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The spare Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery guarantees high performance for the NAO headlamp, even at low temperatures. It recharges directly on a USB with its integrated connection.
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OK. To get the alt+control mouse drag to work, you have to have the number lock off. I don't know why. I did not think about it until just now, as I use a few Motif apps and motif typically isn't happy with number lock, so I have it off by default.
Also, you can edit your ~/.icewm/preferences file and change the line:
# KeyWinMove="Alt+F7"
to a different combination, as alt+F7 is a reach
Be sure and uncomment the line after you change it. If you're like me and don't use the system menu button on the window frame, you can switch the
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374: Journal
Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
Title text: And the journal is filled with all the things I'd say to her if I were nice like you. I burn it when it's full.
Black Hat isn't the type of person to keep a journal, so Cueball is understandably surprised when he sees Black Hat's journal. Black Hat lives up to our expectations of him, as it turns out that the journal is just part of a plot to hurt innocents.
If you want to see how well the plan worked, check out 377: Journal 2
The whole "Journal" story are:
- 374: Journal (this one)
- 377: Journal 2
- 405: Journal 3
- 432: Journal 4
- 433: Journal 5
- [Cueball picks up book from a table.]
- Cueball: Since when do you keep a journal?
- [Black Hat leans over from computer to answer.]
- Black Hat: Oh, I pretend to write in it on the train, and wait for a shy-looking girl to sit across from me.
- [Scene change to a train. Black Hat is sitting across from a girl.]
- Black Hat: I glance up and wait for her to make eye contact, then look down bashfully and, if I can, blush.
- [Scene back to original room with Cueball and Black Hat.]
- Black Hat: Then, when I see her start to smile at me, I roll my eyes and hit her with a quick glare, then resume writing. The alienation stays with her all day. It's great.
- [Black Hat is back to typing on the computer.]
- Cueball: You're sickening. This is why we can't have nice people.
- Black Hat: I can't help it. It's like shooting lonely, angsty fish in a barrel.
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Strategy, Concept and Design. We provide services for small companies and large organizations.
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Advertbanner is a web design agency in Amsterdam, specialized in designing, building and maintaining websites. We focus on search engine optimization, user-friendly websites and custom web applications. Advertbanner is a progressive web design agency that seeks to accessible and result-oriented work which guarantees an enthusiastic cooperation, perfect advice and excellent end result.
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aimcom – fit for communications is an advertising agency from Munich in Germany. We create smart web solutions based on SilverStripe that help you present yourself in the market the way you have deserved it: competently, professionally, congenially.
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Alpha-Webservice is a player in internet services since 1998. We love challenges and even more we love to have satisfied long term customers. Custom application development in E-Commerce, CMS, CRM and all sorts of gateways/interfaces is our focus. We try to make complicated things easy to use for our customers. Every day business needs reliable support: Alpha-Webservice
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Full time web developer at Niagara University by day. Part time freelance web developer by night.
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By now, Mets fans know that Lucas Duda has surgery on his right wrist which he broke while moving furniture after the team announced it. Damn, couches are dangerous.
This is not the first time Duda has had wrist problems. As a freshman at USC, he broke his left wrist on a collision at first base back in 2005. He went on to hit just .208/.322/.299 in 91 PA over 34 games that year as a 19-year old. His sophomore year, his batting average and his OBP rose, but his power did not as he hit .298/.391/.398 in 226 PA over 56 games. By his junior year, he hit for a little more power: .280/.378/.468 in 223 PA over 53 games.
Here's his College Isolated slugging, calculated by subtracting batting average from slugging to measure a batter's power, by year:
Fr. ('05) – .091
So. ('06) – .100
Jr. ('07) – .188
The next time he hit for an isolated slugging above .180: 2010 when he "broke out" with a .304/.398/.569 line in 495 PA between AA Binghamton and AAA Buffalo as a 24-year old that earned him his big league debut.
How analogous are Duda's two wrist injuries separated by over seven years and many professional paychecks? I do not know precisely. The hands (top and bottom) do different things in a player's swing, but a batter needs both. Also, Duda's collegiate improvement was likely a result of both improving health and physical and mental development.


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Powdersville's Justin Williams fouls Crescent's Anthony Adger on a shot attempt in the second half on Tuesday. Crescent won 67-49.
Crescent's Dalston Davis passes the ball around Powdersville's Stephen Parham in the first half on Tuesday. Crescent won 67-49.
Powdersville's Sydney Hackle and Crescent's Brae Burdette get tangled up while fighting for control of the ball on Tuesday.
Powdersville's Alexis Elrod shoots over Crescent's KeAndria Blanding in the first half on Tuesday.
Powdersville's Damarious Cureton fouls Crescent's Chandler Creswell on a shot attempt in the second half on Tuesday. Crescent won 67-49.
Crescent's Anthony Adger and Powdersville's Ryan Williams fight for a rebound on Tuesday. Crescent won 67-49.
Crescent's Brae Burdette and Powdersville's Alicia Carlson fight for control of the ball in the first half of Tuesday's game. Powdersville won 38-31.
Powdersville's Morgan Matter shoots over Crescent's Brittney Hoskins in the first half on Tuesday.
Crescent coach Danny Parnell talks to his team during a timeout against Powdersville.
Powdersville's Alicia Carlson brings the ball upcourt against Crescent.
Crescent's Ashley Parnell passes the ball as Powdersville's Alicia Carlson, left, and Rachel Hamilton defend.
Crescent's Kamri Thomas knocks the ball away from Powdersville's Sydney Hackle.
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Powdersville's Sydney Hackle looks for room to dribble as Crescent's Kamri Thomas defends in the second half on Tuesday.
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Good flavor. Had to add extra chili powder, some jalapeno and scotch bonnets. I used Desert Pepper rio salsa which has a great flavor. If you're wanting to eat it as chili and not taco filling I'd recommend adding another can of beans though. Also threw in some fresh corn.
Beef & Bean Chile Verde
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Chile Verde, usually a slow-cooked stew of pork, jalapeños and tomatillos, becomes an easy weeknight meal with quick-cooking ground beef and store-bought green salsa. Make it a Meal: Serve with fresh cilantro, red onion and Monterey Jack. Add your favorite hot sauce.
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Fantastic! Husband and kids loved it. They've asked me to make it a weekly meal. Used Trader Joe's Green Salsa, topped with cilantro and cheddar and served with warm tortillas.
this was delish! made just as the recipe states and added a can of black beans as well. herdez salsa verde is the best green salsa for the dish. don't listen to those negative reviews where they don't follow the recipe!
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This dish was PERFECT! Hubby and I both loved it. I love black beans so I added a can of that too. The onions and peppers add freshness and are so yummy. I will make this again and again, it is the BEST dish I've made since I started cooking around 6 months ago.
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This tasted so good, but I bought the green jalepeno salsa by mistake. this really makes it to spicy to eat for most people, I managed a few bites, my kids couldn't eat it at all. So be careful and pay attention to what salsa you get 16 oz of jalepenos is really to much!
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Ice Art 2013/2014
From Ice to Art. See popular landmarks like the Big Ben and Eiffel Tower sculpted in ice.
Held inside a thermal-insulated hall kept at -15°C, the exhibition occupies some 50,280 sq feet of space and uses a total of 450 tons of crystal-clear and coloured ice blocks.Spilt into 6 exciting themes featuring London's Big Ben, Paris' […]
Christmas Magic 2013 on Orchard Road
Head over to Orchard Road for an enchanting night of twinkling stars and sparkling diamonds where the streets of the famous Orchard Road light up and transport you into a magical wonderland!
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Nongshim - Shin Ramyun - Cup Noodle Soup (Hot Spicy).
Rather too much dried hotness but overall superior to
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A Girl Cut in Two (La Fille coupee en deux)
Gabrielle has a high profile job presenting the weather on French TV. Despite Gabrielle's staunch work ethic, she values her privacy over her professional career and lives in a modest house with her aging mother. One day, renowned author Charles Saint-Denis is interviewed at the television station where Gabrielle works, and the two feel an instant, powerful connection. Later, at a book signing, the pair continues to flirt despite the presence of a spoiled, ultra-rich, pharmaceutical heir, Paul Gaudens -- who openly despises the writer and longs to claim Gabrielle as his own. Despite the fact that Charles is still happily married to his wife of 25 years, with whom he shares a home in a posh ultra-modern estate in the countryside, he and Gabrielle share an intimate afternoon at the author's nearby pied-a-terre. Later, as the potentially psychotic Paul steps up his pursuit of Gabrielle, the young woman begins to question the purity of intention of either of her suitors.
Cast: Mathilda May, Ludivine Sagnier, Benoît Magimel, François Berléand, Caroline Sihol
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Beginning next year, Maine will use a different GED test than the one it currently offers. Last winter, with the expiration of the current exam on the horizon, state education officials and FAME - the Finance Authority of Maine - launched a statewide public awareness campaign. The goal was to get people who had walked away from work on their GED to return and finish up by the end of this year. As Jay Field reports, the strategy appears to be paying off.
Last year, close to 1,900 people completed work on general equivalency diplomas in Maine. By contrast, after the first 10 months of this year, the number was nearly 2,700, and climbing.
"We thought maybe we would increase our numbers by 10 percent over last year and we have far exceeded that," says Gail Senese, who heads up adult education at the Maine Department of Education. And Senese traces this surge in so-called "completers" back to last winter, when she and her staff began meeting with business development and college access counselors at FAME.
"They did a focus group with students and adult educators to find out what kind of message would generate a response,' Senese says. "We didn't want it to be a fearful message. But we wanted to make sure people got the point."
This messaging formed the backbone of an agressive public relations campaign to get as many non-completers as possible to finish their GEDs by the end of the year. Elizabeth Vanderweide heads up business development at FAME.
"That particular goal - to get as many Maine residents to complete their GED so they could go on to higher ed - was part of our grant writing initiative," Vanderweide says.
Vandeweide says it was money from the College Access Challenge, a federal grant program, that allowed FAME to develop a multi-pronged strategy around the GED.
The agency worked with the Maine Adult Education Association to launch a new Web site. It sent posters urging completion to adult education centers in every corner of the state. And it supplied the centers with post cards to mail out to anyone who had started a GED and quit. "We also had a spring time set of events," Vanderweide says, "and then this September, we had a set of events."
Vanderweide says FAME contracted with a marketing firm, which ovesaw the production of radio and TV spots, like this one:
GED COMPLETER: "Gettin' my GED changed my life. I remember sittin' in the parking lot that first day, just shakin'. Now, I'm studying to be an RN and my life is really on the move.
ANNOUNCER: Visit mainegednow.org, or your local adult ed center, and take your story to the next level."
"It hit home," Gail Senese says. "And then the momentum of when some people started to come back - they become cheerleaders for friends, family, co-workers."
Officials at FAME say they wish they had enough funding to do this kind of outreach every year. That's because roughly half the people who start a GED in Maine don't end up finishing.


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Ventura College
Men's swimming
The Star's Male Athlete of the Spring graduates from VC undefeated in individual competition. Chung won 12 WSC titles, six state championships and the national championship in the 100-yard backstroke (48.97 seconds). He earned All-America honors in 15 different events. Chung set four school records, four WSC records and the state record in the 100 backstroke. He will attend UC Berkeley.
Cal Lutheran
Women's Track and Field
The 5-foot-3 junior distance runner shattered many records in her first track season for CLU. Skiba finished third at the NCAA Championships in the 5,000 meters in a personal-best and school-record time of 16 minutes, 40.91 seconds. The Oak Park High graduate won the 5,000 title at the SCIAC Championships in a time of 17:00.34 to break the 28-year-old meet record by 25 seconds. Skiba also won the 1,500 title to remain undefeated in the 5,000 and 1,500 in SCIAC competition for the season. Skiba broke the school record in the 3,000 in a time of 10:05.91. She was the first CLU athlete to be named U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Women's West Region Track Athlete of the Year. She was a first-team All-American and a first-team All-SCIAC selection. Skiba's favorite movie is "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," her favorite food is Taco Bell and her favorite athlete is David Beckham. Skiba is majoring in liberal studies.
Oxnard College
The 6-5, 215-pound sophomore from Royal was the Condors' ace on the mound. He went 5-3 while leading the WSC North with a 1.66 ERA. Conard allowed just 62 hits in 86.2 innings, and had five complete games in 10 starts. He did not allow more than three earned runs in any start. Oxnard was 7-2 with Conard on the mound after the opening week of the season.
The Condors became a lot more competitive when the former Grace Brethren High shortstop, a transfer from Memphis, joined the team for the final 16 games. Dunn hit safely in 12 of those games, batting .395 with a .422 on-base percentage and a .535 slugging percentage. Dunn struck out just once in 45 plate appearances. She also pitched the Condors to wins against Pierce on March 26 and Mount San Jacinto on April 6.
The 6-4, 205-pound junior utility player made an instant impact for the Kingsmen as a transfer. Petersen set a single-season program record with a .444 batting average, 71 hits, 17 doubles, four triples, 39 RBIs and 57 runs scored. On the mound, the left-hander was 7-2 with 3.04 ERA and 73 strikeouts in a team-leading 91.2 innings. Petersen was named the SCIAC Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year after transferring to CLU from Cal State Northridge. He was a first-team All-American and first-team All-West Region selection. Petersen's favorite food is steak, his favorite athlete is Muhammad Ali and his favorite TV show is "Breaking Bad." Peterson is a double major in biology and psychology.
Women's swimming
The Hong Kong Olympian arrived in January and immediately heated up the water across the region, breaking four school records in the first month of the season. The state champion in the 500- and 1,650-meter freestyle events and national champion in the 500 was named Swimmer of the Year at the state meet. Tang won the WSC titles in the 200, 500 and 1,650 freestyle events. She broke a 19-year-old school record in the 200, became the first Pirate to swim better than five minutes in the 500 and swam the second-fastest time in state history in the 1,000.
Women's tennis
After holding down the No. 3 spot on the Pirates' state championship team as a freshman, the Rio Mesa High product blossomed as a No. 1 as a sophomore. Landeros went 6-2 in singles play to earn All-WSC honors, and advanced to the WSC singles final and the CCCAA state quarterfinals at The Ojai. She also reached the round of 32 in the state doubles tournament with partner Katy Scheck.
Men's tennis
The freshman from Serra Negra, Brazil, powered the Pirates to a seventh straight WSC title and the state dual team final at The Ojai. Mendes was named WSC Co-Player of the Year. He went 7-1 in WSC singles play, finished as a state singles finalist and earned VC's lone singles point in the state final against Fresno. Mendes also excelled in doubles play, reaching the state semifinal with partner Cameron Lee.
Women's track and field
The freshman from Pacifica won the WSC championship in the shot put and earned 19 points as the Pirates finished second as a team. Dixon threw a personal record of 43-2 to finish in fifth place at the CCCAA state meet. She was the runner-up at the SoCal regional championships, just three centimeters off the title. Dixon also starred as a post player for the women's basketball team.
Men's track and field
The sophomore from Pacifica finished fourth in the WSC Championships in the hammer throw with a toss of 131-1. Reyes was the lone VC male athlete to qualify for the SoCal regional championships, where he finished 10th in the hammer throw with a personal record of 133-5. He competed in all four throwing events at the WSC meet.
CHAD McLAY
Men's golf
The sophomore from Rio Mesa High overcame the disappointment of being left off the Pirates' postseason roster as a freshman to become their No. 1 player as a sophomore. His average round of 75.2 was No. 7 in the WSC, earning him all-conference honors. McLay shot a 1-over-par 145 to lead VC to a third-place finish at the WSC Championships. He shot an 11-over 155 at the SoCal regional meet and shot a 69 to earn VC a non-conference win at Soule Park on April 10.
The freshman from Nordhoff High was the Pirates' workhorse this season, pitching 87 percent of the innings. The WSC Gold Division Pitcher of the Year pitched 205.2 of the Pirates' 237 innings, going 16-16 with a 3.74 ERA. Thorp threw seven shutouts, and had a season-high 11 strikeouts in a 7-0 win at Pierce on April 16. She also hit .417 with eight doubles, and slugged a home run in the playoff series at eventual state finalist Riverside.
The 6-foot, 170-pound sophomore from Royal became the first Pirate to win the state batting title, hitting .426 during the regular season. The right fielder also had eight doubles, two home runs, 30 RBIs and 30 runs scored. He was named to the All-America team and won Southern California's Big Stick Award. Solomon had 17 multi-hit games, including a 4-for-4 performance in a 2-1 win over Santa Barbara City on March 5.
Moorpark College
Men's volleyball
The 6-6 sophomore from Ventura was one of the top middle blockers in the state for the 10-7 Raiders. Neary led the state in solo blocks (44), aces (22) and finished second in hitting percentage (.359). The first-team All-WSC selection was also a big part of the Raiders' playoff team a year ago. He had 13 kills and three aces in a four-set win over Santa Barbara City on March 29 and 14 kills and six blocks against Pierce March 20. Neary has signed a letter of intent to play at Ohio State.
SARA McDONALD
The sophomore from Moorpark was the Southern California champion in the 400 meters (54.89 seconds) and runner-up in the 200 (24.03). She won the WSC title in both events. The All-American finished with the top 400 time in the state (54.73) and was fourth nationally. McDonald rebounded from a freshman season hampered by a foot injury. She was named Moorpark Female Athlete of the Year. McDonald has signed a letter of intent to run at Arizona State.
The sophomore catcher from Newbury Park was a multitalented force atop the lineup for the WSC Gold Division champion. The transfer from IUPUI hit .504 with six doubles, seven triples, three home runs and 41 RBIs. She also stole a team-high 18 bases. Checkie had seven three-hit games, and drove in three or more runs five times, including six on March 14 vs. rival Ventura. She had two RBI triples and a double in a playoff loss to eventual state champion Palomar.
The 5-7 senior catcher provided strong all-around play and leadership for the Regals this season. Tinsley batted .241 with 26 hits, eight doubles, four home runs and 24 RBIs. In only two seasons at CLU after transferring from Arizona, Tinsley finished her career fourth all-time for home runs (11). Tinsley recorded 77 put-outs and 13 assists and made just two errors behind the plate. She also threw out 10 baserunners. Tinsley was a second-team All-SCIAC selection. Tinsley's favorite movie is "Remember the Titans," her favorite food is Mexican and her favorite teams are the St. Louis Rams and Los Angeles Angels. Tinsley majored in liberal studies.
Men's Track and Field
The 6-2, 245-pound senior prolonged the strong throwing legacy at CLU. Diaz threw a lifetime-best mark of 166 feet, 9 inches to capture the hammer throw title at the SCIAC Championships. The Phoenix resident finished third in the discus (137-2) to earn All-SCIAC honors in both events. Diaz leaves CLU with the fourth best mark in program history in the hammer throw. Diaz's favorite movie is "Liar Liar," his favorite food is Japanese and his favorite TV show is "The Simpsons." Diaz majored in business administration with a minor in global studies.
McKAY WEILER
Women's Golf
The 5-2 freshman had a strong debut for the Regals this season. Weiler was CLU's top overall finisher in seven of nine events played. The Monrovia native had a stroke average of 83.8. She finished 14th overall at the SCIAC Championships and was a second-team All-SCIAC selection. Weiler's favorite movie is "Hairspray," her favorite TV show is "The Bachelorette" and her favorite pro athletes are Michael Phelps, Hope Solo and Phil Mickelson.
MORGAN McCARDELL
Women's Water Polo
The 5-9 senior attacker put the finishing touches on a successful career for the Regals. McCardell led CLU with 18 goals in SCIAC play and was tied for second with 12 assists. The Camarillo native added 14 steals and nine drawn ejections to earn first-team All-SCIAC honors. After transferring from UC Irvine, McCardell earned All-America honors for CLU as a junior. McCardell's favorite movie is "Remember the Titans," her favorite food is a turkey sandwich and her favorite athletes are Betsey Armstrong and Clayton Kershaw. McCardell majored in exercise science.
Men's Tennis
The 6-2, 190-pound senior put the finishing touches on a decorated CLU career. Ballou completed the season with a 27-1 singles record, including 21-0 in dual-match play. He went 8-0 in SCIAC play to finish his career undefeated (17-0) in conference. Ballou was ranked No. 1 in the nation in NCAA Division III, and was named the SCIAC Player of the Year for the second straight year. The Orinda native defended his singles title at The Ojai while also winning the doubles title with teammate Ray Worley. The duo finished with a 26-3 overall record. Ballou's favorite movie is "The Other Guys," his favorite athlete is John McEnroe and his favorite teams are the San Francisco 49ers, Los Angeles Kings and Golden State Warriors. Ballou is a communications major.
MIKEY McGINN
Men's Golf
The 6-2, 270-pound junior had another strong season for the Kingsmen. McGinn led CLU with a stroke average of 73.5. He captured the individual title at the at the Master's Invitational while helping CLU win the team title. McGinn was a first-team All-SCIAC selection and only the second All-American in program history when he earned second-team honors. The Porterville native finished tied for fourth at the SCIAC Championships and 64th at the NCAA Championships. McGinn's favorite movie is "The Hangover," his favorite music is classic rock and his favorite food is Mexican. He is majoring in business administration.


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Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Wyeth in 1964. Associated Press
Andrew Wyeth, one of the most popular and also most lambasted artists in the history of American art, died Jan. 16, 2009, at his home in Chadds Ford, Pa. He was 91.
He was a reclusive linchpin in a colorful family dynasty of artists whose precise realist views of hardscrabble rural life became icons of national culture and sparked endless debates about the nature of modern art.
Wyeth gave America a prim and flinty view of Puritan rectitude, starchily sentimental, through parched gray and brown pictures of deserted beaches, circling buzzards and craggy-faced New Englanders.
Because of his popularity, a bad sign to many art world insiders, Wyeth came to represent middle-class values and ideals that modernism claimed to reject. Art critics mostly heaped abuse on his work, saying he gave realism a bad name. Supporters said he spoke to the silent majority who jammed his exhibitions. John Updike said: ''In the heyday of Abstract Expressionism, the scorn was simple gallery politics; but resistance to Wyeth remains curiously stiff in an art world that has no trouble making room for Photorealists like Richard Estes and Philip Pearlstein and graduates of commercial art like Wayne Thiebaud, Andy Warhol, and for that matter, Edward Hopper.''
One Wyeth picture, ''Christina's World,'' became an American icon like Grant Wood's ''American Gothic.'' Wyeth had seen Christina Olson, crippled from the waist down, dragging herself across a Maine field. To him she was a model of dignity who refused to use a wheelchair and preferred to live in squalor rather than be beholden to anyone. It was dignity of a particularly dour, hardened, misanthropic sort, to which Wyeth throughout his career seemed to gravitate.
Andrew Newell Wyeth III was born on July 12, 1917, in Chadds Ford, Pa., the fifth child of Carolyn and Newell Convers Wyeth, the great illustrator famous for his pictures for ''Treasure Island,'' ''Robinson Crusoe'' and other classics of literature. N.C. Wyeth became a role model, teacher and inevitable point of comparison in Andrew's pursuit of his own career as an artist. The situation repeated itself a generation later when Jamie followed his father Andrew as an artist.
While he admired his father's intensity, which he hoped to match, Wyeth's imagery differed from his father's. N.C.'s work was full of action and drama; Andrew's work often had no people in it. The young Wyeth's hero, after his father, was Winslow Homer. He moved to Maine, made a pilgrimage to Homer's studio at Prout's Neck, and the vigorous, shimmering watercolors he began to paint aspired to Homer's fleeting effects of light and movement.
In 1937, through an associate of his father's, the Macbeth Gallery in New York gave Wyeth his first one-man show, which sold out at the opening. At the same time he began to work in egg tempera, a technique that appealed to his fastidious, traditional and tight-lipped side, with its dry, chalky, ghostly effects. He married Betsy James of Maine in 1940; she became his business manager and as strong an influence on him as his father.
Wyeth lost a lung, survived a near-fatal illness, and had a hip operation, but kept working, energized partly by disdain for his detractors. ''I'm not going to let them disrupt my old age,'' he said.
-- From the obituary in The New York Times by Michael Kimmelman
Highlights From the Archives
For Wyeth, Both Praise and Doubt
In death, as in life, the painter Andrew Wyeth continues to provoke the most diverse of reactions.January 17, 2009 artsNews
Art Review
'Andrew Wyeth: Memory and Magic' at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Going through this exhibition, you would have to be a determined Wyeth opponent to resist his Magic Realism and his cannily economical ways of telling stories.April 18, 2006 artsReview
Arts and Leisure Desk
Paying Tribute To Maine's No. 1 Summer Family
The Farnsworth Center for the Wyeth Family in Maine has opened, a place dedicated to the work of the illustrator N. C. Wyeth, his son Andrew and Andrew's son Jamie.July 19, 1998 artsNews
Leisure/Weekend Desk
New Light on Wyeth's Outer and Inner Landscapes
The Whitney Museum of American Art might almost have written ''Give the guy a chance'' across the walls of its exhibition of Andrew Wyeth's landscapes.May 29, 1998 artsReview
Cultural Desk
Still Sovereign of His Own Art World
Andrew Wyeth is still alive. He proved it the other day by ordering a Bloody Mary, a shrimp cocktail (''Five shrimp, please'') and sweet-potato fries.February 18, 1997 artsBiography
In Pennsylvania, Exploring Wyeth's World
Three sites in Chadds Ford, a small town near Philadelphia, reveal a mix of influences that animated the life and work of the artist Andrew Wyeth.
May 26, 2013, Sunday
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Images From Wyeth's World, Paint Splatters and All
The artist James Welling's photographs of the homes and studios of Andrew Wyeth will be on display at the David Zwirner Gallery in New York, starting Sept. 7.
August 23, 2012, Thursday
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Examining Wyeth Anew
An exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art offers visitors a chance to gain a new perspective on Andrew Wyeth, who died in 2009.
May 6, 2012, Sunday
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Examining Wyeth Anew
An exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art offers visitors a chance to gain a new perspective on Andrew Wyeth, who died in 2009.
May 4, 2012, Friday
Following Her Heart, Owner Now Has Juvenile Favorite
Phyllis Wyeth sold Union Rags last year, but her instincts told her to buy him back, no matter the cost. The horse has already paid for himself and is a favorite to win the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.
November 4, 2011, Friday
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A Stroll Through Wyeth's Giverny
The Maine farmhouse made famous by Andrew Wyeth in "Christina's World" is open to visitors for wandering and wondering.
August 12, 2011, Friday
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Sexuality in Modernism: The (Partial) History
"Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture," at the National Portrait Gallery, delves deep into the history of art by and about gay artists.
December 11, 2010, Saturday
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Changing Art Among the Wyeths
An exhibit at the Montclair Art Museum featuring three generations of the Wyeth family allows visitors to assess individual achievements.
June 7, 2009, Sunday
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Andrew Wyeth, Painter, Dies at 91
Mr. Wyeth, whose precise realist views of rural life sparked endless debates about the nature of modern art, was 91.
January 17, 2009, Saturday
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January 17, 2009, Saturday
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Forestries Open Christmas Tree Season
A man pulls out a Christmas tree he chose and cut down himself in a... Fotografia de notíciasAdulto,Alemanha,Culturas,Escolher,Floresta,Homens,Horizontal,Interesse Humano,Natal,Natureza,Puxar,Questão ambiental,Árvore,Árvore de NatalPhotographer Joern HaufeCollection: Getty Images News 2012 Getty ImagesFISCHBACH, GERMANY - DECEMBER 08: A man pulls out a Christmas tree he chose and cut down himself in a forest on December 8, 2012 in Fischbach, Germany. Forestry officials in the state of Saxony officially opened the 2012 Christmas tree season for people who want to retrieve their tree from designated forests rather than just buying it readily cut. (Photo by Joern Haufe/Getty Images)


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|Peter G. Knopp, Bankim H. Mehta
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The systems and method discussed herein treat tissue in the human body. In a particular variation, systems and methods described below treat cosmetic conditions affecting the skin of various body parts, including face, neck, and other areas traditionally prone to wrinkling, lines, sagging and other distortions of the skin.
Exposure of the skin to environmental forces can, over time, cause the skin to sag, wrinkle, form lines, or develop other undesirable distortions. Even normal contraction of facial and neck muscles, e.g. by frowning or squinting, can also over time form furrows or bands in the face and neck region. These and other effects of the normal aging process can present an aesthetically unpleasing cosmetic appearance.
Accordingly, there is well known demand for cosmetic procedures to reduce the visible effects of such skin distortions. There remains a large demand for "tightening" skin to remove sags and wrinkles especially in the regions of the face and neck.
One method surgically resurfaces facial skin by ablating the outer layer of the skin (from 200 μm to 600 μm), using laser or chemicals. In time, a new skin surface develops. The laser and chemicals used to resurface the skin also irritate or heat the collagen tissue present in the dermis. When irritated or heated in prescribed ways, the collagen tissue partially dissociates and, in doing so, shrinks. The shrinkage of collagen also leads to a desirable "tightened" look. Still, laser or chemical resurfacing leads to prolonged redness of the skin, infection risk, increased or decreased pigmentation, and scarring.
Lax et al. U.S. Pat. No. 5,458,596 describes the use of radio frequency energy to shrink collagen tissue. This cosmetically beneficial effect can be achieved in facial and neck areas of the body in a minimally intrusive manner, without requiring the surgical removal of the outer layers of skin and the attendant problems just listed.
Utely et al. U.S. Pat. No. 6,277,116 also teaches a system for shrinking collagen for cosmetically beneficial purposes by using an electrode array configuration.
However, areas of improvement remain with the previously known systems. In one example, fabrication of an electrode array may cause undesired cross-current paths forming between adjacent electrodes resulting in an increase in the amount of energy applied to tissue.
In another example, when applying the array to tissue, the medical practitioner experiences a "bed-of-nails". In other words, the number of electrodes and their configuration in the array effectively increases the total surface area of the electrode array. The increase in effective surface area then requires the medical practitioner to apply a greater force to the electrode array in order to penetrate tissue. Such a drawback may create collateral damage as one or more electrode may be placed too far within the skin. Additionally, the patient may experience the excessive force as the medical practitioner increases the applied force to insert the array within tissue.
Thermage, Inc. of Hayward Calif. also holds patents and sells devices for systems for capacitive coupling of electrodes to deliver a controlled amount of radiofrequency energy. This controlled delivery of RF energy creates an electric field that generates "resistive heating" in the skin to produce cosmetic effects while cooling the epidermis to prevent external burning of the epidermis.
In such systems that treat in a non-invasive manner, generation of energy to produce a result at the dermis results in unwanted energy passing to the epidermis. Accordingly, excessive energy production creates the risk of unwanted collateral damage to the skin.
In view of the above, there remains a need for an improved energy delivery system. Such systems may be applied to create improved electrode array delivery system for cosmetic treatment of tissue. In particular, such an electrode array may provide deep uniform heating by applying energy to tissue below the epidermis to causes deep structures in the skin to immediately tighten. Over time, new and remodeled collagen may further produce a tightening of the skin, resulting in a desirable visual appearance at the skin's surface.
The invention provides improved systems and methods of systems and methods of achieving the cosmetically beneficial effects of using energy to shrink collagen tissue in the dermis in an effective manner that prevents the energy from affecting the outer layer of skin.
One aspect of the invention provides systems and methods for applying electromagnetic energy to skin. The systems and methods include a carrier and an array of electrodes on the carrier, which are connectable to a source of electromagnetic energy to apply the electromagnetic energy. The devices and methods described herein can also be used to treat tissue masses such as tumors, varicose veins, or other tissue adjacent to the surface of tissue.
The devices and methods described herein may provide electrode arrays that penetrate tissue at an oblique angle or at a normal angle as discussed below. In addition, in those variations where the electrode array enters at an oblique angle, the device may include a cooling surface that directly cools the surface area of tissue adjacent to the treated region of tissue. The cooling methods and apparatus described herein may be implemented regardless of whether the electrodes penetrate at an oblique angle or not.
According to this aspect of the invention, a faceplate on the carrier or treatment unit covers the array of electrodes. Faceplate can be a non-conducting material and may or may not conform to the outer surface of tissue.
An interior chamber is formed behind the faceplate and contains an electrode plate. The electrode plate can move within the chamber to allow movement of the electrodes through openings in the faceplate. It is noted however, that variations of the invention may or may not have a faceplate and/or an electrode plate.
Methods described herein include methods for applying energy to tissue located beneath a surface layer of the tissue by providing an energy transfer unit having a faceplate with a plurality of openings and a plurality of electrodes moveable through the faceplate. In operation a medical practitioner can place the faceplate in contact with the surface layer of tissue then draw and maintain the surface layer of tissue against the openings in the faceplate. Subsequently, or simultaneously to this act, the medical practitioner can advance the electrodes through the surface tissue and into the tissue and apply energy with a portion of the electrode beneath the skin to create a thermal injury to tissue beneath the skin.
The number of openings may match the number of electrodes. Alternatively, there may be additional openings in the treatment unit to maintain a vacuum with the tissue and/or allow movement of the electrodes within the chamber.
Variations of the invention include movement of the electrodes by use of a spring. The spring provides a spring force to move the electrodes at a velocity that allows for easier insertion of the electrode array into tissue.
Alternatively, or in combination, the electrodes may be coupled to an additional source of energy that imparts vibration in the electrodes (e.g., an ultrasound energy generator). The same energy source may be used to generate the thermal effect in the dermis.
The methods and devices described herein may also use features to facilitate entry of the electrodes into tissue. For example, the surface tissue may be placed in traction prior to advancing electrodes through the surface tissue. The electrodes can comprise a curved shape. Where advancing the curved electrodes through tissue comprises rotating the electrodes into tissue.
The power supply for use with the systems and methods described herein may comprise a plurality of electrode pairs, each electrode pair comprising a mono-polar or bi-polar configuration. Each electrode pair of the system may be coupled to an independent channel of a power supply or independent power supplies. Such configurations permit improved controlled delivery of energy to the treatment site.
Another variation that controls delivery of energy may include spacing where each electrode pair at a sufficient distance from an adjacent electrode pair to minimize formation of a cross-current path between adjacent electrode pairs. Moreover, the independent power supply can be configured to energize adjacent electrode pairs at different times.
Devices according to the principles of the present invention include an electrode array for treating a dermis layer of tissue, the array comprising a faceplate comprising a plurality of openings, a plurality of electrode pairs each pair comprising an active and a return electrode, where the electrode pairs extend through openings in the faceplate, at least one electrode plate carrying the plurality of electrode pairs, where the electrode plate and face plate are moveable relative to each other to allow for axial movement of the electrode pairs through the openings.
It is expressly intended that, wherever possible, the invention includes combinations of aspects of the various embodiments described herein or even combinations of the embodiments themselves.
The systems and method discussed herein treat tissue in the human body. In one variation, the systems and methods treat cosmetic conditions affecting the skin of various body parts, including face, neck, and other areas traditionally prone to wrinkling, lines, sagging and other distortions of the skin. The methods and systems described herein may also have application in other surgical fields apart from cosmetic applications.
The skin 10 includes an external, non-vascular covering called the epidermis 16. In the face and neck regions, the epidermis measures about 100 μm in cross section. The skin 10 also includes a dermis 18 layer that contains a layer of vascular tissue. In the face and neck regions, the dermis 18 measures about 1900 μm in cross section.
The dermis 18 includes a papillary (upper) layer and a reticular (lower) layer. Most of the dermis 18 comprises collagen fibers. However, the dermis also includes various hair bulbs, sweat ducts, and other glands. The subcutaneous tissue 12 region below the dermis 18 contains fat deposits as well as vessels and other tissue.
In most cases, when applying cosmetic treatment to the skin, it is desirable to deliver energy the dermis layer rather than the epidermis, the subcutaneous tissue region 12 or the muscle 14 tissue. In fact, delivery of energy to the subcutaneous tissue region 12 or muscle 14 may produce pockets or other voids leading to further visible imperfections in the skin of a patient.
The application of heat to the fibrous collagen structure in the dermis 18 causes the collagen to dissociate and contract along its length. It is believed that such disassociation and contraction occur when the collagen is heated to about 65 degree. C. The contraction of collagen tissue causes the dermis 18 to reduce in size, which has an observable tightening effect. As the collagen contacts, wrinkles, lines, and other distortions become less visible. As a result, the outward cosmetic appearance of the skin 10 improves. Furthermore, the eventual wound healing response may further cause additional collagen production. This latter effect may further serve to tighten the skin 10.
The electrodes 106 can be fabricated from any number of materials, e.g., from stainless steel, platinum, and other noble metals, or combinations thereof. Additionally, the electrode may be placed on a non-conductive member (such as a polymeric member). In any case, the electrode 106 may be fastened to the electrode plate by various means, e.g., by adhesives, by painting, or by other coating or deposition techniques.
Additionally, the treatment unit 102 may or may not include an actuator 128 for driving the electrode array 126 from the faceplate 104. Alternative variations of the system 100 include actuators driven by the control system 114.
The number of electrodes 106 in the array may vary as needed for the particular application. Furthermore, the array defined by the electrodes 106 may have any number of shapes or profiles depending on the particular application. As described in additional detail herein, in those variations of the system 100 intended for skin resurfacing, the length of the electrodes 106 is generally selected so that the energy delivery occurs in the dermis layer of the skin 10 while the spacing of electrodes 106 may be selected to minimize flow of current between adjacent pairs of electrodes.
When treating the skin, it is believed that the dermis should be heated to a predetermined temperature condition, at or about 65 degree C., without increasing the temperature of the epidermis beyond 47 degree C. Since the active area of the electrode designed to remain beneath the epidermis, the present system applies energy to the dermis in a targeted, selective fashion, to dissociate and contract collagen tissue. By attempting to limit energy delivery to the dermis, the configuration of the present system also minimizes damage to the epidermis.
The system 10 also includes an energy supply unit 114 coupled to the treatment unit 102 via a cable 112 or other means. The energy supply unit 114 may contain the software and hardware required to control energy delivery. Alternatively, the CPU, software and other hardware control systems may reside in the hand piece 110 and/or cable 112. It is also noted that the cable 112 may be permanently affixed to the supply unit 114 and/or the treatment unit 102. The energy supply unit may be a RF energy unit. Additional variations of energy supply units may include power supplies to provide thermal energy, ultrasound energy, laser energy, and infrared energy.
The energy supply unit 114 may also include an input/output (I/O) device that allows the physician to input control and processing variables, to enable the controller 114 to generate appropriate command signals. The I/O device can also receive real time processing feedback information from one or more sensors 98 associated with the device, for processing by the controller 114, e.g., to govern the application of energy and the delivery of processing fluid. The I/O device may also include a display 54, to graphically present processing information to the physician for viewing or analysis.
In some variations, the system 100 may also include an auxiliary unit 116 (where the auxiliary unit may be a vacuum source, fluid source, ultrasound generator, medication source, etc.) Although the auxiliary unit is shown to be connected to the energy supply, variations of the system 100 may include one or more auxiliary units 116 where each unit may be coupled to the power supply 114 and/or the treatment unit 102.
By drawing tissue against the device or faceplate, the medical practitioner may better gauge the depth of the treatment. For example, given the relatively small sectional regions of the epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue, if a device is placed over an uneven contour of tissue, one electrode pair may be not be placed at the sufficient depth. Accordingly, application of energy in such a case may cause a burn on the epidermis. Therefore, drawing tissue to the faceplate of the device increases the likelihood of driving the electrodes to a uniform depth in the tissue.
Although not shown, the electrode plate 118 may contain apertures or other features to allow distal movement of the plate 118 and electrodes 106 during the application of a vacuum.
In variations of the present system, the electrodes 106 can be configured to individually rotate, vibrate (e.g., via ultrasonic energy), or cycle in an axial direction, where such actions are intended to lower the overall insertion force required by the medical practitioner to place the electrodes within tissue.
The electrodes 106 are arranged in a pair configuration. In a bi-polar configuration one electrode 120 serves a first pole, while the second electrode 122 serves as the second pole (it is also common to refer to such electrodes as the active and return electrodes). The spacing of electrode pairs 106 is sufficient so that the pair of electrodes 120, 122 is able to establish a treatment current path therebetween for the treatment of tissue. However, adjacent electrode pairs 106 will be spaced sufficiently to minimize the tendency of current flowing between the adjacent pairs. Typically, each electrode pair 106 is coupled to a separate power supply or to a single power supply having multiple channels for each electrode pair.
The benefit of such a configuration is that, when compared to conventional treatments, the amount of power required to induce heating in the target tissue is much reduced. For example, because the electrodes are spaced to provide heating across the electrode pairs at the target tissue, each channel of the system may provide 1 watt of energy to produce the desired temperature increase at the site. In contrast, if a treatment system delivered energy over the entire electrode array, a much greater amount of energy is required to generate the desired temperature over the larger surface area of tissue. Moreover, the energy demand is less because the treatment applies energy directly to the target tissue rather than though additional layers of tissue.
In one variation of the device, it is believed that a desirable spacing of the first and second electrode poles is between 1 and 3 mm, while a desirable spacing of electrode pairs is between 5 and 6 mm. In one example, the described configuration allowed for each independent channel to deliver no more than 1 watt to deliver acceptable tissue treatment results. Obviously, the power supply may be configured to deliver greater amounts of energy as needed depending on the application.
The ability to control each electrode pair on a separate channel from the power supply provides additional benefits based on the impedance or other characteristic of the tissue being treated. For example, each electrode pair may include a thermocouple to separately monitor each treatment site; the duration of the energy treatment may be controlled depending on the characteristics of the surrounding tissue; selective electrode pairs may be fired rather than all of the electrode pairs firing at once (e.g., by firing electrode pairs that are located on opposite ends of the electrode plate one can further minimize the chance that a significant amount of current flows between the separate electrode pairs.) Naturally, a number of additional configurations are also available depending on the application. Additional variations of the device may include electrode pairs that are coupled to a single channel of a power supply as well.
The present systems may deliver energy based upon sensing tissue temperature conditions as a form of active process feedback control. Alternatively, the systems may monitor changes in impedance of the tissue being treated and ultimately stop the treatment when a desired value is obtained. Yet another mode of energy delivery is to provide a total maximum energy over a duration of time.
As noted herein, temperature or other sensing may be measured beneath the epidermis in the dermis region. Each probe or electrode may include a sensor or the sensor may be placed on a structure that penetrates the tissue but does not function as an energy delivery electrode. In yet another variation, the sensors may be a vertically stacked array of sensors to provide data along a depth or length of tissue.
As shown, once the introducer member 134 engages tissue 10, the tissue first elastically deforms as shown. Eventually, the tissue can no longer deflect and is placed in traction by the introducer members 134. As a result, the electrodes 120, 122 more readily penetrate the tissue.
In those variations of systems according to the present invention, if the electrodes engage the tissue without the introducer members, then the electrodes themselves may cause plastic deformation of the surface tissue. Such an occurrence increases the force a medical practitioner must apply to the device to deploy the electrodes in tissue.
The electrodes 120, 122 may have a curved shape similar to that of suture needles, and/or may be fabricated from a shape memory alloy that is set in a desired curve. As shown in
In the above configuration, it may be necessary to have one or more electrode plates 104 as an electrode moves along two or more dimensions. However, various additional configurations may be employed to produce the desired effects.
Variations of the present device may include treatment units having features to allow for treatment of contoured surfaces. For example,
Although the introducer member 204 is shown as being stationary, variations of the device include introducer members that are slidable on the electrodes. For example, to ease insertion of the electrode, the electrode may be advanced into the tissue. After the electrode is in the tissue, the introducer member slides over the electrode to a desired location. Typically, the introducer member is insulated and effectively determines the active region of the electrode. In another variation using RF energy, the introducer member may have a return electrode on its tip. Accordingly, after it advances into the tissue, application of energy creates current path between the electrode and the return electrode on the introducer.
The body 202 of the electrode device 200 may also include a handle portion 208 that allows the user to manipulate the device 200. In this variation, the handle portion 208 includes a lever or lever means 210 that actuates the electrodes into the tissue (as discussed in further detail below).
As discussed above, the electrode device 200 can be coupled to a power supply 114 with or without an auxiliary unit 116 via a connector or coupling member 112. In some variations of the device, a display or user interface can be located on the body of the device 200 as discussed below.
As shown, the electrodes 212 are advanceable from the body 202 (in this case through the introducers 204) in an oblique angle A as measured relative to the tissue engagement surface 206. The tissue engagement surface 206 allows a user to place the device on the surface of tissue and advance the electrodes 212 to the desired depth of tissue. Because the tissue engagement surface 206 provides a consistent starting point for the electrodes, as the electrodes 212 advance from the device 202 they are driven to a uniform depth in the tissue.
For instance, without a tissue engagement surface, the electrode 212 may be advanced too far or may not be advanced far enough such that they would partially extend out of the skin. As discussed above, either case presents undesirable outcomes when attempting to treat the dermis layer for cosmetic affects. In cases where the device is used for tumor ablation, inaccurate placement may result in insufficient treatment of the target area.
In any case, because the electrodes 212 enter the tissue at an angle A, the resulting region of treatment 152, corresponding to the active area 214 of the electrode is larger than if the needle were driven perpendicular to the tissue surface. This configuration permits a larger treatment area with fewer electrodes 212. In addition, the margin for error of locating the active region 214 in the desired tissue region is greater since the length of the desired tissue region is greater at angle A than if the electrode were deployed perpendicularly to the tissue.
As noted herein, the electrodes 212 may be inserted into the tissue in either a single motion where penetration of the tissue and advancement into the tissue are part of the same movement or act. However, variations include the use of a spring mechanism or impact mechanism to drive the electrodes 212 into the tissue. Driving the electrodes 212 with such a spring-force increases the momentum of the electrodes as they approach tissue and facilitates improved penetration into the tissue. As shown below, variations of the devices discussed herein may be fabricated to provide for a dual action to insert the electrodes. For example, the first action may comprise use of a spring or impact mechanism to initially drive the electrodes to simply penetrate the tissue. Use of the spring force or impact mechanism to drive the electrodes may overcome the initial resistance in puncturing the tissue. The next action would then be an advancement of the electrodes so that they reach their intended target site. The impact mechanism may be spring driven, fluid driven or via other means known by those skilled in the art. One possible configuration is to use an impact or spring mechanism to fully drive the electrodes to their intended depth.
Inserting the electrode at angle A also allows for direct cooling of the surface tissue. As shown in
The cooling surface 216 may be any cooling mechanism known by those skilled in the art. For example, it may be a manifold type block having liquid or gas flowing through for convective cooling. Alternatively, the cooling surface 216 may be cooled by a thermoelectric cooling device (such as a fan or a Peltier-type cooling device). In such a case, the cooling may be driven by energy from the electrode device thus eliminating the need for additional fluid supplies. One variation of a device includes a cooling surface 216 having a temperature detector 218 (thermocouple, RTD, optical measurement, or other such temperature measurement device) placed within the cooling surface. The device may have one or more temperature detectors 218 placed anywhere throughout the cooling surface 216 or even at the surface that contacts the tissue.
In one application, the cooling surface 216 is maintained at or near body temperature. Accordingly, as the energy transfer occurs causing the temperature of the surface 156 to increase, contact between the cooling surface 216 and the tissue 20 shall cause the cooling surface to increase in temperature as the interface reaches a temperature equilibrium. Accordingly, as the device's control system senses an increase in temperature of the cooling surface 216 additional cooling can be applied thereto via increased fluid flow or increased energy supplied to the Peltier device.
While the cooling surface may comprise any commonly known thermally conductive material, metal, or compound (e.g., copper, steel, aluminum, etc.). Variations of the devices described herein may incorporate a translucent or even transparent cooling surface. In such cases, the cooling device will be situated so that it does not obscure a view of the surface tissue above the region of treatment.
In one variation, the cooling surface can include a single crystal aluminum oxide (Al2O3). The benefit of the single crystal aluminum oxide is a high thermal conductivity optical clarity, ability to withstand a large temperature range, and the ability to fabricate the single crystal aluminum oxide into various shapes. A number of other optically transparent or translucent substances could be used as well (e.g., diamond, other crystals or glass).
The variations in
Although the systems described herein may be used by themselves, the invention includes the methods and devices described above in combination with moisturizer, ointments, etc. that increase the resistivity of the epidermis. Accordingly, prior to the treatment, the medical practitioner can prepare the patient by increasing the resistivity of the epidermis. During the treatment, because of the increased resistivity of the epidermis, energy would tend to flow in the dermis.
The above variations are intended to demonstrate the various examples of embodiments of the methods and devices of the invention. It is understood that the embodiments described above may be combined or the aspects of the embodiments may be combined in the claims.
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