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The present invention is directed to a stent for use in a bifurcated body lumen having a main branch and a side branch. The stent comprises a radially expandable generally tubular stent body having proximal and distal opposing ends with a body wall having a surface extending therebetween. The surface has a geometrical configuration defining a first pattern, and the first pattern has first pattern struts and connectors arranged in a predetermined configuration. The stent also comprises a branch portion comprised of a second pattern, wherein the branch portion is at least partially detachable from the stent body.
1. A stent comprising:
an expandable framework comprising a plurality of serpentine bands including a branch band, adjacent serpentine bands connected by connector struts, said branch band consisting of alternating struts and turns, said branch band comprising a first portion and a second portion, said first portion comprising a plurality of non-split struts and non-split turns, said second portion comprising a plurality of split struts and split turns that define a serpentine gap, said serpentine gap bounded entirely by said branch band.
2. The stent of
3. A bifurcation stent having an unextended configuration and an extended configuration, the stent comprising:
a main stent body comprising a body wall, the body wall comprising a plurality of adjacent serpentine bands, each serpentine band comprising a plurality of struts;
said serpentine bands including a branch band consisting of alternating struts and turns, a portion of said struts and turns comprising split struts and split turns, in the unextended configuration the split struts and split turns defining a cell within the branch band having a serpentine shape,
in the extended configuration, the cell comprises a side branch opening.
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13. A bifurcation stent comprising:
a main stent body having a body wall comprising a plurality of adjacent serpentine bands, a portion of the body wall comprising a branch band consisting of alternating struts and turns, said branch band including a branch portion, the branch portion having an unextended configuration and an extended configuration;
in the unextended configuration, the branch portion comprising a plurality of nested struts including first struts and second struts, the first struts comprising longitudinal strut portions connected to one another at first curved portions, the second struts comprising longitudinal strut portions connected to one another at second curved portions, said first struts and second struts bounding a cell;
in the extended configuration, the cell comprises a side branch opening.
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The present application is a continuation of and claims the benefit of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/145,223, filed Jun. 6, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,578,841, the entire contents of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference. U.S. application Ser. No. 11/145,223 claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/577,579, filed Jun. 8, 2004. U.S. application Ser. No. 11/145,223 is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/644,550, filed Aug. 21, 2003, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/404,756, filed Aug. 21, 2002, U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/487,226, filed Jul. 16, 2003, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/488,006, filed Jul. 18, 2003. The entire contents of the above references are incorporated herein by reference.
U.S. application Ser. No. 11/145,223 is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/683,165, filed Oct. 10, 2003, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/963,114, filed Sep. 24, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,706,062, issued Mar. 16, 2004. The entire contents of the above references are incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to the field of medical stents and, more particularly, to a stent for the treatment of lesions and other problems in or near a vessel bifurcation.
A stent is an endoprosthesis scaffold or other device that typically is intraluminally placed or implanted within a vein, artery, or other tubular body organ for treating an occlusion, stenosis, aneurysm, collapse, dissection, or weakened, diseased, or abnormally dilated vessel or vessel wall, by expanding the vessel or by reinforcing the vessel wall. In particular, stents are quite commonly implanted into the coronary, cardiac, pulmonary, neurovascular, peripheral vascular, renal, gastrointestinal and reproductive systems, and have been successfully implanted in the urinary tract, the bile duct, the esophagus, the tracheo-bronchial tree and the brain, to reinforce these body organs. Two important current widespread applications for stents are for improving angioplasty results by preventing elastic recoil and remodeling of the vessel wall and for treating dissections in blood vessel walls caused by balloon angioplasty of coronary arteries, as well as peripheral arteries. Conventional stents have been used for treating more complex vascular problems, such as lesions at or near bifurcation points in the vascular system, where a secondary artery branches out of a larger, main artery, with limited success rates.
Conventional stent technology is relatively well developed. Conventional stent designs typically feature a straight tubular, single type cellular structure, configuration, or pattern that is repetitive through translation along the longitudinal axis. In many stent designs, the repeating structure, configuration, or pattern has strut and connecting members that impede blood flow at bifurcations. Furthermore, the configuration of struts and connecting members may obstruct the use of post-operative devices to treat a branch vessel in the region of a vessel bifurcation. For example, deployment of a first stent in the main lumen may prevent a physician from inserting a branch stent through the ostium of a branch vessel of a vessel bifurcation in cases where treatment of the main vessel is suboptimal because of displaced diseased tissue (for example, due to plaque shifting or "snow plowing"), occlusion, vessel spasm, dissection with or without intimal flaps, thrombosis, embolism, and/or other vascular diseases. As a result, the physician may choose either to insert a stent into the branch in cases in which such additional treatment may otherwise be unnecessary, or alternatively the physician may elect not to treat, or to "sacrifice", such side lumen. Accordingly, the use of regular stents to treat diseased vessels at or near a vessel bifurcation may create a risk of compromising the benefit of stent usage to the patient after the initial procedure and in future procedures on the main vessel, branch vessels, and/or the bifurcation point.
A regular stent is designed in view of conflicting considerations of coverage versus access. For example, to promote coverage, the cell structure size of the stent may be minimized for optimally supporting a vessel wall, thereby preventing or reducing tissue prolapse. The cell size of a stent may be maximized for providing accessibility of blood flow and of a potentially future implanted branch stent to branch vessels, thereby preventing "stent jailing", and minimizing the amount of implanted material. Regular stent design has typically compromised one consideration for the other in an attempt to address both. Problems the present inventors observed involving side branch jailing, fear of plaque shifting, total occlusion, and difficulty of the procedure are continuing to drive the present inventors' into the development of novel, non-conventional or special stents, which are easier, safer, and more reliable to use for treating the above-indicated variety of vascular disorders.
Although conventional stents are routinely used in clinical procedures, clinical data shows that these stents are not capable of completely preventing in-stent restenosis (ISR) or restenosis caused by intimal hyperplasia. In-stent restenosis is the reoccurrence of the narrowing or blockage of an artery in the area covered by the stent following stent implantation. Patients treated with coronary stents can suffer from in-stent restenosis.
Many pharmacological attempts have been made to reduce the amount of restenosis caused by intimal hyperplasia. Many of these attempts have dealt with the systemic delivery of drugs via oral or intravascular introduction. However, success with the systemic approach has been limited.
Systemic delivery of drugs is inherently limited since it is difficult to achieve constant drug delivery to the inflicted region and since systemically administered drugs often cycle through concentration peaks and valleys, resulting in time periods of toxicity and ineffectiveness. Therefore, to be effective, anti-restenosis drugs should be delivered in a localized manner.
One approach for localized drug delivery utilizes stents as delivery vehicles. For example, stents seeded with transfected endothelial cells expressing bacterial beta-galactosidase or human tissue-type plasminogen activator were utilized as therapeutic protein delivery vehicles. See, e.g., Dichek, D. A. et al., "Seeding of Intravascular Stents With Genetically Engineered Endothelial Cells", Circulation, 80: 1347-1353 (1989).
U.S. Pat. No. 5,679,400, International Patent Application WO 91/12779, entitled "Intraluminal Drug Eluting Prosthesis," and International Patent Application WO 90/13332, entitled "Stent With Sustained Drug Delivery" disclose stent devices capable of delivering antiplatelet agents, anticoagulant agents, antimigratory agents, antimetabolic agents, and other anti-restenosis drugs.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,273,913, 6,383,215, 6,258,121, 6,231,600, 5,837,008, 5,824,048, 5,679,400 and 5,609,629 teach stents coated with various pharmaceutical agents such as rapamycin, 17-beta-estradiol, taxol and dexamethasone.
Although prior art references disclose numerous stent configurations coated with one or more distinct anti-restenosis agents, they do not disclose the inventive stent design of the present application. There is, therefore, a need for a stent design that can effectively provide ostial branch support in a vessel bifurcation and effectively act as a delivery vehicle for drugs useful in preventing restenosis. This is particularly true in complicated cases, such as lesions located at a bifurcation.
The present invention is directed to a stent for use in a bifurcated body lumen having a main branch and a side branch. The stent comprises a radially expandable generally tubular stent body having proximal and distal opposing ends with a body wall having a surface extending therebetween. The surface has a geometrical configuration defining a first pattern, and the first pattern has first pattern struts and connectors arranged in a predetermined configuration. The stent also comprises a branch portion comprised of a second pattern, wherein the branch portion is at least partially detachable from the stent body.
In one embodiment, the second pattern is configured according to the first pattern having at least one absent connector, and in another embodiment, the second pattern has a plurality of absent connectors. The second pattern may have second pattern struts, and the second pattern struts can be more densely packed than the first pattern struts.
The invention is herein described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings. With specific reference now to the drawings in detail, it is stressed that the particulars shown are by way of example and for purposes of illustrative discussion of the preferred embodiments of the present invention only, and are presented to provide what is believed to be the most useful and readily understood description of the principles and conceptual aspects of the invention. In this regard, no attempt is made to show structural details of the invention in more detail than is necessary for a fundamental understanding of the invention, the description taken with the drawings making apparent to those skilled in the art how the invention may be embodied in practice.
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The present invention relates to stents for placement at vessel bifurcations and are generally configured to at least partially cover a portion of a branch vessel as well as a main vessel. Referring to
Prior attempts at relieving main vessel 2 and branch vessel 4 from obstruction 6, such as the one depicted in
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Stent 12 further includes a branch portion 30 located at some point along the length of stent 12. Branch portion 30 comprises a section or portion of stent wall 14 that is configured to extend into a branch vessel in a vessel bifurcation. In general, branch portion 30 is configured to be movable from an unextended position to an extended position. In the unextended position, branch portion 30 is disposed in the volume defined by the unexpanded stent 12, that is, the branch portion 30 does not protrude radially from stent wall 14. In the extended position, the branch portion 30 extends outwardly from stent wall 14 and branch portion 30 is extended into the branch vessel. As best seen in
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Various alternative embodiments provide varying geometries of branch portion 30. For example, branch ring 32 may vary with respect to circumferential rings 28, and branch ring struts 36 may have different configurations than struts 24. In one alternate embodiment, branch ring struts 36 are longer than struts 24. In another embodiment, branch ring struts 36 are more closely packed circumferentially, resulting in a greater number of branch ring struts 36 per area within branch ring 32 as compared to circumferential rings 28. In another embodiment, branch ring struts 36 may be thinner than struts 24. In yet another embodiment, branch ring struts 36 may be made of a different material than struts 24.
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In a preferred embodiment, structural support members 224 may be provided as a transition between the main stent body 14 and branch portion 30. Support members 224 comprise generally elliptical half portions positioned in an opposing relation with a space 246 therebetween. Support members 224 surround a two concentric ring 228, 230 structure and a central branch opening 232. Branch opening 232 provides access to the side branch vessel when stent 220 is in the unexpanded condition and a side sheath may pass through opening 232. Rings 228 and 230 are interconnected by a plurality of inner connectors 234. Outer ring 230 is connected to structural support members 224 by a plurality of outer connectors 236. Rings 228, 230 are generally curvilinear members and include undulation petals, prongs, or peaks 238. In this embodiment outer ring 230 includes a greater number of peaks than inner ring 228. Preferably eight outer connectors and eight inner connectors interconnect support members 224 and rings 228, 230. In this embodiment, inner and outer connectors 234, 236 are generally straight members and are preferably aligned radially to extend toward the center of branch portion 30. In operation, the intersection of outer connectors 236 with support members 224 form a pivot point about which petals 238 may unfold or pivot outward into the side branch vessel. In a preferred embodiment, the generally straight inner and outer connectors pivot together such that the petals 238 open like a flower.
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In all of the above embodiments, the branch portion 30 protrudes into the branch vessel when the stent is fully expanded. The branch portion upon expansion can extend into the branch vessel in different lengths depending upon the application. The amount of extension may vary in a range between about 0.1-10.0 mm. In one preferred embodiment, the length of extension is 1-3 mm. In another preferred embodiment, the length of extension is approximately 2 mm. In alternative embodiments, the amount of extension into the branch vessel may be variable for different circumferential segments of branch portion 30. As shown in each of the embodiments, the branch portion is approximately 2.5 mm in width and about 2.5-3.0 mm in length. However, the branch portion can be dimensioned to accommodate varying size branch vessels. The branch portion can be formed of any tubular shape to accommodate the branch vessel, including, oval or circular, for example.
In general, a wide variety of delivery systems and deployment methods may be used with the aforementioned stent embodiments. For example, a catheter system may be used for insertion and the stent may be balloon expandable or self-expandable, or the stent may be balloon expandable and the branch portion self-expandable, or vice versa. Once the stent is in position in the main vessel and the branch portion is aligned with the side branch the stent can be expanded. If the stent is balloon expandable, the stent may be expanded with a single expansion or multiple expansions. In particular, the stent can be deployed on a stent delivery system having a balloon catheter and side sheath as described, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,325,826 and 6,210,429, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. In one preferred embodiment, a kissing balloon technique may be used, whereby one balloon is configured to expand the stent and the other balloon is configured to extend branch portion 30. After the main portion of the stent is expanded in the main vessel, the stent delivery system may be removed and a second balloon may be passed through the side hole in the branch portion and expanded to expand the branch portion of the stent. In an alternate embodiment, the same balloon may be inserted in the main vessel inflated, deflated, retracted and inserted into the branch vessel, and then reinflated to expand branch portion 30 and cause it to protrude into the branch vessel. Alternatively, the stent can be delivered on two balloons and the main portion and the branch portion can be expanded simultaneously. As needed, the branch portion can be further expanded with another balloon or balloons. Yet another alternative is to use a specially shaped balloon that is capable of expanding the main and branch portions simultaneously. The stent can also be deployed with other types of stent delivery systems. Alternatively, the stent, or portions of the stent, can be made of a self-expanding material, and expansion may be accomplished by using self-expanding materials for the stent or at least branch portion 30 thereof, such as Nitinol, Cobalt Chromium, or by using other memory alloys as are well known in the prior art.
The construction and operation of catheters suitable for the purpose of the present invention are further described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/663,111, filed Sep. 15, 2000, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/614,472, filed Jul. 11, 2000, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/325,996, filed Jun. 4, 1999, and 09/455,299, filed Dec. 6, 1999, the disclosures of all of which are incorporated herein by reference. It should be noted that the catheters taught in the above applications are exemplary, and that other catheters that are suitable with the stents of the subject application are included within the scope of the present application. In alternative embodiments, catheters without balloons may be used. For example, if the stent is comprised of memory alloy such as Nitinol or Cobalt Chromium, or is a mechanically self-expanding stent, balloons are not necessarily included on the catheters. Furthermore, any other catheter, including ones that are not disclosed herein, may be used to position stents according to the present invention.
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In one embodiment, the balloon may be constructed of composite materials. For example, a combination of elastomeric and semi to non compliant materials such as urethane, silicone, and latex, (Elastomeric) polyethylene hytrel pebax polyarylethertherketone, polyoxymethylene, polyamide, polyester thermoplastic polyetheretherketone and polypropylene (semi to non compliant), may be used. The balloon may also be constructed by combining the above-mentioned materials with woven textiles such as Kevlar, silk cotton, wool, etc. In this construction, a textile is wound or woven onto a rod that has the shape of the desired herniated balloon and the polymer is then extruded or dip coated over the rod. The composite is cured, heat set or adhesively fused together. The rod is then removed and the remaining shape is a herniated balloon. The balloon can also be constructed by adding an appendage to a conventional balloon by using a molded collar or adhesively attaching an object to the surface of the balloon or by using a mound of adhesive to create the herniation or protruding portion. In an alternate embodiment, the balloon can be constructed by molding three small balloons and attaching them in tandem with the center balloon being round in shape. The balloon would share a common inflation port. When the balloon is inflated the center balloon becomes the herniation.
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In an alternative method, the stent can be delivered using a herniated balloon and a dual lumen delivery system. This system can include a main catheter defining a first lumen with concentric guidewire lumen and balloon inflation lumen, a herniated balloon, as described above, on the main catheter, a side sheath with a guidewire lumen, and a stent. The stent is crimped over the main catheter, balloon and side sheath with the side sheath exiting the stent through a branch opening or side hole. The distal end of the side sheath is used for aligning the stent branch opening with the branch vessel 4.
In another embodiment, the appendage or herniation may be located on a second catheter or side sheath of the delivery system, such as the system 138 depicted in
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Stent 312 further includes a branch portion 330 located at some point along the length of stent 312. As described in previous embodiments, branch portion 330 comprises a section or portion of stent wall 314 that is configured to extend into the ostium of a branch vessel in a vessel bifurcation. In general, branch portion 330 is configured to be movable from an unextended position to an extended position. In the unextended position, branch portion 330 is disposed in the volume defined by the unexpanded stent 312, that is, the branch portion 330 does not protrude radially from stent wall 314. In the extended position, the branch portion 330 extends outwardly from stent wall 314 and branch portion 330 is extended into the branch vessel. As best seen in
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The stent can also be described as comprising a branch band 834 that includes the branch portion 830. The branch band 834 comprises a non-split portion wherein the struts and turns do not split, and a split portion 830 wherein the struts comprise split struts and the turns comprise split turns. In an unextended configuration, the split portion 830 defines a serpentine gap within the branch band. The split gap is entirely bounded by said branch band 834, and is not bounded by any connectors 26 that extend between adjacent serpentine bands 28.
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The stents described herein may have one or more drugs coated thereon. An exemplary drug coating is described in WO 04/009771. One particular application for the use of a stent with a branch portion 30, 330, 430, 530, 630, 630, 830, 930, 1030 described above is for localized drug delivery.
One or more drug coatings may be present at any location in or on the walls of stents according to the present invention, including in or on the wall of the main vessel portion of the stents, or in or on the wall of the branch portion of stents. The position of depot(s) depends on desired site(s) of highest concentration of drug delivery.
Thus, the length, width, and thickness of a depot are variables that can be tailored according to the desired drug distribution and the size of the main and branch vessels to be treated. For example, a depot that is thick enough to impede fluid flow in a narrow vessel may be an optimal thickness for a larger vessel.
Stents according to the present invention can be used as vehicles for localized delivery of drugs to cells of the walls of both the main and branch vessels at the location of the stent. Drugs that are particularly suitable for treatment of cells in the immediate area of the stent include anti-restenosis and anti-thrombotic drugs. If desired, different concentrations of drugs, or different drugs, may be included in depot(s) located in or on different areas of the stent walls. For example, it may be desirable to treat the cells of the main vessel with a first drug, combination of drugs, and/or concentration of drug(s) and to treat the cells of the branch vessel with a second, different, drug, combination of drugs, and/or concentration of drug(s). As another example, it may be desirable to maintain a high concentration of anti-restenosis drug(s) near the bifurcation of the vessels. As yet another non-limiting example, it may be desirable to maintain a high concentration of anti-restenosis drug(s) at the three open ends (two on the main portion and one on the branch portion) of the stent. It will be appreciated by one skilled in the art upon reading the present disclosure that many combinations of two or more depots are possible within the spirit and scope of the present invention.
The present invention also provides kits comprising a stent or stents according to the present invention. In addition to a stent or stents, a kit according to the present invention may include, for example, delivery catheter(s), balloon(s), and/or instructions for use. In kits according to the present invention, the stent(s) may be mounted in or on a balloon or catheter. Alternatively, the stent(s) may be separate from the balloon or catheter and may be mounted therein or thereon prior to use.
While the invention has been described in conjunction with specific embodiments and examples thereof, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art upon reading the present disclosure. Accordingly, it is intended to embrace all such alternatives, modifications and variations that fall within the spirit and broad scope of the appended claims.
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Most children will wake to presents under a lighted tree this Christmas, but for some local kids, were not for the hard work of many, Christmas may be as joyful.
It is during the holiday season that most charitable giving is done, but one type of giving that is special this time of year is the toy drive. Each year, millions of toys are donated to hundreds of different toy drives to make sure than no child goes through the season without having a gift.
One annual event in Perry County has been going on since 1954 and is going strong to this day. The Light a Child's Christmas giveaway lets hundreds of children pick gifts, both new and used, from donated items at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Hazard.
The veterans and the ladies' auxiliary raise funds and collect donations for months to be able to provide gifts to children in the area. According to Mary Shanks with the ladies' auxiliary, they serve around 200 to 300 children during the one-day event. "They all get to see Santa Claus, they all get a treat bag, and they all get a new toy, and a used toy," said Shanks.
Children are sent through the event in groups of 10 so they can all be given a fair chances at the toys. When children have to wait, they are given a coloring book and items to play with. The new toys are all wrapped, and used toys are unwrapped so children can pick one out.
While the ladies' auxiliary has been hard at work collecting items and donations, they are still accepting more and will continue to accept donations through Dec. 14. The Light a Child's Christmas will be held Dec. 16.
Anyone looking to lend a hand or a toy still can. Donations can be taken to the VFW post on North Main Street in Hazard. Volunteers are welcome to help pack goodie bags on Dec. 13 at the VFW following the ladies auxiliary meeting, or come to Light a Child's Christmas on the 16th. Any toys left over are taken to needy families at their or given out at the Masonic Lodge in Hardburly.
Another group working to make Christmas brighter for local children is the Lotts Creek Community School in Cordia. According to the school director Alice Whitaker, the students and community are involved in several giving efforts.
One man has taken it upon himself to help the people of the Cordia community to have a good Christmas for the past few years. Gino Montrone has brought truckloads of goods to the small school that have then been given to the families of the students and the community.
Montrone, a resident of New Jersey, retired and was looking for a way to give back. He saw a documentary about Eastern Kentucky and decided to start investigating ways to help the children of the region. "He called someone in Frankfort, and it just so happened that the person they got was from here," said Whitaker.
Montrone has formed several connections with schools and individuals in New Jersey, and this year they were able to donate three truckloads of goods.
Lotts Creek Community School has also received a grant that is making the school a healthier place. This grant has helped the school start a gym, replace unhealthy snacks and foods with healthy ones, and all but eliminate soda. This grant also helped the school to give away 100 turkey dinner boxes to both students and community. The boxes contained a healthy option for Thanksgiving meals.
The school is also involved in giving out food through their food pantry. Every month they open their doors to the people of the area to receive much needed food. This month the pantry will be opened on Dec. 20.
Whitaker said that they can always use volunteers and donations to help with their many charitable endeavors. The school provides the students with toys and they are still in need of more. Any toys donated can be taken to the school on Lotts Creek Road near the Perry/Knott line.
Anyone looking for ways to help out with the school can call (606) 785-4461 and find out different ways to help out.
Another group of people interested in helping children and families this season and year round is the Autism Support Group of Perry County. This group seeks to help the families of autistic children of all ages find support both emotionally and monetarily. Russ Baker said that the families help one another during times of illness or tragedies.
The group's members try to plan stimulating activities for the children and their siblings such as pool parties and picnics, and also act as a voice of understanding for other parents with autistic children. Each year they host a large autism walk in April that benefits research and awareness.
The group will also be hosting their annual Christmas party on Dec. 21. Baker said that with all that they do they are always looking for volunteers to help out. To get involved or find out more about the group you can call Baker at (606)436-0761 and ask for Russ or Kim.
Shoes Sensation in the Black Gold Plaza is also working to do their part this season by collecting shoes for the needy. The program, called Soles 4 Souls, has people donate shoes which are then distributed to both children and adults.
By donating used shoes you can also receive a discount on new shoes. The collected shoes, both new and used, help people across the world in different ways. The new shoes are given to victims of many types of suffering around the world, and the used shoes are used to create businesses and growth potential in struggling communities.
Many of these groups work year round and are always looking for help. Christmas tends to be the time of year when more people need the most help and have the most help given. One charity that focuses on helping people this time of year is Marlow's Christmas for the Needy.
This event is held in a new location every year and gives thousands of families across the region food, clothing, furniture, and any items they may need. This year it is being held at American Woodmark in the Coal Fields Industrial Park in Chavies.
The event's creator and namesake, Marlow Tackett, has been collecting donations from across the country, but is always looking to give more. Anyone with items to give can take them to the American Woodmark Building or call Tackett at (606) 487-9697.


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It began with romance, as it always does. Ronnie and Janice worked hard in undergrad studies at Carson Newman in Tennessee and Campbellsville University in Kentucky, respectively. But when they sat down in an evangelism class at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, they studied the needs of the soul, while feeling the needs of the heart.
She saw Ronnie, the handsome man in the chair behind her, and when he saw Janice, the pretty woman in front of him, he soon broke up with the girl sitting to his right. And dating in March turned to engagement in July. Now they just needed to tell their parents.
Alas, marriage followed in January 1985. Ronnie worked as an interior designer and a property general manager while Janice worked as a minister of children, an assistant director of child development, and even as a grader for professors. All this while trying to graduate with a master's degree, which they did that same year.
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Earlier this week, we attended the US media launch for the 2014 BMW M6 Gran Coupe [official thread]. The M6 Gran Coupe features the same 560hp / 500 kb-ft powerplant as the M5 and M6 Coupe/Convertible and covers 0-60mph in 4.1 seconds. It starts in the U.S. at a base price of $113,000 for the 2014 model year [full pricing details].
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You know that classic scolding and have probably caught yourself repeating it to your own kids: "Don't run around with those scissors, or somebody's gonna get hurt!" I wonder if any Native American moms similarly admonished their warrior sons. Those boys grew into men who ran into battles with their favorite weapon in hand, the tomahawk, and usually somebody did get hurt.
By 1812, the Native Americans had already been trading for years with the white man to gain better weaponry. They still used the bow and arrow and knives, and were now accumulating their share of muskets; but they always had a special fondness for the tomahawk, or uh, the hatchet.
I can't be the only one who mixes up those two terms. Are they interchangeable? Well, a few people throughout history have loosely used either name to describe any number of similar-appearing instruments. Today, when referring to a hatchet, it's the one always having a slightly curved handle that is no more than a foot long. It sports a wedge-shaped metal head with a blade on one side and often a hammer head on the other. Many simply have a ring (or poll) that slips over the wooden shaft. The Native Americans and some frontiersmen used the hatchet more often as a tool than a weapon, but it was both.
The tomahawk design took the hatchet concept to the next level. I mean, there are bicycles and then there are Harleys, right? The name alone, tomahawk, has become synonymous with awesomeness. Even our most sophisticated cruise missiles, the ones that could target a squirrel from hundreds of miles away, carry the same appellation because in the right hands they are a precision weapon — with a ton of swagger.
The combination of a long, straight wooden handle and a weighted head made the Native American tomahawk a device that could strike an enemy swiftly and accurately. It was still the preferred weapon for close combat during the War of 1812 battles, as is historically evident in numerous paintings.
Tomahawks were not just constructed, however; they were crafted. The Native Americans embellished the wooden handles with exquisite carvings and ornamentation. They traded for the forged heads, which blacksmiths often beautifully engraved in meticulous detail. The side of the head opposing the blade took many shapes, such as a spike or hammer, but a pipe bowl was most popular — making these tomahawks not only instruments of war, but of peace.
Deliberations between white men and Native Americans were often concluded with the pipe/tomahawk being passed amongst them. The handle actually had a hole drilled its entire length and the inhaling end was variously tapered. Though stories abound, it would be wrong to assume that anything more robust than tobacco was lit in these pipes on formal occasions such as treaty signings. The pipe-smoking ceremony was actually religious in nature and tobacco was a sacred element. The smoke symbolized prayers wafting up to the Great Spirit, not unlike the Catholic practice of lighting candles. The use of hallucinogens in these situations would have been profane.
Some tomahawks were created strictly as grand gifts. Col. Henry Proctor, leader of the British forces throughout our Northwest Territory, presented the great Tecumseh, for his allegiance to the crown, a beautiful pipe/tomahawk engraved along the blade, "To Chief Tecumseh, From Col. Proctor, MDCCCXII."
Tecumseh was known to reciprocate this gift-giving toward his white friends. In 1807, he presented then governor of Ohio, Thomas Worthington, a magnificent tomahawk which is still on display at Worthington's Adena mansion, in Chillicothe, Ohio. Closer to home, John Waggoner, one of the first settlers of Fremont, Ohio, and the fourth great-grandfather of current Toledo resident Mr. Jay Waggoner, also received a Tecumseh tomahawk before the war broke out. John Waggoner served with the American forces at Fort Meigs in 1813 against his friend, but that gift has survived 200 years and was recently donated by the family to the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center in Fremont. Adena and the Hayes Center are two great, history-laden day trips.
Frank Kuron is author of the War of 1812 book, "Thus Fell Tecumseh." Email him at
Bugle Call: Upcoming events
- The Wolcott House Museum Guild continues sponsoring free history lectures about our region at 10 a.m. Thursdays through March at the Maumee Branch Library Auditorium, 501 River Road.
- The Western Lake Erie Region during the War of 1812 will be the focus of the annual Friends of Pearson March Sunday Series, at 2 p.m. each week in Macomber Lodge at Pearson Metropark. Upcoming sessions include: March 18, when Daniel Downing, education and operations chief at the River Raisin National Battlefield, will discuss the famous battle at the Monroe battlefield; and March 25, when local historian and author Larry Michaels will conclude the series with a session about Northwest Ohio's best-known explorer, Peter Navarre, who played a role in the war.
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This is Dixie. She lives with my in-laws. Tuesday, Aug. 19, at lunch time, Dixie was fine, barking from outside, at the ladies visiting my mother-in-law.
That evening mother-in-law became concerned for Dixie, went looking for her in the back yard and found her in a hole shed dug to cool off, but Dixie was barely alive. I wont get into the graphic nature of what my mother-in-law found but know that Dixie was VERY sick.
Even though the back yard is heavily shaded, if you recall, Aug. 19s temperature/heat index went into the 100s. So from noon until about 6 p.m., Dixie went from a very healthy dog to near death and I mean near death.
My mother-in-law had the presence of mind to call my husband. He went to their home, carried Dixie to the car and rushed her to the Emergency Vet Clinic on Montague Avenue where she stayed for 48 hours on IVs of antibiotics and gastro-intestinal meds. When my husband arrived with Dixie to the Clinic, he wasnt sure she would still be alive, but she was. The vets told him she more than likely would not survive the night, but she did.
The clinic concluded that while it COULD be another condition, the consensus was heat stroke. (Yes, dogs, and other animals, can and do get heat stroke, and it can be fatal). They quickly evaluated her immediate needs and administered the care she needed to survive if possible, thus assuring us that she was in good hands.
My husband brought Dixie to our home Aug. 21 with four prescription medications for us to administer. While he was enroute to pick her up, I was on the phone with the E-vet receiving exact instructions on Dixies care. The vet spent a good 20 minutes speaking with me and answering questions for which I am eternally grateful. Dixies condition was and still is listed as guarded. She is off the IV and will not eat, but is taking in small amounts of water. Her gastro-intestinal system is very compromised as a result of heat stroke. She is on two strong antibiotics to keep her from getting sepsis and her blood sugar has also dropped several times so we work to get it back up to normal levels.
Since Aug. 19 the cost of Dixies care has been $2,000 and it is not over, but what price do you put on a family member? Yes, we consider our pets part of the family. While none of us could afford to continue keeping her at the Emergency Clinic, we made the commitment to Dixie to care for her at home and the vets there gave us the tools we need to administer that care. Some would say we should have put her down but its not our nature. While she has improved, Dixie has a LONG way to go but we will be with her every step of the way and will also be under the watchful eye of her regular vet as needed.
So, why am I telling you this? It is in the hope that you will read this and pass it on. Heat stroke can occur at any time to anyone; not just humans, but to animals as well, and it can be fatal.
Please take care of your loved ones all of them two-legged as well as four-legged.
Lisa Kearney lives in Summerville.
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It sounds like Justin Bieber is ready for round two.
A contributing factor in Justin's break-up with Selena Gomez was reportedly his hook-up with Milyn "Mimi" Jensen, a 22-year-old nursing student and aspiring model, in December. Now, he wants to see Mimi again, according to Radar Online.
In fact, Justin tried to make plans to see Mimi on January 31, but she was in Miami filming the Oxygen show Bad Girls Club in Miami. Mimi was cast on the show within the past week or two, once news of her hook-up with Justin went public. Way to strike while the iron is hot, Mimi.
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"Justin and Lil Twist were back at the Four Seasons Hotel last night and called Mimi's friend to see if they would come back to the hotel and get together again," the source continues.
So would Mimi be interested in meeting up with Bieber again? Uh, do you even need to ask that?
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National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
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National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Mimi M. Ghim, Ph.D.
Office of Science Policy and Communications, 6001 Executive Blvd., Rm 5232, MSC 9591
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Program Administrator, Training and Career Development
P. O. Box 12233
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
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6001 Executive Blvd, Room 2186
Bethesda, MD 20892
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Program Director, Office of Extramural Programs
National Institute of Nursing Research, NIH
6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 710
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From Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia Investment management and investment services company BNY Mellon has released its market outlook for 2013, predicting that Asian hedge fund stars will continue to attract capital this year, despite challenges.
In a report, Aidan Houlihan, managing director for BNY Mellons alternative investment services said that Asian hedge fund managers who posted big gains over the last year will continue to attract moderate inflows mostly from U.S. institutional investors, their traditional investor base.
It added that new entrants are expected to focus on ultra high net worth investors, family offices and their own friends as money from institutional investors is hard to come by these days.
Houlihan says: "From my vantage point here in Hong Kong, I believe the gathering trend for 2013 is the continued gradual evolution of Asias hedge fund community. Although we expect fewer fund launches over the next 12 months, we do anticipate that the new crop will be more diverse in its range of investment strategies. This will support Asias gradual shifting away from a monolithic emphasis on equity long/short strategies. Already, more esoteric credit and macro-oriented strategies as well as multi-strategy funds have entered the market. Today, equity long/short funds account for roughly 75% of hedge fund assets under management, dow......................
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Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: Logica Capital Advisers, a Los Angeles-based asset manager formed in 2011, has combined a long/shor
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Cargill Inc.s $7.4 billion Black River Asset Management said it was
closing four hedge funds with a combined $ 1 billion in assets and start
returning investors money over the next several months, various media
said. The hedge funds represent 15% of Black River
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Fortress Investment Group principal and director Michael Novogratz announced he would shrink the macro hedge fund unit of the firm as losses mounts and help turn round performance that has been struggling since last year.
On Thursday, Novogratz said that Fortres
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: The $72 billion hedge fund Elliott Associates, which is run by Paul Singer is preparing for the next market turbulence on concerns about the European central banks easy money policy and told investors that governments that "abused the power to create 'money'
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The soft trade barrier of the peculiar German tax compliance is de facto lifted. For the first time, international funds will de facto be granted a comparable competitive playing field with their German counterparts as the tax compliance complexity and its inherent cost for UCITS and AIF
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: Sturgeon Capital, a frontier markets fund manager, is to launch the Sturgeon Medes Fund. The Bermuda-domiciled fund will invest in Iran and its regions listed equities.
"Subject to final app
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: A host of new platforms for trading fixed income have come to market in recent years as traders and investors search for signs of life in their fixed income portfolios. However, widespread adoption has been limited.
One provider - Algomi, has built its offe
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: To say that things have been rocky in managed futures recently is putting it mildly. In June, the industry saw its worst month on a performance basis in the past four years. Then yesterday,
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: Mutual funds are becoming popular in the U.S., and not just for retail investors. However, managers should not jump in the area before looking at the running process, the expense, future regulations, and the fee structure first.
In the US,
there has been
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Katy Kaminski from Campbell & Company, a CTA with more than 40 years of experience, noted during the recent Baltimore Opalesque Roundtable
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Investors are looking for institutionalized hedge funds and CTAs, because of the need for a defined process and a sophisticated infrastructure for compliance, accounting, and technology, along with business continuity and succession plans , according to Arthur Bell,
In the week ending 24 July, 2015, the total global hedge fund industry assets rose to the 11th consecutive quarterly record level in 2Q15 to $2.97tln; Eurekahedge reported that hedge funds raised $93bn in the first six months of 2015; The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for July 201
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: A day after "privately" telling its investors it has shifted its stance towards China from bullish to bearish, the worlds biggest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates has expressed confidence that Chinas "debt and economic restructurings and more stimulative governme
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: As the hedge fund industry matures, more founders are moving toward retirement, which can lead to uncomfortable situations with investors if a succession plan isn't in place. According to delegates at the recent Opalesque Baltimore Roundtable, succession pla
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: Simon Wajcenberg, CEO of K1T Capital Ltd, a systematic quant based hedge fund asset manager based in London
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: Michael E. Lewitt, manager of the Third Friday Total Return Fund, L.P., author and market commentator, says in a Q2 letter
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Cornerstone Advisory have started using structured note strategies that allowed them to create scenarios for growth, said Tom Biddison, principal at the Baltimore-based boutique wealth management firm
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: The Greek crisis has shocked the markets forcing all hedge fund strategies to suffer losses in June. However, Optima Fund Management managing partner Graham Martin said that despite the volatile market, there is oppo
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: As Opalesque reported earlier this week, a new research paper from Londons City
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Ernst & Youngs latest glob
By Diego Lopez, global sovereign wealth funds director at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC). You can download the full report here.
The global economy has witnessed the emergence of a new set of key actor
By: Ken Griffin
Suddenly, everyones talking about liquidity. As the Federal Reserve steps back from an unprecedented period of monetary intervention, investors are rightfully focused on the possibility that, after years of relative calm, the U.S. could be in for a period of increased market vol
By: John Araneo, Counsel, Sadis and Goldberg, LLP
The New York State conviction against Sergey Aleynikov, the former Goldman Sachs
employee charged with stealing its high-speed trading program, has, like the federal conviction before it, been overturned.
The recent ruling by the New York St
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By Mark Hulbert: The news media are drawing all the wrong lessons from Meredith Whitneys decision this week to close down her hedge fund.
To be sure, the media are right to point out that Whitney, after a spectacularly correct forecast at the top of the bull market 2007 that banking stocks were
By: John E. Dunn, III, Principal, Oak Point Investments
Given it is now my sixth year representing several world class alternative fixed income fund managers, over this same
timeframe, just about every institutional investors I talk with has a lingering fear that sometime, somewhere interest rat
By: Don Steinbrugge, Agecroft Partners
Commodity trading advisors (CTAs) perception among investors is more divergent than any other major hedge fund strategy. A large percentage of investors view the strategy as smoke and mirrors using black box models that they cannot understand or properly e
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: To say that things have been rocky in managed futures recently is putting it mildly. In June, the industry saw its worst month on a performance basis in the past four years. Then yesterday,
From NYTimes.com: Puerto Ricos tourism industry has fallen victim to the islands struggling economy, hit by one misfortune after another. In March, the San Juan Beach Hotel filed for bankruptcy. This week, the Condado Plaza Hilton was forced to close its casino. But nearly two thousand miles away,
From Bloomberg.com: Londons fund industry is bouncing back, and U.S. billionaires Steven A. Cohen and Ken Griffin are grabbing a piece of the action. Griffins Citadel and Millennium Management, a hedge fund run by Israel Englander, have bulked up in London, where asset growth is outpacing the U.S.
In the week ending 24 July, 2015, the total global hedge fund industry assets rose to the 11th consecutive quarterly record level in 2Q15 to $2.97tln; Eurekahedge reported that hedge funds raised $93bn in the first six months of 2015; The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for July 201
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Long Term Trend: PositiveMonday's Trade: (ASIA): 23,797.81 (- 240)UPDATE: For well over two months we have been specific in pointing to our belief that 23,800 remained an initial critical pivot point. Subsequently, the HS fell well below 23,800 and for six weeks struggled to recover. Three weeks ago, however, the Index appeared to gain footing for the first time since mid- September. As of the past two weeks, all points are bullish. Just be aware of the current formation- It could be the formation of a right shoulder of a Head and Shoulder Top. Key long term support stands at 22,000. A settlement below that point could have major LT bearish implications.


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Those who are 16 or younger and adult hunters who have a handicap that limits their mobility will be allowed to start the season a week ahead of everyone else with a special two-day youth/impaired hunt this Saturday and Sunday.
The regular season for all hunters opens the following Saturday, March 22, and runs through May 15. The season limit is three gobblers.
This weekend hunt opportunity is available only for youth 16 years of age and younger or hunters that are mobility impaired (i.e. confined to a wheelchair, hemiplegia, monoplegia, paraplegia, or single-leg amputation above the knee).
Youth hunters must be accompanied by an adult (18 years or older) who may call for turkey, but may not take or attempt to take a turkey.
Resident youth hunters under age 16 will not need a license. Hunters age 16 years or older (including those accompanying youth or others) will need a hunting license and a big game license unless hunting on their own private land.
For the full story, pick up a copy of this week's newspaper or subscribe to our e-Edition at http://ee.jcnews.com.


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