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Bears suddenly thin at quarterback [9:09 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'The Buffalo Bills have a delicate situation at quarterback, with two potential starters at the position. The Chicago Bears should only be so lucky.'
Consistency is name of game for Cottrell's defense [9:08 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'They don't complain. They don't resent their teammates across the room. The don't let down. They just keep on tickin'.'
QB debate threatens to fade with fall [9:07 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'But you had to wonder. If Johnson was healthy enough to come in the game for eight plays, why wasn't he healthy enough to start? Why didn't he play in the second half? He looked fine.'
Widow recalls Wall honoree Kalsu as man of integrity [9:06 AM]
Buffalo News reports: '"I'm so proud of Bob. He was a man of integrity. I miss him terribly, but it's an honor to be here to celebrate not only his contributions to the Bills, but to America as well."'
Monday billboard [9:05 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'Bills coach Wade Phillips used both Doug Flutie and Rob Johnson, setting the tone for a prolonged quarterback quandary this week.'
Bills flatten Bears as Flutie's run ends [7:52 AM]
D and C reports: '"Doug's done a really good job and we won games, and that's the important thing," Phillips said. "Both of them have won, we've played well with both of them, and we've got to keep doing that."'
Hard-hitting Bears plant six Bills on the sidelines [7:51 AM]
D and C reports: 'The Bills had six players leave the game, including two defensive backs -- Antoine Winfield and Donovan Greer -- which left the team dangerously thin in the secondary for the second half.'
Porter finally comes up with big plays in the clutch [7:50 AM]
D and C reports: 'Things had become so bad for Daryl Porter that the Bills benched him following the Minnesota Vikings game, and scrapped their dime defensive alignment as a result.'
Who leads this team? Vote yes for the defense [7:50 AM]
D and C reports: 'We haven't seen the last of Flutie. And kudos to him for his classy attitude in turning the reins over, not an easy thing to do for one so competitive. That attitude is the very definition of leadership.'
Bills-Bears game notes [7:48 AM]
D and C reports: 'In their last three games, all victories, the Bills are plus-8 in the takeaway/giveaway department.'
Flutie wins, loses starting role [7:47 AM]
Toronto Star reports: 'Doug Flutie played well enough to beat the Chicago Bears 20-3 yesterday, but not well enough to start next week.'
No end to Bills' conflict [7:46 AM]
Toronto Star reports: 'Following the Bills' snoozer of a 20-3 win over the offensively challenged Chicago Bears yesterday, in which both men played a role, they were given a chance to bury the hatchet in the fertile soil of their simmering feud. Not so subtly, they each came up short.'
Crowd roars for Rob [7:45 AM]
Toronto Sun reports: 'Just as they did four weeks ago when Johnson separated his shoulder, Bills fans had a chance to take sides with a public display in this quarterback controversy, roaring with approval as Flutie was held back.'
Johnson will start against Chiefs [7:44 AM]
Toronto Sun reports: 'After what he has seen the past month, Rob Johnson knows as long as he and Doug Flutie are in Buffalo there will be no real peace.'
More pain, no gain [7:44 AM]
Chicago Tribune reports: 'So much for the quarterback controversy. For that matter, so much for the rest of the season.'
Miller on McNown: He'll be great [7:43 AM]
Chicago Tribune reports: '"Cade is going to be a great quarterback. I'll be the first one to say that. His physical skills are second to none."'
Miller confident he'll rebound [7:42 AM]
Chicago Tribune reports: '"Things like this have just happened in my career. They're character builders and I know I'll come back stronger. All I can do is heal up."'
Good defense? Don't tell Bears [7:41 AM]
Chicago Tribune reports: 'The defense had held the Buffalo Bills to 299 total yards and allowed only 13 points despite four turnovers in the second half by the Bears offense. They did not allow the Bills a first down in the fourth quarter.'
When good luck was passed out, Miller was absent [7:40 AM]
Chicago Tribune reports: 'Sometimes you wonder if God is telling Miller that his purpose isn't to be a starting QB.'
The Buffalo ills [7:38 AM]
Chicago Sun Times reports: 'As usual, disaster struck just when things seemed to be looking up for the Bears.'
Urlacher keeps fans tuning in [7:38 AM]
Chicago Sun Times reports: 'Rookie middle linebacker Brian Urlacher was at his omnipresent best again Sunday, turning up so often you'd swear he'd been cloned. Officially, Urlacher was credited with 14 tackles, but seemed to have that many in the first half alone.'
Former teammate Moulds gets best of Smith [7:37 AM]
Chicago Sun Times reports: '"You can give the edge to him," Smith said. "He caught two plays when I was on him and made some great catches on them."'
Flutie leads Bills to win - but Johnson will return next week [7:36 AM]
Arlington Heights Daily Herald reports: 'It's hard to keep things interesting in Buffalo, but Bills coach Wade Phillips does his best to spark the masses.'
Adding injury to insult [7:35 AM]
Arlington Heights Daily Herald reports: 'Any chance the Bears had of salvaging some respectability from a disappointing season probably ended when quarterback Jim Miller suffered a torn left Achilles' tendon with 5:20 left in the first half Sunday.'
On an otherwise dreary day, defense shines [7:34 AM]
Arlington Heights Daily Herald reports: 'Against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, the defense made a game of it when the offense offered only 3 points the entire day.'
Robinson wants no part of any moral victories [7:33 AM]
Arlington Heights Daily Herald reports: 'Only twice this season have the Bears permitted fewer than the 299 total yards they surrendered against the Bills (276 vs. the Lions and 298 against the Eagles), but it wasn't good enough to prevent another defeat.'
Painful step for Bears [7:32 AM]
Tinley Park Daily Southtown reports: 'Jim Miller's season officially ended Sunday.'
Matthews takes reins, feeling Miller's pain [7:31 AM]
Tinley Park Daily Southtown reports: 'More than sympathy, it was empathy that moved Shane Matthews to Jim Miller's side Sunday.'
Bears Notebook [7:30 AM]
Tinley Park Daily Southtown reports: 'The Bears are paying Thomas Smith big bucks to stop the opponent's top receiver, something the veteran cornerback failed to do in Sunday's 20-3 loss to Buffalo.'
Bills 20, Bears 3 [4:23 PM]
AP reports: 'With Rob Johnson breathing down his neck, Doug Flutie staked another claim to being the Buffalo Bills' starting quarterback.'
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A device for producing and controlling an alternating current with a direct current source in at least one inductive load, in particular for driving a stepper motor, preferably in microsteps. A device for producing and controlling an alternative current with a direct current source in at least one inductive load, in particular for driving a stepper motor, preferably in micro-steps. Such device includes a control loop circuit having an actuator for the control loop containing a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), which is for connecting the control boy to feedback elements. This provides for a flexible adjustment of the current producing and controlling device to the load to be operated, and to the function of the load, without changing the control loop circuit in which the CPLD is implemented. The actuator can be parameterized by use of a (universal) logic description by parameter constants.
1. A device for producing and controlling an alternating current with a direct current source in at least one inductive load, in particular for driving a stepper motor, preferably in micro-steps, comprising:
a control loop circuit having an actuator for said control loop,
said actuator containing a complex programmable logic device said complex programmable logic device connecting said control loop circuit to feedback elements so as to provide for a flexible adjustment of the current producing and controlling device to the load to be operated, and to the function of the load, without changing the control loop circuit in which said complex programmable logic device is implemented, operative to generate alternating phases in said load in response to at least one parameter relative to desired current within said load, said at least one parameter being selected by applying a (universal) logic description to provide said parameter as a series of parameter constants.
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The invention relates to a device for producing an alternating current with a direct current source in at least one inductive load, in particular for driving a stepper motor, preferably in microsteps, and for controlling a direct current in at least one inductive load.
Devices for producing an alternating current with a direct current source are known. An important range of application for such devices is, for example, in digital, particularly electrophotographically operating printing presses. Several stepper motors with different functions can be found in such a printing press. These stepper motors must in part provide vastly different torques for their respective functions, such as a torque of approximately 0.15 N m, or a torque of approximately 3.8 N m, depending on their application. Stepper motors with these types of different torques must be controlled differently. For example, with a control of pulse-width modulation (PWM), a high basic frequency is required for the PWM, since at least one PWM pulse must be produced for each microstep. On the other hand, with high inductances, like those that occur during a high torque, operate against the current, meaning that a low frequency is required when such a motor is operating.
In principle, there are two different approaches to the driving of stepper motors, each with a special stepper motor with specific functions, i.e., based on either software or hardware. Software solutions are relatively slow and they have a great deal of difficulty complying with the safety requirements in the area concerned. Hardware solutions based on specific IC's are subject to the prescribed specifications of the manufacturer, so that they are necessarily specified and parameterized for the respective application. Both types of solutions are costly, especially since, as mentioned, even in a single printing press, for example, numerous stepper motors with different special functions can be found.
The purpose of this invention is to provide devices, which make it possible to take into account the targeted operating conditions of stepper motors in a cost-effective and reliable manner. According to the invention, this purpose is provided by a control loop and an actuator for the control loop, which contain a device for a complex programmable logic (CPLD; complex programmable logic device). This makes it possible, by simply reprogramming the logic, to advantageously provide a flexible adjustment to the control of the load to be operated and to the function of the load without changing the circuit in which the IC is implemented. The invention thus combines the advantages of software and hardware in a certain manner and prevents their disadvantages at the same time. In particular, the logic, once programmed, is as good as a hard-wired hardware and guarantees its operating reliability, but the logic is, on the other hand, simply reprogrammable for other operating conditions.
The solution according to the invention is also cost effective with respect to its purchase and maintenance. For example, in a single printing press the implemented stepper motors and the associated controls can be substantially standardized. This is readily accomplished by the independent solution of the task at hand, whereby a device according to the invention for controlling a direct current in at least one inductive load is distinguished by a loop and an actuator, which is parameterized or may be parameterized with the application of a (universal) logic description with parametric constants. The term "logic description" as used herein, and understood by one of ordinary skill in the art, refers to the description of the implemented logic in a CPLD. A CPLD has a programmable logic that can be described, for example, by a flow chart. In this way, the logic description (description of the implemented logic) is readily apparent. The logic circuit can be parameterized in such a way that it is only necessary to change parameters to chance (customize) the logic circuit. The logic circuit is then like an unchangeable frame which can be filled and customized for respective purposes by choosing appropriate parameter values for the parameters given by the logic. The logic description can also be universal in the sense that it is essentially standardized and accordingly prepared for the respective function and condition only by feeding the respective parameter constants. Thus the invention already contains a spreading advantage in the parameterization itself, whereby characteristics of the respective special control are concentrated or manifested and reproduced in such parameters.
The control itself takes place preferably via a pulse-width modulation, as has already been mentioned, particularly for a two-phase control with microsteps. The preferred parameters and parameterizations permit an adaptation of the control to the requirements. As has already been mentioned, low frequencies are required with high inductances, although the pulse-width modulation itself requires a relatively high frequency. The basic frequency of the pulse-width modulation can thus preferably be set according to the invention by a parameter constant especially designated for this purpose, designated in form of an abbreviation as "f_chop_cnt (frequency chopping constant)".
When a high precision for the current in the inductance is required, the minimal on-period must be as short as possible. However, the characteristics of high inductances are inconsistent with a short minimal on-period. This minimal on-period can thus also be set preferably by a parameter constant, designated as "Min_on_cnt (Minimal on-period constant)". The minimal total break period can likewise preferably be set with a parameter constant, designated "Min_off_cnt (Minimal off-period constant)". The signal traveling time in the feedback path of the loop is not negligible with high frequencies, causing a time lag in the loop, which must be compensated for the operation of the PWM control at high frequencies. Thus, according to the invention, the time lag in the loop and/or the duration of the time lag can preferably and respectively be set via parameter constants, designated as "Comp_dis_del_cnt (Compensation disable delay constant)" and "Comp_dis_len_cnt (Compensation disable length constant)".
The device according to the invention controls, as an example, the current in both motor windings of a 2-phase stepper motor. To this end, the necessary output signals for controlling an H-bridge driver are provided, so that either an integrated H-bridge can be used, or for very high currents, a bridge consisting of discreet transistors with the corresponding driver can be used.
The invention, and its objects and advantages, will become more apparent in the detailed description of the preferred embodiment presented below.
Embodiments that also provide further inventive characteristics, to which the scope of the invention is, however, not limited, are shown in the drawings. The following are schematically illustrated:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a motor-driving circuit for a 2-phase stepper motor;
FIG. 2 is an actuator of a motor-driving circuit according to the invention represented in FIG. 1 as a block diagram;
FIG. 3 is a device for timing of the actuator represented in FIG. 1 as a block diagram;
FIG. 4 is a device for the pulse-width modulation of the actuator represented in FIG. 2 as a block diagram;
FIG. 5 is a phase pattern generator of an actuator represented in FIG. 2 as a block diagram; and
FIG. 6 is a short-circuit detector of an actuator represented in FIG. 2 as a block diagram.
FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a motor-driving circuit for a 2-phase stepper motor. The schematically illustrated circuit controls the current of both the motor windings of a 2-phase stepper motor. The motor-driving circuit has an input interface 1. This is connected with a reference memory 2, in which the input interface 1 stores addresses and other data, and with a motor control device 3, which contains in particular the complex programmable logic device according to the invention.
A motor driver 4 is attached to the motor controlling device 3. The motor driver 4 contains an H-bridge driver 5A and 5B and H-bridges 6A and 6B for driving both phase 1 and phase 2 or A and B of a stepper motor. With its output signals, the motor driver 4 controls the stepper motor (which is not shown in greater detail) via an output interface 7, which emits signals to a power supply device 8 for the stepper motor. For its part, the power supply device 8 is also directly connected with the motor driver 4. The motor driver 4 is in turn connected via feedback elements 9A and 9B and via short circuit branches 10A and 10B to the motor controlling device, as a result of which corresponding control loops are formed.
FIG. 2 is explanatory with the help of the abbreviations used and words, and the same also applies to the following figures. Consequently, only a few of the illustrated elements are discussed below. Additional conditions can be deduced from the figures. FIG. 2 explains the function of a programmable logic device used as an actuator of a control loop for controlling a 2-phase stepper motor. For this purpose, this actuator contains in particular a timing block 11, pulse-width modulators (PWM) 12 for the respective phases A and B, phase pattern generators 13 for phase A and B and short-circuit detectors 14 for phases A and B. These blocks 11 through 14 are also represented as block diagrams in the following FIGS. 3 through 6, but with somewhat greater detail of their content.
The driving signals 23 for the motor windings of the stepper motor are finally provided by the respective phase pattern generator 13. For this reason, the respective actual phase signal of the phase 1 or 2 and A or B is first input via lines 15 in the respective phase pattern generator 13. However, modulation signals from the respective pulse-width modulators 12 are also input via lines 16 in the respective phase pattern generator 13. However, the pulse-width modulators 12 are located in a respective control loop and receive signals from the feedback elements 9A and 9B via lines 17. Furthermore, the pulse-width modulators 12 are also connected to the timing block 11 via lines 24, which controls them with its time signals and thus the pulse-width modulation decidedly influences and predetermines the respective requirements, conditions and functions of the respective stepper motor.
It can be deduced from FIG. 2 that the short-circuit loops are available via short-circuit detectors 14 for phase A and B. The short-circuit detectors 14 are linked together by a short-circuit conductor 19, which are summarized to one line 25 via a junction 26, and short-circuit detectors 14 are connected together via a line 20. They are also connected with the timing block 11 via a line 21. They are arranged via lines 22 on the input side in the short-circuit branches 10A and 10B. There are further lines, which can be seen from FIG. 2, i.e., line 27 for a reference-load signal "ref_load", a line 28 for a signal "load DAC", a line 29 for a clock signal "clk", a line 30 for a signal "Comp disable", explained with FIG. 3, a line 31 for an enabling signal "ena" and a line 32 for a signal "Power on reset".
As can be seen in FIG. 3, in which the timing block 11 is illustrated in greater detail, the timing block 11 includes a counter 18 for its time signal, which can be programmed for the respective application according to the invention by the parameter constants input in the timing block 11, abbreviated as "Min_on", "Comp_dis_del", "Comp_dis_len", "Min_off" and "f_chop", but being the same constants as mentioned before with their whole names. The counter 18 is directly fed with a clock signal "clk" via the line 29. A reference-load signal "Ref_load" is conducted in the Counter 18 via the line 27 and via a D-flip flop 33 (the D-input of the D-flip flop 33), whereby the clock signal "clk" is transmitted to a clear- or preset-input of the D-flip flop 33 via line 34 and the output-signal of the flip flop 33 is conducted from the output Q via a line 40 to an input of the counter 18. The output signals of the timing block 11 are the output signals of the Counter 18 and these are a short circuit time signal "sheet_time" on line 21, the Compensation disable signal "Comp_disable" on line 30, which compensates the idle time by using the Compensation disable delay constant "Comp_dis_del(-cnt)" and the Compensation disable length constant "Comp_dis_len(-cnt)", and a chopped clock signal (synchronized) "chop_clk(sync)" on line 24. The further conducting of these output signals can be seen from and has been explained with FIG. 2.
The FIGS. 4 through 6 show a pulse-width modulator 12, a phase model generator 13 and a short-circuit detector 14 in greater detail and they are, as mentioned, self-explanatory for further details, if or as far as not expressively explained in the following. The FIG. 4 shows a pulse-width modulator "PWM" 12 which generates the pulses "PWM—˝" or signals for phases A and B for an input in the Pattern generator Phase A/B 13 via lines 16. The pulse-width modulators for Phases A and B are substantially the same. They respectively include a RS-flip flop (Set-reset flip flop) in the box 12. The RS-flip flop receives in its input S via line 24 the "Chop_clk(sync)" signal from the counter 18, in its clear- or preset-input C via line 29 a clock signal "clk" and in its input R signals "Curr_sens ˝" from the feedback elements 9A and 9B via lines 17. The flip flop has an output Q.
The FIG. 5 shows a Pattern generator Phase A/B 13, having four NAND-elements 35 with the phase signals "Ph_A/B—1", "Ph_A/B—1*", "Ph_A/B—2" and "Ph_A/B—2*" as their output-signals for controlling the 2-phase stepper motor via lines 23. The input-signals for the four NAND-elements 35 are the enable signal "Ena" via line 31, a phase signal via line 15, the output-signal "PWM" from a pulse-width modulator 12 via line 16, an over current signal "Over curr" via line 25 and a reset signal "Res" via line 32, which can also seen from FIG. 2. The FIG. 6 shows a short-cut detector14, having an AND-element 36, a filter 37 and two RS-flip flops 38, 39 (with inputs S and R and outputs Q). The output-signal is a "Over_curr—˝"-signal on a line 19. As input signals the short-cut detector 14 receives a short-cut signal "Sheet ˝" via line 22, enable signals "Ena" via line 31 and a short-cut time signal "Sheet_time" via line 29 (resp. via line 20).
The invention has been described in detail with particular reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, but it will be understood that variations and modifications can be effected within the spirit and scope of the invention.
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HELENA, Mont. -- To meet the needs of the community, the U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and Montana disaster recovery officials announced today that the Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in Lewistown will remain open after August 19 as an SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Center.
Montana Disaster Emergency Services, FEMA and SBA opened the Disaster Recovery Center to provide one-stop, face-to-face assistance and disaster information to individuals and businesses who suffered damage as a result of the severe storms and flooding that occurred from April 4 through July 22.
After registering for disaster assistance with FEMA, individuals and business owners were able to visit the center to obtain information about the types of disaster assistance available from agencies such as FEMA, SBA and other agencies.
The Lewistown DRC becomes an SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Center (DLOC) on Monday, August 15 and will continue to be located at the National Guard Armory, 863 Airport Road in Lewistown. It will be open Mondays through Fridays from 9:30 am to 5 pm and closed for one-hour lunch, noon to 1 pm each day, until further notice.
At the Lewistown SBA DLOC, SBA customer service representatives will continue to be available to meet individually with residents and business owners to answer their questions, explain SBA's disaster loan program, issue applications, help them complete their applications and close their approved disaster loans.
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Businesses of any size and private, non-profit organizations may borrow up to $2 million to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory, and other business assets. SBA can also lend additional funds to homeowners and businesses to help with the cost of making improvements that protect, prevent or minimize the same type of disaster damage from occurring in the future.
For small businesses and most private, non-profit organizations of any size, SBA offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) to help meet working-capital needs caused by the disaster. EIDL assistance is available regardless of whether the business suffered any property damage.
Individuals may still register for disaster assistance by calling FEMA's toll-free registration number: 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) or TTY 1-800-462-7585. The lines are open 5 a.m. to 8 p.m., daily.
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is the federal government's primary source of money for the long-term rebuilding of disaster-damaged private property. SBA helps homeowners, renters, businesses of all sizes, and private, nonprofit organizations fund repairs and rebuilding efforts, and cover the cost of replacing lost or disaster-damaged personal property. These disaster loans cover losses not fully compensated by insurance or other recoveries and do not duplicate benefits of other agencies or organizations. For information about SBA programs, applicants may call (800) 659-2955 (TTY 1-800-977-8339).
FEMA's mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.


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*Benevolent Assoication Raffle Winner of the Sprint Cup Race & Helicoper Ride for July 13, 2014*
Drawing held on June 12th at State Police Headquarters. The Grand Prize winning ticket was sold by Retired Captain Scott Sweet, Director – Retirees for the Benevolent Association. The Grand Prize Winner was Scott's Son.
Trevor Sweet
Trevor took his Sister, Brandes, to the Sprint Cup Race. Getting ready to go at the Concord Airport. They both had an absolute blast at the race.
Retired Captain Scott Sweet with his Son, Trevor, and his Daughter, Brandes, at Concord Airport.]
*Benevolent Assoication Raffle Winner of the Nationwide Series Race for July 13, 2014*
The First Prize winning ticket was sold by Trooper Christopher Cummings, Director for Troop B for the NHSP Benevolent Association.
Winner: Marc Beaudoin
[Unfortunately, there is no picture for this winner.]
Listed Below is the Entire Listing of Winners for Drawings of Other Prizes
The New Hampshire State Police Benevolent Association would like to thank everyone who purchased tickets to support our raffle. A special thank you goes out to all the businesses and individuals that made donations for our prizes. Your generosity and support is appreciated.
We hope all the prize winners enjoy their prizes!
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Segovia, Spain
I want to let you all know a little bit about some of the other things I've been doing and seeing lately, specifically my most recent trip!
Last Friday my group took a trip to Segovia, a city in Spain that is about 2 or 3 hours away from Burgos.
We visited three main places:
1) The Alcázar of Segovia
This is a castle that was actually one of the inspirations for Disney's Cinderella castle, which I thought was pretty neat.
Isabel and Fernando, the king and queen who united Spain in the 15th century (also the same people that backed Columbus' trips to America), spent a lot of time in the Alcázar de Segovia. After recently studying Spain's castles and palaces in class, it was very cool to see the details of what we had learned in person.
2) The Aqueduct in Segovia
Built in the first or second century by the Romans, this aqueduct is both huge and beautiful. Even more impressive is the fact that there isn't any mortar or cement or glue holding it together! The rocks fit so closely together that it hasn't been affected by the centuries that have passed, which is absolutely amazing.
3) Palacio Real de la Granja
This was a royal palace located in between Segovia and Madrid, where the kings and queens of Spain would come to hunt or relax, to get away from the stress and responsibilities of life in Madrid. It's a beautiful palace with tons of gardens and a great view of the mountains in the distance. I really enjoyed my time there, too.
I think this was the best out of any of the class trips we've had so far!


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The new Democratic Congress and Senate have just begun their work. It seems that they will take a color-by-the-numbers approach to their first 100 days. In other words, they will attempt to address some of the reasons Americans asked for political change – the war and political corruption. Aggressive clear cut action on these issues will strongly bolster their support and prove that there is a new sheriff in town.
This is a wise strategic approach except that they are not addressing the 800 pound gorilla sitting in the room along with these concerns. The gorilla leering at the nation from the corner of the room is the problem of U.S. immigrations policy.
Immigration is perhaps the second most important issue of the next two years - after the war in Iraq. The reason for its importance is five-fold:
1. The cost of many American products and services will go up as "illegals" are prosecuted or given amnesty.
2. Domestic security can be breached by Al Quaeda and other groups.
3. Hardened criminals and gang members are crossing the borders along with eager workers seeking a better life.
4. The availability of meaningful work for minorities and other Americans at the lower end of the economic spectrum will shift dramatically based upon the direction taken.
5. A dynamic increase in the number of Hispanic voters could shift the balance of power in U.S. politics.
The recent treatment of Hispanics, West Indians, and others in the immigration process could well be called "the new slavery." Legal immigrants have taken low paying and dangerous jobs in order to make ends meet. On the other hand, illegal aliens have slipped into the nation and are beginning to undermine the delivery of basic services in education, healthcare, and law enforcement.
In addition, the INS has been very arbitrary in how it enforces the current laws. Individual legal aliens from African and Caribbean nations sometimes feel persecuted. Conversely, illegal Hispanics seem to be treated too leniently. In addition, there seems to be a mysterious lack of enforcement of the rules and regulations as far as businesses are concerned.
Neither party wants to take this issue on immediately. Democrats and Republicans alike are avoiding moving immigration to the front burner. Although everyone knows of the Republican division around the theme of immigration, the Democrats may be just as divided behind the scenes. No one plans on making it an issue in the first 100 hours or first 100 days of the 110th Congress. In fact, the Democrats have set the 6 following areas as their next focus:
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Guruv Yoga's 268 hour Comprehensive Yoga Teacher Training Program will cover the practical, theoretical, historical, and spiritual aspects of the science of Hatha Yoga. The program requires considerable energy, time, dedication, and commitment. The student will leave with a thorough education and how to teach Hatha Yoga, the Primary Series of Ashtanga Yoga, Hot Yoga and Power Vinyasa Flow Yoga. The candidate must have a dedicated personal practice, heightened awareness, and an abundance of inspiration and passion, that will fully prepare them to share the gift of yoga. Class size is limited.
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Poetry Out Loud
Published on March 06, 2013
In the spring of 2012, Diana Green, Arts in Education Program Manager of the Alabama State Council on the Arts and Donna Russell, Executive Director of the Alabama Alliance for Arts Education, approached the Auburn English Department in search of an intern to act as region coordinator for the program for the coming year. The department gave the job to Michelle Hopf, a student in the MA program, and together with ASCA and the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities, sponsored the program.
The region, including Lee County and twenty two others, tripled in participation in this year's competition. Participating schools included Loachapoka High, Auburn High, Stanhope Elmore High (Millbrook), Loveless Academic Magnet Program High (Montgomery), Trinity Presbyterian School (Montgomery, Booker T. Washington High School (Mongomery), and Keith High School (Orrville). This means that for region two, about 1500 students participated at the classroom level, which involved about twenty teachers. Statewide, more 6,400 students participated, which means than 90 teachers across the state used the program to bring poetry to their classrooms.
Region 2 sent five students to compete at the state level in both the original recitation competition and the national competition (in which students recite from an anthology). In the original competition, Auburn High School's Bonnie Chen placed first. She received $200 and a signed copy of Nikky Finny's national book award-winning collection Head Off and Split. Booker T. Washington's Ameerah Sanders won second place and received $100 and a copy of the same book. LAMP's Jackson Hall received honorable mention in the competition as well. And as a participant they received a medallion and a plaque (all participants received these – as you saw in the ceremony). The Alabama Writers' forum underwrites the cash prizes for Original Poetry and consults on the book selection (www.writersforum.org). The state champion in the recitation contest and the first and second place winners in the Original Poetry Competition are invited to perform their winning works in the Poetry Tent at the 7th Annual Alabama Book Festival, April 20th, in Montgomery's Old Alabama Town. They are publicized along with the other nationally-published adult poets, including Alabama's new Poet Laureate Andrew Glaze (Birmingham). People may check the Festival's website in a few weeks for a complete line-up of the Poetry Tent and other Festival venues.http://www.alabamabookfestival.org
Of this year's original competition, Jeanie Thompson remarked, "Bonnie is an incredibly interesting poet – no one else in the competition had the unique eye and ear that she does. There were some very strong young poets in this year's competition, and we all think the Original Poetry Competition is getting better and better."
Region 2 also performed well in the national competition. Both Jackson Hall (LAMP) and Auburn High School's Megan Zartman made it to the top five. All of our competitors did a fantastic job at the state competition. We were very excited to see a big group of Keith High School students in the audience, taking everything in and preparing for next year. Also, we were honored to have Elaine Johnson, Alabama State Council on the Arts representative from Dothan, Alabama, join us for the competition. We are proud of our students and thankful for our teachers. We look forward to more growth as the program continues to partner with the English Department.
Special thanks goes out to community members who helped make the program happen this year, including AU Theater Professor Christopher Qualls, local writer and teacher Ashley Parsons, Jeanie Thompson of the Alabama Writers Forum, St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, Auburn High School, Sara Hand Custer of the Jan Dempsey Community Arts Center, the Student Writing Council, Auburn's Poetry Club, and the English Department's own Jeremy Downes and Tom O'Shea, as well as several more instructors, graduate students, and undergraduates who helped make the region competition and workshops happen.
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Mount Toubkal
A seven-day excursion trekking through the
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A trek to Mount Toubkal
A 7-day hike through the Atlas mountains to the summit of North Africa's highest mountain
Benno Rawlinson's expedition was a seven-day hike, trekking though the Atlas Mountains of Morocco heading to the summit of Toubkal Mountain, North Africa's highest mountain at 13,671 ft. There was potential for adventure and a range of weather; from the heat in the desert to the snow on the mountains.
- Trail length: 49mi
- Climb: 13,671ft
Local food, a call to prayer and satellite dishes on mud brick homes
Arriving in Marrakech we met our expedition leader and local guide before heading to the main square, which in the evening can only be described as mind blowing. Our senses were hit with a rich mix of smells, sights and sounds. Our bellies rumbled with our thoughts on food and after many offers, we opted for the cook standing in his once pristine white uniform, now highly decorated with a variety of food stains. With full bellies we headed to bed.
The alarm sounded, or at least what I thought was the alarm. It was in fact the mosque's morning call to prayers. After snoozing, breakfast was served. I stuffed my face as if the expedition had already started, and washed everything down with copious amounts of sweet mint tea.
After a short drive, we began trekking in Morrocco, up the valley alongside a meandering river that was lined by terraced plots and olive trees; it was a green oasis. Villages were such a contrast with smells of smoke and manure while satellite dishes clung to the sides of basic mud brick homes where families lived upstairs and the animals below.
Despite Morocco's hot and dry reputation the heavens opened and the temperature dropped. It was the first time it had rained in weeks and we looked on as locals brushed the water off the flat roofs. Arriving at the refuge dripping wet, we fumbled around in the dark before a light bulb was found, giving us a chance to take in our surroundings. The village only began receiving electricity a few years ago and mobile reception the following year.
The wind continued to increase and the clouds rolled in as we crashed out.
Trekking in Morocco - a four-day hike to Mount Toubkal through the Atlas Mountains
With the storm now behind us, we spent the next four days walking ever higher and making our way back toward the tourist trail.
Each day kicked off with a huge breakfast and within hours of trekking in the mountains, the mules would trundle on past us with all the supplies. Lunch would be held in lush oases surrounded by a rich variety of wildlife, olives, mint and walnuts all buzzing with bees. We stopped at one river to admire the colors of intricate rugs as they were washed in the water and then laid to dry on the rocks. The sun chased our progress each day, casting huge shadows on the mountainous terrain before rising up and heating everything up. Somehow at just the right time of the day, a kid appeared selling Coca-Cola, the perfect treat before arriving at our refuge. Each night before bed we finished by checking our oxygen levels to see how we were acclimatizing, this daily ritual quickly became competitive.
One evening we were given a salty, slightly deep-fried pancake. They were delicious; in my excitement at this new delight I inadvertently poured honey all over my pants. Fortunately the place also had our first shower of the trip. Bundling in clothes and all, I reappeared clean, refreshed and full!
Each day we met a variety of people, kids running alongside us as we left villages, mothers carrying huge bundles of grass and shepherds herding their grazing goats high up in this barren and mountainous landscape.
The penultimate day provided us with our first glimpse of the summit. High above the other peaks of the Atlas Mountains sat Mount Toubkal. I thought the whole area looked like a massive outdoor playground with areas to climb, paths to run along and summits to reach; it was incredible.
Reaching the refuge base camp at 10,498 ft., we could relax and admire what we were aiming to be on top of the following day. We chilled out in front of a fire in the refuge after dinner before finishing up early and heading to bed ready for a 5:15 am start. I inadvertently made an error while using the long drop toilet; when flushing (pouring a bucket of water into it) I missed almost entirely and ended up pouring water all around the cubicle including near my feet in flip-flops.
Our alarm was the tent next door at 4:45 am. I changed in my sleeping bag due to the chilly start before a summit breakfast of rice porridge, which once covered in honey and washed down with coffee, was relatively pleasant.
Heading up Toubkal Mountain under the stars
We set off up the southern cirque just before dawn under a star lit sky. A gorgeous orange glow began to cover the mountainside as the ascent became a steady climb through a boulder field with the snow softening under the heat of the rising sun. The sunglasses came out again and sweaters and jackets were removed as the heat reflected off the slope. We paused at the end of the climb before the final ascent to rehydrate and soak in the views.
For the route up to the top of Mount Toubkal, a couple of us opted to follow a more adventurous path along an exposed ridge toward the summit, scrambling our way along over the rocks with shear drops. I felt like one of the mountain goats. The ridge evened out toward the final section and the summit was marked with a large metal cairn. I spotted a Barbary ground squirrel scampering around the rocks before it hid after spotting us. We celebrated at the top with some food, including gently frozen dates which I had brought from Marrakech. A few quick photos and it was time to make our way down.
A snowball fight and a proper night's sleep
We took a different path on the way down, curving round the mountainside where we could view our route up to the summit. Sliding down a scree slope it felt more like skiing as I quickly reached the bottom of it. We decided it was time for a Moroccan snowball fight. I managed to avoid almost all shots except a very well-aimed one from one of the muleteers.
Heading back to the refuge took longer than expected as the sun dipped. The once soft snow became an icy obstacle course between boulders. We made it back to the refuge for some lunch before heading down the valley to Imil. It became apparent that we would be finishing in the dark. With darkness falling and our head lamps out, our progress slowed until we reached the edge of the village where our local transport arrived to take us back to the gîte, or vacation home, we'd rented and our first proper night's sleep in a bed for a week.
I spent the final day wandering the souks, or open-air markets, of Marrakech enjoying the different sights, sounds and smells that accompanied them before my flight back to the UK.
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The Road Haulage Association has teamed up with tachograph analysis experts TruTac to bring hauliers a fully automated, web-based digital and analogue tachograph analysis reporting system, already in use by many operators to manage their tachograph analysis and compliance requirements.
RHA Analysis provides powerful KPI exception based reporting across multiple depots, drivers and vehicles. In addition, the reports can be automatically emailed to any transport manager or multiple users, regardless of fleet size.
"We firmly believe that this latest service from the RHA will prove invaluable to operators", said RHA Director of Operations, Richard Ellithorne. "And because we are so confident of its success, we are also making it available to non-members. There will, of course, be a slight difference in the non-member price but this will more than made up for in terms of reliability, quality compliance and ultimately, profitability".
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Hiphopopotamus by k10spliffmeister
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Guaranteed to make you smile.
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Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Policy for Financial Assistance
Federal regulations require the college establish and implement a policy to measure if an aid applicant is making satisfactory academic progress towards a degree. Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) is measured by evaluating three criteria: quantitative progress, qualitative progress and progress toward degree completion. Programs governed by this SAP policy include Title IV funds (Federal Pell Grant, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, Federal TEACH Grant, Federal Work Study, Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans, and the Federal Direct Parent PLUS Loan) and all state and college administered funds.
Student academic records will be reviewed at the end of each term (i.e., fall, winter, spring and summer) after grades are transcripted by the Registrar's Office. All enrollment terms, including summer, must be considered in the determination of SAP, as well as enrolled terms for which the student did not receive financial assistance.
To satisfy Satisfactory Academic Progress for financial assistance students must:
1. Maintain a minimum cumulative GPA corresponding with the table below:
|Cumulative Credits Attempted
(Including Transfer and AP Credits)
|Minimum Cumulative GPA
(Transfer and AP Credits do not
affect calculation of cumulative GPA)
2. Successfully complete a minimum of 67% of all attempted credits.
The completion rate is calculated by dividing the cumulative number of credit hours a student has successfully completed by the cumulative number of credit hours a student has attempted. (Transfer and AP credits accepted by Augustana count as both attempted and completed credits.)
3. Complete their degree within a maximum of 184.5 attempted credits.
This includes all transfer and AP credits accepted by Augustana. This policy will consider all enrollment at Augustana and other colleges/universities whether or not financial assistance was received. Students completing a second degree must complete their program within a total of 184.5 attempted hours.
Please note: Institutional funds (merit and need based) are available for a total of 12 terms.
"Successfully completed credit" is defined as receiving one of the following grades: A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D, CR, NR and P.
Credit hours completed with Audits (X), Withdrawals (W), Academic Withdrawals (AW), Incompletes (I), Work in Progress (IP), Missing (M) grades and non-credit courses will not be considered as successfully completed credits
Attempted Credits: Credits are counted as attempted as of the last day to add a class within a term. Classes that are dropped, withdrawn from or failed after that day will continue to be counted as attempted credits. If a student drops a class after the "add" date, even if there is no "W' on the transcript, that course is counted as an "attempted" course. Incompletes (I), In Progress (IP) and Missing (M) grades are counted as attempted credits but not considered as successfully completed credits until a satisfactory grade has been received. Repeat courses are counted as attempted each time the course it taken but will only be counted once in determining completed credits.
Monitoring Satisfactory Academic Progress:
• SAP for financial aid is monitored at the end of fall, winter, spring and summer terms.
• Students who meet all SAP requirements are considered to be in financial assistance good standing.
• Students who do not meet SAP requirements jeopardize their eligibility for financial aid and are placed in one of
the following statuses:
Financial Assistance Warning: Students who fail to meet all SAP requirements will be placed on Financial
Assistance Warning for the next term they enroll at Augustana. During the warning term, students remain eligible
to receive financial assistance. At the end of the term students will again be evaluated for SAP. If he/she has met
all SAP requirements, he/she will be removed from Financial Assistance Warning and considered in good standing.
Students who have not met all SAP requirements will be placed on financial aid suspension.
Financial Aid Suspension: Students who fail to meet all SAP requirements at the end of their warning term will
be placed on Financial Assistance Suspension. Students may appeal to have financial assistance reinstated.
Without an approved appeal, students who are on Financial Assistance Suspension are not eligible for federal,
state, or institutional aid.
• Students may appeal the suspension by completing an appeal form ( see appeal process below)
• Appeals will result in one of the following:
Appeal is denied and student is not eligible for aid for the term
Appeal is granted and student is placed on Financial Assistance Probation
Appeal is granted and student is placed on Financial Assistance Probation with
Academic Plan
If it is determined prior to the probation term that a student cannot meet SAP
requirements in one term, the student will be required to have an approved
academic plan on file that will allow a student to achieve SAP in a
prescribed period of time.
Financial Assistance Probation/Probation with an Academic Plan: Students who have
an approved appeal will be eligible to receive assistance on a probationary basis for one term.
• Students on Financial Assistance Probation will be reviewed at the end of the term.
To continue to receive assistance for the next term of enrollment, students will be expected to have
met SAP requirements.
• Students on Financial Assistance Probation with an academic plan will be reviewed at the end of the term.
To continue to receive assistance for the next term of enrollment, students will be expected to have
met requirements of their academic plan.
Appeal Procedures for Students on Financial Assistance Suspension:
• For an appeal to be considered the student must either be able to meet SAP requirements by the end of the next
term; or the student must be placed on an academic plan which, if followed, will ensure that the student will be
able to meet SAP at a future date.
• A completed appeal form must document extenuating circumstances such as illness, death of a relative or other
circumstances addressing why the student failed to meet SAP requirements. Appropriate third party
documentation (e.g. letter from counselor, minister, priest, etc.) is also required.
• Appeals must also address what has changed in the student's situation that will allow the student to achieve SAP
and address steps that will be taken to meet the SAP requirements in future terms.
• The decision of the Financial Assistance Committee is final.
Please note: This policy pertains only to the requirements for continued eligibility for financial assistance. A separate review for academic standing is performed by the Dean of Student's Office. Their policy is located in the Academic Information section of the Augustana College Catalog under "Academic Standing Policy." Questions concerning your academic standing should be referred to the Dean of Student's Office.


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Protestant writer C. Michael Patton observed (without himself believing this):
[H]istoric Protestantism has often charged the Catholic church with idolatry, believing that they have turned God into an idol of bread and wine, worshiping the elements without, indeed, contrary to, a scriptural basis.. . . which is an utterly wrongheaded criticism, as I have often argued, since idolatry, by definition, is a matter of the heart and interior disposition. No minimally informed Catholic has ever worshiped mere bread and wine (just as none have been dumb and absurd enough to actually venerate plaster in the form of a statue of a saint). We are worshiping Jesus Christ present in what was formerly bread and wine.
Obviously, other Christians may deny the fact of what we believe in faith to be taking place, but whatever the Mass is, it is not idolatry, which is worship of what is not God and raising something other than God to His sole place of supreme exaltation.
Clearly, Catholics aren't doing that, which is simple to see in the literal meaning of the word transubstantiation: "change of substance." Think about it for a moment in this light: how does the following "logic:" of our anti-Catholic critics make any sense?:
1) Catholics believe in transubstantiation.Obviously, #6 doesn't follow, based on the premises of #2-#5. So how is it we get accused of idolatry, when the very word that describes the practice being so critiqued proves that it is not taking place at all? If anything, Lutheranism would be more open to this accusation, on the grounds that they might conceivably confuse the elements with Jesus (I would not make the charge myself, I hasten to add, but I am making an observation based on anti-Catholic premises).
2) Transubstantiation means, literally, "change of substance."
3) In this instance the substance change involves bread and wine being transformed into the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.
4) Therefore, Catholics believe that bread and wine are no longer present; only the Body and Blood of Christ.
5) And the adoration of the host and eucharistic worship takes place after the consecration and change of substance in the Mass.
6) Nevertheless, we will accuse Catholics of worshiping bread and wine instead of Jesus Christ, which is gross idolatry, and no part of legitimate Christianity.
But that is not true in our case, by the fundamental definition of a complete change taking place, as we believe. So again, one can disagree with what Catholics (with virtually unanimous patristic support) believe in faith to be occurring, but it is ludicrous -- utterly illogical and emptyheaded -- to accuse us of idolatry in the Mass.
For much more in-depth treatment of the issue of alleged idolatry in the Mass, see:
Is Transubstantiation Idolatry?
Is the Mass Equivalent to Golden Calf Worship?
Dialogue With Tim Gallant on Whether the Mass is Similar to Jeroboam's Idolatry (Dave Armstrong vs. Tim Gallant)
Is Lutheranism Officially Anti-Catholic (The Book of Concord and the Catholic Mass)? (Dave Armstrong vs. "BWL")
Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue #3: Comparative Ecclesiology / Grace & Merit / Lutheran View of the Mass Compared to the Catholic View of Lutheran Worship
Did the Catholic Church Change the Ten Commandments to Bolster its Alleged Gross Idolatry? (Dave Armstrong vs. Eric Landstrom)On Current Evangelical Anti-Catholicism, Whether Luther & Calvin Were Anti-Catholics, & on the Mass (is it a Christian Service?)


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A catheter system for treating pulmonary emboli has an multi-channel access port for establishing and maintaining communication with the vascular system and provide guidance for endovascular catheterization. One catheter may traverse the port and extend through the heart to the pulmonary arteries to inject lysing agents, contrast media, medicaments and to remove blood clots. Another catheter may traverse the port and extend through the vena cava to other parts of the venous tree to supply the same agents and to remove blood clots there. A third catheter may telescope over the treatment catheter through the vena cava and occlude the affected vein. Gas pervious tubules on the third catheter provide oxygen enrichment of the venous blood.
1. A catheter system for endovascular procedures comprising; a port for accessing the vascular system from outside a patient, said port having an external surface with a tubular extension for placement in the vascular system, said port having a plurality of channels extending from said external surface through said tubular extension, a first catheter having a proximal end and a distal end and being disposed in one of said plurality of channels, said first catheter having a length sufficient to allow said distal end to traverse said patient's heart when said proximal end extends outside of the patient, a second catheter having a proximal end and a distal end and being disposed in a second of said plurality of channels, said second catheter having a length sufficient to allow said distal end to traverse said patient's vena cava and extend into the venous tree when said proximal end extends outside of the patient, a third catheter constructed and arranged to telescope about said second catheter, said third catheter having a proximal end and a distal end, an inflatable balloon surrounding said distal end of said third catheter, said third catheter having an inflation fluid supply lumen extending therethrough and in fluid communication with said inflatable balloon and said outside of said patient for supplying inflation fluid to said inflatable balloon, said third catheter also having at least one gas pervious tubule attached to an exterior portion of said third catheter proximal to said inflatable balloon, said first catheter having a first lumen extending therethrough for transporting treatment agents, said second catheter having a second lumen extending therethrough for transporting treatment agents, said third catheter having a third lumen extending therethrough for transporting oxygen enriched gas to said at least one gas pervious tubule, whereby endovascular procedures may be executed in different parts of the vascular system.
2. A catheter system of
3. A catheter system of
Priority of filing date is claimed from U.S. Provisional Application 60/661,528 filed Mar. 10, 2005 and 60/690,177 filed Jun. 9, 2005.
This invention relates to the apparatus and methods of endovascular treatment of blood clots obstructing passageways in the circulatory system.
Thromboembolism is a serious and life threatening problem. The emboli can be sudden and massive and at other times they may be small and multiple. They can be any size and happen at any time.
When blood clots form in the venous circulation of the body they may move or embolize to the lungs. The clots typically embolize from the veins of the legs, pelvis, or inferior vena cava to the right heart cavities and thence into the pulmonary arteries. This results in right heart failure and decreased blood flow through the lungs with subsequent decreased oxygenation of the lungs, heart and the rest of the body. When clots enter the pulmonary arteries obstruction and spasm of the different arteries of the lung occurs which further decreases blood flow and gaseous exchange through the lung tissue resulting in pulmonary edema. All of these factors decrease the oxygen in the blood in the left heart. The oxygenated blood supplied by the coronary arteries to the musculature of both the left and right heart is insufficient for proper contractions of the muscle which further decreases the entire oxygenated blood flow to the rest of the body.
This malady is common and has many causes, among them are prolonged inactivity such as bed rest, dehydration, extensive surgery or protracted disease and many others in which the blood of the inferior peripheral major circulatory system may coagulate to varying degrees with permanent drainage problems.
The prior art contains numerous treatments for this malady, including anticoagulants, antibiotics, peripheral constrictive bandages and surgical attempts at removal of the emboli from the pulmonary artery. The surgical attempts may rely on catherterization of the affected vessels and application of chemical or mechanical agents or both to disintegrate the clot. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,852,097 to Fulton III discloses using mechanical agitation and chemical agents to destroy blood clots.
What is lacking in the art is a method and apparatus for maintaining blood oxygenation levels in the circulation system until the emboli can be eliminated and normalized blood flow re-established.
Accordingly, it is a primary objective of the instant invention to provide a catheter system for removing clots and oxygenating the blood.
It is a further objective of the instant invention to prevent venous clots from approaching the heart.
It is yet another objective of the instant invention provide a catheter with an exchange membrane for introducing oxygen into the circulation system.
It is a still further objective of the instant invention to provide a port for introducing the catheter system into the circulation system.
It is another objective of the instant invention to provide cumulative treatment of other portions of the circulation system.
Other objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with any accompanying drawings wherein are set forth, by way of illustration and example, certain embodiments of this invention. Any drawings contained herein constitute a part of this specification and include exemplary embodiments of the present invention and illustrate various objects and features thereof.
When the diagnosis of acute severe pulmonary embolism is established, the apparatus 10 is applied as rapidly as possible. Using a local anesthetic a small incision is made over the external jugular vein 12, the internal jugular vein 11 or similar vein. The catheter system 10, shown in
Over the guide wire 22 is passed a catheter 23 that will be subsequently used to remove the clot(s) by administration of lytic agents or maceration conducted through lumen 21, shown in
A placement catheter 24 with a central lumen 32 is telescoped over catheter 23 through the lumen in port 25 and to the area in the venous tree proximal to the clot(s). The placement catheter has an extendible balloon 27 surrounding the distal end. When the placement catheter is inserted as far as possible, as determined by radiography or other means, the balloon 27 is distended by fluid directed through lumen 26 and aperture 40. The distended balloon occludes the vena cava below the renal arteries. As shown in
An additional catheter 30 is passed through port 25 over previously placed guide wire 31 to enter the right auricle 14, the right ventricle 15 and the pulmonary arteries 20. This catheter 30 may have multi-lumen for maceration, lysis and suction removal of pulmonary clot(s).
The deployment and use of catheter 23 and catheter 30 may be simultaneous or sequential but form part of the treatment regimen.
As soon as practical, oxygen is supplied to the venous blood proximal to the distended balloon to improve the systemic blood oxygenation in the vena cava. Several tubules 29 are attached proximal to the balloon 27 through connections 28 communicating with several lumen 33 in catheter 24. The tubules have a convoluted shape to increase the surface area exposed to the blood flow. Oxygen is supplied through the lumen 33 and connections 28 to the tubules 29. The walls 34 of the tubules 29 are pervious to gaseous oxygen by pores 35. The tubules are inflated with minimal pressure to sustain an oxygen rich environment.
The tubules 29 permit the circulation of gaseous oxygen through the walls resulting in an exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide with an increase of oxygen saturation of the venous blood returning to the heart through the right auricle, right ventricle, the pulmonary arteries and their branches. This, in turn, would decrease pulmonary edema and permit greater oxygenation through the normal alveolae into the blood that enters the left ventricle and subsequently to the coronary arteries which improves the cardiac contractions and increases the delivery of increased oxygenated blood to the rest of the body.
The catheter 24 also has another set of lumen 36 which are open at both the distal and proximal ends. One distal opening 37 is shown in
All patents and publications mentioned in this specification are indicative of the levels of those skilled in the art to which the invention pertains. All patents and publications are herein incorporated by reference to the same extent as if each individual publication was specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference.
It is to be understood that while a certain form of the invention is illustrated, it is not to be limited to the specific form or arrangement herein described and shown. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes may be made without departing from the scope of the invention and the invention is not to be considered limited to what is shown and described in the specification and any drawings/figures included herein.
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