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4 - quart Stainless Steel Deep Fryer from Kalorik®. Your crispy, golden favorites couldn't be easier!
Crisp, delectable, deep-fried taste is on the menu! Because the perfect burger deserves better than frozen fries from a bag. Instead, why not make'em fresh, crispy and darn-right delicious with Kalorik's 4-quart Stainless Steel Deep Fryer? Not just french fries, but all your deep-fried favorites... from fish to mozzarella sticks. It powers at 1,500 watts, comes apart completely for easy cleaning, and also includes a magnetic breakaway cord for safety and easy storage. Also features large oil capacity, a small footprint that will not clutter your counterspace, and a precision temperature control panel that will take the guesswork out of your culinary endeavors.Give it a fry:
- Stainless steel control panel and thermostat control knob
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Public to have their say on cable car development on Mt Wellington
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- August 03, 2014
TASMANIANS will get their first real say on a cable car proposal for Hobart's Mt Wellington with the public being invited to comment on possible rule changes for development at the Pinnacle.
The Wellington Park Management Trust is asking for public comment on a proposal to extend the development zone on the mountain by 11,1000sq m.
Cable car proponent Adrian Bold has sought the zone extension which would allow a function centre and landing area, to be built east of, and under, the existing observation deck and visitor centre on the mountain.
It will be the first time the public has been able to have a meaningful say on Mr Bold's proposal.
The community input comes as the mountain has been blanketed for the past few days with snow, sparking calls once again for the establishment of alternative ways for people to access the mountain.
Mr Bold had originally wanted the Hobart City Council, as landowners, to say whether they agreed to the Pinnacle rezoning before he sought the extension from the trust.
But, the council – after much heated debate over the controversial issue – said it was up to the trust to decide first.
Mr Bold said yesterday the public consultation was a step in the right direction.
"This is a chance for anyone and everyone to have their say and we encourage people to participate in the process," he said.
Mr Bold said the rezoning would allow for his team to put forward the best design possible in the most appropriate location.
"We are doing this to minimise the visual impact on the skyline," he said.
But Residents Opposed to the Cable Car spokesman Ted Cutlan said the push by the trust for the public consultation should be a concern to everyone "with a love of our wonderful mountain".
"The proposed increase in the size of the Pinnacle Specific Area announced today has come directly as the result of a request by the developer," Mr Cutlan said yesterday.
"Why is the Management Plan being changed to suit this development?
"Surely any proposal for the mountain should be designed to comply with the plan.
"What is the point of the plan at all, if it is changed to suit a developer whenever a request is made by a developer?"
Hobart Lord Mayor Damon Thomas said the public consultation was "exactly what the council had asked the applicant and the trust to do".
"This is a very positive and appropriate step being taken by the trust," he said.
"The project is out there and it needs to be tested by the process and this is part of the process."
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Tony Guerra of Hobart Posted at 8:56 AM July 04, 2015
Cable car will be the new wander after the Casino 43 years ago. This project will bring extra million people to the south state, everyone will be a winner.
Cheryl Cushion of Howrah Posted at 9:01 PM August 14, 2014
I fully support the cable car with visitor centre, cafe and weather protected viewing. There are many cable cars around the world and they are well supported. Let's get this thing up and running immediately.
Cary Lenehan of Lutana Posted at 1:17 PM August 14, 2014
A (small and unobtrusive) cafe or restaurant would be a boon up there. As for a cable car, if there are small cars (8 or less) and small towers and terminals then it will not be too bad. Great big cars (like the new ones in Hong Kong) would be a blot on the landscape that would be unforgivable. Of course it is likely that the wind will stop it operating for a lot of the year and when do we see an economic feasibility study that accounts for such factors? Will the road remain open as well?


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White Balance
The S60 features no less than seven preset white balance settings including the new Flash and Underwater presets (the latter designed to be used in conjunction with the WP-DC40 waterproof case when shooting underwater). The S60 also has manual white balance which is created by aiming the camera at a white (or gray) subject and pressing the SET button, the camera measures only the center area of the frame. Automatic white balance appeared to work well outdoors and in fluorescent lighting but as per previous Canon digital cameras less well in incandescent light where it produced a strong orange color cast.
|Outdoor - Auto WB
Red -0.2%, Blue 0.7%
|Fluorescent - Auto WB
Red -0.7%, Blue -0.7%
|Incandescent - Auto WB
Red 9.7%, Blue -15.2%
Flash Performance
The S60's ultra-slim flash unit has a specified range of 4.2 m at wide angle and 2.0 m at telephoto. In use we found it to meter fairly well (perhaps slightly under exposed) with good color response and no color cast (good white balance).
|Skin tone - no color cast, slightly under exposed
|Color chart - good exposure, no color cast
Macro Focus
The S60 produced its best macro frame coverage at full wide angle, however of course this led to fairly obvious barrel distortion as well as corner softness. At telephoto coverage is less good (99 mm across the frame) however distortion is non-existant and corner softness is low. Compared to the S50 this is actually an improvement, telephoto now produces the same approximate coverage as wide angle.
|Wide macro - 73 x 54 mm coverage
35 px/mm (898 px/in)
Distortion: High
Corner softness: Average
Equiv. focal length: 28 mm
|Telephoto macro - 99 x 74 mm coverage
26 px/mm (664 px/in)
Distortion: None
Corner softness: Low
Equiv. focal length: 28 mm
Barrel and Pincushion Distortion
Considering its size and that it starts at 28 mm equiv. wide angle the S60's lens performs very well, it does exhibit some distortion at wide angle but in actual fact it's less than most compacts deliver at 35 mm equiv. The lens exhibits no measurable pincushion distortion at telephoto.
|Barrel distortion - 0.9% at Wide angle
Equiv. focal length: 28 mm
|Pincushion distortion - 0.0% at Telephoto
Equiv. focal length: 100 mm
Specific image quality issues
Overall image quality was very good, with excellent resolution and sharpness. The new wide angle zoom lens also proved to be sharp across the entire frame. The only issue which we noted was 'purple fringing'.
Purple fringing
A contrasty scene shot at wide angle and/or a large aperture (small F number) can introduce noticeable purple fringing along the edge of white areas of the image (especially nearer to the corners). This is unfortunate but not that surprising for a very compact lens system which achieves a 28 mm wide angle (it is however not an improvement over the S50 which also had fringing).
|35 mm equiv., F3.5
|28 mm equiv., F3.5
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Journal Sentinel business reporter Tom Daykin talks about commercial real estate and development.
Mayor Barrett 'angry' over tax credits for possible Eaton development
On Friday, I reported that Eaton Corp.'s possible move from Milwaukee to a new Wauwatosa division headquarters would include financing through tax credits designed to encourage investment in lower income areas.
My article questioned whether that was an appopriate use of the New Markets Tax Credits, given that the Milwaukee County Research Park, where Eaton might relocate, is in a much more affluent area than the company's current building, on N. 27th St. near W. Capitol Drive.
The Wauwatosa project qualifies for the tax credits because the census tract where the research park is located includes low-income residents of nearby nursing homes operated by Milwaukee County. It's the only census tract in Wauwatosa where the tax credits can be used.
On the same day my article was published, a similar story appeared in Milwaukee News Buzz, an Internet-based report from Milwaukee Magazine.
The story, by Michael Horne, said Mayor Tom Barrett "has no position on the use of tax credits to help lure Eaton to Wauwatosa, noting that under the M7 guidelines for regional cooperation, the emphasis is on retaining businesses in the region."
Horne, quoting Department of City Development spokesman Jeff Fleming, said it was important to Barrett that Eaton's new location be accessible to Milwaukee residents who seek jobs there.
However, late Friday afternoon, in his weekly "Barrett Report" email to the news media and others, the mayor had this to say:
"Obviously, I'm not happy when a company opts to leave Milwaukee," Barrett wrote. "When tax breaks and public incentives are used to pull companies out of Milwaukee to communities that have nowhere near the economic and tax base needs that Milwaukee has, I'm angry."
Barrett said he supports "smart use" of tax credits and other public financing tools to grow Milwaukee, while also supporting regional cooperation through the Milwaukee 7 economic development group.
What he doesn't say is that there's apparently little he can do to stop New Markets Tax Credits from being used to help finance the proposed $15 million Eaton development.
The plan calls for $20 million in tax credits to be sold to fund a $4 million low-interest loan to Irgens Development Partners LLC. The firm would develop the 90,000-square-foot building and lease it to Eaton, which hasn't yet made a decision on the possible move.
Horne's story suggested the U.S. Treasury Department, which oversees the program, might withhold approval for the Eaton project.
But that approval has already been granted by having the census tract qualify for using the tax credits. As I reported Friday, New Markets Tax Credits were also used in 2005 to help finance GE Healthcare's regional headquarters at the research park.
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Sure, there could be free wifi but unfortunately, in Australia, it is not offered as standard. Guy Grossi's 'Florentino' is just around the corner if you're after a good meal,George Colombaris' 'Gazi' on the same St and also good to eat at, very close to Spring St, the museum, on the edge of Chinatown, handy trams to Fitroy & St Kilda in the cross st. Short walk only to the Mall.
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Josh Hansen finished with three hits and five RBI
Jan. 24, 2004
Left fielder Josh Hansen hit a two-out grand slam homerun in the third inning, extending a San Diego lead and allowing USD to enjoy a 10-0 win over Cal Poly SLO Saturday before 623 in Baggett Stadium. Hansen finished with three hits and five RBI as San Diego out hit the Mustangs 13-3. The victory evened San Diego's record to 1-1, one day removed from being held scoreless on three hits in their season opener.
Center fielder Tom Caple and third baseman Freddy Sandoval each added a pair of hits for the Toreros -- Sandoval driving in a pair of runs. Sandoval?s double down the left-field line in the first inning gave San Diego a 1-0 lead and he added an RBI single in a three-run sixth-inning Torero rally.
Cal Poly?s three hits were singles by catcher Cory Taillon, center fielder Sam Herbert and left fielder Nick Tudisco.
Senior Aaron Wilson (1-0) was credited with the win after throwing six scoreless innings. Freshman Nate Boman picked up the save, working the rest of the way, allowing just one hit and striking out four.
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The face of a 14th-century former Archbishop of Canterbury has been revealed 630 years after he was beheaded by angry peasants.
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|15 Oct 1991
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|26 Jun 1990
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|Geoffrey S. Martin
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This is a division of application Ser. No. 07/184,529, filed 4/21/88 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,961,809.
This invention relates to a dual lumen catheter and more particularly to such a catheter for insertion into a vein of a patient for use in haemodialysis treatments.
Dual lumen catheters have been available for many years for a variety of medical purposes. It is only in recent years, however, that such catheters have been developed for use in haemodialysis. The general form of dual lumen catheters goes back to as early as 1882 when Pfarre patented such a catheter in the United States under Ser. No. 256,590. This patent teaches a flexible dual lumen catheter which is used primarily for cleaning and drainage of, for example, the bladdar, rectum, stomach and ear. In this type of catherization, the catheter is introduced into an existing body orifice without the use of any puncturing needle or guidewire.
More recently, a catheter was developed and patented by Blake et al under U.S. Pat. No. 3,634,924. This 1972 patent teaches a double lumen cardiac ballon catheter which is introduced into a large vein and the balloon inflated to control the flow in the vein. The catheter can in fact be placed by using the balloon as a "sail" to move with the blood from an ante-cubital or other peripheral vein through for example, the right heart chambers into the smaller radicals of the pulmonary artery where the catheter takes up its intended function. This patent is particularly interesting because it teaches the use of two lumens in a single body and explains how to make a tip for a dual lumen structure of the type which has become common for a variety of purposes including haemodialysis. The structure uses a plug to seal the end of one lumen and a wire which retains the shape of the other lumen during formation of the tip in a heated die.
Further patents which teach dual lumen catheters for general use include the following U.S. Pat. Nos. 701,075; 2,175,726; 2,819,718; 4,072,146; 4,098,275; 4,134,402; 4,406,656 and 4,180,068.
Vascular catheter access by surgical cut-down techniques has been known to the medical profession for many years and, in fact, can be traced back to the 17th century. However, it was only with the introduction of the Seldinger technique in 1953 or thereabouts that a new approach could be used to improve vascular access. This technique was taught in an article published by Dr. Sven Ivar Seldinger resulting from a presentation made at the Congress of the Northern Association of Medical Radiology at Helsinki in June of 1952. The technique essentially involves the use of a hollow needle to make an initial puncture, and a wire is then entered through the needle and positioned in the vessel. The needle is withdrawn and the catheter is entered percutaneously over the wire which is itself later withdrawn. With this technique it became possible to make less traumatic vascular access and this has now become the accepted method of performing access in numerous medical techniques. One of these techniques which has been the subject of much research and development is haemodialysis.
Haemodialysis can be defined as the temporary removal of blood from a patient for the purpose of extracting or separating toxins therefrom and the return of the cleansed blood to the same patient. Haemodialysis is indicated in patients where renal impairment or failure exists, that is, in cases where the blood is not being properly or sufficiently cleansed, (particularly to remove water) by the kidneys.
In the case of chronic renal impairment or failure, haemodialysis has to be carried out on a repetitive basis. For example, in end stage kidney disease where transplanation of kidneys is not possible or for medical reasons is contra-indicated, the patient will have to be dialysed about 100 to 150 times per year. This can result in several thousand accesses to the blood stream to enable the active haemodialysis to be performed over the remaining life of the patient.
Towards the end of 1960, Dr. Stanley Shaldon and colleagues developed, in the Royal Free Hospital in London, England, a technique for haemodialysis by percutaneous catheterization of deep blood vessels, specifically the femoral artery and vein. The technique was described in an article published by Dr. Shaldon and his associates in the Oct. 14, 1961 edition of The Lancet at Pages 857 to 859. Dr. Shaldon and his associates developed single lumen catheters having tapered tips for entry over a Seldinger wire to be used in haemodialysis. Subsequently, Dr. Shaldon and his colleagues began to insert single lumen inlet and outlet catheters in the femoral vein and this was reported in the British Medical Journal of June 19, 1963. The purpose of providing both inlet and outlet catheters in the femoral vein was to explore the possibility of a "self-service" approach to dialysis. Dr. Shaldon was subsequently successful in doing this and patients were able to operate resonably normally while carrying implanted catheters which could be connected to haemodialysis equipment periodically.
Some use was made of a flexible dual lumen catheter inserted by surgical cut-down as early as 1959. An example of such a catheter is that of McIntosh and colleagues which is described in the Journal of the American Medical Association of Feb. 21, 1959 at pages 137 to 138. In this publication, a form of dual lumen catheter is made of non-toxic vinyl plastic and described as being inserted by cut-down technique into the saphenous vein to the inferior vena cava.
The advantage of dual lumen catheters in haemodialysis is that only one vein access need be affected to establish continued dialysis of the blood, because one lumen serves as the conduit for blood flowing from the patient to the dialysis unit and the other lumen serves as a conduit for treated blood returning from the dialysis unit to the patient. This contrasts with prior systems where either two insertions were necessary to place the two catheters as was done by Dr. Shaldon, or a single cathether was used with a complicated dialysis machine which alternately removed blood and returned cleansed blood.
The success of Dr. Shaldon in placing catheters which will remain in place for periodic haemodialysis caused further work to be done with different sites. Dr. Shaldon used the femoral vein and in about 1977 Dr. P. R. Uldall, in Toronto Western Hospital, Canada, began clinical testing of a subclavian catheter that would remain in place between dialysis treatments. An article describing this was published by Dr. Uldall and others in Dialysis and Transplantation, Volume 8, No. 10, in October 1979. Subsequently Dr. Uldall began experimenting with a coaxial dual lumen catheter for subclavian insertion and this resulted in Canadian Patent No. 1,092,927 which issued on Jan. 6, 1981. Although this particular form of catheter has not achieved significant success in the market-place, it was the forerunner of dual lumen catheters implanted in the subclavian vein for periodic haemodialysis.
The next significant step in the development of a dual lumen catheter for haemodialysis is Canadian Patent No. 1,150,122 to Martin who produced a catheter which achieved some commerical success. The catheter avoided the disadvantages of the Uldall structure.
A subsequent development is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,451,252 also to Martin. This utilizes the well known dual lumen configuration in which the lumens are arranged side-by-side separated by a diametric septum. The structure shown in this patent provides for a tip making it possible to enter a Seldinger wire through one of the lumens and to use this wire as a guide for inserting the catheter percutaneously. This type of structure is shown in a European Patent Application to Edelman published under No. 0 079 719, and in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,619,643, 4,583,968, 4,568,329, 4,543,087, 4,692,141, 4,568,329, and U.S. Des. Pat. No. 272,651.
To insert a catheter over a guide wire using the Seldinger technique, or indeed any similar technique, the tip of the catheter must possess sufficient rigidity so that it does not concertina as it contacts the skin because this would enlarge the skin puncture as the catheter is being entered over the wire. To some extent this is at odds with the desirable material qualities of the main body of catheter which should be soft and flexible for patient comfort. In an effort to solve this problem, manufactures have formed a variety of tips within the limitations of using a single extrusion from which the body and tip are formed. The result is that the tips have in general been made by using some of the excess material found in the shorter intake lumen. This has led to other problems such as very stiff tips which are unsuitable for prolonged placement in a vein; voids which can accumulate stagnant blood; and short stubby tips which are less desirable for insertion than longer more gradual tips. Also, because there is not always sufficient material to form the tip, plugs have been added with a varying degree of success because if the plug is not placed accurately the resulting structure may have unacceptable spaces where blood can stagnate.
It must also be recognized that the degree of rigidity in the tip becomes more important if the catheter is to reside in the patient for prolonged periods, as is becoming more common in many treatments, notably haemodialysis. This is because although ideally the catheter lies in the middle of the vein, in practice it will bear against the vessel wall. In such circumstances it is possible that a stiff tip could damage or even embed itself in the vessel wall when left in place for extended periods.
In summary there are a number of desirable features for a catheter of the type to be used in procedures where the catheter is to remain in the patient between treatments. Firstly the body of the catheter should be flexible to take up curved positions with a minimum of stress. Secondly, after insertion the tip should take up position in the vein without placing a load on the vein wall, and thirdly the catheter must be sufficiently robust to withstand the forces applied during insertion using the Seldinger technique. Also, the external surface of the catheter should be smooth and any changes in cross-sectional area along the length of the catheter should take place gradually and without sudden changes in section. It is among the objects of this invention to provide catheters which meet some or all of these desirable characteristics and to provide methods of making such catheters.
In one of its aspects, the invention provides a dual lumen catheter having first and second portions defining a shorter intake lumen and a longer return lumen. The intake lumen is closed at its end and receives fluid through at least one opening in the side wall of the catheter and the second lumen includes the second portion which is of smaller cross section than the first portion.
In another one of its aspects the invention provides a dual lumen catheter having an intake lumen and a return lumen, in which the return lumen has a tip of different stiffness from the main body of the catheter, the intake lumen being closed at its end and receiving fluid through an opening in the side wall of the catheter.
These and other aspects of the present invention will now be described in more detail, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic view of a dual lumen catheter according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, inserted in the subclavian vein of a patient;
FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic perspective view of the catheter of FIG. 1 drawn to a larger scale;
FIG. 3 is a sectional view on line 3--3 of FIG. 2 drawn to a larger scale and showing details of the structure of the distal end of the catheter;
FIGS. 4 to 7 are sectional views taken on the corresponding lines of section of FIG. 3, and showing complete sections;
FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional view of the distal end of a first portion and a second portion used to form the catheter of FIG. 1;
FIGS. 9 to 14 are sectional views showing the various steps in the manufacture of the distal end of the catheter as shown in FIG. 3;
FIG. 15 is a sectional view illustrating the manufacture of a further embodiment of the catheter of the present invention;
FIG. 16 is a sectional view of a Y-shaped branching connector seen at the proximal end of the catheter in FIG. 2 and drawn to a larger scale; and
FIGS. 17 to 21 are diagrammatic perspective views of one end of the catheter showing the steps in the manufacture of the Y-shaped branching connector and associated parts.
The invention will be described in detail with reference to a preferred embodiment to be used for haemodialysis. However the drawings are exemplary of the invention and unless otherwise stated, are not intended to be limited by the restraints of size and properties created by haemodialysis procedures.
Reference is made first to FIG. 1 of the drawings which illustrates a dual lumen catheter indicated generally by reference numeral 20 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and a patient shown, by way of example, receiving the catheter in the subclavin vein using a Seldinger wire 22. The catheter 20 is to be used for haemodialysis treatment and could of course be entered in a similar manner in the femoral vein.
The catheter 20 is secured to a conventional dressing 24 by an attachment fitting 26 having wing tabs 28, and the dressing 24, in turn, is secured to the skin of the patient. As shown, the catheter passes through the dressing 24 and, as can be seen in broken outline, a flexible elongate and substantially cylindrical body 30, formed of polyurethane extrusions (as will be described below) is inserted through the skin and into the subclavin vein in the downstream direction. The catheter 20 has at its distal end 32 a tip 34, described in greater detail below. At the other end of the body 30 is a generally Y-shaped branching connector 36, which protrudes outwardly and is secured by dressing 24. Cylindrical blood extraction and return tubes 38, 40 are attached to the connector 36, a more detailed description of which is also provided below. For the moment it is sufficient to state that these tubes 38, 40 are connected to lumens running through the body 30.
FIG. 2 shows the catheter 20 in greater detail. The body 30 terminates at its proximal end in the connector 36, for receiving the blood extraction and return tubes 38, 40. These tubes terminate at their outer ends at respective female luer fittings 42 for connection to complementary male luer fittings (not shown) leading to a dialysis machine, and carry closure clamps 46 (one of which is shown) to selectively close the tubes.
The wing tabs 28, sometimes known as suture wings, are formed integrally with a central tubular portion 48 which can rotate on the body 30 and is retained in place by a shoulder on the end of the connector 36 and a second shoulder on a reinforcing portion 50 so that the catheter 20 can be rotated relative to the tabs 28. This rotation is sometimes necessary after insertion of the catheter 20 to change the position of intake side apertures in the distal end 32 if the apertures happen to be occluded by engagement of the wall of the vein. Details of the apertures are provided below.
As will be described, the reinforcing portion 50 is blended into the body 30 over the length of the portion and assists in strengthening the catheter to minimize the likelihood of kinking. Also, the portion 50 assists in sealing the puncture site where the catheter enters the patient.
As will be described with reference to subsequent views, the return tube 40 is aligned with a return lumen to permit the Seldinger wire 22 to pass through the catheter. The wire exits at the tip 34 which is of a reduced cross section so that the catheter can slide over the wire and into the patient. The extration and return tubes 38, 40 are linked at the connector 36 with lumens in the body 30 to connect with respective groups of apertures 52, 54 (some of which can be seen in this view) at the distal end of the catheter. As a result, when inserted and in use, blood can be removed and returned in a closed loop with a haemodialysis machine using the tubes 38, 40.
As seen in FIG. 2, the body 30 is made up of a main or first portion 56 and a lesser second portion 58 at the distal end of the first portion.
Turning now to to FIG. 3 of the drawings it will be seen that the distal end 32 is made up of the distal end of the first portion 56 and the second portion 58. The portion 56 has an outer wall 60 and an integral septum 62 extending diametrically to define two D-shaped passageways 64, 66 (see also FIG. 4) having rounded corner portions to avoid blood stagnation. The passageway 64 is closed at its distal end to define an extraction lumen and the passageway 66 connects with the second portion 58 to define a return lumen.
The first and second portions 56, 58 merge smoothly at a transition portion 68 of decreasing cross section and the second portion leads smoothly from the first portion 56. The tubular second portion 58 comprises an outer wall 70 which combines with passageway 66 to form a return lumen 72. The extraction lumen consists essentially of the passageway 64 and terminates in the transition portion 68 of decreasing cross section where the septum 62 merges with the outer wall 60. The distal end of the extraction lumen is formed by material at the transition portion 68 such that one of the openings 52a is at the very end of the lumen to minimize the risk of blood stagnating at the end of the lumen.
The other apertures 52 are provided at spaced points in the outer wall 60, thus allowing the inflow of blood from the vein into the lumen. The return apertures 54 are located at spaced points in the outer wall 70 of the second portion 58. The tip 34 also includes an end aperture 74 through which the Seldinger wire 22 passes. The end aperture 74 is of corresponding diameter to the Seldinger wire 22.
As will noted from FIG. 3, in addition to the transition portion 68 between the first and second portions 56, 58, the tip 34 includes a portion of decreasing cross section 77. Both of these portions 68, 77 faciliate insertion of the catheter 20 over the Seldinger wire 22 at the puncture site as the increase in cross section from the tip 34 to the first portion 56 is gradual and the second portion 58 acts as a dilator for the larger first portion 56. The gradual increase in cross section also reduces the likelihood of kinking at the points on the catheter where the changes in cross section occur.
As seen in the sectional and enlarged views 4 through 7, the cross-secion of the catheter changes. FIG. 4 is a cross-section of the first portion 56 and shows the septum 62 extending diametrically to define the two similar D-shaped passageways 64 and 66 contained by the outer wall 60.
The section illustrated by FIG. 5 shows the initial stages of transition from the first portion 56 to the second portion 58. The passageway 64 is smaller and is converging towards its end. FIG. 6 shows the shape of lumen 72 during transition and it will be seen that there is some flatness at the top (as drawn) of the lumen 72 caused by the transition from D-shaped to round. Finally the section becomes round as shown in FIG. 7 with an outer diameter smaller than that of the portion 56 and also smaller than the transition diameter shown in FIG. 6.
When placed in a blood vessel the tip 54 of the catheter 20 will often rest against the side wall of the vessel. Where the catheter tip is of a stiff material the continued pressure of the tip against the vessel wall may be sufficient to damage the vessel wall or to embed the tip in the vessel wall. To obviate this problem, the first and second portions 56, 58 may be of material having different properties which are capable of assembly as will be described. For instance, the first portion 56 may be of a stiffer material than the second portion 58. It is also necessary that the catheter is not of a material that is so flexible that it will concertina is it is pushed over the Seldinger wire 22 during insertion at the puncture site. However, if only the tip or a short length of the distal end or of the catheter is more flexible or is of a more flexible material, and the remainder of the catheter is of a stiffer, but still flexible material, this concertina effect can be avoided.
The formation of the distal end of the catheter will now be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 14, followed by a description of an alternative embodiment and the description of the formation of the connector 36.
The shapes of extruded material used to make the catheter are shown in FIG. 8. Two lengths of smooth polyurethane tubing 78, 80 are used, the larger diameter tubing 78 being used to form the first portion 56, (FIG. 3) and the smaller diameter tubing 80 being used to form the second portion 58. Typically, the size of the larger tubing will be 11 French (11F) and the smaller tubing 8 French (8F). The larger cross section tubing 78 is shorter than the desired total length of the catheter 20 and has an outer wall 60 of about 0.015 inches thickness and a integral septum 62 of about 0.010 inches thickness. The smaller cross section tubing 80 is considerably shorter and has an outer wall 70 of about 0.017 inches thickness to define a single lumen 72.
FIG. 9 illustrates the process used for forming the tip 34 on the smaller cross section tubing 80. A round support wire 82 is placed inside a length of the tubing 80, which is then pushed into a heated die 84 having a shape corresponding to the desired shape of the portion 77 (FIG. 3). The wire 82 provides internal support during the forming operation. The tubing and wire are then removed from the die 84 and allowed to cool so that the tubing will harden.
As shown in FIG. 10, a flared portion 86 is then formed on the other end of the tubing 80 by the insertion of a heated conical mandrel 88. The internal diameter of at least a part of the flared portion 86 is greater than the external diameter of the larger tubing 78. Thus, the smaller tubing 80 may be fitted over the distal end of the larger tubing 78, as shown in FIG. 9. However, before doing this, stiff support wires 94, 96 are located in the larger tubing 78, as shown in FIG. 11. The support wire 94 located in the passageway 64 has a D-shaped cross-section, as can be seen ing FIG. 12, and a rounded end 97 which is located at the end of the passageway 64. The support wire 96 in the other passageway 66 has a portion 98 with a D-shaped cross-section, as seen in FIG. 12, which fits in the passageway 66 and an end portion 100 with a circular cross-section, as seen in FIG. 13, which extends from the end of the first portion 56. If reference is made to FIGS. 12 and 13, it will be noted that the cylindrical end portion 100 has a greater diameter than the height of the passageways in the dual lumen tubing seen in FIG. 12. It will be realized therefore that the walls and septum of the D-shaped passageway 66 must stretch to accommodate the cylindrical portion 100 on insertion and extraction of the wire 96. The support wires 94, 96 are then held in place and the flared portion 86 of the smaller tubing 80 pushed onto the distal end of the larger tubing, the cylindrical portion 100 of the support wire 96 being received by the tubing 80. It is important that the support wire 94, 96 do not touch to ensure that there is structural separation between the lumens after the catheter is completed.
Next, a silicon rubber sleeve 90 is slipped over the ends of the tubing 78, 80. The inner diameter of the sleeve 90 corresponds to the outer diameter of the original tubing 80 and tends to compress the ends of the tubing 78, 80 inwardly. To merge the tubing 78, 80, this assembly is located within two halves of a heated die 92 which is shown partially opened in FIG. 9.
Heat and pressure are applied by placing the heated die 92 in the sleeve 90, and the die 92 is held in place until the lengths of tubing 78, 80 are merged to form the portion 68 of gradually decreasing cross section (FIG. 3) between the first and second portions 56, 58. After the tubing assembly is removed from the die 92, it is allowed to cool and harden before the sleeve 90 is removed. Next, the support wires 94, 96 are removed and the extraction and return apertures 52, 54 are formed by means of a trepaning tool (not shown). To locate the extraction aperture 52a at the end of the extraction lumen 64, a rod 102 of bright plastic material (FIG. 14) is inserted into the lumen 64 and pushed in until it will go no further. An operator looking at the catheter will then see the end of the rod 102 through the outer wall 60, and this end will show the termination of the lumen 64. The operator then forms the aperture 52a using the trepaning tool. The provision of the aperture 52a at this point avoids a dead space at the termination of lumen 64 where blood would otherwise stagnate.
Returning to FIG. 3 it will be seen that there is a thickening of material 101 in the outer wall at the transition portion 68, which helps to resist kinking at the point of change in cross-section, caused by bending and compression forces on the body 30 when the catheter is being inserted. It will also be seen that the outer surface of the portion 68 is smooth and that the change in cross-section is gradual.
The first portion 56 is supported against kinking and the aforementioned concertina effect during insertion by the Seldinger wire 22, and by the cylindrical form of the portion 56 which has considerable strength in compression.
It will of course be obvious to one skilled in the art that the steps above may be varied in sequence. For example, the flared portion 86 may be formed before the portion 77 of decreasing cross section and this portion 77 may then be formed after the two pieces of tubing 78, 80 have been merged. In this case the support wire 96 is to be inserted from the distal end of the tubing 80 and similarly with the insertion of the support wire 96 described above, the tubing would have to stretch to accomodate the D-shaped portion as its passed through the tubing 80.
It desired, the tubing 78, 80 may be of different colours to indicate the respective properties or diameters of the tubing and thus may serve to provide a clear indication to a physician of the properties of a particular catheter.
FIG. 15 illustrates a step in the manufacture of a catheter in accordance with a further embodiment of the present invention. In this example the distal end of the catheter is being formed of three different pieces of tubing 104, 106, 108, the larger cross section tubing 104 corresponding to the larger cross section tubing 78, the smaller cross section tubing 108 corresponding in cross-section to the smaller piece of tubing 80 though being considerably shorter, and an intermediate piece of tubing 106 of similar cross section but of greater length than the tubing 108. The intermediate piece of tubing 106 is flared by a mandrel similar to that shown in FIG. 10 such that its flared portion 110 has an internal diameter greater than the external diameter of the tubing 104. The undeformed distal end of the tubing 106 is received by a flared portion 112 of the tubing 108. This embodiment illustrates that a greater number of pieces of tubing having differing properties may be used to form the distal end of a catheter having a combination of particular properties, and that a tip may be formed by different material having different properties. The tubing 108 would normally be of a softer or more flexible material to form a softer or more flexible tip.
The method of manufacture of the Y-shaped branching connector 36 and reinforcing portion 50 will next be described with reference to FIGS. 16-21. The finished connector 36 is shown in FIG. 16 and the remaining figures are arranged in order of the manufacturing steps. It will be seen in FIG. 17 that the first portion 56 of the body 30 has received a short sleeve 114 of polyurethane, preferrably the same colour as that used for the body. The sleeve 114 is a snug fit on the body 30 and after positioning on the body, the assembly is moved into a heated mould 116 which has a conical interior wall 118 designed to deform the sleeve 114 to create a blended reinforcing portion 50 as shown in FIG. 2. If preferred, suitable support wires can be placed inside the passageways 64, 66 in the body 30 to avoid deforming passageways while the sleeve 114 is shaped in the mould 116.
The upper edge of the sleeve 114 (as drawn) is formed and is positioned for engagement with the attachment fitting 26 shown in FIG. 2 to locate this fitting longitudinally on the body.
After completing the process illustrated in FIG. 17, the fitting 26 slipped over the end of the body 30 and into engagement with the sleeve 114. The fitting 26 is a loose fit so that it can rotate freely on the body 30. The positioning can be seen in FIG. 18 which also shows the completed reinforcing portion 50 and how it blends into the body 30.
Next, another sleeve 120 (FIG. 18) is engaged over the end of the body 30 and, if the first sleeve has been positioned correctly, the sleeve 120 will be positioned so that its trailing edge is flush with the end of the body 30 as shown in FIG. 19. The sleeve 120 should not be pushed tightly against the attachment 26 in order to provide clearance for free movement of the fitting. With the sleeve in position, a pair of deforming mandrels are brought into play as seen in FIG. 19. There are two mandrels 122 and 124, one for each of lumens, the mandrels being mirror images of one another. The intent of the mandrel is to form the corresponding passageways to have conical outer portions for receiving shaped ends of the tubes 38, 40 (FIG. 2) as shown in the completed connector 36 of FIG. 16.
The mandrels 122, 124 have respective leading ends 126, 128 which are proportioned simply to provide location as they enter the corresponding passageways 64, 66. The leading ends 126, 128 blend into respective conical portions 130, 132 which are arranged to complement one another so that the conical outer portions will flare outwardly to receive the tubes. Of course for simiplicity of engagement purposes each of the mandrels is supported from shanks so that the mandrel can be brought into the extrusion longitudinally and deformation will take place because the conical portions are larger than the passageways and the material around the passageways will be forced outwardly under the influence of heat, by heating the mandrels. The extrusion itself is insufficient to support this increase size and retain sufficient strength, and this is why the second sleeve 120 is used.
It will be seen in FIG. 20, that after that the mandrels are engaged, the sleeve and contained portion of the extrusion are expanded, and after completion, the appearance will be as shown in FIG. 21.
Reference is again made to FIG. 16, which shows the engagement of the tubes 38, 40 in the connector 36. These tubes have their engagement ends deformed to thin the wall and this is done by conical deformations so that the outer surface of the tubes are slightly conical to engage the corresponding internal cones 134, 136 shown in FIG. 21 and formed by the use of the mandrels. It will be seen in FIG. 16 that the resulting and assembly is compact, and provides a relatively smooth internal surface to minimize traumatic flow created forces on the blood as blood flow passes through the tubes and associated lumens. The tubes are attached in the connector 36 using support wires, a silicone sleeve, and a heated die, such that the material of the tubes and connector are merged together.
Obviously, the connector 36 may be formed in a number of ways, for example, in the reverse order to that described above. In this method the flares in the proximal end of the passageways 64, 66 are formed first, the fitting 26 then being slid over the distal end of the first portion before forming the reinforcing portion 50.
Thus, the catheters described above demonstrate embodiments of the present invention which facilitate insertion of a catheter through a skin puncture, while providing a flexible distal end portion or tip.
It will be clear to those skilled in the art that the embodiments described above are examples of the invention and that various modifications may be made to these within the scope of the present invention. For example, the catheters are described as being formed of polyurethane and it is clear that other materials having suitable properties may also be used.
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|28 Abr 2006
|24 Ago 2006
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|Bowel management system and waste collection bag therefor
|22 Feb 2005
|24 Ago 2006
|Schneiter James A
|High flow diffusion catheter
|6 Mar 2006
|14 Sep 2006
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|11 May 2005
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|Tim Ward
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|28 Feb 2013
|Tyco Healthcare Group, Lp
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|27 Sep 1996
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Chapter: Chapter 1
I'm thinking..something has horrible gone wrong here.
I want cool goggles too!
I always heard 1974 was drag man, but this is ridiculous. So excited to see page one of Loop is up. Now let's do a little time travelin' shall we.
Could've sworn I commented on this earlier…and now my comment is gone. Lost in time, I suppose. Anyway, this looks like it'll be good. Can't wait to see how it unfolds. -v
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Have not read this book yet but wondering this: If Brookhaven National Laboratory was visiting and sending specifications for components applicable to linear accelerators in the middle and late 1980's to a company in Gelnhausen (NTG Neue Technology) or hand delivering these to the home of Rudolf Ortmayer via instructions of a business partner in the U.S. representing NTG and Interatom at Brookhaven National Laboratory, is this a problem? The German Government, here in NYC told me that NTG provided false documents to Brookhaven about their components and that these components were for German laboratories. The person that was sending the literature and selling the components was Ortmayer and his associate and these people were prosecuted in Germany for proliferation and illegal sales of technology to countries in Conflict, including Pakistan. Ortmayer was also working with the Embassy in Paris (Pakistan) for a buyer who gave him a wish list according to German publications and authors and investigators. Not sure where the business deals here were leading -- transferring German Technology to U.S. Or transferring specifications and other information from DOE to countries like Pakistan and South Africa or perhaps, making a bundle of money on both ends? Never hear anything about the visit of Peter Finke to NASA Lewis or dozens of other activities of this group of people. My own impression as a regular non-scientist is that perhaps Kahn was interested in pursuing accelerator technology to provide a new source of trititum for PINSTECH -- or maybe this is just a stupid idea.
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Chapter One: A Glimpse of Things to Come
Seti woke with a start. He had heard a female screaming, and jumped up to find her. He lied back down when he realized the screaming had come from his nightmare. The voice was familiar, but he never saw the young girls face. All he could see was the Egyptian sun beating down on the sand as a girl fell to her knees and began screaming. It bothered him some nights, to see this poor girl in pain, and he knew nothing of what to do. Seti wished he could see her face.
He rolled over onto his back and looked above him at the ceiling. His accommodations now were much better than a year ago when he was twelve. Now he was thirteen, and the Royal temple painter. He had lived in the Palace since he was five years old. The Pharaoh had taken him away from his mother and father as punishment for a crime they had committed. Could his mother be the woman in his dream screaming? It would make sense; Seti couldn't remember what she looked like. Howev
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World Bulletin / News Desk
Iraq's semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan plans to halt oil exports on Aug. 31 if the central government does not make all outstanding payments, which could mean the proposed increase in Iraq's overall shipments to world markets will be brief.
Kurdistan said on Wednesday it would restart exports this week in a bid to end the payments dispute with Baghdad. The Kurdistan Regional Government says the central government has withheld payment of $1.5 billion.
Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami made the statement giving the end-August deadline in a letter posted on the KRG's website and addressed to oil companies DNO, Genel Energy and Kar Group.
"What I have in mind is to restart the oil export for only one month, ie for all of the August period," Hawrami wrote in the letter, dated July 28.
"If the payments are not released by the end of this period, then we agree to halt all the export at the midnight of 31st August."
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Baghdad are locked in a long-running feud over oil and land rights that has shut in exports for the past four months from the oilfields being tapped by foreign oil companies in the northern region.
Letters released on the KRG website show the companies were initially reluctant to go along with the export restart.
Genel Chief Executive Tony Hayward said in a letter to Hawrami the company had not been paid for the majority of oil exported in 2009 and 2011. "This has had a very significant impact on our operations," the letter said.
The KRG statement on Wednesday said exports would remain at 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) for a month and if payments were forthcoming, could move swiftly up to 200,000 bpd.
Under Iraq's budget, the KRG is to supply 175,000 bpd of crude for export, but the KRG halted the trade in early April, saying Baghdad owed it a backlog of payments.
The central government is required to route 50 percent of the KRG's export earnings to Kurdistan to cover producing companies' previous costs. Baghdad issued two payments in 2011, totaling $514 million; the KRG said it is owed $1.5 billion.
Crude produced in Kurdistan is fed into Iraq's Kirkuk export stream and sold onto world markets via theTurkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. The KRG export halt had cut Kirkuk shipments by a quarter to below 300,000 bpd.
Iraq is boosting oil sales from its southern ports following an increase in export capacity earlier this year. Adding another 100,000 bpd to northern exports would bring Iraq's overall shipments to around 2.6 million bpd, a postwar record.
Iraq's oil dispute with Kurdistan has escalated after Baghdad threatened to cancel a contract withFrance's Total for signing Kurdish deals and a unit of Russia's Gazprom also entered the autonomous area.
Total and Gazprom followed U.S. majors Exxon and Chevron in signing oil accords with Kurdistan.
Kazakhstan has overtaken Australia as the lead supplier of uranium for US reactors.
Depreciation of emerging market currencies, combined with low commodities prices, have made investors around the globe nervous
Global growth at further risk from Chinese asset price deflation, and US interest rate increases, Moody's says
Traders fear Chinese government will withdraw support measures markets
European Commission president 'convinced' three-year plan will boost investment in EU
Deal aims to bolster fight against tax fraud through exchange of financial information on Turks holding accounts in US and vice versa
Vessels were delivered to port of Alexandria on June 17
The economic cost of violence according to the 2015 Global Peace Index has reached a staggering $14.3 trillion with Syria the least peaceful country.
The leading opposition lawmaker has said that Turkish President Erdogan is open to all possiblities for a coalition.
Qatar has filed a lawsuit against the leader of the National Front in France for his comments regarding "terror" activities.
Saudi Arabia will put in place an electronic bracelet system for all pilgrims visiting the country to perform their Hajj duties.
After U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen indicated that the central bank was poised to raise interest rates, European stock markets fall.
Italian company Enel will invest 18 billion euro for renewable energy sources in Africa.
Azerbaijani president said in a statement that Southern Gas Corridor project will supply neighboring and European countries for a 100 years
Oil prices rose above $60 due to Iran's call for oil production cut
Economic growth in the Euro-Zone is not at desired levels.


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