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The Honourable Christian Paradis, PC, MP
Minister of Industry
Ottawa, Ontario
March 7, 2013
Check Against Delivery
Good morning and welcome.
I am proud to announce today the next steps in our government's plan to build a more competitive wireless sector—One that delivers for Canadian families by providing more choices and more access at better prices.
Canada is home to a quarter of North America's fastest-growing wireless companies. We have world-leading strengths in mobile software development, first-class infrastructure and some of the most Internet-savvy citizens in the world.
Our government has worked hard to increase competition in the Canadian wireless sector. In 2008, we set aside wireless spectrum for new entrants. We increased access to networks and infrastructure for wireless companies. Since then, a number of new wireless competitors have emerged and, more importantly, we have seen wireless prices drop by more than 10 percent across Canada.
Last year we removed investment restrictions for those with less than a 10 percent market share. This allowed the companies that needed it most to access the capital and expertise required to grow and compete—and better serve Canadian families and businesses.
By announcing caps for the upcoming wireless spectrum auctions, we reserved additional spectrum for new entrants.
I firmly believe the basis of a strong economy is a competitive marketplace and consumer choice.
Canadian families work hard for their money. Our government is ensuring that they have access to the wireless services they need for their BlackBerrys and iPhones at a price they can afford.
Simply put, since coming to office, we have made a stronger, more competitive wireless sector a priority.
And the results speak for themselves. Consumers have more choice in the wireless market than ever before. Prices have dropped, and most Canadians now have access to faster mobile speeds and the most sophisticated tablets and smartphones.
However, there is much more to do.
Today, our government is implementing a series of measures to ensure that Canadian consumers continue to benefit from more choice in the wireless sector and faster wireless speeds at better prices.
First, our government is expanding—and extending—the requirement for wireless companies to provide roaming on their networks to competitors. This will ensure that all Canadians, even if they are away from home, will still have service regardless of their provider. No Canadian should be left stranded simply because he or she is outside the range of the chosen service provider.
Second, we are tightening the rules to increase cellphone tower sharing, thereby helping to limit the construction of new cell towers. This will reduce cell tower proliferation—a major concern across the country—while ensuring national wireless coverage for consumers.
Third, our government is delivering on our promise to use the upcoming wireless spectrum auctions to promote four competitors in each region of the country. The first of these auctions, the 700 MHz auction, will take place on November 19, 2013.
Rules are in place to facilitate access to wireless spectrum for smaller providers, increase competitiveness and ensure Canadian families continue to see the benefits of the most advanced wireless services.
And lastly, before the auction, we will review the policy on spectrum licence transfers with the objective of promoting competition in the wireless sector. To be clear, our government wants to see at least four players in each market.
To accomplish this, our government will seek stakeholder input on the criteria and process used to review these requests. By undertaking this consultation now, we will ensure that clear procedures are in place well in advance of the upcoming wireless spectrum auctions.
In order for wireless providers to invest in new spectrum and new services for Canadians, they need greater certainty over the next few years. For this reason, I am releasing the Commercial Mobile Spectrum Outlook. It outlines our government's plan to meet the growing demand for mobile services by Canadians.
Our government's priority is to provide greater wireless coverage at lower rates for consumers. Wireless services are changing our families, our work and our economy—whether these services include the tools that help families stay connected regardless of where they live, access to high-definition video and video conferencing that connects businesses around the world, or greater access to e health, intelligent transport systems and other advanced applications that will revolutionize rural living.
The importance of these technologies is undeniable.
They increase productivity, spur economic growth, create jobs and enhance the quality of life of Canadian families. Through these and many other concrete actions, our government wants to provide all Canadians, no matter where they live, with access to world-class wireless service they can afford.
Thank you.
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n. A piece of jazz music that involves musicians playing extremely fast runs (usually during solos) throughout the song, as if the musicians were on crack, speed, or some other stimulant drug when they recorded the song.
Listen to some Miles Davis and John Coltrane recordings if you want to listen to classic "crack jazz". For a more modern example, look up songs by the New York Big Band on Youtube.
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UTSA science student
Minority research program awarded $3.6 million
(April 6, 2005)--The UTSA Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) program has received $3.6 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to fund a second round of research projects over the next four years. The funding supplements the original $10.4 million awarded, bringing the total to $14 million for 20 faculty research projects.
"As an Hispanic-serving institution, UTSA is a leader in training the scientists of tomorrow who will provide a well-educated and technologically advanced workforce to support San Antonio's growing $13 billion health care and biosciences industry," said UTSA President Ricardo Romo. "Federal funding for programs like this is essential to the university's pursuit to become a premier research university."
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
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MBRS' Support of Continuous Research Excellence (SCORE) program award encompasses several disciplines including biology, chemistry, earth and environmental science, physics and mechanical engineering.
"I am very pleased with NIH's additional funding to support the multidisciplinary research efforts of our minority faculty and students," said Andrew Tsin, SCORE program director. "Through NIH's support, we will continue to build on our reputation and expand our research capabilities."
The SCORE program seeks to increase the participation of individuals from minority or underrepresented groups in scientific research by developing the biomedical research capabilities of faculty and students.
Toaccomplish this goal, researchers must increase the number of publications in peer-reviewed journals and increase the number and size of non-MBRS grants submitted and funded.
MBRS SCORE round 2 grantees and grants
Brian Derrick, Neurogenesis, Long Term Potentiation and Learning
Robert Renthal, Membrane Protein Folding
Dibyendu Sarkar, Novel Remediation Methods to Lower Human Health Risk from Exposure to Arsenic-Enriched Soils
Andrew Tsin, Pathways of the Cone Visual Cycle
Judith Walmsley, Polynuclear Metal Complexes and Host-Guest Complexes as Potential Therapeutic Agents
Cong-Gui Zhao, Can Aldehyde Dioxiranes be used for Oxidations
Liao Chen, Simulating Molecular Motors without neglecting their Inerta
Hai-Chao Han, The effect of Axial Stretch on Intimal Hyperplasia in the Aterial Wall
Luis Haro, Protein separation via Weak Base-Conjugate Acid
MBRS SCORE round 1 grantees and grants
Andy Martinez, Influence of Apolipoprotein E2 and E4 on Development of Hallmarks of Alzheimer's Disease
Bernard Arulanandam, The Role of IgA in CPAF-Induced Protection Against C.trachomitis Infection
Garry Sunter, Viral Gene Interactions with Cellular Pathways Regulating Defense Responses
Brenda Claiborne, Structure and Function of Single Neurons in Aged Mice
James Chambers, In Vitro Matrix Selection and Aptamer Characterization
George Negrete, Green Paradigm for Auxiliary-Mediated Asymmetric Transformations
Xiadodu Wang, Age-Related Changes in Collagen and Its Relationship to the Toughness of Bone
Hyunsoo Han, Rational and Comprehensive Approaches Towards the Steroselective Synthesis of Polyhydroxy Amines
Edwin Barea-Rodriguez, Dietary Restriction, Aging, Learning and LTP
Waldemar Gorski, Enzyme Electrodes Based on Chitosan Scaffoldings
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The Amazing Race - Season 18 Episodes
The Amazing Race - Season 18
This season, the multi Emmy Award-winning series will be broadcast in HD for the first time as the Racers travel 40,000 miles through five continents and 23 cities. Teams begin their journey around the globe from the second-windiest place on the planet, and travel to such picturesque locations as Sydney, Australia, where they find themselves swimming with sharks; Liechtenstein, where they must measure the length of the entire country while riding a motorized bicycle; and Tokyo, Japan, where they must endure the freezing waters from Mount Fuji as part of a spiritual ritual. The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business features fan favorites from previous seasons, including the cowboys, former NFL cheerleaders, the Harlem Globetrotters and the Goths.
"Head Down and Hold On - Leg 1 - Palm Springs, California, USA → Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"
The 18th season begins with 11 former teams who failed to win returning for a chance to claim the $1 million prize. The race starts in Palm Springs, Cal., and continues in Sydney, Australia, where the teams swim with sharks and receive a surprise from Phil at the pit stop.
"I Never Looked So Foolish in My Whole Entire Life - Leg 2 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia → Broken Hill, NSW, Australian Outback"
Teams dressed as kangaroos continue through Australia where one Racer reverts to old habits as tempers start to flare, and another Team breaks down in tears from utter exhaustion.
"We Had a Lot of Evil Spirits Apparently - Leg 3 - Broken Hill, NSW, Australian Outback → Tokyo, Japan"
While in Japan, one team's hopes are shattered after a car crash jolts them to the back of the pack, and Racers get down and dirty in a pile of frigid mud.
"This Is the Most Stupid Day Ever - Leg 4 - Tokyo, Japan → Kunming, Yunnan, China"
The race continues in Lijiang, located in the Yunnan Province of China.
"Don't Ruin the Basketball Game - Leg 5 - Kunming, Yunnan, China → Kolkata, India"
The pressure builds when a prehistoric Roadblock pushes one Racer over the edge and a Double U-turn causes panic among the teams as they race to avoid elimination.
"I Feel Like a Monkey in a Circus Parade"
Overwhelmed by a swarming sea of people on the congested streets of India, one team narrowly dodges a traffic collision while another's clumsiness threatens to spoil their chances of acing the Detour.
"You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win"
Overwhelmed by the crowded streets of India, one team makes a costly blunder while another Racer takes a desperate plunge.
"I Cannot Deal With Your Psycho Behavior"
Confronted by a psychological Detour, teams try to avoid making a "Freudian slip" in the slick streets of Austria, and a hefty meal proves to be too big for some teams' stomachs.
"We're Good American People"
The stress of the Race begins to take its toll when a Double U-Turn is revealed, and one Team struggles to consume a local delicacy while others become acquainted with Swiss hospitality.
"Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen"
Teams brave bone-chilling temperatures as they come face-to-face with the world famous Matterhorn, and tempers flare in the most intense argument of the season.
"This is Where It Ends (1)"
The final four Teams mix it up in Brazil where Racers cry out in pain during a hairy situation as this season comes down to a race to the finish line when one Team will be crowned the winners and receive the 1 million dollar prize.
"This is Where It Ends (2)"
The final four teams race through Rio de Janeiro before heading to the finish line in Miami as the season concludes.


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Casio has continued on with some nice G-shock collaborations of late. This time round it is Frankfurt based street-wear boutique Azita lucky enough to get the chance to create a customized version of the watch. Running in a super limited edition of 10, you can now get the watch for around $300US on line at Azita.
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[OMG!Ghana] The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection,Nana Oye Lithur has said that her ministry will by the end of September, lay an Affirmative Action draft bill before Parliament to help address the gender imbalances in the society.
She announced this at the 6th Biennial Conference of District Assembly Women. ?The law would address the startling gender inequalities in the society and ensure the full inclusiveness of women in the decision making process.?
This is an account by the Ghana News Agency on the conference:
The conference brought together women across the country to discuss the district assembly elections in 2014 among other issues that affects women in the communities.
The Minister said a validation workshop had been held to agree on certain issues, including submission of the bill for cabinet approval and lobbying, which is scheduled from August to September.
She said the Ministry firmly believes that an equal representation of women and men in decision making would reflect a more accurate composition of the society.
According to Nana Oye Lithur the law is the only way for Ghana to attain gender equality with respect to women?s participation in decision making, since it provides legally mandated systems, structures and policies to ensure women?s equal participation.
?There is every indication therefore that the passage of the affirmative action law is a strategy to achieve gender equality,? she stressed.
She noted that the law would hasten women?s empowerment which would eventually contribute to poverty reduction and ultimately to sustainable national development.


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Vanderbilt 3, Auburn 0
Vanderbilt Takes Series from No. 8 Auburn with 3-0
Moves into Tie for Second Place In SEC East with Florida
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Three Vanderbilt freshmen pitchers
combined for a nine-hit shutout and John Kaye and Zach
Simpson each hit solo home runs as the Commodores won
their rubber game with No. 8 Auburn 3-0 Sunday, April
27, at Hawkins Field.
Vanderbilt (22-20, 10-11 in the Southeastern Conference)
records its second consecutive series win over a Top
10-ranked league opponent. The Commodores also took
two of three from then-No.7 LSU last weekend in Nashville.
The victory moves Vanderbilt into a tie of second place
in the SEC Eastern Division with South Carolina. The
Gamecocks lost at Ole Miss 2-0 on Sunday. Florida leaps
over South Carolina into first place in the division
after a 14-6 victory at home against Mississippi State.
Auburn suffers its first shutout of the season and
drops to 32-13 overall and 13-8 in league play.
The Commodores made the most of their three hits, scoring
three times while the Tigers stranded 13 runners on
base, including eight in scoring position.
VU starter Ryan Mullins (3-6) earned the win, scattering
six hits and two walks while posting six strikeouts
in six innings of work. Reliever Matt Buschmann allowed
two hits and three walks but did not allow Auburn to
score in the seventh or eighth inning. Jensen Lewis
entered in the ninth, gave up a hit, but struck out
two while registering his team-best seventh save.
Auburn starter Cory Dueitt (6-2) took the loss but
carried a perfect game into the fifth. Kaye led off
the inning with a solo shot to left center field for
his second home run of the season, giving Vanderbilt
a 1-0 advantage.
The Commodores added two insurance runs in the eighth
for a 3-0 lead. Jonathan Douillard gave VU a 2-0 lead
when he hit a sacrifice fly to left center field to
plate pinch runner Gil Kim. Simpson quickly gave the
Commodores a 3-0 cushion when he took AU reliever Steven
Register's first pitch over the wall in left center
Vanderbilt tallied 14 runs on 14 hits on the weekend
en route to its third series win over a ranked SEC foe
in the last four weeks. The Commodores end a stretch
of 12 games against ranked conference opponents with
an 8-4 mark. The series win over Auburn was Vanderbilt's
first since 1988.
With the win on Sunday, Vanderbilt's Tim Corbin becomes
the winningest first-year head coach in Commodore baseball
history. Corbin surpasses Roy Mewbourne's record of
21 victories in 1979.
Mullins pitched out of three jams in his six innings
of work. The Tigers put runners on first and second
with no outs in the third inning when Bobby Huddleston
walked and Karl Amonite singled to right field. But
Mullins struck out Scott Schade, got Josh Bell to hit
into a fielder's choice at second base, and coaxed Clete
Thomas to ground out back to the mound.
AU loaded the bases in the fourth frame. Huddleston
reached on a throwing error, Schade hit a one-out single
and Bell walked. But Mullins recorded back-to-back strikeouts
of Thomas and Chuck Jeroloman to end the threat.
The first two Tiger batters reached base again in the
sixth on back-to-back singles by Huddleston and Amonite.
But Mullins forced Schade into a double play and caused
Bell to fly out to left field.
Buschmann allowed Auburn to load the bases with two
outs in the seventh but got Huddleston to fly out to
left field. An inning-ending fly out by Jeroloman stranded
runners on first and third in the eighth.
Aromite led all Tiger hitters with a 3-for-4 performance.
Vanderbilt begins a seven-game road trip next weekend
at Georgia. The Commodores and Bulldogs open the series
Friday at 7 p.m. ET. It continues Saturday at 2 p.m.
ET, and concludes Sunday at 1 p.m. ET. The series opener
will be televised live by Comcast Sports Southeast.
All three games can be heard on Nashville's WNSR 560


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Sneak a peak at an in-progress work about a little English girl who doesn't quite fit in by one of the a new voices in the L.A. storytelling scene and be amongst the first to experience this new solo play by British storyteller, stand-up comic, and actor/playwright Claire Thomasina J. at the Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th Street (between Wilshire & Arizona), in Santa Monica.
J. wrote, produced and starred in two short films – Colour Me Beautiful and The Secret Child of Shanti – that were devised entirely from improvisation. They have been screened in London and Dublin. J. performs regularly as a storyteller in Los Angeles and as a stand up comic at the Hollywood Improv and the Comedy Store.
Directed by Deana Barone. Barone curates and directs the multi-genre storytelling show: The Trunk Show, tells stories, and does experimental and traditional theatre all around Los Angeles. She is currently developing her own one woman show, The Little Girl and Lalu, as well as a pilot and a screenplay. She also writes for the stage, tutors, edits, dances, and does energy work. Produced by Adventure Goddess Productions. For mature audiences.
Reception and silent auction immediately preceding the performance.
All proceeds benefit the Santa Monica Playhouse Save the Playhouse Campaign.
Sunday, December 9, Reception & Silent Auction at 7:00pm, Performance at 7:30 pm
Get your tickets (all seats $15 )online at www.SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com


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Patent application title: SURGICAL RETRIEVAL DEVICE RADIALLY DEPLOYABLE FROM A COLLAPSED POSITION TO A SNARE OR CAUTERIZATION LOOP
Rafic Saleh (Aguadilla, PR, US)
IPC8 Class: AA61B1814FI
USPC Class:
606 47
Class name: Cutting endoscopic with formable electrode
Publication date: 2012-07-19
Patent application number: 20120184957
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A surgical instrument featuring a combination cauterizing and surgical
capture component. The instrument is deployable from a distal end of a
lumen to a first position partially exposing a cauterizing loop and
having restrained radially deployable members wherein a plurality of
cauterizations may be performed with said cauterizing loop in an
unobstructed view of a camera or lens. The instrument is deployable to a
second position fully translated from the lumen whereafter the plurality
of radially positionable members may be released by activation of a
release member allowing the biased members to deploy radially around an
axis running through the loop.
1. A surgical apparatus for deployment from a distal end of a catheter
having a camera or lens in communication with a display providing remote
viewing of procedures, comprising: a loop, said loop having a first end
opposite a second end; a control wire engaged at said second end of said
loop; said control wire providing means for translation of said loop
within a lumen of said catheter between a first end and said distal end;
a plurality of radially positionable shaped members in operative
engagement at a respective first ends, to one of said loop or said
control wire, said shaped members formed of insulated or of non
conductive material; each respective said shaped member having a deployed
position around a center axis, and having a collapsed position in a
stacked configuration against a side surface of said loop; means to
restrain said shaped members in said collapsed position; means to bias
said members from said collapsed position to said deployed position; said
loop and shaped members transnationally positionable by a translation of
said control wire, to a first position with a first portion of said loop,
adjacent to said first end thereof, deployed from said lumen and with a
remainder of said loop, and said means to restrain said shaped members
positioned within said lumen; said loop and shaped members positionable
by a said translation of said control wire, to a second position, with
said loop and said shaped members still in said collapsed position, fully
deployed from said lumen at said distal end of said catheter; means for
release of said means to restrain said shaped members from said collapsed
position; said loop uninsulated and energizable for cauterization on a
contact with tissue, in either of said first position or said second
position, with said shaped members concurrently in said collapsed
position; said shaped members in said collapsed position during said
cauterization enabling a view unobstructed by said shaped members for
communication to said remote viewing, during any said cauterization; and
said shaped members translated to said second position, being movable to
said deployed position forming said capture component, subsequent to a
release of said means to restrain said shaped members in said collapsed
2. The surgical apparatus of claim 1 wherein said means for release of said shaped members from said collapsed position comprises: a release wire said release wire communicating from a control portion at a first end, to a pair of distal ends in operative communication with a respective pair of restraints providing said means to restrain said shaped members in said collapsed position stacked against said loop, and said pair of distal ends of said release wire causing a release of said pair of restraints by a translation of said of said release wire toward said first end of said catheter.
3. The surgical apparatus of claim 1, additionally comprising: said loop forming a mouth of said capture component.
4. The surgical apparatus of claim 2, additionally comprising: said loop forming a mouth of said capture component.
5. A method of forming a surgical apparatus for deployment from a distal end of a catheter and having a loop operatively engaged to a control wire adapted for translation through a lumen, and having a plurality of radially positionable shaped members, each said member having a collapsed position held adjacent to said loop and in a contact with said loop or an adjacent said member by a means for restraint, and each said member having a deployed position radially spaced around a center axis to define a capture component, comprising: forming said planar loop; engaging said loop to a control wire; forming said plurality of radially positionable shaped members using memory shape material in a deployed position radially positioned around a center axis extending from said control wire; rotating said shaped members adjacent to said loop into said collapsed position; employing a releasable means for restraint to maintain said members adjacent to said loop; and engaging a release to said releasable means for restraint which when activated allows movement thereof to said deployed position.
6. A method of employing the surgical apparatus of claim 5 comprising the steps of: positioning said lumen adjacent to tissue in a body requiring cauterization or removal; translating said control wire to translate said loop and said shaped members to said first position; energizing said loop to cauterize or cut said tissue one or a plurality of times; translating said control wire to move said loop and said shaped members to said second position; employing said means to release said means to restrain said shaped members in said collapsed position to release said shaped members to form said a capture component; and employing said capture component to collect tissue removed by said cauterization.
[0001] This application is a Divisional Application of U.S. patent
application Ser. No. 12/215,298 filed on Jun. 25, 2008 which is a
Continuation in Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/074,885 filed
on Mar. 7, 2008 which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application
No. 60/961,187 filed on Jul. 18, 2007 all of which are incorporated
herein in their entirety by respective reference herein.
[0002] The disclosed device relates to retrieval devices for use in surgery. More particularly the disclosed device relates to a design and assembly for an expandable surgical instrument for employment within internal body cavities. The device features a capture basket that is deployable in a retracted position and which will double as a cauterization tool while in the retracted position. The device being biased to expand while concurrently held in the retracted position will, upon release of the means of restraint of the plurality of biased members, form a capture component.
Background of the Invention
[0003] Laparoscopic or similar surgeries where a tube with a light and a camera lens at the end (laparoscope) is employed to examine organs, check for abnormalities, or perform minimally invasive surgeries are a desirable alternative to prior surgical techniques requiring large incisions. In a similar fashion, procedures in gastroenterology employ such devices to search for and remove colorectal polyps which form on the lining of the intestine.
[0004] Such procedures generally employ a small camera adjacent to the instruments inserted through small incisions in the patient's body, or into cavities of the patient's body. Such procedures may involve removal of tissue for a specific ailment, such as the gall bladder, or may be exploratory in nature where tissue samples are taken and removed from the body for examination and testing. Just a few such operations include but are not limited to, a polypectomy, a bronchoscopy, a bulboscopy, a colonoscopy, a duodenoscopy, an endoscopy and a gastroscopy. Rather than a catheter type device, when used for low invasive procedures through the lower intestine such devices are also specialized as for Endoscopy or in many other specialized versions including but not limited to a gastroscope, or colonoscope, or sigmoidiscope or bronchoscope. These types of devices generally have the video component following a collinear path in a common flexible conduit.
[0005] Manually operable surgical devices employed for such procedures inside a patient's body by a surgeon from a position outside the patient are widespread and well known. In a conventional procedure, the cutting and retrieval components employed by the surgeon are located at the distal end of the surgical instrument. In a conventional polyp removal procedure, an endoscope is inserted into an internal cavity of a patient, and manipulated to search for any abnormal tissue growths such as polyps. If tissue such as a polyp is located for removal, a wire extending through an elongated pathway in the biopsy channel of the endoscope is translated toward the distal end of the device to project a cauterization loop connected to the wire from the distal end of the pathway running through the endoscope. Using a video display, the surgeon then manipulates the loop and the endoscope from outside of the patient and engages the loop with the polyp. The wire is positioned around the base of the polyp whereafter an electrical current is communicated to the loop to cut and cauterize the region.
[0006] As can be ascertained, in such a procedure, where tissue is removed for sampling or as an object of the procedure, it is imperative that the surgeon is able to view\ the tissue in question at the distal end of the surgical device deployed into the patient. Viewing is conventionally achieved over a fiberoptic link from a lens to a video display viewed by the surgeons outside the body of the patient.
[0007] Avoiding interference with the view of the surgeon, is particularly important when small tissue samples are being removed such as a polypectomy because the polyps being removed are small and easily missed. Further, once removed, they must be located and retrieved with a retrieval component.
[0008] Unfortunately, conventional capturing devices for this purpose, are formed as nets or netting in a fine mesh. The mesh, especially in the small confines of body cavities such as the intestine, can severely impair the view by blocking it from camera view. Further, the interconnecting mesh of such devices communicates electrically or offers the potential for such, and they are inhibited from functioning as both the snare or tissue removal instrument as well as the catch basket in combination. Other wire formed baskets employed for the purpose impart the same visual impairments as mesh type capture devices.
[0009] As such, using conventional mesh net style retrieval components, or wire-formed capture components, subsequent to locating and removing a polyp or other tissue portion by the electrified cauterization component, is a difficult task due to the impairment of the view of the internal cavity. Additionally, most such net style or wire formed retrieving components, are not easily positionable around the tissue, or around a lost surgical device, because the netting which is engaged around the mouth of the net, impairs or prevents positioning and rotation of the mouth in the small confines of an intestine or other small body cavity.
[0010] The device and method herein disclosed and described features a cutting or cauterizing component to which a radially deployable capturing component is initially engaged in a retracted position. The capturing component is formed of radially oriented members extending from mouth portion which forms the cutting or cauterizing component. The shape of the members is infinite as is the number and positioning thereof. The members can thus collapse to form virtually any shape planar component such as an oval, a crescent, a hexagon, or any other geometric shape to which the radially deployable members or members can be formed.
[0011] The radial deployment is also infinitely variable in both the number of deployable members or wires, and their deployment around the axis formed by the distal end of the wire engaging them. Thus the capture component can be deployed radially around the axis from a full 360 degrees down to a minimum required to form a capture component such as 100 degrees or more preferably 180 degrees of radial deployment.
[0012] Unlike most netting or mesh basket collection components, or other wire or member-formed capture components, the radially oriented wires forming the capture component or catch basket of the device herein disclosed, in the retracted position, are rotated from their relative positions around the axis to adjacent positions abutting each other. This forms a generally planar snare or elongated member which operates as the cauterizing or cutting component while the device is retracted.
[0013] Of course the device can also be employed simply as a deployable capture component without the cauterizing or cutting loop and still be a great improvement to the art. With the plurality of wires or elongated members forming loops in virtually any geometric shape, the device, as a capture component, can be deployed in the collapsed position with the radially deployable loops restrained adjacent to each other to form a generally planar loop member. Once properly positioned, the means for restraint can be released wherein the loops will deploy radially around the axis extending from the control wire they engage. As noted the formed capture component can be of any shape to which the members forming the loops are shaped and can be in any number and at any radial deployment as suits the purpose all the way to a 360 degree deployment of spaced members.
[0014] When employed with a cauterizing or cutting members, during the initial cutting procedure, the radially deployable members forming the basket, are compacted and engaged to a formed mouth portion, out of view of any video cameras. This retractable position markedly increases the field of view for the surgeon trying to cut or cauterize tissue.
[0015] Also noted, there is employed a restraint device to maintain the radially deployable members or wires forming the basket or capture component in the collapsed position. This restraint device may be a heat released restraint which will automatically deploy the members radially to form the capture component when the aperture heats to cut or cauterize. Or, the restraint device may be mechanical in nature where a force or a wire operated release component is employed to release the members from their constrained position out of view to expand radially around the axis to the degree desired. Other releasable means for restraint of the radially deployable members can be employed such as hook and loop fabric, tape, or any means for releasable restraint as would occur to those skilled in the art.
[0016] Consequently, a surgeon viewing the intended target using the camera with the radially deployable members constrained by the restraint device, has an uninterrupted view of the tissue to be removed or retrieved for a much improved view for the surgeon on the viewing screen outside the body of the patient. The surgeon can thus easily see even the smallest tissue to be retrieved and rotate or manipulate the mouth of the radially formed catch basket over it. Once finished, the members forming the capture component such as a basket are deployed from the loop forming the aperture or the mouth to which they are radially abutted by the restraint device during the cutting or cauterizing procedure.
[0017] The members forming the loops of the capture component will best be biased to deploy to the radially deployed position spaced from each other and at positions around the center axis to form the capture component. This can be done during initial forming using shaped memory material which will return to its original position around the center axis or other means for biasing the members to a radial deployment at any spaced angular deployment around the axis.
[0018] All embodiments of the device enjoy this additional utility provided by their radially oriented wire formation of the capture component or basket from this restrained position to the released position. As noted, an infinite number of geometric shapes may be employed for the radially deployable members or loops and when retracted, the shape of the mouth or aperture of the capture component is substantially similar to that of the deployable loop members.
[0019] In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangement of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
[0020] As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the pioneering conception of a radially expandable biased capture component upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for designing other methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention of a tissue retrieval system for surgery. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent construction insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
[0021] An object of this invention is the provision of a cutting and cauterizing loop to which an underlying basket or capture component is retractable and held by a heated or mechanically releasable restraint, thereby enhancing the view of the tissue during the cutting or cauterizing procedure.
[0022] An additional object of this invention is the provision of such a retrieval or capture component which is formed from radially deployable members having gaps therebetween which is deployable from a retracted substantially planar position by releasing a restraint which may be heat released, mechanically released, or otherwise released.
[0023] Another object of this invention is the formation of a radially deployable capture component formed in virtually any geometric shape which may be employed singularly or in combination with a cauterization loop.
[0024] An additional object of this invention is the formation of a capture component by deployment of biased radially deployable members to spaced positions anywhere around an axis.
[0025] These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of the construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout.
[0026] The tissue or foreign body capturing component herein described and disclosed may be employed as a capture component or in combination with a cauterization snare component which is integral to the radially deployable capture component or catch basket. When deployed as a combination component, the mouth edge of the catch basket is formed by a cauterization snare which would be formed of a non-insulated conductor which may be energized to heat for cutting and cauterization. When deployed solely as a capture component, the mouth edge would be formed of a centrally located pair of radially deployable members.
[0027] The members forming the device may be formed in virtually any geometric shape for instance an oval, a hexagon, or any other shape. The number, spacing, and radial deployment of the members forming the capture component are also infinitely variable. Consequently any number of members may be deployed to expand to any angular radial deployment around a center axis once released from a collapsed position engaged to the centrally positioned pair of members forming the mouth. This angular deployment can be 360 degrees or less and spacing appropriate to leave voids between the members to capture the targeted item or tissue.
[0028] The members forming the capture component or basket are formed and biased using memory shape material or other means to radially bias to thereby deploy once released from a collapsed position by a means for restraint. The restraint may be one that will melt at a defined temperature and release the basket to radially deploy, or may be a mechanical release or any releasable means for restraint as would occur to those skilled in the art.
[0029] The mouth portion and the members forming the capture component are both collapsible to thereby allow for a translatable engagement through an axial passage for a deployment such as a catheter or colonoscope, or similar type device having a control wire or lumen engaged at a first end of the device which runs axially to a surgeon-manipulable actuator at a second end for controlling the wire at the first end. The capturing component has a catch basket which is translatable from within the distal end of the tube or conduit housing it, and, once so deployed, if not used to capture tissue, it may be translated back into the tube from which it was deployed.
[0030] This easy translation and forming of both the mouth portion which may be a cauterization loop and the engaged and restrained biased members deployable to form the capture component, along with other utility herein described, is provided by forming the catch basket from a plurality of radially oriented and spaced members extending radially from the mouth or cauterization loop. The catch basket extends radially around a central axis extending forward from the lumen engaging it to any angular displacement around the axis.
[0031] The advantage of collapsing the basket against the mouth or cauterization loop with the appropriate releasable restraint is an extremely enhanced view of the tissue. The capture component may be automatically deployed by a heat sensitive restraint, or may be mechanically released using a control mechanism to release a knot, break a seal or tape, or otherwise release the deployable members from the mouth portion.
[0032] The device, once extended from the distal end of the tube or conduit carrying it, initially can deploy the snare or cauterization loop forming a mouth portion of the capture component that is collapsed against it by the restraint device. The snare or cauterization loop is formed of two side members extending in the same plane to yield the desired dimensioned opening for the collapsed basket once deployed thereunder. If a cauterization loop is combined with the capture component, the members forming the cauterization loop would be non-insulated to allow for reaction with body tissue once energized. The members forming the capture component would best be insulated or non conducting so as not to react with body tissue.
[0033] The unique radial formation of the snare or cauterization loop forming the mouth, and the radially deployable biased members secured thereto, will allow for re-collapse of both the mouth portions, and the radial wire portions, and consequently easy translation back into the catheter. If employed to capture tissue or anything else, translation of the device back into the catheter also causes the mouth portion to close and create an ever shrinking closed capture basket. The device will thus shrink in size to hold and retrieve even the smallest piece of tissue.
[0034] The device also allows deployment and capture of tissue or foreign objects using a controllable release and subsequent deployment of the members around the axis to enable a capture of an object. In such a method, the mouth portion formed by two members would be deployed to surround the object intended for capture. Then, the means for restraint of the radially deployable members would be released allowing the members to radially deploy around the axis and concurrently capture the object intended. The control wire engaging the mouth and deployable members would be retracted to close the mouth and thereby hold the captured object for retrieval. Activation of a release of the restraint can be by a mechanical release to cut a thread, untie a knot, release some type of restraint, or could be heat activated wherein a restraint is melted and the radially deployable members would move to the biased position around the axis.
[0035] With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by the present invention. Therefore, the foregoing description and following detailed description are considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.
[0036] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the device employing a snare or cauterization loop deployed from a catheter in combination with the radially deployable members which form the capture component collapsed against it by a medical glue based restraint device.
[0037] FIG. 2 depicts the restraint device and the stacking of the underlying radially deployable members which will form the capture component or basket once the restraint is released.
[0038] FIG. 3 depicts a crescent shaped mode of the device of FIG. 1, wherein the restraint has released from the heat of the cauterization loop and members have deployed to a basket shaped capture component and the mouth portion is formed by the conductive wires of the cauterization loop portion.
[0039] FIG. 4 shows the device in a different shape collapsed against the pair of members forming a mouth or cauterization loop in a six sided shape.
[0040] FIG. 5 depicts a perspective view of the device of FIG. 4 once the restraint is released.
[0041] FIG. 6 depicts the device herein restrained by a knot.
[0042] FIG. 6a depicts a close up of the knot and release mechanism controlled by a release wire.
[0043] FIG. 7 depicts a mode of the device having the deployable members restrained by medical tape.
[0044] FIG. 7a depicts a close up view of the medical tape of FIG. 7 and the release mechanism control wire.
[0045] FIG. 8 depicts an embodiment of the device wherein the deployable members of the capture component expand radially around the axis to a 360 degree capture component.
[0046] FIG. 9 depicts a substantially hexagonal shaped embodiment of the device deployed to a 360 degree capture component.
[0047] FIG. 9a depicts the device of FIG. 9 in a collapsed position substantially planar shape with the deployable members forming the plurality of loops engaged to a center loop which can double as a cauterization loop.
[0048] FIG. 10 depicts a substantially round shaped embodiment of the device deployed to a 360 degree capture component.
[0049] FIG. 10a depicts the device of FIG. 10 in a collapsed position substantially planar shape with the deployable members forming the plurality of loops engaged to a center loop which can double in the preferred mode as a cauterization loop.
[0050] FIG. 11 depicts a substantially oval shaped embodiment of the device deployed to a 360 degree capture component 21.
[0051] FIG. 11a depicts the device of FIG. 11 in a collapsed position substantially planar shape with the deployable members forming the plurality of loops engaged to a center loop which can double as a cauterization loop.
[0052] FIG. 12 depicts the capture component formed of the radially deployed biased members translated partially into the lumen such as a catheter or sheath and encircling a piece of material to be removed.
[0053] FIG. 13 shows another preferred mode of the device wherein a secondary control wire is provided engaged at a distal end to a plurality of means for restraint such as clips or ties which maintain the radially deployable members in a collapsed position during cauterization of tissue.
[0054] FIG. 13a shows a closeup view of the release wire engagement to the restraint device of FIG. 13.
[0055] FIG. 14 shows radially deployed members in their collapsed position held by the restraints shown as ties prior to retraction of the control wire to release the deployable members to form a capture component.
[0056] FIG. 14a shows a closeup view of the release wire engagement to the restraint device of FIG. 14.
[0057] Referring now to the drawings in FIGS. 1-14, wherein similar parts are identified by like reference numerals, there is seen in FIG. 1 a perspective view of the device 10 in a generally crescent shape, wherein the snare or cauterization loop 12 formed of non-insulated conductive material, is deployed from a lumen such as a sheath or catheter 14 in a combination with the radially deployable members 16 which radially positionable around the axis 15 to form a collection or capture component 21 as in FIG. 12.
[0058] In all modes of the device 10 where a cauterization loop 12 is included, the loop 12 will be uninsulated and therefore reactive with tissue when electrified. Of course the device 10 can be employed with a loop 12 defining a mouth of the capture component 21 formed of insulated material just like the members 16 or of non electrifiable material if cauterization is not desired. Even in this mode without the cauterization, the biasing of the members 16 to move to an expanded position radially deployed provides great utility for a capture component 21 that is expandable at will to encircle material 19 such as tissue or a polyp for removal.
[0059] A control wire 13 is engaged to or communicates motion to the trailing ends of the loop 12 and members 16 to thereby translate and position the device 10 from the catheter 14. During deployment from the catheter 14 the members 16, which are formed of memory material or otherwise adapted to bias around the axis 15, are collapsed against or adjacent to the loop 12 by a means for restraint depicted restraint device 18. While depicted in FIG. 1 as a crescent shape, the loop 12 and capture component 21 formed by the members 16 of the device 10 may be formed in any geometric shape into which the loop 12 and members 16 can be formed. Also, in all modes of the device 10, while it may be shown as a 180 degree radial deployment around the axis 15 in a number of the drawings such as FIG. 3, the members 16 can be deployed in any radial deployment up to 360 degrees around the axis 15, and, can consist of a plurality of any number of members 16, and can be spaced at any distance from adjacently situated members 16 in such a radial deployment.
[0060] FIG. 2 depicts the restrain device 18 of FIG. 1 showing the means for restraint being a medical glue 25 which melts during heating of the cauterization loop 12. Such a means of restraint would result in an automatic deployment of the members 16 to form a capture component 21. The stacking of the underlying radially deployable members 16 is held by one or a plurality of the restraints 18 whereafter the members 16 which are biased outwardly, will radially deploy around the axis 15 from the loop 12 to which they were constrained.
[0061] FIG. 3 depicts the device of FIG. 1, wherein the restraint 18 which as shown is medical glue, has completely released whereafter the members 16 have deployed to form a capture component 21 in the form of a basket. As noted, any number of members 16 at any spacing and any angular displacement around the axis 15 may be employed.
[0062] FIG. 4 shows the device 10 in a different shape of six angular sides. As noted the members 16 forming the capture or collection component and the loop 12 can be any shape. When in the collapsed position as depicted, in FIG. 4 they will radially deploy around the axis 15 to form a similarly shaped capture component 21 for collecting tissue or foreign objects. The number, and the spacing, of the members 16 to form gaps 23 therebetween is infinitely variable in that any number of members 16 can be used in any spacing around the axis 15 thereby making the size of the gaps 23 infinitely variable.
[0063] FIG. 5 depicts a perspective view of the device of FIG. 4 once the restraint is released. As shown in a 180 degree spaced radial deployment, it is envisioned as noted that any spacing and any radial deployment of the members 16 around the axis 15 can be employed.
[0064] FIG. 6 depicts the device herein wherein the restraint 18 employed for means of restraint of the members 16 is a knot in an encircling loop of surgical thread, suture material or similar flexible material. One or a plurality of knots may be employed as needed. Translation of a release wire 17 separate from the control wire 13, provides means for controlled mechanical release of the means for restraint 18. FIG. 6a depicts a close up of the knot and release mechanism controlled by the release wire 17.
[0065] FIG. 7 depicts a mode of the device having the deployable members 16 which are restrained by means of restraint in the form of medical tape 29 in one or a plurality of positions. A release wire 17 separate from the control wire 13, would provide a user operable mechanical means for controlled release of the release of the restraint 18 provided by the tape or other mechanically releasable means for restraining the members 16. FIG. 7a depicts a close up view of the medical tape of FIG. 7 and the release wire 17.
[0066] FIG. 8 depicts an embodiment of the device wherein the deployable members 16 of the capture component expand radially around the axis to a 360 degree mode of the capture component 21 with gaps 23 between the deployed members 16. As noted, any number of members 16 in any spacing scheme be it equal or unequal, in any radial deployment around an axis 15 may be employed depending on the intended task and all are considered included in this application. The 180 degree deployment depicted in FIG. 3 is a particular favorite having a defined mouth, however all modes of the device 10 allow for the capture component 21 to be pulled into the deploying lumen or catheter 14 as shown in FIG. 12, to a point where it will collapse around and hold, a captured piece of material 19 for removal, but other radial deployments may be more favorable depending on the procedure intended. When employed with a 360 degree deployment the gaps 23 would be manipulated over the material 19 to be removed and the capture component 21 retracted into the lumen as in FIG. 12 to tightly hold it.
[0067] FIG. 9 depicts a mode of the device 10 having members 16 and a loop 12 formed to yield a substantially hexagonal shaped embodiment of the device 10 and also showing a deployment to a 360 degree capture component 21 with equidistant spacing and gaps 23. Any radial deployment around an axis may be employed and the plurality of members 16 and spacing thereof is infinitely variable depending on the desired spacing in the deployed position.
[0068] In FIG. 9a the device 10 in the hexagonal shape of FIG. 9 is shown in the collapsed position substantially planar shape. As with the other modes and shapes of the device 10, the members 16 are engaged to either the loop 12 or the control wire 13 in a fashion to cause a bias of the members 16 around an axis once the means for restraint to hold the members 16 in a collapsed position adjacent to the loop 12 is released. Also as noted this means for restraint on any mode may be glue, tape, a knot, or any means for restrain that may automatically release with heat, or relapse with a release wire 17, or any means for restraint that is adapted to the task and would occur to those skilled in the art.
[0069] As with FIG. 9, FIG. 10 depicts a 360 degree deployed capture component 21 formed of members 16 yielding a substantially round shaped embodiment of the device 10. FIG. 10a depicts the device of FIG. 10 shown in a collapsed position having a substantially planar round shape with the deployable members 16 restrained adjacent to the centered loop 12 which can double in the preferred mode as a cauterization loop and in that case would be uninsulated.
[0070] In FIG. 11 there is shown a substantially oval shaped embodiment of the device 10 with the members 16 in a deployed position forming a capture component 21 which encircles 360 degrees around an axis. As with the other embodiments, the members 16 are shaped with memory material to retain the shape induced and the members 16 are biased to move to positions around a center axis when released. This bias can be provided by forming the members 16 using shape memory material such as nitinol while they are in a radially deployed position and then restraining them to a collapsed position thereby providing a memory material as the means for radially biasing the members 16. Or a spring engaged to the connection points of the members 16 to the control wire may be employed or other means to bias each member 16 to a radially located position around the axis as would occur to those skilled in the art.
[0071] FIG. 11a depicts the device of FIG. 11 in a collapsed position substantially planar shape with the deployable members 16 forming the plurality or radially located portions of the capture component 21 when deployed, collapsed adjacent to a center loop 12 which can double as a cauterization loop. As in other modes, the members 16 are formed to bias against the restraint to the collapsed position and return to a specific position of radial deployment.
[0072] FIG. 12 depicts the capture component formed of the radially deployed biased members 16 which are translated partially into the lumen such as a catheter or sheath by translating the control wire thereby causing an encircling of a piece of tissue 19 or material to be removed.
[0073] Another especially preferred mode of the device 10 is shown in FIGS. 13-14. This mode of the device 10 provides the surgeon with an especially useful surgical component in that it will allow for the cutting and cauterizing of one or a plurality of pieces of tissue prior to the release of the restraints to initiate the deployment of the members 16 to form a capture component 21 to thereafter allow for capture and removal the tissue 19 as in FIG. 12.
[0074] As shown in FIGS. 13-14 the device 10 in an especially preferred mode, employs a control wire 13 for translation of the loop 12 and deployable members 16 and also a separate release wire 17 which is engaged at a pair of distal ends, to a plurality of restraints 18 which are shown as ties such as in FIG. 13b. However, any means for restraint which may be selectively released by retracting the release wire 17 as would occur to those skilled in the art is anticipated within the scope of this invention.
[0075] As noted, in this mode of the device 10 the members 16 are maintained in their collapsed position with the loop 12 by the restraints 18 until the surgeon fully extends the members 16 and loop 12 from the insulating catheter 14 with the control wire 13 and subsequently retracts the release wire 17 to release the restraints 18. Control of the release wire 17 is shown accessible under cap 33 however other means to control the release wire as would occur to those skilled in the art is anticipated.
[0076] This mode of the device 10 is structured to yield an especially useful function during a surgery. On many occasions during surgery, the surgeon will need to remove and cauterize tissue 19 (FIG. 12) at a plurality of locations inside the body of the patient. Since the loop 12 attached to the members 16 in their collapsed position, heats the tissue for cutting and cauterizing when placed in to contact with the tissue and the loop 12 energized with electrical current to the grounded patient, it is important to maintain the members 16 in their retracted position for the duration of cutting and cauterizing. This mode of the device 10 provides that function by maintaining the restraints 18, insulated within the lumen or catheter 14 or other instrument during the ongoing cauterization process wherein the loop 12 is placed in contact with tissue and then energized with electrical current to create heat at the site of the tissue and grounded patient.
[0077] Maintaining the restraints 18 in a first position shown in FIG. 14, insulated within the channel of the catheter 14, thereby provides a means to protect the restraints 18 from melting or releasing due to heat generated in the loop 12 or members 16 adjacent to the restraints. Since the covered restraints 18 are maintained out of contact with tissue for the duration of the cutting and cauterization by the surgeon, until they are translated from the distal end of the catheter 14, there is no chance they may melt from being energized by tissue contact, or that the restraint 18 will melt due to the loop 12 or members 16 become heated in the area of the restraints 18.
[0078] So maintained inside the catheter 14, the restraints 18 will maintain the members 16 in a collapsed position against the loop 12 for the duration of cutting and cauterization of tissue.
[0079] The surgeon can thus deploy the forward portion of the capture component 21 in the collapsed state formed by the members 16 and loop 12, from the distal end of the passage of the catheter 14.
[0080] Once so deployed, the surgeon can energize the loop 12 to cut and cauterized the patient at a plurality of positions as needed for the procedure. All the while, the restraints 18 are safely maintained inside the catheter 14. This allows the surgeon to maintain the device 10 positioned continually inside the patient for the duration of the procedure without a release of the restraints 18 which might require removal and insertion of a new capture component 21 every time the restraints 18 become released should the surgeon wish to cauterize again.
[0081] A handle assembly 31 shown in FIG. 13 in a conventional fashion would have a control knob 33 wherein the control knob 33 would be removed to access and operate the release wire 17. Upon completion of the cutting and cauterizing of tissue at one or a plurality of different positions, once the members 16 and loop 12 have been translated fully from the distal end of the catheter 14, the control knob 33 would be released to allow manipulation of the control wire 17 to release the restraints 18 to thereby allow the members 16 to radially deploy to form the capture component 21. While depicted as an oval loop, the device 10 in this and all modes as noted may be formed in any shape or configuration in which the members 16 may be shaped and which will adapt the ultimate formed capture component 21 to the task at hand.
[0082] The method and components shown in the drawings and described in detail herein disclose arrangements of elements of particular construction, and configuration for illustrating preferred embodiments of structure of the present surgical device. It is to be understood, however, that elements of different construction and configuration, and using different steps and process procedures, and other arrangements thereof, other than those illustrated and described, may be employed for providing a surgical retrieval device and method in accordance with the spirit of this invention.
[0083] As such, while the present invention has been described herein with reference to particular embodiments thereof, a latitude of modifications, various changes and substitutions are intended in the foregoing disclosure, and will be appreciated that in some instance some features of the invention could be employed without a corresponding use of other features, without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims. All such changes, alternations and modifications as would occur to those skilled in the art are considered to be within the scope of this invention as broadly defined in the appended claims.
[0084] Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract of the invention, is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers, and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting, as to the scope of the invention in any way.
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earlier this week and allegedly told her that she may receive Communion despite
being divorced and remarried. That story, which appears to have originated with
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and then the Italian media before being picked up by English outlets;
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Lisbona, told an Argentinian radio station that she is not herself divorced,
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commenting on the content of the call itself.
The phone call seems to have been in response to a letter
Lisbona wrote to Pope Francis last fall. From
the National Catholic Reporter's
Joshua McElwee:
While the original stories,
drawing on a Facebook posting by Lisbona's husband, claimed Francis had
told Lisbona she could receive Communion even though she had been divorced and
remarried, Lisbona later clarified the matter in an interview with an Argentine
radio station.
"I am
not divorced," she said, according to a Vatican
Insider report of that
interview, which is in Spanish. According to that report, Lisbona said she and
her husband, who has been divorced, have been married 19 years and have two
She and her
husband, Lisbona said, go to church frequently together. When she has presented
herself to receive Communion, the parish priest has refused to distribute it to
her. She also said she could not reconcile herself through the sacrament of
reconciliation because "when I go back to my house, I am still in
Lisbona said
she wrote directly to Francis because "I think that miracles exist."
Lisbona apparently does not provide many details about her call with the pope,
she says he called on Monday, referring to himself as "Father
Bergoglio" and telling her she could return to Communion "without
to the Telegraph, Pope Francis
allegedly told Lisbona, "It is an issue we are discussing in the Vatican, because a divorcee who
takes communion is not doing anything wrong."
asked about the veracity of the quotes attributed to Pope Francis, a Vatican
spokesman told the Telegraph: "We would neither confirm
nor deny that - this was a private telephone call made by the Holy Father and we
would not divulge the details." While the director of the Vatican Press
Office, Father Federico Lombardi, did
respond to reports last September that Pope Francis had called a gay Frenchman,
stating, "The Pope never called this person," the Vatican has, generally,
refused to comment on reports of personal calls made by Pope Francis in the
year since his election.
UPDATE: Father Thomas Rosica, English-language assistant to the Holy See Press Office, confirmed that the Pope called Lisbona, but declined to comment on what was said during the phone call. From CNN: "'It's between the Pope and the woman' said the Rev. Thomas Rosica ... Rosica said that any comments made by the Pope should not be construed as a change in church doctrine. 'The magisterium of the church is not defined by personal phone calls.'"
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text: Compliance Council Says DOMA Burdens Employers February 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The American Benefits Council joined 277 employers, organizations and municipalities in filing an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in a case regarding the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). By PLANSPONSOR staff firstname.lastname@example.com | February 27, 2013 The brief highlights the disparate tax treatment the federal Defense of Marriage Act imposes on workers covered by employer-sponsored health and retirement plans, as well as the financial, administrative and other burdens the law places on employers providing those benefits. "We want the Supreme Court to understand the unequal tax treatment that DOMA applies to employees who are legally married in states recognizing same-sex marriages and the burdens it imposes on employer sponsors of health and retirement benefits," said Council President James A. Klein. The brief's argument centers on how DOMA "requires that employers treat one employee differently from another, when each is married, and each marriage is equally lawful." This disparate treatment creates challenges for both employees and companies sponsoring benefit plans, including such difficulties as: Federal income tax imposed (and the corresponding withholding required) on the value of health benefits for spousal coverage, applicable only to coverage of same-sex spouses (pages 15-16 of the brief); Differing eligibility for participation in and utilization of pre-tax "cafeteria" plans (16-17); Differing eligibility for preretirement hardship distributions from retirement plans (20-21); Disqualification of same-sex spouses from the estate tax marital deduction on proceeds from employer-sponsored life insurance (21-22); Differing eligibility for receiving spousal pension benefits in the form of a qualified joint and survivor annuity (22-23); Administration of dual systems of benefits and payroll—related to federal tax withholding, payroll taxes and workplace benefits that turn on marital status—imposing additional costs and tax burdens on employers (25-26); and Requiring employers to determine how DOMA corresponds with state nondiscrimination laws (31-32). "Companies that offer benefits to their employees' same-sex spouses do not want those families to face unequal treatment under the law. And employers want to commit their resources to core business goals and the work force that makes achieving those goals possible. For many employers and workers, DOMA is an unnecessary and troublesome obstacle," Klein said. The brief is here. Tagged: HR-New-Legislation related articles related research most e-mailed Total BenefitsThe Burden of Health Care From plansponsor.com Employers Mostly Pleased Health Reform Didn't PassDOL Moves Forward With 60-Day Fiduciary Rule DelayProvisions Lawmakers Are Seeking in Health ReformACA Executive Order Does Not Stop Plan Sponsor ActionsLegislators Introduce Bill to Repeal ACA Cadillac TaxEmployers Support Issues That May Be Affected by Election Outcome Total BenefitsThe Burden of Health Care From plansponsor.com 2017 Defined Benefit Administration Survey2016 PLANSPONSOR DC Survey: Plan Benchmarking2016 Defined Contribution Survey2016 Third–Party Administrator Buyer's Guide2016 PLANSPONSOR Stock Plan Administration Buyer's Guide2016 PLANSPONSOR THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATOR SURVEY Total BenefitsThe Burden of Health Care From plansponsor.com Application Aims to Give Plan Sponsors Fee Negotiating PowerUniversity of Chicago Faces Excessive Fee LawsuitNo More Delays for DOL Fiduciary RuleMultiemployer Plans Have Hope and a FutureGuaranteed Investment Contracts Called Out In Principal Lawsuit go to news topic


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Gerard Butler Sure Plays A Mean Soccer-Ball For Charity
Gerard Butler isn't just another absurdly pretty face, he also cares about charity. Contact Music reports that Gerard donned a Celtic shirt to face Manchester United in a "'legends' charity match at the Parkhead stadium in Glasgow." Funds raised from the event when to help the drought going on in Africa. I love it when guys are athletic and charitable.
Although Gerard didn't score any goals, he was incredibly energetic and even got a standing ovation from the crowd when he was substituted. I could totally imagine him being so entertaining. I mean, the man has won Ischia Actor of the Year twice. I bet he was the most fun person to watch on the field.
PHOTOS: Gerard Butler Is Shirtless & Hanging With Mystery Lady
Gerard's Scottish side eventually won, beating Manchester 5-2. I'm thinking even though he didn't score any goals he was probably really good at distracting Manchester with his manly charm and stunning field presence, so much so that they were blinded and couldn't score. Agree?
Funnily enough, Gerard's next film Playing The Field sees him as a former soccer player who starts to coach his son's team. The film also stars Dennis Quaid and Jessica Biel. It seems like it could be funny. Either way, I just wanna see Gerard run around the field. Come on, you know you do too.


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ephemera plural of e·phem·er·a (Noun)
After stopping in Ephermera, a quaint little store, the other day I just had to look up what Ephemera meant. When seeing the meaning behind it, I can see where the store gets it's name, but the funny thing, the experience of visiting their cute little store left a lasting impression on me.
This was actually my second time being in the store and I was showing my niece around last week and though the meter was running and I knew I was almost out of time, I told my niece "We just have to stop by this store!"
I love how quaint the store is. It is set off next to Jet and Monkeys (a great little pet store). When you walk into Ephemera you are charmed with cute, quaint banners and posters, fun little delights all around the store, and unique and fun gift ideas one would never think of. The funny things is both times they had it decorated so cute the things I wanted to buy were only their decoration so it wasn't for sale, but it did give me some cute ideas!
This time the gal and I got to talking about the Hy-Vee that Annick (the new New York transplant writer for DSMISNOTBORING) was writing about. The gal up at the counter and I were chit chatting away and while I was standing there I came across these adorable little buttons in a bowl. I am a button and bow kinda gal so I started pouring through them. I had my niece find some for herself and bought some for the both of us.
I just love the store and I love how it is a part of the East Village Charm. The more and more I visit the East Village stores, it makes me want to have a boutique in that little area too. In addition to the fact there is a charm in East Village on a "Personal Note" the bench on 5th and Locust is where I met my sweetie at a Blues event not long ago.
The East Village is booming with wonder and amazement for me and though I write about stores all over town, I just love the little shops and stores in this part of town.
Ephemera, you may have a notion for being things people love for a short time, but I think I will love you forever.
You can find out more about this great little store here at their website. They have a cute little blog (from one blogger to another it is divine) and you can see their products and order designs and other fun cute little diddys there!
Until Next Time … XoXo~TrishaTrixie
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How E-Books Are Ruining the Next Generation of Writers
Marko Sijan | Posted 10.08.2012 | Canada Living
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Literary writing is a worthless profession. Few who write novels, stories and poems make a living from them. This has been true for millennia. Lately the Internet has regressed into a society of feudal manors lorded over by tech giants like Amazon, Apple and Yahoo, who sell e-books for 99 cents or give them away for free. Their "competitive pricing" is threatening traditional publishers and physical books with extinction.


text: My 2002 chevy silverado makes a loud pop when i turn the wheel and 4 wheel drive is engauged. It is not a continuos popping. It only happens once every time i turn. I'm new to the problems with chevy trucks and the problems that come along with having a lift and larger tires. any suggestions on what it could be?


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A widow's wish to have the body of her bike-loving husband escorted to the crematorium by family and friends on motorcycles has been ruined.
Jan Murray of Tokoroa is devastated that her plans to give husband Harvey a "true bikie send-off" to Taupo crematorium cannot go ahead because it's been shut by the Maui gas crisis.
Mr Murray, 63, died suddenly in his sleep early on Saturday.
He and Mrs Murray had watched the Australia v Wales World Cup bronze final, and he decided to go to bed first.
"He said, 'Don't go to sleep in the chair', and told me he loved me. Then he didn't wake up. It's earth-shattering," she said.
"He was more a true bikie and I was a wannabe. He was just a really lovely person: generous, kind, loving, fun and staunch."
Mrs Murray said bikies traditionally escort deceased friends to their final resting spot. But because the Maui pipeline crack had caused the closure of several crematoriums, her wish for her husband could not come true.
Mr Murray's funeral will be held in Tokoroa at 1pm today and it is likely he will then be taken for cremation in Hamilton, which Mrs Murray said was too far for friends to escort the hearse on their bikes.


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Welcome !
Sunday, May 28, 2017
Name: Rebekah McKnight (formerly Luckett)
Phone: 817.547.4368
Conference Time: 2nd Period
This section of the NRMS website outlines Ms. Luckett's Art Classes. Please take a few moments to look around. Here you will find information about classroom rules and procedures for more information such as projects, student work, and much more - please visit our blog. My contact information is also listed so please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or comments.
I will be updating often so make sure to check back to see what's new.
Here is some brief information about me so that you may get to know me better:
I am a graduate of UNT's College of Visual Art and Design. I graduated with a B.F.A. in Visual Art Studies. I was a very active member of the student chapter of the National Art Education Association doing volunteer work themed around helping children learn through art. I enjoy creating art of all kinds (2D, 3D, Photography) and continue to grow as an artist. I live in Fort Worth with my cats, Meow, and Bacon, as well as, my dog, Bowie.
I also enjoy cooking, reading, video games, my friends and family, silly hats, and being active and outdoors.
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Current statistics and survey-based trends look to technology changes of a different sort by 2020.
The U.S. has led the world in all aspects of R&D for more than 50 years due to combined large industrial and government research spending and investments. That overwhelming advantage has been slipping over the past few years as growth in Asian R&D investments continue to exceed those in the U.S., often a factor of ten or more (growth rates, not actual spending). The U.S. continues to lead most aspects of R&D both in overall spending and in the quality of the actual R&D performed. Actually, U.S. research organizations spend about 15% of the U.S.'s total R&D spending in other countries. Of course, research organizations in other countries also have considerable investments in R&D that are made in the U.S. It has become a global R&D environment.
While Asian locations have received much of the media attention for their continued strong R&D growth, the countries receiving the largest share of U.S. R&D investments have been leaders in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), such as Germany, the U.K., France, Canada and Japan. Combined, these five countries account for about half of the nearly $60 billion invested outside the U.S. by U.S. R&D organizations. Asian countries still only account for less than 20% of those offshore U.S. R&D investments. But the amount invested in Asian countries is increasing, while that invested the other OECD countries is decreasing.
At current growth rates, within ten years China is expected to invest more in all aspects of R&D (industrial, government and academia) than is invested by U.S. government, industry and academia research organizations. This change in R&D leadership could alter the overall global economic and cultural paradigm. According to a survey of R&D Magazine's readers, there are a number of scenarios that could play out if and when China R&D investments exceed those of the U.S. (currently expected by 2022 according to the R&D Magazine/Battelle 2013 Global R&D Funding Forecast published in December 2012). One of those most feared is the continued loss of research investments, stagnating economic growth and the continued inability to create an adequate number of jobs. These suppositions are based on the continuation of current economic conditions and not all readers in the survey responses are that convinced that this will be the case. "I don't expect the 2022 forecast to be accurate," says one respondent. "It will eventually happen but it likely will be delayed as China will undergo a strong economic bubble burst in the next couple of years." Another respondent notes that "China's serious financial problems are only now becoming apparent."
A number of respondents also noted that as China increases its economic and R&D spending, it will fall prey to many of the same limitations that the U.S. (and other OECD countries) have encountered, that of securing intellectual property, losing production advantages to offshore low-cost manufacturers and declining market shares in key product areas. "China's current cost of exports will have noticeably risen [by 2022] and their market share will be less due increased government involvement and regulations," says another survey respondent.
In a few specific areas, the U.S. is expected to maintain its current technological advantage and even grow that advantage over that in other countries, according to the survey respondents. Those areas seeing increased U.S. technological superiority include life science, environmental and energy technologies.
The U.S. and Canada currently account for about a third of the global R&D investments in 2013, while Asian countries (including Japan) account for about 40% and European countries account for about a quarter. The Americas and Europe are each losing about 0.5% share each year, while Asia continues to pick up more than 1% global share each year. At this rate, more than half of all the R&D spent in the world will be spent in Asia by 2020, with about 20% spent in Europe and less than 25% spent in the U.S. These sobering facts relate to where the new technologies will come from and the leading drivers for technological change.


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I used to be iwasascarletletter!
Hi there, I'm Daya! (pronounced Dah-yah) I'm fifteen and I love Taylor Alison Swift more than anything in the world (except my parents of course!). Though I do love some other stuff, like The Hunger Games, the Avengers, Friends, Pretty Little Liars, Teen Wolf (!!!!), and more. Taylor tops all of those though.
In my free time, I like to read, shop, play guitar (and learn new Taylor songs!), but mostly go on the computer :3 I'm on Tumblr most of the time and I make stuff in Photoshop. I make graphics, check out my graphic shop in the links! My Tumblr blogs are also in the links.
I hardly have free time though, since homework takes up a lot of my time. That's why I'm not able to come online that often. Sorry if I don't reply to you right away!
I'm actually not sure when I've been a fan of Taylor since, but I think it was fifth grade, so probably around 2008. I was ten back then. I'm a sophomore in high school now! Anyway, I heard Love Story on the radio one day but it was really fuzzy so I barely heard anything. But I fell in love with that song and I went on YouTube and searched up Taylor Swift and I couldn't get her songs out of my head. I looked at all of her music videos and I was in awe at her beauty and her voice and just everything.
I remember when she came near my town for the Fearless Tour, and I couldn't go. One of my friends got to go and I was so jealous. I regret it now more than ever not going to the Fearless Tour, it looked like so much fun!
Since then Taylor was my favorite singer, and she was all I listened to. But I didn't become a super mega obsessed fangirl until 2010, right before Speak Now came out. By then I had already memorized all of her song lyrics and I was really excited for Speak Now. I remember listening to Back to December and Innocent and waiting for the album to come out. Ah, good times.
I went to the Speak Now Tour on August 3rd, 2011 and it was the best night of my life. I was going to go with my friend Natasha but she ended up not going since she said she couldn't afford it. So I went alone, to my first concert and first Taylor concert ever. I brought a video camera but they took it away -__- I did buy some merchandise like a T-shirt and an autographed CD though. During the entire concert I sang along to all the songs and screamed at the top of my lungs. It was the loudest place I had ever been to. Taylor was so sweet, telling us how she had marked our concert date on her calendar. Of course, I didn't get T-party because I was on the floor and you're not allowed to have posters there.
I went to the Red Tour on May 11th, 2013 and it was also the best night of my life! Hehe basically any night I see Taylor becomes the best night of my life. I was in the pit and it was AMAZING. I couldn't believe Taylor was that close to me the entire time, it felt like a dream. Taylor is such a perfect performer- perfect vocals, costumes, instruments, everything. This time I had a camera though so I could capture it and remember it. It's a night I'll never ever forget.
If you read this, thank you so much :')
Please don't hesitate to add me as a friend, send me a message, or leave me a comment! I love talking to new people :)
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So school is finally out and exams are over! I'm so excited that I can finally rest. I don't know if I want to open my graphic shop again now though, since I have summer health classes starting next week and I don't want to open it and close it so soon... for my summer health classes it's a semester course crammed into three weeks so I have to be on the computer 2-4 hours a day, and I can't be...
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I miss my sophomore year :') It was one of the best years LIKE EVER. xD You have Indian friends?! That's so cool =) and Come home and visit me for Vacation ;) <3 <3
I lost my Grandfather 3 days ago :'( So, kind of not in a great mood. I miss him so much. Um, My life seems idk.
AHHHHHHH :P Getting new Supplies for a new year is good ;) Haha, I totally understand LOL. We get tired once we're used to something :P and now you're a Fresher I believe? I forgot sorry!! :/ and Anyways, I have alot of tests coming up! Even Though I am Home-schooled, my System is really different and oh Difficult :( Sadly, I have 6 tests up till Saturday :) Got alot of studying to do LOL. :P So, What else? How are you doing? Excited for School? :P < LOL.
You're School Starts in September right? I have a cousin who's American, I mean Born and Bought up and he lives in Ohio, came to India for his holidays, he says School stars in September. I'm like you AMERICANS are so Lucky :P :P
Anyways, STAY BEATIFUL <3 :)
UHHHH.... Amusement Park! ;) That must've been fun ;D and there were a lot of fights in the FMG mostly by one swiftie who started making multiple accounts to share hate and MADE IDK 20 accounts as Spammers and stuff and practically she spoil-t everything for everyone. I am really sorry, I don't mean blaming her entirely but everyone knows she was the reason behind the FMG being closed. Finally, she went to such an extent that she made a suicide forum and started posting stuff like she was talking pills, she was almost dead and ALOT of UN-civilized things?! She took it to a new extent, there were swifties who started posting stuff like call the ambulance and there were some who posted, that she was lieing, which she was. Because she came back the next day making YET ANOTHER new account. Daya, this SAME swiftie bullied me on TC, she called me names and said a lot of bad things which hurt me really deeply. Now, recently from the past few days she isn't there. I mean, the mods have banned 20 accounts of her's, but she keeps making more :/ Really, REALLY ANNOYING. Anyways, AHHHH Homework, LOL I hope you finish it up before you know it ;) GOSH, I remember my summer homwork, it was so much. I stayed up late yesterday, LOL It was my Brother's 20th birthday so, yeah. Anyways, I hope you're HAPPY FREE CONFUSED AND AWESOME IN THE BEST WAYS.
Stay Beautiful Daya :) <3