD will prove challenging given the likely budget cuts or freezes facing DOD and other federal departments.
"That said, the language describing CWMD is encouraging in that it builds on the idea, which is gaining more and more currency in Washington, that most successful initiatives will require interdepartmental and interagency coordination," he stated. "There are very few single agency problems and even fewer single agency solutions."


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Countless DVDs are piled high in stacks in the living room of Rockwell Knuckles' north St. Louis apartment. Everything from A Clockwork Orange to Pretty in Pink is strewn around the TV set.
Across the room, clad in a crimson bathrobe, jeans and a T-shirt, Knuckles is seated cross-legged on his couch. The combination of his black horn-rimmed glasses and the way the robe drapes over his legs is vaguely monkish. If he grew an Afro and a goatee, he could pass for a young Spike Lee.
To him, even the most trivial films contain life lessons. At the moment he's citing one of his favorites, The Breakfast Club.
"Every movie is a riddle, man," Knuckles says animatedly. "Take The Breakfast Club. It's a movie all about people sitting in one room — which is amazing in itself — and everybody's already got an assumption about what the other person's about. They go in and go at it and go at it, and then right at the end they all get blowed and realize, 'Damn. We all the same motherfuckin' person.'"
An aspiring rapper, Rockwell applies the same acerbic wit and insight to his music, often dropping allusions to his favorite films into his verses. In one song, battling internal demons becomes, "One thing's for certain, one day everybody must face their own personal Tyler Durden."
True. At age 25 Knuckles is living his own version of Fight Club: He loves music but hates the music business. He self-released his first solo album, Northside Phenomenon, in November of last year but has done little to promote it. He says he's fed up with the rampant materialism of the rap record industry and the insular St. Louis hip-hop scene.
"[People] act fake and all chummy and shit with somebody they never hang out with, never planned on hanging out with, until they found out that that person could do something for them," Knuckles says, betraying a speaking voice several octaves higher than the booming one with which he sings. "I think that's cowardly and pathetic. But that's how it is. That's 'the business.' I don't wanna kiss nobody's ass. If I'm talented and you know I'm talented, then what's the point of me doing all that?"
He's not alone in his principles. Knuckles is part of a new wave of St. Louis-bred independent hip-hop producers and emcees, most of whom cut their teeth performing at the now-defunct Hi-Pointe Café. Their music is defined by innovative beats and clever wordplay — a stark contrast to the "ringtone rap" that pervades the city's clubs and radio airwaves. Knuckles' album is a unique blend of heavy hip-hop bass lines, rock guitar and jazz horns — imagine equal parts Lupe Fiasco, Notorious B.I.G. and the Beatles.
A handful of local artists have found recognition and critical acclaim by moving away from St. Louis. The majority are, like Knuckles, left struggling to find the formula for success in their hometown.
Sunlight pours through the plate-glass windows of the Loft, a nightclub on Olive Street in midtown. The club is half full of hip-hop emcees, DJs, managers, and promoters all mingling. They're on hand for a semifinal round of Koch Madness, a contest sponsored by local rap radio station Hot 104.1 (WHHL-FM).
A marketing promotion, the contest is essentially a St. Louis hip-hop version of American Idol. Each rapper is allotted three minutes to perform any original song of his choosing. A panel of three judges grades them on appearance, stage presence and song quality and decides who advances to the next round. The winner, to be crowned March 2, gets a single released on Koch Records and $1,000. More than 200 wannabe rappers turned out for the first two rounds. This day, eight will compete for one spot in the final four.
Knuckles, a semifinalist himself, is slated to perform in a later semifinal event, but he's on hand tonight to survey his competition. At the moment he doesn't look disgusted with the requisite networking/hustling that goes on at such events. Friends and associates pass by, exchanging greetings and handshakes. They talk shop.
One, the CEO of a local music marketing agency and an old friend, is surprised to learn that Knuckles released a disc in November. "Man, you have to promote that more," he admonishes.
Rockwell explains sheepishly that the man can download the record on the Internet, and adds, "I don't have the funds right now [to market it]."
"All it takes is a phone call," comes the reply.
Knuckles says he entered the competition on a whim, after hearing about it from a friend. He likes the fact that Koch is a respected independent label, and he could use the cash. And, of course, it's a chance to get his music heard — even if it means playing the game on someone else's terms.
"I don't want to be the dumbass that's just sitting there doing nothing," he says. "People are like, 'Oh man, if you do this and this it'll work,' and I'm not doing anything, because of my principles. It's not me not believing in my principles, because I do. It's just a lot of people who stand on pride end up with nothing.
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New Mexico Men's Soccer vs. Florida Atlantic
Saturday, October 19 – 1 p.m. (MT)
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The University of New Mexico Lobos' showdown on Saturday afternoon will be their 13th match of their 17-match regular season schedule. New Mexico is 7-3-2 to this point, and they are the leaders of Conference USA with a record 3-0-1 in C-USA. As Head Coach Jeremy Fishbein wrote in his weekly "FishBlog", the Cherry & Silver are "finding their form".
Last Time Out
The Lobos are coming off a thrilling 2-1 overtime victory over Florida International last weekend at the UNM Soccer Complex. UNM got on the board first thanks to Christopher Wehan's first career goal and won the match in overtime with a goal from James Rogers. Florida Atlantic will be the second opponent in as many weeks making their first-ever trip to the UNM Soccer Complex, which ranks annually in the NCAA's top ten in attendance.
Reigning Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week
New Mexico goalkeeper Michael Lisch was named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week. The senior keeper recorded a pair of wins for the Lobos who seized first place in the C-USA standings.
Lisch began his week with a shutout against Tulsa in the NSCAA's "National Game of the Week". He recorded a pair of saves in his conference-leading fifth shutout of the season. During the 1-0 win at nationally-ranked Tulsa, Lisch pushed his scoreless streak to 306 consecutive minutes without conceding a goal.
He and the Lobos would post another conference win with a 2-1 decision over Florida International in overtime. While he did concede a goal, FIU's lone score is the only goal given up by Lisch in his last 404 minutes between the pipes.
RPI on the Rise
In the last two weeks, the NCAA has released their first pair of RPI rankings. The Lobos came in 16th going into the FIU match, and they are now 14th in the nation in RPI. The RPI rankings are one of the key factors considered by the NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament Selection committee at the end of the season.
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The Lobos' last two victories, wins at Tulsa and over Florida International, have come in the first two career starts for redshirt freshman Chris Gurule. The defender helped post a shutout at Tulsa, which included him being credited for a team save. He was this week's guest on Coach Fishbein's weekly show "Fish Off The Pitch".
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Saturday afternoon's match against Florida Atlantic at 1 p.m. (MT) falls during the pregame festivities of Lobo Football's home game later that day. Because the parking lots used for soccer matches are tailgating lots designated for football and open for tailgating that day, parking at Saturday afternoon's soccer match will cost $10. This is the normal cost for tailgating in the lots on football game days. Fans who pay to park for soccer can stay and use their spot for pregame festivities for the Lobo Football game at 7 p.m. versus Utah State. Please plan and carpool accordingly and we appreciate your understanding with this.


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Unemployment fell by 121,000 to 2.12 million between March and May, official figures showed.
The number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance last month fell by 36,300 to 1.04 million, said the Office for National Statistics.
Average earnings increased by 0.3% in the year to May, 0.5% down on the previous month.
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The TUC have said that a poll of more than 1,600 adults showed that most were opposed to the five-week wait for benefits
TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said:
Making people who have contributed all their lives wait five weeks before receiving any help is both cruel and vindictive.
Just as with the bedroom tax, it shows that ministers are desperately out of touch with the lives of ordinary people.
People who lose their jobs need to be concentrating on looking for a new one, not worrying about whether they have enough money to pay the mortgage, keep up with their rent or feed their children.
The five-week wait is yet another ill-thought out idea and should be enough to send the whole policy back to the drawing board.
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Recently unemployed adults may have to wait five weeks before they get any benefit payments, according to a new report.
The report, published ahead of the latest unemployment figures, said the new five-week wait will apply to anyone making a fresh claim for social security benefits.
The union organisation said it was a "new and deliberate delay" which could distract new claimants from looking for work and drive them into the hands of payday loan firms.
Private school pupils 'earn £200,000 more'
Children educated at private school are likely to earn almost £200,000 more over the course of their career than their counterparts in the state system, new research suggests.
A study by the Social Market Foundation found that between the ages of 26 and 42 a privately educated person will earn approximately £193,700 more on average than someone who went to state school.
The difference means an average private school pupil will earn 43% more than their state school peers by the age of 34, although this falls slightly to 34% by the aged of 42.
Labour: Employees 'over £1,600 a year worse off'
A fall in the number of people unemployed is welcome, but people are now "worse off than when David Cameron came to office," says Shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves.
The comments come as the Office for National Statistics released its latest figures on UK unemployment numbers.
While this fall in overall unemployment is welcome, working people are over £1,600 a year worse off than when David Cameron came to office and pay has fallen behind inflation.
Thousands of people who work hard are struggling to make ends meet because of the Government's failure to tackle the cost-of-living crisis and make work pay.
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Despite climbing figures in those in employment "workers are still not getting pay rises" says the general secretary of the Trade Union Council, Frances O'Grady.
He said: "Pay packets have nosedived since the Government prematurely declared an end to Britain's cost-of-living crisis last month.
"It's great that more people are joining the workforce but hugely worrying that workers are still not getting the decent pay rises they need to get by."
The comments come as the Office for National Statistics released its latest figures on UK employment numbers.
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Employment minister Esther McVey has welcomed the latest figures on employment by the Office for National Statistics:
As we build a stronger economy, businesses up and down the country are feeling increasingly confident about creating jobs
Many thousands more people are in work every day - ensuring a better future for them, their families, and for the country as a whole.
Unemployment '500k higher' than before financial crisis
Unemployment numbers have fallen by 347,000 from a year ago, but those still out of work is estimated at "around 500,000 higher" than before the financial crisis.
ITV News Business Editor Joel Hills reports:
Number of people employed in public sector (5.4m) has fallen by 280,000 in last year. Number employed in private sector up 1m to 25.1m.
2.16 million people are unemployed in UK. Down 347,000 on a year ago but around 500,000 higher than before financial crisis began.
Unemployment numbers fell by 161,000 between February and April to 2.16 million, official figures by the Office for National Statistics showed today.
Cameron: 'Record rise in employment' after latest figures
Prime Minister David Cameron has tweeted that more people will have a "brighter future" after employment numbers were released by the Office for National Statistics:
A record rise in employment for last 3 months. 5500 more people in work each day. All with the security of a pay packet and brighter future.
Today we reached a major milestone in our #LongTermEconomicPlan: 2 million new private sector jobs since 2010. More security for people.
Average earnings slows despite record employment
The average earnings for employees has increased by 0.7% in the year to April, meaning the growth of workers pay has slowed 1.7% in the previous month, the Office for National Statistics have said.
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A removable cartridge that is used in combination with a liquid drug infusion apparatus that comprises a housing that defines an inlet and outlet and has a recess for receiving the cartridge, a confined flow passageway extending between the inlet and outlet, and a conduit extending from the outlet to the infusion site. The removable cartridge includes: a hollow shell that fits within the recess, is adapted to contain the liquid drug, and has an outlet that is adapted to communicate with the inlet of the housing and the drug contained within the shell; pressure means within the shell that maintains a constant, positive pressure on the drug; and lock means on the shell that engages the housing to reversibly lock the cartridge within the recess.
1. A removable cartridge for use in combination with a liquid drug infusion apparatus that is worn by a patient comprising:
(a) hollow shell means having a liquid drug outlet port;
(b) a collapsible liquid drug container housed within the shell means, the interior of the container being connected to the liquid drug outlet port of the shell means;
(c) a valve in said liquid drug outlet port that is normally closed when the cartridge is not in combination with the liquid drug infusion apparatus and is normally open when the cartridge is in combination with the liquid drug infusion apparatus;
(d) pressure means within the shell means for maintaining a substantially constant positive pressure on the liquid drug within the container;
(e) means for indicating the volume of liquid drug within the container comprising a visible indicator on said container and a visible volume scale on said shell, the indicator being adapted to move relative to the scale as the container collapses whereby the indicator cooperates with the scale to indicate said volume; and
(f) lock means on the exterior of the shell means for reversibly interlocking the cartridge to the drug infusion apparatus.
2. The cartridge of claim 1, wherein said collapsible liquid drug container has a bellows configuration.
3. The cartridge of claim 1, wherein said collapsible liquid drug container is an elastomeric, axially and radially distensible bladder.
4. The cartridge of claim 3 wherein the pressure means is the elastic force inherent in the walls of the bladder.
5. The cartridge of claim 1 wherein the pressure means is a portion of liquid that has a vapor pressure greater than atmospheric pressure at the temperature at which the cartridge is used.
This application is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 576,844 filed May 12, 1975 and since abandoned which in turn is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 439,137 filed Feb. 4, 1974, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,895,631.
1. Field of the Invention
The invention is a removable cartridge for use in combination with a liquid infusion apparatus that may be used to infuse liquid drug continuously into a patient.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Assemblies that hold liquid and are adapted to be detachably connected to an infusion system and provide the source of liquid to be infused are known. Generally, there are two types of assemblies: those that are affixed directly to an end of the infusion system such as the assemblies described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,703,084 and 3,486,539; and those that are remotely connected to the system by a conduit, such as the assemblies described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,451,393 and 3,731,679.
The invention is a removable, replaceable, cartridge adapted to hold liquid drug and to be used in combination with a particular infusion apparatus.
The infusion apparatus comprises: a housing that defines an inlet port and an outlet port and that has a recess for receiving the cartridge, a flow passageway confined within the housing extending between the inlet port and the outlet port; and a conduit connected to the outlet port and extending therefrom to the infusion site. The housing will normally be adapted to be removably affixed to a patient, but it may alternatively be adapted to be affixed to the patient's bed, bedside stand or the like. There will also normally be a flow control element within the flow passageway.
The cartridge comprises: a hollow shell that is adapted to fit within the recess in the infusion apparatus housing, is adapted to contain the liquid drug, and has an outlet that is adapted to communicate with the inlet port of the infusion apparatus housing to permit the liquid drug to flow from within the shell into the flow passageway within the housing; pressure means within the shell for maintaining a substantially constant, positive pressure on the liquid drug within the shell; and lock means on the shell for engaging the housing to reversibly lock the cartridge within the recess in the infusion apparatus housing.
Preferred embodiments of the cartridge have a shell whose exterior surface forms a substantially unbroken, smooth surface with the exterior surface of the housing when the cartridge is locked within the housing recess. They also include: a collapsible container that is housed in the shell whose interior contains the liquid drug and is connected to the shell outlet and that collapses in response to the pressure generated by the pressure means; and a valve in the shell outlet that is normally closed when the cartridge is not locked within the recess and is opened by the communication with the inlet port of the housing when the cartridge is locked within the recess.
In particularly preferred embodiments, the collapsible container is an elastomeric, axially and radially distensible bladder, the elastic force is the walls of which comprise the pressure means. Such embodiments also include means for indicating the volume of liquid drug in the bladder and a visible volume scale on the shell. The position of the indicator relative to the scale as the former moves relative to the latter as the bladder is inflated or deflated indicates said volume.
As used herein and in the claims, the term "liquid drug" includes drugs that are liquid in their natural form, solutions of drugs and other liquid formulations of drugs.
In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is an exploded, dimetric view of one embodiment of the infusion apparatus with a portion of the cartridge broken away;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the apparatus of FIG. 1 with certain parts broken away and certain parts shown in section;
FIG. 3 is an exploded, dimetric view of another embodiment of the infusion apparatus with a portion of the housing broken away;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged top, plan, sectional view of the cartridge of the apparatus of FIG. 3 and a portion of the apparatus that mates with the cartridge; and
FIGS. 5-8 are sectional views of alternative cartridges to the cartridge of FIG. 4. A portion of the cartridge of FIG. 5 is broken away and a portion of the cartridge of FIG. 8 is shown schematically.
The embodiment of the infusion apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 includes a main housing 10 having a generally rectangular support base 11 upon which are mounted the various sub-assemblies comprising the complete apparatus. Support base 11 is preferably slightly curved to conform the curvature of either a particular portion of the torso of a patient or an extremity such as an arm or a leg. The apparatus is particularly well suited for use on the arm or leg of a patient, and in order to maintain it in position thereon, it is equipped with suitable attaching means (not shown), such as a pair of adjustable elastic bands affixed to the underside of base 11; plastic or metallic clips or bracelets; belts or straps provided with cloth fasteners, zippers, or buckles; or elastic or inelastic ties or adhesive tapes.
Mounted on support base 11 are two spaced, elongated housing sections 12 and 13 each having a generally triangular cross section as shown in FIG. 1. Section 13 is defined by a generally flat, upright interior wall 14, an outwardly and downwardly inclined floor 15, and a generally flat inclined outer wall 16. The end of section 13, to the left as seen in FIG. 1, is closed by a wall 17 whose periphery joins with walls 14, 16 and the support base 11.
Section 12 has along its inner side a generally upright wall 18 that extends from support base 11 to the upper edge of a flat, inclined outer wall 19 that joins base 11 along its longitudinal edge. The left end of section 12, as seen in FIG. 1, is closed by an upright wall 20, with the opposite end of section 12 open and recessed from the edge of support base 11 in a manner similar to that of section 13. A convex wall 23 of generally triangular configuration has a smoothly rounded, inwardly directed flange formed about its upper periphery and closes the right end of the apparatus by joining wall 16 and 19 with support base 11.
A locking lever 24 is journalled at an end 25 for pivotal rotation about a pin 26 protruding inwardly from wall 18 of section 12. End 25 further supports a flange 27 for cooperative engagement with a protrusion (not shown) on wall 18 so as to limit the degree of upward swing of lever 24 away from support base 11. The other end 28 of lever 24 carries a downwardly extending, generally flat plate 29. A locking tang 30 protrudes laterally below the bottom edge of plate 29 for cooperative engagement with an aperture 33 in support base 11. Lever 24 also has a generally triangular, curved outer wall 34 that acts as a handle and is shaped such that lever 24, when in a closed or locked position, is contiguous at its outer surface boundaries with the outer surfaces of section 12.
As seen in FIG. 2, there is a fluid flow passageway confined within the right end of the apparatus. The inlet to the passageway is defined by a hollow, needle-like profusion 36. The hollow of protrusion 36 feeds into a chamber 37 defined by a housing element 35. Spaced from the left wall of chamber 37 by an O-ring 38 is a filter assembly 39 consisting of one or more filters designed to retain small particles or sediment and bacteria and preclude the passage of the same through the downstream portions of the flow control assembly.
Downstream of filter assembly 39 is a flow passage 40 defined by a groove in the outer wall of element 35 and a flat plate 43 attached thereover. Passage 40 extends through an elbow 44 in element 35 and diverges outwardly to provide an interior chamber 45. It is noted that element 35 is constructed so as to join with base 11, the edge of end wall 23, and walls 14 and 18 at the right ends of sections 12 and 13. Element 35 thus functions as an end wall of the generally rectangular recess 46 on top of base 11 between sections 12 and 13 and closes off the compartment joining sections 12 and 13.
Chamber 45 feeds into two spaced, fluid carrying conduits 47 and 48, that are mounted on floor 15 and connected at one of their ends in fluid-tight engagement to chamber 45. An upstanding wall 65 extends longitudinally in the space between conduits 47 and 48. The opposite ends of conduits 47 and 48 are connected in fluid-tight engagement to a hollow connecting block 49 also mounted on floor 15. The hollow of connector block 49 is connected to one end of a flexible surgical tube 50 that extends through the bottom of the apparatus to the exterior thereof. The other end of tube 50 is connected with a catheter or needle (not shown) for infusion of the liquid drug to a patient.
Conduit 47 taken together with wedges 54, 57 comprise a fluid flow control such as is described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,031,600 issued Aug. 27, 1974. Briefly, conduit 47 contains a plurality of axially aligned fibers (not shown) that occupy a substantial portion of the space within conduit 47. Compression of conduit 47 between wedge 54 and wall 65 decreases the volume within conduit 47 available for fluid flow. Such compression is achieved via longitudinal movement of wedge 57 to the right, thereby displacing wedge 54 upwardly (as seen in FIG. 2) into engagement with conduit 47. Longitudinal movement of wedge 54 is prevented by upstanding stops 55, 56 mounted on floor 15. Longitudinal movement of wedge 57 may be accomplished by cooperative engagement between rack gear 58 on the left end of wedge 57 and a pinion gear tool (not shown) that is adapted to extend through aperture 64 in wall 16 and engage rack gear 58. A pointing arm 59 extends from the left end of rack gear 58 and has a scribed line for cooperation with a flow rate scale 60 on the outside of wall 16 (FIG. 1). Pointer 59 can be seen through an opening 63 in wall 16 and, since the longitudinal position of rack 58 determines the position of wedge 54 relative to conduit 47, indicates the flow rate setting of fluid being dispensed through the infusion apparatus.
Conduit 48 is a bypass of conduit 47. It may be used to bleed air from the flow passageway when the apparatus is initially prepared for use or to rapidly infuse the drug into the patient. This bypass mechanism is operated by a spring 53 that is adjacent to elbow 44 in floor 15 of section 13 and has at its distal end an offset, curved portion that engages conduit 48. Spring 53 exerts a biasing force against conduit 48 so as to pinch the same between its curved offset portion and the side of wall 65. Thus, spring 53 normally precludes the passage of fluid through conduit 48 and enables fluid flow therethrough only when it is lifted away from wall 65. Aperture 62 in wall 16 provides access to spring 53 to lift it away.
The removable cartridge of infusion apparatus 10 is best seen in FIG. 1. Cartridge assembly 66 is formed of left and right cartridge halves 67 and 68, respectively, has a generally rectangular cross section, and conforms to recess 46 between sections 12 and 13. The upper surfaces of halves 67 and 68 are slightly curved such that when the cartridge is placed in recess 46 and lever 24 is pivoted to its locked position, the overall apparatus has a substantially smooth, substantially unbroken, outer surface as shown in FIG. 1. Half 68 has an end wall 69 defining an aperture 70. Aligned over aperture 70 is a valve assembly 73 of a distensible, elastomeric fluid-containing bladder 74. Valve assembly 73 is attached to wall 69 in any suitable manner such as by means of clamps, bolts, or interlocking grooves (not shown).
The basic element of valve assembly 73 is a flat, resilient member 72 (FIG. 2) that is urged by the internal pressure within the bladder into a closed position in sealed engagement with wall 69 when the cartridge is removed from the apparatus, and into an open position (as in FIG. 2) by engagement with protrusion 36 when the cartridge is in position within recess 46.
The opposite end of bladder 74 defines an opening 75 having an annular flange 76. Aligned over opening 75 against the surface of flange 76 is a microfilter 77 which allows the passage of air but not fluid. Microfilter 77 is firmly clamped between flange 76 and the inner flat surface of a sliding spider 78 having a plurality of arms 79 extending radially from a central hub. Arms 79 are preferably engaged with the four inner corners of the rectangular shell provided by halves 67 and 68 of cartridge 66 such that the spider is freely slidable longitudinally within the shell. An aperture 80 extends completely through the central hub of spider 78 such that air passing through filter 77 may be expelled to the atmosphere. A generally L-shaped indicating arm 83 protrudes upwardly from the central hub of spider 78 and has a first leg that extends over a recessed path 84 longitudinally disposed along a central portion of half 67. A volume scale 85 is imprinted upon the upper surface of half 67 and cooperates with indicator arm 83 to indicate the volume of drug in the bladder 74.
Bladder 74 may be distended by the admission of fluid under pressure through valve 73 such that the bladder is axially and radially enlarged, as shown in FIG. 2, for storing the drug under pressure. As the drug is forced into bladder 74, the bladder becomes axially elongated such that spider 78 slides toward the end away from the valve 73, with pointer 83 indicating the volume of drug admitted on scale 85. In addition, since bladder 74 is supported between valve assembly 73 attached to wall 69 of cartridge 66 and the spider 78, the same is at all times spaced from the inner walls of halves 67, 68 to allow precise delivery of the entire contents of the bladder with minimal frictional interference. Furthermore, the distensible elastic wall of bladder 74 is constructed so that it distends radially only to approximately the inner dimensions of the cartridge 66. Therefore, even when fully distended, it does not engage the inner walls of halves 67, 68. The elastic force inherent in the walls of bladder 74 provides a constant pressure on the liquid drug of sufficient magnitude to deflate the bladder and infuse the drug into the patient at a desired flow rate.
Three pins, one designated 86, the second designated 87, and the third not shown, protrude from the side wall 88 of half 67 of cartridge 66. Pin 86 is adapted to cooperatively engage the inner edge of plate 29; pin 87 is adapted to be positioned beneath lever support bar 89; and the third pin (not shown) is adapted to cooperatively engage flange 27. Thus as cartridge 66 is lowered into recess 46 with pin 87 passing between stop 90 and the left end of bar 89 and slid to the right along base 11, pin 87 slips underneath bar 89 and the third pin engages flange 27 and causes lever 24 to lower. Further downward rotation of lever 24 causes pin 86 to engage the inner edge of plate 29, thereby urging cartridge 66 into a firmly nested position in recess 46 with protrusion 36 extending through aperture 70 and opening valve 73. Cartridge 66 is reversibly locked into recess 46 by snapping tang 30 into aperture 33.
FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate another embodiment of the infusion apparatus. This embodiment is generally designated 89. Apparatus 89 is essentially identical to apparatus 10 except in the following features: the shapes of the cartridge shell and the recess in the housing into which it is received; and the interlock means between the housing and the cartridge. Accordingly, only these features are described in detail.
Apparatus 89 basically comprises a housing 90 having a recess 91 of partially circular cross section in its top surface, and a cartridge, generally designated 93. Housing 90 contains a flow passageway and flow control assembly as does the housing of apparatus 10. A strap 94 is affixed to housing 90 for affixing the apparatus to a patient. Cartridge 93 includes a tubular cylindrical shell 95 that is sized to slide snugly into recess 91 with the exposed portion of the shell forming a continuous smooth surface together with the exterior of housing 90. Contained within shell 95 is a tubular elastomeric bladder 96 identical to bladder 74 of cartridge 66. Flanges 97 and 98 are affixed to either end of bladder 74 and a standard aerosol flow valve 99 is fitted in fluid-tight engagement into the right end of bladder 74. A pair of sealing rings 100, 103 are positioned about bladder 74 inwardly of flanges 97 and 98 for attaching the ends of the bladder 74 to a cartridge end wall 104 and a slidable, bladder sealing member 105, respectively. Member 105 is free to slide axially within shell 95 as the bladder 96 is inflated and deflated. Member 105 is scribed at 106 and the scribing cooperates with a volume scale 107 on shell 95 to indicate the volume of fluid in the bladder 96, which volume is correlated to the axial extension of bladder 96 within shell 95. An end cap 108 closes the outer (left) end of cartridge 93. Cap 108 has a keyway 109 in it that is adapted to receive a key 110.
End wall 104 of cartridge 93 has an axial stud 113 extending outwardly from its exterior surface and a central, axial bore 114 extending completely through it. Stud 113 has a male thread 115 on its outer end. As seen in FIG. 3, the housing is fitted, at the inner (right) end of recess 91, with a flow passage element 116 that functions similarly to element 35 of apparatus 10. Element 116 has a boss 117 on it that extends into recess 91 and a hollow, needle-like protrusion (FIG. 4) 118 that functions as the inlet to the flow passageway of the apparatus. Boss 117 has a female threaded bore 119 that is adapted to receive stud 113 in interlocking relationship. This is, when cartridge 93 is slid into recess 91, stud 113 is received in bore 119. Key 110 is then inserted into keyway 109 and the cartridge is rotated to turn the male thread of stud 113 into locked position within the female thread of bore 119. The cartridge may be removed from the apparatus by simply rotating the cartridge in the opposite direction with key 110 to disengage said threads and sliding the cartridge back out of recess 91.
As stud 113 is received within bore 119, protrusion 118 is received within bore 114 of stud 113 and the tip of protrusion 118 engages and depresses flow valve 99 thereby opening it and permitting flow of drug from bladder 96 into the flow passageway of apparatus 99 and thence to the patient. When the cartridge is removed from recess 91 as described above, protrusion 119 disengages flow valve 99 and the pressure from the drug within the bladder 96 will force the valve 99 against the inner surface of end wall 104, thereby closing valve 99.
FIGS. 5-8 illustrate alternatives to cartridge 93. The cartridges of FIGS. 5-8 are identical in all respects to cartridge 93 except in the means by which pressure is applied to the liquid drug within the cartridge. Accordingly, only this feature of these cartridges is described in detail.
The cartridge of FIG. 5, generally designated 120, comprises a tubular shell 123 that is hermetically sealed. Confined within shell 123 is an axially collapsible, fluid-tight bellows 124 that contains the drug charge. The leading (right) end of bellows 124 is fitted with a valve assembly 125 identical to valve assembly 99 of cartridge 93. A small portion of a liquid 126 is contained within shell 123 exteriorly of bellows 124. Liquid 126 has a vapor pressure in excess of atmospheric pressure at the temperature at which the cartridge is used. Accordingly, the vapor pressure of liquid 126 exerts a constant, deflating force on bellows 124 of sufficient magnitude to overcome the pressure drop through the infusion apparatus and infuse the drug into a patient.
FIG. 6 also shows a cartridge, generally designated 127, in which the pressure is exerted on the drug charge by vapor pressure. Cartridge 127 comprises a hermetically sealed, tubular shell 128. The hollow interior of shell 128 is divided into two compartments, 129, 130 that are separated by a fluid-tight, axially slidable piston 133. The liquid drug charge is contained within compartment 130 and the right end of compartment 130 is fitted with a valve assembly 134 identical to the valve assembly of the cartridge of FIGS. 3 and 4. A small portion of a liquid 135 is contained within compartment 129. Liquid 135 has a vapor pressure in excess of atmospheric pressure at the temperature at which cartridge 127 is used. This vapor pressure exerts a force on the left hand side of piston 133 which in turn exerts a discharging force on the liquid drug within compartment 130.
FIG. 7 depicts a cartridge, generally designated 136, in which pressure is exerted on the drug charge solely by mechanical means. Cartridge 136 comprises a fluid-tight, tubular shell 137 whose hollow interior is separated into two compartments 138, 139 by a fluid-tight, axially slidable piston 140. Compartment 138 contains the liquid drug charge and its right hand end is fitted with a valve assembly 143 identical to the valve assembly of the cartridge of FIGS. 3 and 4. Compartment 139 houses a spring 144 that is under significant compression and thus exerts an essentially constant force on piston 140 which in turn exerts discharging pressure on the drug charge within compartment 138.
FIG. 8 illustrates a cartridge, generally designated 145, in which the pressure is exerted upon the liquid drug by a gas that is generated by electrolysis. Cartridge 145 comprises a hermetically sealed, tubular shell 146 whose hollow interior is separated into two compartments 147, 148 by a fluid-tight, axially slidable piston 149. Compartment 147 contains the drug charge and its right hand end is fitted with a valve assembly 150 identical to the valve assembly of the cartridge of FIGS. 3 and 4. Compartment 148 houses a small electrolysis cell (illustrated schematically) 153 that includes a source of electricity 154 and an appropriate electrolyte solution 155. Cell 153 generates a gas, such as hydrogen, at a constant rate, thereby producing a constant pressure on piston 149 which in turn exerts discharging pressure on the drug within compartment 147.
Modifications of the above described infusion apparatuses and cartridges that are obvious to those of skill in the mechanical and/or medical apparatus arts are intended to be within the scope of the following claims.
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When the respondent sample size in a cell of the cross-classification of these two variables is too small, adjacent months are combined. Within each cell, the NIFM is calculated as the ratio of the sum of the weights after step 2 for responding and nonresponding CAPI housing units to the equivalent sum for only the responding CAPI housing units. No adjustments are made to the step 2 weights for non-CAPI, vacant, or ineligible units. No adjustment is made for over 75 percent of housing units, and only 5 percent of the NIFM adjustments are 1.10 or larger.
The next step is to calibrate the estimates based on the weights after step 3 to those produced using the NIFM weighting adjustments. The calibration is performed within each estimation area for the cell totals of the cross-classification of tenure (owned, rented, or temporarily occupied), tabulation month, and marital status of the householder (married and widowed or single). When the sample size in a cell is deemed too small, the two marital status cells are combined. Estimates of the cell totals are produced for each cell, and then the mode bias noninterview factor for a cell is computed as the ratio of the estimated cell total using the step 2 NIFM-adjusted weights to the corresponding estimated total using the step 3 adjusted weights. In the final step, the MBF factors are applied to the step 3 weights for all occupied housing units. As noted above, the MBF adjustments are generally small.
The effects of the compensation for nonresponding housing units using the combination of steps 3 and 4 are not obvious and need to be carefully assessed. For example, it is not clear that the NIFM weighting adjustments, which are confined to CAPI cases but drop the tract-level control, lead to less biased estimates for the cells in the cross-classification of the control variables, let alone estimates for other variables. Also, since the estimates of the cell totals for the control variables under the weights developed up to this point are equated to those using the NIFM-adjusted weights, their sampling errors are those of the latter estimates. These sampling errors are likely larger than those based on the NIF1 and NIF2 (step 3) adjustments alone, because the NIFM adjustments are applied only to CAPI cases and also because CAPI cases start with higher base weights because of the subsampling. Thus, the effect of the MBF step 4 adjustments, which derive from the calibration of the NIFM weights to the step 3 weights, on estimates of the control variables and on other ACS estimates needs examination.
Given the high response rates achieved in the ACS, the nonresponse adjustments have mostly a minor impact. However, for areas with lower response rates, the adjustments may be significant. Research to compare the current adjustments with other, more standard, adjustments is warranted. For example, in some estimation areas, a raking adjustment procedure applied to the marginal totals by census tract, building type, and month of data collection and confined to CAPI cases might be more effective.


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