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If you're wondering who is behind the talented hands in our #beautifulanduseful videos, here's your chance to meet the maker…
Charis Williams – aka the Salvage Sister – is a professional artist, up-cycler and TV expert on Kirstie Allsopp's Fill Your House for Free. When she's not running after her five-year-old son and eight-year-old daughter at their Brighton home, Charis is managing her own business, raiding skips, painting life-size dinosaurs and bringing vintage glamour to the art of reclaiming junk.
Here, we find out more...
How did you get involved in up-cycling?
My mum owns a fancy dress shop called 'Revamp' that started off when I was just five years old as one of the first vintage shops in Brighton. We used to go off to places like Amsterdam together in search of 1960s and 70s clothes, platform shoes and things like that. I've learnt about bartering and my creativity and style has really been nurtured from following my mum around. But my DIY skills come from my dad. He's a builder and decorator so he can turn his hand to anything.
I've always been interested in drawing and arts, but really got interested in up-cycling when I started running a reclamation yard in Brighton in 2008. I really love taking someone's 'junk' and changing its purpose so it's useful but it also looks pretty and cool.
How did you make the step from junk yards to TV?
I've always hated waste but when I started at the reclamation yard, that's when I realised just how much stuff was getting chucked away, especially construction and textile materials. I started a campaign to raise awareness about it and in 2011 I was asked to present a TV show called 'The New Reclaimers' on UKTVhome.
From there, I was invited to become an expert on Channel 4's 'Fill Your House for Free' with Kirstie Allsop. They wanted someone that knew about salvaging and they liked me because I've got this glamorous look but I'm also a bit of a tomboy.
And now the Trust! Tell us about making the videos
I've never worked with stop motion before so that was really interesting for me and I want to do more of it now. To create the bottle LED lamp, we actually had to film it in reverse. So I made it first then took it all apart… then put it all back together again after the filming. It was quite challenging getting all the parts to fit together, but it looked really stunning once it was done.
I love inspiring people to just have a go at up-cycling, so I hope people will want to get involved after they watch the videos. I see myself as an ambassador for reuse. I want to show people they can have a beautiful and unique interior on a budget and save the environment too, just by making a few simple changes.
You don't have to start with something difficult, it can be something small like upholstering a footstool – just have a go and have fun with it.
Now you've finished our videos - what next?
At the moment, I'm painting life-size dinosaurs made of fibreglass at the Dinosaur Paradise Park in Brighton. They were looking for fun, bright designs for the kids to enjoy, so they won't look like any dinosaurs you've ever seen before.
I'm also building a workshop at the end of my garden with timbre and paving slabs that I got for free. My whole house has been decorated with free, salvaged, second hand and hand-me-down items that I've put my own stamp on to fit with my personality and décor.
Being environmentally friendly can also be very friendly to your pocket and has saved me tens of thousands of pounds. My kitchen for instance cost me the grand sum of £11.50. That's all the units, cupboard doors, handles and extractor fan. Things like the sink were brand new and given to me for free. It's not a fashion statement, it's a way of life and I'm living it!
Charis runs her own wall art business at Brighton Wall Art and you can find out more about her reclamation projects at Salvage Sister.


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Jacob, as he was about to die, blessed Joseph's two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
The blessing that Jacob gave Joseph was that Joseph's two sons would become his sons. This is why they are considered as part of the twelve sons of Jacob or his God given name Israel.
So Jacob put Ephraim the younger ahead of Manasseh the first born. And said the younger will become greater than the older. How often have we seen this in the Bible were God put the younger in front of the first born.
This blessing was before and separate from the blessing given to all the sons of Jacob.
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Jacob blesses Joseph's two sons
28 Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, and the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven. 29 When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, "If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise that you will show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt, 30but when I rest with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried."
"I will do as you say," he said.
31 "Swear to me," he said. Then Joseph swore to him, and Israel worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
Manasseh and Ephraim
48Some time later Joseph was told, "Your father is ill." So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim along with him. 2 When Jacob was told, "Your son Joseph has come to you," Israel rallied his strength and sat up on the bed.
3 Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there he blessed me 4and said to me, 'I am going to make you fruitful and will increase your numbers. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.'
5 "Now then, your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here will be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine. 6 Any children born to you after them will be yours; in the territory they inherit they will be reckoned under the names of their brothers. 7As I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath" (that is, Bethlehem).
8 When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, "Who are these?"
9 "They are the sons God has given me here," Joseph said to his father.
Then Israel said, "Bring them to me so I may bless them."
10 Now Israel's eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see. So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
11 Israel said to Joseph, "I never expected to see your face again, and now God has allowed me to see your children too."
12 Then Joseph removed them from Israel's knees and bowed down with his face to the ground. 13 And Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right toward Israel's left hand and Manasseh on his left toward Israel's right hand, and brought them close to him. 14 But Israel reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim's head, though he was the younger, and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh's head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.
15 Then he blessed Joseph and said,
"May the God before whom my fathers
Abraham and Isaac walked,
the God who has been my shepherd
all my life to this day,
16 the Angel who has delivered me from all harm
—may he bless these boys.
May they be called by my name
and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac,
and may they increase greatly
upon the earth."
17 When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand on Ephraim's head he was displeased; so he took hold of his father's hand to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head. 18Joseph said to him, "No, my father, this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."
19 But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations." 20 He blessed them that day and said,
"In your name will Israel
pronounce this blessing:
'May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.'"
So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.
21 Then Israel said to Joseph, "I am about to die, but
God will be with you and take you back to the land of your fathers.22And
to you, as one who is over your brothers, I give the ridge of land I
took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow."
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Megaupload's data to be destroyed.
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Russian official calls arrest of Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov 'effort to weaken' Olympic team
DENVER - The arrest of a Colorado Avalanche hockey player on Wednesday night is being called "an effort to weaken" the Russian Olympic team, according to the website VoiceOfRussia.com.
Goalie Semyon Varlamov was arrested on charges of kidnapping and assault after what police called a domestic violence incident involving someone with whom Varlmamov had an "intimate relationship."
VoiceOfRussia.com says Varlamov is not yet a member of the Russian Olympic hockey team. However, he is likely to be invited, the website said.
The website quoted Igor Ananskykh, head of the State Duma Committee for Physical Culture, Sport and Youth Affairs let me, as saying, "The situation is really strange, given that the Sochi Olympics will take place soon and Varlamov is a candidate to become part of our national hockey team which we do count on. What about presumption of innocence? It's not normal at all. Varlamov will fall out of the training process which will have an impact on his readiness before the Olympics in Sochi. The first thing that comes to my mind is that it is an effort to weaken our national team."
The U.S. plays Russia on the second Saturday of the Olympics, according to NBC Sports.
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In Cheesie Mack Is Not a Genius or Anything, I described our fifth-grade graduation party (which was entirely fun, except for Goon's massive interference…). One of the things I wrote was:
I took a huge running start, then scoogled (this is my made-up word . . . it is a combination of scoot and wiggle) on the Slip 'N Slide and skivolvunged butt-first into the dirt, which was actually mud.
And then I asked:
Can you guess what "skivolvunged" is a three-way combo of?
Here's the answer:
SKId + reVOLVe + lUNGED
If you have a different answer, I would love to know it. Please comment below.
Does the small "l" in "lunged" look like a number 1 to you? It does on my computer.
IMO, that is a big mistake in typography (my mom says that's what the look of letters and numbers on a page or screen is called). I'm going to type them together so you can see how similar they are:
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Uppercase i and lowercase L look the same with most Fonts.
Oh wait u did
I have another combination: ski-vote-lunge , just that it can't be used except for when u vote for the president or something.
also, does a lowercase l look more like an uppercase i?
it does on my computer.
i am going to type them together, actually, so you can see how they would look next to each other.
wait- i forgot that the lines would be there.
U didn't!★
SKID, REVOLVE, LUNGED(i figured it out from looking at the word in the book)
i thought it was skid revolve and plunged
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It is very dismaying to discover scratches on your wood furniture. This is a guide about repairing scratches on wood furniture.
Read and rate the best solutions below by giving them a "thumbs up".
To cover scratches on wood furniture, rub a matching color crayon into the scratch and smooth with the fingers. Heat and oil from your finger will blend in the crayon. Alternatively, cover with petroleum jelly overnight. Rub in well, remove excess and buff.
To fix light scratches or blemishes on walnut, rub the scratch with a piece of walnut or pecan meat, then wax with the product you normally use.
For mahogany, rub the scratch with a dark brown crayon or a brown commercial wax product, then buff with your fingers, then a cloth.
For red mahogany, apply ordinary iodine with a small brush and wax with the product you normally use.
For maple, add iodine to denatured alcohol to get the right color and apply with a q-tip, then dry, wax and buff.
For ebony, use black shoe polish, black eyebrow pencil or black crayon.
For teak, rub very gently with 0000 steel wool. Rub in equal amounts of linseed oil and turpentine.
By fossil1955 from Cortez, CO
For furniture scratches, rub the meat of the walnut (no shell!) over any scratches or nicks. Test the method on a less visible area to be sure it doesn't darken the wood. I haven't yet had a problem with this.
By duckie-do from Cortez, CO
Rub a walnut on damaged wooden furniture to cover up scratches.
By Janette [91]
I bought a nice oak look cabinet at a thrift store for my redecorated bathroom but it had some scratches and nicks. At the dollar store, I bought a bottle of brown liquid shoe wax and with a cotton ball went gently over the nicks, scratches and worn spots. It looks like a new cabinet. Now, if I could only remember where I put the knobs I would like to put on it. LOL
By Pat from AZ
Use shoe polish (paste or wax-based) to touch up nicks and scratches on door frames and furniture. It's quick and easy to use, and when rubbed in really makes the scratch seem to disappear.
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I have a coffee table that is a dark wood finish. It was given to me by my husband's mother, not exactly sure how old it is. It is starting to loose its shiny service and upon that my son decided to play on it and has made several scratches on the surface. How can I bring back the shine and make the scratches at least a little less noticeable.
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By Alma (Guest Post)06/14/2008
Does anyone know how to repair damage done by acetone? I accidentally dropped nail polish remover on my new coffee table and caused damaged. It looks awful! Any help would be appreciated.
I've just purchased a second hand table. In transport it was scratched by accident. It's a clear varnished maple coloured table. The scratches are white and quite deep. Does anyone have any ideas how to cover them? Thanks.
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By metroplex [82]04/30/2010
I have really old unfinished wood floors all through my home. We can't afford to refinish them right now, but I got two great ideas that really work, from this site.
1- plain mineral oil cleaned the wood well and hid scratched.
2- Liquid Gold acted like a small miracle in our house. It made the wood warmer looking, shined, hid scratch mark. I won't be without it.
However, if you have a real antique work real money, I'd take it to a professional. It would be an investment. Good Luck!
Best way to remove scratch from an oak table top?
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Try Old English scratch remover. Gary dominicus
How can I get rid of small scratches on my dark wooden table?
By Ginseng from England
By carolcoen [1]08/24/2010
I use the meat of the walnut. Not the shell but the walnut itself.
How do you fix scratches on a coffee table?
By Helen
By Betty Gibson [7]01/06/2011
I mix a little hot water with some instant coffee, making a paste. Then rub on the scratches and rub in well. Let dry. It will match walnut wood perfectly.
Thrifty Fun has been around so long that many of our pages have been reset several times. Archives are older versions of the page and the feedback that was provided then.
A tip for covering scratches on dark furniture - Using a partially green walnut husk, simply rub the scratch until you're satisfied with the darkening effect. Now apply furniture polish to the entire piece, and the scratch will be gone. (I also suggest wearing rubber gloves to avoid staining your fingers with the walnut dye.)
By Eulice
I put a flower pot on my sister's new dining room table while I was arranging flowers and have scratched her table as I was turning the pot while adjusting the flowers. There are many scratches, but not deep ones. Is there a way to fix this short of buying her a new dining room set? The table is dark wood, but there is no polished shine.
Theresa from Newfoundland
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By shirschhorn
An antique dealer told me this useful trade secret for covering up light scratches on dark wood furniture. Take a shelled walnut and rub it along the scratch several times, then wax or polish as normal and rub to a shine.
By Lucy
An antique dealer told me this useful trade secret for covering up light scratches on dark wood furniture. Take a shelled walnut and rub it along the scratch several times, then wax or polish as normal and rub to a shine.
By Lucy
How can I remove a couple scratches on a dark wood table?
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Call Amanda and see what she says. Maybe it can be repaired in Scotland. If so, it will be a simple matter to send it back as you are in the UK. I wouldn't do anything else to it without talking to Aero.
Hi guys ,
I'm in need of some advice; I accidentally damaged my Aero Higwayman. I feel i right prat explaining this.....my wife noticed a small/tiny dent in the back of my jacket. I should have left it but did'nt. I thought i'd gently massage the area with my thumb to bring out/flatten the indentation. However, all i achieved was to remove the surrounding area of it's waxy sheen and colour. It looks a bit like a thumb print on a mirror, only way i can describe it. It bothers the hell out of me. I have applied Aero's rejuv. lotion, leather condioners and yesterday some dark brown shoe polish which has had the best results so far, but this seems to be temporary as it is easily removed. It is'nt like a normal llight scratch/scuff which you expect to aquire, it really is noticable (about the size of a 50p)
Any help would be hugely appreciated, i simply don't want to make it any worse.
Call Amanda and see what she says. Maybe it can be repaired in Scotland. If so, it will be a simple matter to send it back as you are in the UK. I wouldn't do anything else to it without talking to Aero.
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Nothing matters much and most things don't matter at all.
I second what Peacoat says! and remember to tell them what you have done so far.
The best bet might have been to heat the leather very local to the "damage " to get some of the wax and oil to leaach out to the surface and then buff a bit but to be honest with you chromexcel is made to show wear and tear as much as possibe and that combined with what you have done to"fix" the problem might make it hard going.
I am not trying to sounds sarcastic when I say that but I have done that sort of thing enough times myself to know the stuff you do when trying to make things better is normally the very thing that makes it worse.
Can you get the stuff that you put on back off again to start afresh?
Thanks Tony and Davy,
I don't like to bother Amanda, particularly as i'm already keeping her busy with my A2 order! She has emailed me today twice and its a Sunday! What a woman she is.
I will resist messing around with my pride and joy and email Amanda at a later date.
Thanks to you both for replying.
Hi Tony, yes i can Fiebings do a leather cleaner/remover that you use before applying there colour/dye. I'm sure it works well but i'm too scared to try it at least without consulting Aero. To be honest i'd rather pay and send it up to Scotland for them to sort if they can. I do fret that ultimatley i may have to have the entire back panel replaced! Of course i'm a little OCD about this, for most it perhaps would'nt bother them.
No DONT PUT ANYMORE CHEMICALS ON IT, it is just that when you said the shoe polish was comming off I thought it might have been possible to wipe off.
Just buff the area with a soft cloth for a while till the sheen comes back
Or, you can do nothing and wear the hell out of it.
The sheen will come back by itself in time.
No more chemicals.
Just remember, Aero's Horse Hide is meant to be abused in all weather.
The worse it looks, the better it looks in my opinion.
Relax and wear it and please don't fork out to replace the back panel, it's simply not worth it. The minute you start getting too concerned about surface finish a little of the pleasure in wearing a jacket goes IMHO. Short of a tear or brushing against a brick wall, wear it and it'll distress accordingly.
If it continues to bother you, sell it on and look for another either here, on VLJF or EBay - it's not a rare jacket and unless your dimensions are particularly large or small you should find a replacement.
Good luck with it.
Like the others said, what you've done mark is what appeals to most of us about aeros chrome tanned FQHH. I would think that with a horse hair brush some buffing out to move enough of the wax and oils around, that you shouldn't even notice it. Don't replace the panel it will be fine with wear.


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Social contact and regular exercise are key to aging well and living a longer life, according to newly presented research.
In fact, feeling extremely lonely can increase an older person's chances of premature death by 14 percent, an impact nearly as strong as that of a disadvantaged socioeconomic status, according to John Cacioppo, psychology professor at the University of Chicago.
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The research carried out on a group of 20,000 people revealed adverse health effects of feeling alone, including sleep problems, high blood pressure, impaired immune cells and depression.
"Retiring to Florida to live in a warmer climate among strangers is not necessarily a good thing if it means you are disconnected from people who mean the most for you," Cacioppo said.
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Simple exercise such as walking regularly at a good pace can't just cut the risk of cardiovascular and Alzheimer's disease by 50 percent -- it can also clearly slow down the normal aging process of an older person's brain, Kirk Erickson of the University of Pittsburgh told AFP.
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This application is a Continuation of our earlier filed U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/301,007, filed on Nov. 21, 2002, entitled Transmyocardial Revascularization System And Method Of Use, which is in turn a Divisional of our earlier filed U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/773,855, filed on Feb. 1, 2001, entitled Transmyocardial Revascularization System And Method Of Use, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,514,271, which is in turn a Continuation of our earlier filed U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/369,107, filed on Aug. 5, 1999 entitled Transmyocardial Revascularization And Method Of Use, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,203,556, which in turn is a Continuation of our earlier filed U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/958,788, filed on Oct. 29, 1997, entitled Transmyocardial Revascularization System, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,980,548, all of whose disclosures are incorporated by reference herein, and which are assigned to the same assignee as the subject invention.
This invention relates generally to medical systems and procedures and more particularly to systems and procedures for effecting revascularization of the myocardium of a living being.
Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death in the industrial world today. During the disease process, atherosclerotic plaques develop at various locations within the arterial system of those affected. These plaques restrict the flow of blood through the affected vessels. Of particular concern is when these plaques develop within the blood vessels that feed the muscles of the heart. In healthy hearts, cardiac blood perfusion results from the two coronary arterial vessels, the left and right coronary arteries which perfuse the myocardium from the epicardial surface inward towards the endocardium. The blood flows through the capillary system into the coronary veins and into the right atrium via the coronary sinus. When atherosclerosis occurs within the arteries of the heart it leads to myocardial infarctions, or heart attacks, and ischemia due to reduced blood flow to the heart muscle.
Over the past few years numerous methods for treating cardiovascular disease have become available. Traditional methods utilize open surgical procedures to access the heart and bypass blockages in the coronary blood vessels. In these procedures, the patient's heart is surgically exposed and one or more coronary arteries are replaced/bypassed with synthetic or natural bypass grafts. During conventional cardiac surgery, the heart is stopped using cardioplegia solutions and the patient is put on cardiopulmonary bypass which uses a heart-lung machine to maintain circulation throughout the body during the surgical procedure. A state of hypothermia is induced in the heart tissue during the bypass procedure to preserve the tissue from necrosis. Once the procedure is complete, the heart is resuscitated and the patient is removed from bypass. There are great risks associated with these surgical procedures such as significant pain, extended rehabilitation times, and high risk of mortality for the patient. The procedure is time-consuming and costly to perform. This surgery also requires that the patient have both adequate lung and kidney function in order to tolerate the circulatory bypass associated with the procedure and a number of patients which are medically unstable are thus not a candidate for bypass surgery. As a result, over the past few years minimally invasive techniques for performing bypass surgery have been developed and in some instances the need for cardiopulmonary bypass and extended recovery times are avoided. In addition, as an alternative to surgical methods, non-surgical procedures, such as percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, rotational atherectomy, and stenting have been successfully used to treat this disease in a less invasive non-surgical fashion.
In balloon angioplasty a long, thin catheter containing a tiny inflatable balloon at its distal end is threaded through the cardiovascular system until the balloon is located at the location of the narrowed blood vessel. The balloon is then inflated to compress the obstructing plaque against the arterial wall, thereby restoring or improving the flow of blood to the local and distal tissues. Rotational atherectomy utilizes a similarly long and thin catheter, but with a rotational cutting tip at its distal end for cutting through the occluding material. Stenting utilizes a balloon tipped catheter to expand a small coil-spring-like scaffold at the site of the blockage to hold the blood vessel open. While many patients are successfully relieved of their symptoms and pain, in a significant number of patients, the blood vessels eventually reocclude within a relatively short period of time. In addition, for a large number of patients that are in the later stages of ischemic heart disease, the current technology offers little hope for long term cure. In these patients even extending the patient's life for several months provides a significant benefit to the patients and their families.
Although these non-surgical procedures are much less costly and less traumatic to the patient than coronary bypass surgery there are a number of patients for which these procedures are not suitable. For certain types of patients the presence of extremely diffuse stenotic lesions and total occlusion in tortuous vessels prohibits them from being candidates. In addition to these procedures which attempt to reopen or bypass the coronary vessels, direct myocardial revascularization has been performed by inducing the creation of new channels, other than the coronary arteries themselves, to supply oxygenated blood and remove waste products from the heart tissue. Myocardial revascularization is a technique used to supplement the blood supply delivered to the heart by providing the ischemic inner surface of the heart, known as the endocardium, with direct access to the blood within the ventricular chamber. Typically the endocardium receives its nutrient blood supply entirely from the coronary arteries that branch through the heart wall from the outer surface known as the epicardium.
In an article entitled "New Concepts In Revascularization Of Myocardium" by Mirhoseini et al. in Ann. Thor. Surg., 45: 415-420, April, 1988 the work of investigators exploring several different approaches for direct revascularization of ischemic myocardium is discussed. One revascularization technique utilizes "myoepexy", which consists ofroughening of the myocardial surface to enhance capillarization. Another technique, known as "omentopexy", consists of sewing the omentum over the heart to provide a new blood supply. Another approach involves implanting the left internal mammary artery directly into heart muscle so that blood flowing through the side branches of the artery will perfuse the muscle.
Similar revascularization techniques have involved the use of polyethylene tubes, endocardial incisions, and the creation of perforated or bored channels with various types of needles, and needle acupuncture. For example, T-shaped tubes have been implanted in the muscle, with the leg of the T-tube extending into the ventricular cavity as reported by Massimo et al. in an article entitled "Myocardial Revascularization By A New Method of Carrying Blood Directly From The Left Ventricular Cavity Into The Coronary Circulation" appearing in J. Thorac. Surg., 34: 257-264, August, 1957. In an article entitled "Experimental Method For Producing A Collageral Circulation To The Heart Directly From The Left Ventricle" by Goldman et al. in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 31: 364-374, March, 1965, several experimental methods for myocardial revascularization are described. One method involved the implantation of excised perforated carotid arteries into the left ventricular wall. Goldman et al. also examined the use of implanted perforated polyethylene tubing in a similar fashion.
Needle acupuncture approaches to direct myocardial revascularization have been made and were based upon the premise that the heart ofreptiles achieve myocardial perfusion via small channels between the left ventricle and the coronary arterial tree as described by Sen et al. in their article entitled "Transmyocardial Acupuncture: A New Approach To Myocardial Revascularization" in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 50: 181-187, August, 1965. In that article it was reported that researchers attempted to duplicate the reptilian anatomy to provide for better perfusion in human myocardium by perforating portions of the ventricular myocardium with 1.2 mm diameter needles in 20 locations per square centimeter. It has been shown that the perfusion channels formed by mechanical methods such as acupuncture generally close within two or three months due to fibrosis and scarring. As a result these types of mechanical approaches have been abandoned in favor of the use of lasers to effect the transmyocardial revascularization (TMR).
U.S. Pat. No. 5,591,159 (Taheri) describes a device for effecting myocardial perfusion that utilizes slit needles to perforate the myocardium. The needles may also utilize a laser beam directed through the lumens of the needles. The device uses a trans-femoral approach to position the device into the left ventricle of the patient. A plunger is activated to cause the needles to enter the myocardium several times. Perforation of the myocardium may be effected by means of a laser beam through the lumen of the needle or high velocity drill.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,655,548 (Nelson et al.) describes a method for perfusing the myocardium using a conduit disposed between the left ventricle and the coronary sinus. In one method, an opening is formed between the left ventricle and the coronary sinus, and the coronary ostium is partially occluded using a stent that prevents the pressure in the coronary sinus from exceeding a predetermined value. Blood ejected from the left ventricle enters the coronary sinus during cardiac systole. The apparatus limits the peak pressure in the coronary sinus to minimize edema of the venous system. The system utilizes retroperfusion via the coronary since of the venous system.
Previous researchers had explored long term retroperfusion via the coronary sinus but found that it leads to edema of the cardiac veins which are incapable of sustaining long-term pressures above about 60 mm Hg. The procedure basically places a stent-like plug in the left ventricle so that blood flows into the coronary sinus and then into the myocardium via the venous system using retroperfusion, not into the myocardium directly. In the aforementioned Nelson et al. patent there is disclosed the use of a cutting instrument, such as a cannulated needle, a rotating blade, or medical laser to provide the required opening for the conduit. It is believed that when implanted in the heart, the plug and stent will result in long-term retrograde perfusion of the myocardium using the cardiac venous system and will cause a redistribution of the flow within the venous system so that a greater fraction of the deoxygenated blood will exit through the lymphatic stem and the Thebasian veins. The inventors also describe the use of a conduit which takes the place of the coronary sinus.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,658,817 (Hardy) describes a surgical carbon dioxide laser with a hollow needle mounted on the forward end of the handpiece. The needle is used to perforate a portion of the tissue, for instance the epicardium, to provide the laser beam direct access to distal tissue of the endocardium for lasering and vaporization. The device does not vaporize the tissue of the outer wall instead it separates the tissue which recoils to its native position after the needle's removal. This technique eliminates surface bleeding and the need for suturing the epicardium as is done with other techniques.
In U.S. Pat. No. 5,607,421 (Jeevanandam) discloses that laser channels remain open because carbonization associated with the laser energy inhibits lymphocyte, macrophage, and fibroblast migration. Thus, in contrast to channels created by needle acupuncture, laser channels heal more slowly and with less scar formation which allows endothelialization and long term patency.
It has been reported by Moosdorf et al. in their article entitled "Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization—Morphologoic Pathophysiologic And Historical Principles Of Indirect Revascularization Of The Heart Muscle" in Z Kardiol, 86(3): 147-164, March, 1997 that the transmyocardial laser revascularization results in a relevant reduction of clinical symptoms such as angina and an increase of exercise capacity in approximately two thirds of the patients treated. Objective data of enhanced myocardial perfusion as assessed by positron emission tomography, thallium scans, and stress echocardiography has also been presented in other studies. Some researchers have found that TMR channels created by CO2 lasers are surrounded by a zone of necrosis with an extent of about 500 microns. In heart patients who died in the early postoperative period (1 to 7 days) almost all channels were closed by fibrin clots, erythrocytes, and macrophages. At 150 days post procedure, they observed a string of cicatricial tissue admixed with a polymorphous blood-filled capillary network and small veins, which very rarely had continuous links to the left ventricular cavity. At the 2 week post procedure point a granular tissue with high macrophage and monocyte activity was observable. See for example, the article by Krabatsch et al. entitled "Histological Findings After Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization" appearing in J. Card. Surg. 11: 326-331, 1996, and the article by Gassler et al. entitled "Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization. Historical Features in Human Nonresponder Myocardium" appearing in Circulation, 95(2): 371-375, Jan. 21, 1997.
In summary, there are a number of potential mechanisms which individually or in combination may be responsible for the improvements seen in patients subject to the previously described myocardial revascularization techniques including: (1) new blood flow through created channels, (2) angiogenesis (stimulation of the creation of new blood vessels), (3) cardiac denervation, (4) the placebo effect, and (5) ablation of ischemic myocardium.
Currently it is believed that cardiac denervation and angiogenesis are the primary causes for post procedure angina relief and improved perfusion respectively. The injury stimulates vasculargenesis and the laser energy damages nerves thereby minimizing the pain sensation. The lasers are however very expensive to purchase.
While the aforementioned techniques and methods for revascularizing the myocardium offer some promise they nevertheless suffer from one disadvantage or another.
Accordingly, it is a general object of this invention to provide a transmyocardial revascularization system which overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art.
It is a further object of this invention to provide a system and methodology for providing relief from ischemic myocardium.
It is a further object of this invention to provide apparatus and methods for providing myocardial perfusion that reduce the level of ischemia in a patient.
It is a further object of this invention to provide methods and apparatus for myocardial revascularization to reduce the level of discomfort associated with angina in a patient.
It is a further object of this invention to provide a device and method to enable patients that suffer from the later stages of ischemic heart disease to experience reduced pain and improved emotional well-being.
It is a further object of this invention to provide a transmyocardial revascularization system and methodology which is simple and cost effective.
It is a further object of this invention to provide an apparatus and method for myocardial revascularization to increase blood flow to the myocardium from the endocardium without using the native diseased coronary arteries.
It is a further object of this invention to provide an apparatus and method for myocardial revascularization to be used with patients having extensive coronary atherosclerosis in whom a bypass surgery is not indicated.
It is a further object of this invention is to provide a device and technique for endovascular myocardial revascularization.
It is another object of the present invention to provide methods and apparatus which can be utilized either in open surgical, minimally invasive surgical, or transluminal techniques to perfuse the myocardium.
It is a further object of this invention to provide direct myocardial revascularization without the need for opening the chest cavity.
It is a further object of this invention to provide direct endovascular myocardial revascularization without having to utilize a laser (although a laser may be used, if desired in some applications as part of the procedure).
These and other objects of this invention are achieved by providing a cardiac vascularization system and methods of revascularizing the myocardium. The system basically comprises at least one, and preferably a plurality of elongated small diameter inserts for introduction at spaced locations from one another in the wall of the myocardium. The inserts are formed of a material to elicit a foreign body or healing response to cause the formation of lumens in communication with the arterial system. The inserts may be totally resorbable, partially resorbable or non-resorbable, and in the case of the latter may be removable from the myocardium after the formation of the lumens.
In accordance with various preferred embodiments of the invention the system also includes various deployment instruments for deploying the inserts into the wall of the myocardium. Some instruments are arranged to introduce the inserts into the myocardium via either the pericardium, while other instruments are arranged to introduce the inserts into the myocardium via the endocardium.
The deployment instruments maybe configured to form the lumens by mechanical action or by the application of energy, e.g., electrical, thermal, sonic, radiation, etc., or some biological agent to the myocardium. The inserts themselves or in combination with deployment instrument can be used to form the lumens.
In accordance with one aspect of the invention the system may include means to stabilize the deployment instrument during the formation and/or insertion of the inserts into the myocardium. In addition control means may be provided to coordinate the operation of the deployment instrument with the cardiac cycle.
Other objects and many attendant features of this invention will become readily appreciated as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:
Referring now to the drawing where like reference numerals refer to like parts there is shown in
The revascularization systems of this invention are particularly suitable for revascularizing the myocardium whose blood supply has been diminished by atherosclerosis (like that shown in
In accordance with one preferred embodiment of a system the deployment instrument 24 utilizes a piercing member (to be described later) located adjacent its distal end to create plural channels or lumens 9 (
It should also be pointed out that the formation of the channels or lumens 9 in the myocardium and associated tissue can be accomplished by means other than the insert-deployment instrument 24. In this regard the subject invention contemplates that the inserts themselves can be constructed so that they can be used to pierce or otherwise penetrate into the wall of the myocardium to form the lumens. In such applications the formation of the lumens is accomplished at the same time that the inserts are deployed therein.
Irrespective of how the lumens 9 are formed, the inserts can be inserted into the wall of the myocardium 3 and into the lumens (or to form the lumens), via either a transthoracic approach to the epicardium 2 (see
When the lumen(s) is(are) in communication with the ventricular chamber and the insert(s) is(are) in place within those lumens, the insert(s) serve(s) to hold the lumen(s) open and allow blood to flow into the lumen(s) from the ventricular chamber, whereupon that blood can nourish tissue and capillaries in the myocardium contiguous with the lumen.
In accordance with a preferred aspect of this invention, the inserts are formed of a material so that when they are in place they serve to initiate a "foreign body" or "healing response" in the local (i.e., contiguous) tissue, whereupon the inserts can be removed or absorbed thereafter, leaving the lumens patent to supply blood to contiguous tissue, capillaries and additional vasculature (e.g., new capillaries) which have grown over time by virtue of the process of angiogenesis. This action ensures that the myocardium receives an increased blood supply over that which it received prior to the subject transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) procedure.
Even where the lumen(s) formed do not communicate with the interior of the ventricular chamber, its (their) formation and the deployment of the insert(s) therein still has an advantageous effect insofar as providing beneficial blood flow to the myocardium is concerned. In this regard the formation of a lumen and the deployment of an insert therein serves to bridge those capillaries which are contiguous with the lumen. Thus, blood can be carried from capillaries in one portion of the myocardium to capillaries in a remote portion thereof by the lumen bridging those capillaries. In addition, over time the healing response and resultant angiogenesis induced by the presence of the inserts in the lumen will increase the myocardial vasculature, thereby further benefiting the patient.
In some applications it may be desirable to stabilize the deployment instrument against the endocardium or epicardium during the revascularization procedure. For such applications the system makes use of some releasable securement or attachment means, such as a suction hood (to be described later) to stabilize or otherwise hold the deployment instrument in place. Once positioned, the instrument can be activated to advance the piercing member or to direct energy into the cardiac tissue to create the lumen and to introduce an insert therein.
In some applications, depth control means (also to be described later) may be provided to limit the depth of penetration of the insert(s) into the myocardium. The depth control means may comprise means to limit the depth of the lumen(s) created by the instrument, or may comprise means on the insert itself to limit its depth of penetration into the lumen or may be a combination of both.
In some applications, e.g., where the deployment instrument applies electrical energy to the cardiac tissue to form the lumen(s) or where formation of the lumen(s) and/or deployment of the insert(s) therein is best accomplished during a particular portion of the cardiac cycle, the system may also include some control and sensing means (also to be described later) that synchronizes the operation of the deployment instrument to a specific portion of the cardiac cycle.
As will also be described later, the inserts 22 and 22A-22R are of various shapes, e.g., solid, tubular, trough-like, helical (spring-shaped), filament, or ribbon-like members, etc. They may be of any suitable biocompatible material, and may be formed of one or more resorbable materials so as to be either partially or totally resorbable. Examples of suitable resorbable materials are polyglycolic acid, polydiaxonone, polycaprolactone, collagen, hyaluronic acid, a polymer composite and/or oxidized regenerated cellulose.
Referring again to
As mentioned above, the embodiment of the insert shown in
The insert 22 may be formed of any of the aforementioned resorbable materials so that it will be absorbed over time leaving a lumen 9 like that shown in
When the insert 22 is located on the deployment instrument's wire 26 its proximal end 36 (
In order to stabilize the deployment instrument 24 during the lumen forming-insert deployment procedure, the device 24 of the system maybe constructed like shown in
If it is desired to time the introduction of the insert 22 into the myocardium to any particular portion of the cardiac cycle, e.g., during diastole, then the system may include use of a cardiac cycle monitor 54 and an associated cardiac sensor 56. The cardiac sensor 56 can be any suitable conventional device for providing an electrical signal indicative of the cardiac cycle. The cardiac cycle monitor is responsive to the sensor for providing signals to the control system 52, which controls the operation of the deployment instrument in coordination with the sensed cardiac cycle. Thus, the control system initiates the operation of means in the system, coupled to the wire 26 to push the wire distally at a predetermined point in the cardiac cycle.
After each of the inserts 22 has been deployed into the myocardium, the instrument is removed, i.e., the wire 26 extracted, and the insert 22 left in place. Thus, since the distal end 38 of the insert 22 is open and in fluid communication with the interior of the left ventricle blood from the left ventricular chamber can flow into the distal end of the insert and be carried down its central passageway 32 and out through the apertures 34 into the adjacent myocardial tissue and capillaries. Since the proximal end of the insert is preferably located just under the epicardium, when the insertion wire 26 is withdrawn the puncture in the epicardium through which the insertion wire passed will close off and hemostasis will occur shortly thereafter. This action will prevent the leakage of blood out of the lumen 9 through the epicardium.
As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art the shape of the insert 22 (as well as all of other inserts of this invention) will keep the lumen 9 in which it is located open to the flow of blood therethrough. Over time the body's natural healing response to the "foreign" insert deployed within the lumen 9 will result in increased vasculature contiguous with the lumen, like shown in
As should be appreciated from the foregoing whether the system 20 makes use of non-resorbable or resorbable inserts is of little relevance from the standpoint of immediately increased blood flow to the myocardium tissue and capillaries contiguous with the lumens so long as the inserts are constructed to enable blood to flow therethrough or therearound in the lumens from the interior of the ventricular chamber. If, however, the inserts are constructed so that they do not allow blood to flow therethrough or therearound within the lumens, then the beneficial effects, e.g., increased vasculative, of the inserts will not likely arise until after they have induced the natural healing response in the myocardium and have been absorbed or otherwise removed from the myocardium.
It should be pointed out at this juncture that for some applications the inserts may be constructed so that they do not extend into communication with the ventricular chamber to permit blood to flow from the ventricle into the lumen. One such alternative arrangement is shown in
The insert 22 is located on the extending portion of the wire 108 as shown in
The instrument 202 basically comprises a pusher member 212 and a piercer member 214. The pusher member 212 is in the form of a small diameter tube having a tapered distal end 216, a flanged proximal end 218 forming a cap, and a central passageway 220 extending therebetween. The suture or filament portion 204 of the insert 22R is located within the passageway 220, with the anchor 206 being located immediately distally of the tapered distal end 216 of the pusher as shown in
The piercer member is a small diameter tube having a bias-cut distal end to form a piercing tip 224, a flanged proximal end forming a handle 226, and a central passageway 228 extending therebetween. The entrance to the passageway 228 is flared at 230. The inside diameter of the passageway 228 is slightly greater than the outside diameter of the pusher member 204 so that the pusher member can be located therein, with the fingers 210 of the anchor position 206 of the insert 22R flexed radially inward to enable the anchor to fit within the passageway 228 as shown in
The instrument 202 is particularly suitable for transthoracic introduction into the myocardium 3. To that end the instrument 202 is assembled as shown in
Once the piercer member is at the desired depth, the cap 218 of the pusher member is pushed distally with respect to piercer member's handle 226 to extend the insert's anchor 206 into the lumen tract, whereupon the freeing of the anchor's fingers 210 allows them to flex outwardly as shown in
The filament portion 204 may consist of a solid filament, such as a PGA suture, or a strip of material, such as collagen or Gelfoam, or may be non-resorbable, like Gortex. In any case the material for the filament portion 204 is selected to initiate a foreign body reaction to stimulate arteriogenesis in a manner similar to that described earlier.
It must be pointed out at this juncture that each insert of this invention is preferably configured such that its, presence in the myocardial tissue does not significantly limit the contractility of the cardiac muscle, although as will be described later some embodiments provide less resistance to cardiac contractility than others. Moreover, the inserts may be coated with or contain growth factors, anti-oxidants, seeded cells, or other drug biologically active components depending upon the result desired.
Referring now to
The embodiment of the insert 22A shown in
The embodiment of the insert 22B shown in
The embodiment of the insert 22C shown in
The embodiment of the insert 22D shown in
The embodiment of the insert 22E shown in
The embodiment of the insert 22F shown in
The embodiment of the insert 22G shown in
The embodiment of the insert 22H shown in
The embodiment of the insert 221 in
The embodiments of the inserts 22J, 22K, and 22L shown in
The embodiment of the inserts 22M, 22N, and 22O shown in
The embodiment of the insert 22P shown in
The embodiment of the insert 22Q shown in
The embodiment of the insert 22R shown in
The embodiment of the insert 22S shown in
Without further elaboration the foregoing will so fully illustrate our invention that others may, by applying current or future knowledge, adopt the same for use under various conditions of service.
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An ex-convict from Watertown faces a return to state prison after admitting Wednesday in Jefferson County Court that he tried to possess cocaine with the intent to sell the drug.
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Mr. Baker is expected to be sentenced Feb. 22 as a second felony offender to three years in prison, followed by an additional two years of supervision upon his release. He was sentenced in County Court in November 2008 to three years in prison for a conviction of third-degree attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance, having been accused of trying to sell cocaine at his Central Street apartment. He was released under parole supervision in July 2011, according to the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision website.
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Sam's Club is a division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., (NYSE:WMT). The first Sam's Club opened its doors in Midwest City, Oklahoma in 1983. Today, Sam's Club serves more than 47 million U.S. members with locations nationwide, and in Brazil, Canada, China, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Sam's Club offers exceptional values on merchandise and services for business owners and consumers. Online merchandise and club information is available at samsclub.com.
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Ah, gfak -- another delightful post!
I don't think I'd want the FOD ability if I saw a genie. I'd ask for an infinite number of wishes instead!
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Blimey Matey! - I do believe that is one of the best *wish requests* I have ever heard (no punn intended) ;D
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I wish you'd the ability to POD (Post on Demand). Man, it was last year you posted this. Not a single post in 2009! I demand it NOW! Post on Demand!
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Almost Full Moon
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Went over to Livia's place to shoot some photos of the moon this late afternoon before meeting up with Martin, an old E.piphany co-worker. We went to eat at Sabra, which is one of two kosher restaurants (three, if you include Izzy's Bagels (or however you spell it)) in the SF Bay Area.
Anyway — the moon shots would have been better, but I forgot to bring the tripod quick-release plate, so I just set the camera on the tripod and held it there. Not ideal. :) Exif data is below the images. The moon was nice and orange. I had to use "sunny" white balance (it is illuminated by the sun, after all) because auto white balance just made it white.
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Camera Model: Canon EOS D60
Camera serial number: 0820501546
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Date/Time: 2002.11.21 19:20:05
Shutter speed: 1/50 sec
Aperture: 7.1
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: Single frame shooting
Lens: 100.0 to 400.0 mm
Focal length: 400.0 mm
Subject distance: 655 m
AF mode: One-shot AF
Image size: 3072 x 2048
Image quality: Fine
White balance: Daylight
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Low
Contrast: Normal
Custom Functions:
CFn 2: Shutter release: AE lock; AE button: AE + AF
CFn 4: Tv/Av and exposure level: 1/3 stop
CFn 5: AF-assist beam/Flash firing: Only ext. flash emits/Fires
CFn 11: Menu button return position: Previous (top if powered off)
CFn 12: SET button function when shooting: Change ISO speed
Here's a photo of Livia's music. She was practicing Sibelius Violin Concerto for a concert this weekend: