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Greek Vegetables
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Prep 10 mins
Cook 10 mins
Yum, I luv this super tasty yet very easy to make veggie dish as a main course. It features green beans, zucchini and onions in a zesty yoghurt sauce and feta cheese.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 200 g frozen green beans
- 200 g zucchini, sliced
- 4 medium onions, quartered
- 2 garlic cloves, sliced
- 4 teaspoons olive oil
- 4 tablespoons vegetable broth
- 200 g yoghurt (low-fat is fine)
- 2 tablespoons chopped mixed fresh herbs
- 1 lemon, juice of
- 60 g feta cheese, crumbled
- 2 slices whole grain bread
- Prepare beans according to package directions in salted water. Drain.
- Meanwhile heat oil in a large skillet and sautee onions, garlic and zucchini until lightly browned. Add broth and let simmer covered for about 4 minutes. Add beans.
- For the sauce combine yoghurt, herbs and lemon juice. Pour into two small serving bowls.
- When beans are heated through, sprinkle feta cheese on top of the veggies and serve with the yoghurt sauce and the bread on the side.
- Enjoy! :).
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Light and refreshing! Made with garden picked fresh string beans so I didn`t cook in water. Just added in along with the zukes. Didn`t need broth so that was omitted. For the herbs I use Greek oregano, parsley, thyme. Plated and just poured the dressing over it. Didn`t measure a thing just went with it. Thanks!
I used fat free yogurt in this marvelous dish and mixed it into the pan with the veggies so that they would all get coated. This is a truly fast and delicious recipe that I used as a healthy light meal. I will certainly make this again and I think that next time I'll add some red pepper and mushrooms. Yummmm :D. Made for PAC, Spring '10.
What a fabulous way to enjoy vegetables! :) I used my Vegetable Stock and creamy Greek yoghurt (as that's my regular yoghurt); and used fresh basil, oregano and thyme. Loved the lemony yoghurt sauce. I'll be making this regularly from now on and look forward to trying it with different vegetables and different herbs. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe!


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Catholic Wedding Music Guide
A Catholic wedding is a sacred celebration and the appropriate catholic wedding music should be selected.
The Christian wedding music selected should enable the guests present to participate in the liturgy.
You should try to select music that is well known, or a least easy to learn so that if they do join in, it will be easy for them to follow. The music should not include any "showy theatrical" pieces.
The best choice of musicians is using the parish organist, cantor and even the choir, they have been involved in many weddings before and this will ensure that on the music side everything should run smoothly.
Here are some guidelines to help plan your music.
Note most of the music listed under certain headings is appropriate at more than one occasion in the ceremony.
There are many more songs that can be played at your wedding just consult the celebrant and musicians they should be able to help with further suggestions.
The Prelude Music
While the guests are assembling, instrumentalists, choir or vocal soloists may perform appropriate music. This introductory music will allow the congregation to gather their thoughts and prepare them for the wedding ceremony. The music that is selected should reflect a prayerful preparation.
Suggested Catholic Wedding Music:
- Bridegroom and Bride
- Canticle of the Sun
- Come, on this wedding day
- Gather us In
- Gather us Together
- Hear us now, our God and Father
- Jesus, come! For we invite you
- This is a joyous, happy day
- When love is found
- Within your house, O God today
- Your love, O God
The Processional
The Processional is the ritual entrance of the ministers for the liturgy, and the bridal couple receiving the sacrament of marriage are included in the procession. The entrance music is played to escort them with honor to the sanctuary.
Suggested Catholic Wedding Music:
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
- Canon in D Major
- Trumpet Tune
- Trumpet Voluntary – J Clarke (also know as The Prince of Denmark's March)
- Trumpet Voluntary – Stanley
- Overture from Royal Fireworks Suite
- Rondeau from Priemier Suite
- Bridegroom and Bride
- Canticle of the Sun
- Come, on this wedding day
- Gather us In
- Gather us Together
- Hear us now, our God and Father
- Jesus, come! For we invite you
- This is a joyous, happy day
- When love is found
- Within your house, O God today
- Your love, O God
Liturgy of the Word
The Responsorial Psalm should be sung. A Cantor sings the verses and the congregation sings the antiphon.
Psalms 33, 34, 103, 111, 112, 121, 122, 128, 138, 145, and 148 can be used. These can be found in your parish hymnals.
The Gospel Acclamation or Alleluia is also sung by a cantor and the congregation.
Rite of Marriage
After the exchange of vows, a song can be sung.
- God beyond glory
- Great Amen
Liturgy of the Eucharist
An instrumental song may be played to accompany the preparations of the offertory.
- Wedding Song – Peters or Schutz
- Be Thou with them – Bach
- The Gift of Love – Hopson
- When Love is Found – Joncas or Proulx
The Eucharistic Acclamations
The Holy, Holy, the Memorial Acclamation and the Great Amen are sung. The cantor or the choir should lead the people when these are sung.
- Mass of Creation – Haugen
- Mass of Light – Haas
- Community Mass – Prolux
- Heritage Mass – Alsott
- People's Mass – Vermulst
The congregation should be lead by the cantor or choir when singing a suitable song which expresses the unity of the Body of Christ while the communion procession takes place.
After communion a song of praise and reflection is sung.
Any of the following Catholic wedding music could be sung or played during the preparations of the gifts, communion reflection and signing of the register.
- Christians, let us love one another
- Eat this bread
- Gift of finest wheat
- One bread, one body
- Our supper invitation
- Taste and see
- Taste and see God's love for us
- We are many parts
- I am the Bread of Life
- Gather us together
- A new commandment
- The Beatitudes
- Blest are they
- I have loved you
- May the grace of Christ
- May your love be upon us
- My peace be upon you forever
- No greater love
- Not for tongues of heaven's angels
- O Father all-creating
- O Lord, at your Eucharist you prayed
- O perfect love
- Peace, joy and happiness
- Peace prayer
- Servant song
- Sing a new song, sing a new song
- The Lord is my shepherd
- This is my commandment
- This is my will
- Ubi Caritas
- We have been told
- Where there is charity and love
- Where there is love
Concluding Rite
A festive, joyous piece of music is usually played to accompany the recessional.
Suggested Catholic Wedding Music:
- Bring forth the kingdom
- City of God
- Companions on the journey
- God is love, the source of goodness
- Lord and lover of creation
- Ode to joy
- Something which is known
- They'll know we are Christians
- We praise you O Lord
Other Suggestions for Catholic Wedding Music:
- Alleluja – Mozart
- Ave Maria – Bach, Gounod
- Ave Maria – Schubert
- Beginning today
- Exultate jubilate –Mozart
- The Irish wedding song
- Jesu, joy of man's desiring – Bach
- Like a seal on your heart
- Lord's prayer – Malotte
- May God bless and keep you – Walker
- Nuptial Blessing – A Joncas
- Panis Angelicus – Franck
- The Lord bless you and keep you – Rutter
- Turn! Turn! Turn!
- Wedding Song (there is love)
- Wherever you go
You might also like to read our article on Catholic marriage vows. Here you will some examples of wedding vows that could be said in a Catholic wedding ceremony.


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The results for the parent company of T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and other stores topped Wall Street's view. TJX also lifted its full-year earnings forecast, citing its better-than-expected second-quarter performance.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is accelerating his fundraising pace, inviting Democratic candidates to decide whether the money he draws is worth the Republican attacks that a presidential visit might bring.
It's not an easy choice for some. Democrats need millions of dollars to defend dozens of House and Senate seats this fall. But Obama's approval ratings are sinking well below 50 percent in several key states.
Obama is headlining four Democratic fundraisers in three days and hosting another four events next week. For now he's playing it safe. He is holding the eight events in noncompetitive states or in a competitive place where he's sure to be embraced: his home state of Illinois.
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Real or fake? (Christmas trees)
December 15th, 2004, 2:58 PM
I use a fake one. It's easy to assemble, and it saves money.
December 15th, 2004, 2:59 PM
I use fake i am allergic to real ones and it wont get bugs. My mon hates them.
December 15th, 2004, 3:01 PM
Fake's better anyway. My cat sheds enough as it is. I don't need a tree shedding too.
December 15th, 2004, 3:04 PM
Fake one here to, we tried it out one year, and pine needles got everywhere...plus it gave that area of the house a funny smell no one wanted to get near on Christmas day.
December 15th, 2004, 3:06 PM
Real all the way. Real trees have so much more personality, I don't mind the mess. Plus, I love the mell of pine needles (blame being raised in the Rockies).
December 15th, 2004, 3:10 PM
Real trees shed faster than cats, don't they?
December 15th, 2004, 3:13 PM
Fake...only because I have a dog who thinks of using the tree as a toilet. XD
Undertaker the Deadman
December 15th, 2004, 3:16 PM
I use a fake one. The real ones have many hazards like catch on fire. Somehow I acciendentaly voted on the the real one.
December 15th, 2004, 3:47 PM
Because my family never tried a real one...
December 15th, 2004, 3:55 PM
Definatley fake, cause we've never used a real one, and we probably never will.
December 15th, 2004, 3:57 PM
I remember one year we had a real Christmas tree, it took forever to get the pine needles out the carpet, and some of them are still there today. But yeah, I'd rather have a fake tree, because there are too few trees as it is in the world, and you can reuse the fake ones year after year, so it's not like you're wasting the plastic either
December 15th, 2004, 4:02 PM
Fake, you can use it over and over. And they shed pine needles like everyone else said. I've only had a real once 3 years ago which i didnt like.
December 15th, 2004, 4:06 PM
We've used the same fake tree ever since my grandparents got married. It's really quite…old and dilapidated now, but we still use it. I've never had a real tree, but I guess I don't care either way~
December 15th, 2004, 4:06 PM
After seeing some of the new fakes, sometimes I can't even tell the difference. For time, money and lazyness, I think fakes are better.
December 15th, 2004, 4:12 PM
of course i have a real tree. my friend said, "you got a real tree?
It's tradition in my family.
December 15th, 2004, 4:16 PM
Fake. My family's used a fake tree for so long...that I can't even remember ever having had a real tree. o_o Not that I don't mind not having a real one...if I wanna see a real pine tree that badly, all I have to do is look outside (there's, like, hundreds of pine trees in this area).
But anyways, we use a fake tree so as not to aggravate anyone's allergies around here. However, mine still get aggravated every year whenever we bring the tree down from the attic - all that dust. :P
December 15th, 2004, 4:25 PM
Fake one, thats been used years and years on end. Its easy to assemble and fits in a nice little rectangular box in the garage.
December 15th, 2004, 5:07 PM
We use a fake one... two fake ones actually. Except this year, we only have one. We used to have a real tree in the basement and a fake one upstairs (one for my family and one for my grandmother). But now that we're older and we're mostly just getting gift cards from relatives there's no use for an extra tree. And my dad decided to start using a fake tree again last year to save time. And I like matching the colored branches to the base... but my dad did it without me this year. ;_;
December 15th, 2004, 5:09 PM
Real. But had to be a good one. You can't go for the lowend quality real trees because they're a cheaper price. We go up in the top ranges, not the best of the best, but still up there. I love the experience of choosing the tree, and just the smell it fills your house with is ^^
December 15th, 2004, 5:26 PM
Well at my Mom's house we always use fake trees, for all the above reasons, and same for my Dad's house. But this year at my Dad's house we got a real tree. Besides the smell, I don't like it much. It sheds everywhere! XD
December 15th, 2004, 5:31 PM
real, and we usualy cut it aareselfs! ^^
December 15th, 2004, 5:35 PM
I hate fake trees...they don't feel right. I've used real trees all my life. They smell really nice and I just don't ever want to use a fake tree...
December 15th, 2004, 6:15 PM
I like real trees, the pine-ish scent is more chistmasy, they make too much of a mess though.
December 15th, 2004, 6:19 PM
Real ^^ it just seems right to me to have one but this year I said fake only because we couldn't find a 10 foot tree. The real one though now is really pretty and my cat like's it too so it'z perfect plua I grew up with real trees so that's how it'z gonna be.
December 15th, 2004, 6:27 PM
Real! xD I love real ones~ They just feel different. =3
December 15th, 2004, 6:58 PM
We used to have real ones, when I was really little, but they did make a big mess. XD And somehow, Mom tells me, we often wound up with trees that birds had used for their outhouse. Then there was the worry about fires starting. Plus, Mom's sentimental and hated having to take the tree out. XD; So we eventually got an artificial one. And we've used those kind ever since. I remember the real ones, but I'm quite partial to artificial ones after so many years.
December 15th, 2004, 7:28 PM
All natural, here! While I don't actually mind a fake Christmas tree, I still prefer real ones. Going out and buying one really gets the Christmas spirit going in the house, and seems a lot more satisfying than yanking it out of the attic, hehe. And even when they're decorated so that it becomes almost impossible to tell the difference between the two, the real one gives off a sort of soothing pine scent that a fake one could never replicate. Though it requires more attention from watering and cleaning up the needles it gives off, (We sometimes find needles we missed months after Christmas has passed, hehe) that helps so it is never forgotten. So overall, I really like real ones!
*Decorates a fake tree with tree-shaped car fresheners and inhales deeply*
I still don't feel it, hehe.
December 15th, 2004, 7:54 PM
I love real Christmas trees, but I must admit that the fake ones are more convenient. They're also safer, which gives them a big point from my family because we've had a bad experience with a house fire... Still though, I wouldn't have a problem with using them. They're much prettier, they're fun to pick out, and they smell so nice!
But this year we're stuck with a fake one, lol. >_>; It's pretty, but I like the real ones better. My mom just wasn't too thrilled with the idea of pine needles falling all over our new carpet.
December 15th, 2004, 8:21 PM
My family uses both... The real ones I like more though.
Ninja Retsu
December 16th, 2004, 3:07 AM
I don't celebrate in Christmas but at my school,there're Christmas Trees Competition and I and my friends use fake christmas tree.
December 16th, 2004, 3:20 AM
Fake, my mum has one that's half the size of my sister
December 16th, 2004, 4:44 AM
Although real ones are prettier, fake are my choice because...
1. Real ones are difficult to decorate coz of the spiky leaves >.<
2. Real ones leave a real mess everywhere
3. Fake ones can be reused over and over ^^
December 16th, 2004, 4:48 AM
And small ones are easy in everything XD
December 16th, 2004, 8:01 AM
fake! There's no room in our flat.
My school has a real one though, but the one in the boarding house is fake too...:P
Mr Cat Dog
December 16th, 2004, 8:42 AM
Fake - we got a new one last year and it looks exactly the same as the trees you get that are real. There's less mess, it's environmentally friendly... ish, and it offers the same festivities of a real tree. Plus the real trees smell funny XD
December 16th, 2004, 8:52 AM
ya, me and a few of the other guys in my american english class vote for regular trees.
December 16th, 2004, 1:56 PM
Although real ones are prettier, fake are my choice because...
1. Real ones are difficult to decorate coz of the spiky leaves >.<
2. Real ones leave a real mess everywhere
3. Fake ones can be reused over and over ^^
1. It depends on the type of tree. There are real ones where the needles hurt, but the ones we buy are soft.
2. Never had that problem. It justs leaves a mess when you're actually putting up, what with constantly turning to find a proper spot and all. Afterwards it shouldn't be messy if it isn't dry. Buy late, and water it everyday and it won't dry up on you.
December 16th, 2004, 2:16 PM
Real of courze! =D The pine zmell iz zo nice everytime I come downztairz. I alwayz liked going out with my ztepdad and finding the biggezt tree we could out in tree farmz. =3 Living onez juzt zeem zo much more...lively =P
I dont' zee why people have zo much trouble with the mezz, we've alwayz uzed a tree zkirt and we've never had any problem with them.
We do have a zmall fake, fiberoptic, one, but we juzt uze it for the top of the ztairz zince a real one would be impozzible to haul up all thoze ztairz o_O
The Fallen
December 16th, 2004, 4:50 PM
I have a real one,It's huge too lol.
December 16th, 2004, 7:35 PM
I think real ones are better. They give you that christmasy feeling, and that nice pine smell.
December 17th, 2004, 3:49 AM
I use a fake one...
There's this fake one I had for 4 years, and we're using it this year!
December 18th, 2004, 12:51 AM
Hmmm... *taps fingers on desktop in a pensive manner* We have ourselves a major dilemma here. Of course, I can never make up my mind. Here thus is the debate in my poor little brain. ^_~
The challenge of balancing it all on an imperfect tree is fun.
They feel more... real, I guess. Artificial = yuk.
My house is pretty tall - the rooms that is - and a small one leaves an awfully big gap. The tall ones, are, of course, too perfect. ^^
I like the smell.
They're bad for the environment.
They make a mess, for us anyway.
They really are a hassle getting, at least for the people I live near and with.
And the real trees are pretty and save the hassle of decorating I suppose if you get those decorated ones... but hey, we have a real tree every year. Just one little splurge every year. Although a part of me protests...
December 18th, 2004, 1:24 AM
I think that Fake Trees are better! Firstly you can keep it for many years! Secondly you can assemble it and the opposite to keep it somewhere! Thirdly you can preen it as you want but the real one you can't because is more flamable! Anyway that's my opinion!
Elite Four Lance
December 18th, 2004, 2:24 AM
I use fake trees. They�re easier to have.
December 18th, 2004, 2:33 AM
My christmas tree is fake. I remember my Dad bought a real tree one christmas and when we got home we found a sqirrel in it.
Evenfall Dust
December 18th, 2004, 1:43 PM
OK cool ^^ i use fake tree
December 18th, 2004, 4:17 PM
My christmas tree is fake. I remember my Dad bought a real tree one christmas and when we got home we found a sqirrel in it.
OMG!! XD how cute!! I can't believe it stayed in the entire time XD
but yeah, we use real trees too. I just love the smell, and the feel, and the trip to the store to choose it... ahh it's so nice *_* pine needles shouldn't be a problem if you have a sort of cloth underneath the tree, you know.. to catch the needles... ^^;
getting a real tree doesn't harm the environment.. ^^;; these trees are grown to be cut down for christmas. it's not like you're hurting the WILD EVERGREEN TREE POPULATION. XD
espeon and umbreon
December 18th, 2004, 7:37 PM
My family used to use fake one, but know they switched it to real one. I like fake one better since you don't have to water them ( is too lazy to water the trees)
December 18th, 2004, 7:42 PM
Yep i had both but my mom doesnt really like natural because it dies withthin a certain period of time so we have a fake one. really big but i dont know howtall
December 18th, 2004, 9:11 PM
Fake. I've never been around a real Christmas tree. I'm sure I wouldn't stand for one being cut down anyway.
December 18th, 2004, 10:23 PM
Fake. My cats will rip up a real one, but they still chew on the fake ones. :\
December 19th, 2004, 7:12 AM
We always get real Christmas trees at my house. ^_______^ I just adore going out with my family and picking the perfect tree. They smell so nice! =D
But, have you noticed that when you pick a tree at the tree lot, they look just right. But once they're in your house they look huuuuuuuge!! XD
Lil' Schu
December 19th, 2004, 12:18 PM
I would use a fake one if I could choose, but I can't. ><
So my parents decide to get a real one! ^o^ I like putting the ornaments up, but I HATE taking them down. The needles get all prickly. .__. And then you step on them, and they hurt. A LOT. XD
But I think the real ones look better then the fake ones, so I do like them better =>)
December 19th, 2004, 4:37 PM
Oh, definitely real...I love to go choose it every year...we used to have only a fake one but now we put that one in the front yard so it still feels special. :D
December 19th, 2004, 4:47 PM
I'm all for nice fake ones. Mostly because I am a natural lazy person and absolutely am not the type to carry a heavy thing all the way to my house. And I don't like the pine crap that gets dropped to the floor. --;
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This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/590,333, filed Jun. 8, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,520,982. By this reference, the full disclosure of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/590,333 is incorporated herein as though fully set forth in their respective entirety.
This invention relates generally to devices for applying localized liquid therapy and/or thermotherapy to an afflicted area of a patient. More particularly, this invention relates to a device, and method of use thereof, which directly applies a liquid, most usually a water based liquid to a selected area to create the desired therapeutic effect, most usually a localized hyperthermia, which is effective in treating localized afflictions, such as moles, lesions, tumors, malignancies, both surface and subcutaneous, and the like, or a therapeutic lavage or irrigation.
Heat and cold have both been used to effectively treat afflicted patients. Directly applying liquid to afflicted cells is also well known. Cold has often been used as a localized treatment, while heat has been, and is currently used as both a localized and total body treatment. Using heat to treat a localized afflicted area of an afflicted patient is most relevant to the present invention.
The search continues for ways to effectively treat wounds, tumors and similar disorders while minimizing adverse collateral effects. For example, assignee has been a leader in treating open wounds through a process known as Vacuum Assisted Closure™, ("V.A.C.�"). In a similar vein, localized thermotherapy, primarily localized hyperthermia, has also shown promise as a treatment modality which is capable of producing beneficial therapeutic effects without significant adverse collateral effects for certain conditions. However, the localized hyperthermic treatment modalities in the prior art, all suffer from serious drawbacks, limitations, or side effects.
Research has demonstrated that heating cancerous, or other abnormal cells to over about 42� Celsius ("C.") can kill the abnormal cells, while causing little damage to the surrounding normal cells. This treatment is temperature sensitive. Heating the cancer cells, for example, to a temperature between nominal body temperature, 37� C. and approximately 41� C. or greater can seriously damage them. To maximize patient safety, this hyperthermia treatment must be localized.
The variety of available heat transfer methods for localized thermotherapy is limited. Heat is transferred in three ways, radiation, convection, or conduction. The heat transfer medium creating the localized hyperthermia can be either heated in situ or be heated exogenously, before being placed upon the patient. The medium can either be placed in direct contact with the afflicted cells or, transfer heat to the afflicted cells through an intermediary.
Localized hyperthermia therapy is presently used in treating prostate afflictions, breast cancer, and other afflictions. This modality involves placing implants about the afflicted patient's afflicted cells, and then heating the implants by radiating EMF or ultrasonic energy thereto. The heat from the implants then migrates into the afflicted tissue, via conduction, thereby raising the temperature of the afflicted cells. Several issued patents demonstrate variations of this technique. Issues relating to possible adverse affects of exposure to both radiation, and radiated energy abound. However, as most sufferers of prostate cancer are older men who are past the age of fathering children, and female breasts are relatively remote from the female reproductive organs, the possible long-term adverse collateral effects of using such radiant energy treatments are minimized.
Applicant has discovered various patents that employ and exemplify other energy transfer methods and media in creating localized hyperthermias. The first of these patents, Guibert, U.S. Pat. No. 4,595,008, issued Jun. 17, 1986, may be summarized as follows:
" . . . air heated to a temperature well above normal body temperature is projected as a high velocity stream in a pulsatory wave pattern toward a localized skin area overlying a problem region, thereby subjecting this area to high-velocity heated air pulses separated by lower air temperature, relatively static intervals.
"The pulsatory wave pattern is created by apparatus, which operates in a periodic interruption mode, in a cyclical stepping mode or in a cyclical sweeping mode, depending on the nature of the instrument and its intended applications.
"As a consequence of the pulsatory wave pattern, heat transfer takes place through the body tissue toward the problem region during the intervals between the pulses, this inward transfer acting to reduce the temperature at the skin surface to a degree preventing an undue rise thereof. While during the pulse periods the temperature of the hot air at the skin surface is much higher than body temperature, the duration of each pulse is relatively short and insufficient to cause discomfort or injury to the patient." Guibert Col. 2 line 61-Col. 3 line 15.
This description shows that Guibert uses a heated fluid to indirectly transfer heat to an afflicted area of a patient; the fluid, air, does not come into contact with the afflicted area. Another device that also uses a heated fluid to treat an afflicted portion of a patient's body is Shantha, U.S. Pat. No. 5,195,965 issued Mar. 23, 1993. Shantha may be summarized as follows:
" . . . the present invention comprises an apparatus for heating the interior surfaces of a hollow organ or orifice, for example the interior surfaces of the reproductive tract of a female human being, for the treatment of viral infections and cancers. For example, the invention is useful for the treatment of Human Papilloma Virus, chlamydia, trichomonas vaginitis, vaginal yeast infections, gonococcus, rectal and anal infections, rectal and anal cancers, esophageal cancer, etc. The apparatus comprises an insertion body having a flexible outer surface and is adapted for insertion into the hollow organ or orifice, such as the female reproductive tract. The insertion body is adapted to contact and conform to the interior surfaces of the hollow organ. The apparatus also includes means for heating the outer surface of the insertion body and for maintaining a selected temperature at the outer surface.
"Preferably, the insertion body comprises an inflatable outer membrane or balloon supported about a semi-rigid support member. The inflatable balloon is adapted to contain liquid under pressure and the apparatus includes means for circulating liquid between the inflatable balloon and an external heating device. Sensor means are positioned along the outer surface of the inflatable balloon for determining the temperature of the outer surface of the balloon. Control means, responsive to the temperature of the outer surface as determined by the sensor means, are provided for controlling the external heating device so as to maintain the temperature of the outer surface at the selected temperature.
"With this construction, the inflatable balloon can be inserted into the hollow organ in an uninflated state and subsequently inflated with liquid under pressure. The liquid is then circulated and heated in the external heating device. The liquid, preferably water, is maintained at a temperature of between 40� C. and 44� C. for between 2 and 6 hours. Preferably, the water is maintained at a temperature of 41.8� C. (roughly 107.2� F.), and the inflatable body is maintained in the hollow organ for four (4) hours kills many bacteria, viruses and cancer cells. The immune system of the patient normally is stimulated by the destroyed virus cells, microbes, and cancer cells and attacks any infected or cancerous cells not destroyed by the heat. This temperature of 41.8 degree C. is low enough that healthy tissues survives relatively undamaged, owing to the lesser heat sensitivity of healthy cells as compared with infected and cancerous cells. The localized nature of the treatment, together with the relatively low temperature involved, ensures that the risk of death to the patient from an elevated body temperature is substantially zero. The rather low temperatures involved also protect the patient from much pain and discomfort during treatment." Shantha Col. 2., line 36-Col. 3, line 22.
Various other heated liquid devices and methods of treating hollow organs or body orifices exist, and operate in the same basic manner. However, there is a need for a system and method for the creation of a localized therapeutic hyperthermia by means of a heated liquid directly contacting afflicted cells for a period of significant duration. More particularly there is a need for a device, or method of treatment, which involves, selecting a therapeutic liquid, heating the selected liquid through conduction so as to avoid EMF or ultrasonic radiation, placing a therapeutic applicator about the afflicted cells, and circulating the heated fluid through the therapeutic applicator, thereby creating a localized hyperthermia in the afflicted cells within the circumference of the applicator. Furthermore it would be beneficial to provide the use of a localized hyperthermic modality in conjunction with Vacuum Assisted Closure™, ("V.A.C.�") of open wounds. It is towards the fulfillment of these needs that the present invention is directed.
The present invention is a novel device used to create a localized therapeutic effect on afflicted cells on an afflicted patient. These effects include cleaning, disinfecting, cooling, heating, and methods of use thereof. The device embodying the present invention comprises a therapeutic liquid, liquid supply means, liquid energizing means, circulating means, and control means. The device may also be used in conjunction with V.A.C.� therapy. These elements interact, and are employed, as briefly described below.
An appropriate therapeutic liquid is selected. Most often this liquid will be water, or a liquid comprising at least 90% water on a weight/weight ("w/w %") basis. Thermal energy is directly applied to, or taken from, the liquid. Most commonly the liquid will be heated. This energy transfer is regulated by the control means, which compares the actual liquid temperature with a selected reference temperature. The heated or cooled liquid is then used to create a local therapeutic effect. Control means also comprises system control means that monitors and regulates the overall operation of the device.
The balance of this description presumes that the liquid is heated rather than cooled. The liquid will either be recirculated if a closed loop embodiment is selected, or be used once and discarded if an open loop embodiment is selected. An afflicted area, such as a mole, skin cancer, or the like, is located on the afflicted patient. The afflicted area may be on the skin, or subcutaneous.
The circulation means comprises supply means, recovery means, and applicator means. The applicator has an open bottom or bottom portion and is placed about the afflicted cells on the skin of the patient, and most likely, some of the surrounding non-afflicted cells on the patent's skin as well. Before commencing the application of the therapeutic liquid, a fluid tight seal must be established between the patient and the application means; this seal must be maintained for at least the duration of the liquid application. The applicator may also comprise a fluid tight V.A.C.� dressing. The liquid flows from the liquid supply means, into the supply conduit of the circulation means, into the applicator means, and then into the return conduit. The liquid is then either recirculated, or discarded.
Circulation means also likely comprises liquid pressurization means that likely comprise a pump; though a sealed pressurized embodiment is also contemplated. Alternatively, gravity flow, or the negative pressure associated with V.A.C.�, roughly 150 mm Hg, in an open loop system could be considered. In a preferred embodiment, the pump is placed on the return side of the circulation means. This configuration has the advantage of applying negative pressure to the application means thereby creating a self actuated negative pressure seal between the application means and the patient's skin for the duration of therapeutic liquid application. Alternatively a sealing mechanism could be used to maintain the necessary seal between the application means and the afflicted patient. Applying pressure to the liquid also creates a more rapid circulation of the liquid to the epidermal region, which could have beneficial therapeutic effects.
Accordingly an object of the present invention is to provide a device that employs an exogenously heated fluid to provide direct thermotherapy to an afflicted potion of a patient.
Another object of the present invention is to provide localized thermal therapy where the perimeter of the afflicted portion of the patient is within the boundaries of the therapy applicator of the present invention.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a novel device that provides ravage to an afflicted patient.
Yet another object of the present invention is to combine the therapeutic effects of the present invention with the positive effects associated with V.A.C.�.
The foregoing has outlined some of the more pertinent objects of the present invention. These objects should be construed to be merely illustrative of some of the more prominent features and applications of the invention. Many other beneficial results can be attained by applying the disclosed invention in a different manner or by modifying the invention as will be described. Accordingly, other objects and a fuller understanding of the invention may be had by referring to the following Detailed Description of the Invention, which includes the preferred embodiment
These and other features and advantages of the invention will now be described with reference to the drawings of certain preferred embodiments, which are intended to illustrate and not to limit the invention, and wherein like reference numbers refer to like components, and in which:
Although those of ordinary skill in the art will readily recognize many alternative embodiments, especially in light of the illustrations provided herein, this detailed description is exemplary of the preferred embodiment of the present invention as well as alternate embodiments, the scope of which is limited only by the claims that may be drawn hereto.
The details of the preferred embodiments of the present invention are graphically and schematically illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Like elements in the drawings are represented by like numbers, and any similar elements are represented by like numbers with a different lower case letter suffix.
The preferred embodiments of the present invention, referred to throughout by the general reference 10, are intended to treat an afflicted patient 11, and particularly an afflicted area of the patient's skin 12, or the area immediately subcutaneous thereto, which is surrounded by a healthy area 13 of patient 11. As shown in
Embodiment 10 may be used with a variety of liquids, in addition to water, and may provide either localized heating or localized cooling, in addition to direct contact effects from the liquid such as disinfection, irrigation, lavage, and so forth. However, to promote ease of understanding, the further description shall focus on the hyerthermia delivering embodiment using a liquid which on a w/w % basis is at least 90% water.
As shown in
Control means 21 is connected to both liquid heating means 19 and liquid temperature measuring means 20 and coacts therewith in a manner more fully described below. Measuring means 20 may be located as necessary, depending upon both the speed of liquid flow, and the degree of temperature loss encountered. In a low speed flow embodiment, such as in
The precision heated liquid is delivered to the afflicted area 12 of patient 11 via liquid supply means 15, therapy site liquid applicator 18, liquid return means 16, and liquid movement means 17 all of which coact as described more fully below. Liquid movement means 17 generally comprises a pump of adequate capacity, as is well known in the art. Although the exact connection configuration of means 17 depends upon the overall system configuration of embodiment 10, in the presently preferred embodiment of embodiment 10, shown in
Some applications may require avoiding applying negative pressure to the afflicted area 12, by applying positive pressure as shown in
As shown in
Returning now to the specific embodiment shown in
Supply end 27 of liquid supply means 15 is placed in liquid tight operative engagement with outlet 22 of reservoir 14. Delivery end 29 of liquid supply means 15 is placed in fluid tight engagement with applicator 18 via liquid supply means receptor 34 thereof. Applicator 18 is arranged about afflicted area 12 so that the inner surface 33 of open bottom 31 surrounds area 12, and most likely area 13, in fluid tight engagement. Cavity 38 is defined by inner surface 33, afflicted area 12, and the portion of area 13 surrounded by open bottom 31, as described above.
In this configuration pump 17 is placed between end 36 of liquid return line 16 and end 37 of liquid return line 16 in the following manner. End 26 of liquid return line 16 is placed in fluid tight engagement with liquid return means receptor 35. Pump intake end 36 of liquid return line 16 is placed in fluid tight engagement with pump intake 24. Any desired filtration means (not shown) could also logically be placed in proximity thereto. Pump output end 37 of liquid return means 16 is placed in fluid tight engagement with outlet 25 of pump 17. Reservoir inlet end 28 of liquid return means 16 is placed in fluid tight engagement with inlet 23 of reservoir 14.
The system control means regulate the overall operation of the embodiment 10, in a manner well known to those skilled in the art. Actuation means, timing means, data collection means, data recordation means, alarm means, and emergency shutoff means (all not shown) are just a few of the possible functions which could comprise the functions carried out by system control means. Existing data processing means remote from the location of the embodiment 10 could well perform some of these functions.
The embodiment 10 would be used in the following manner. The embodiment is connected to a power source (not shown) in reasonable proximity to the afflicted patient 11, convenient for attachment about afflicted area 12. If necessary, the control means are activated. A selected temperature is entered into set point controller 21. If desired, a selected duration is entered into the optional timing means. Any temperature or other alarm values are also entered into the system control means. Applicator 18 is placed about afflicted area 12. Embodiment 10 is activated. When the temperature of the liquid in reservoir 14 approximates the selected temperature set into controller 21, pump 17 is enabled. Upon actuation, pump 17 first partially evacuates cavity 38, thereby creating a negative pressure differential. This negative pressure acts to hold applicator 18 in place about afflicted area 12. Heated liquid then exists reservoir 14 through outlet end 27 of liquid supply means 15, and passes through supply conduit liquid supply means 15, enters applicator 18, comes into contact with afflicted area 12, transfers heat to afflicted area 12, and exits applicator 18 into liquid return means 16. This liquid passes through the pump 17 and is returned into reservoir 14 through inlet end 28 of liquid return means 16, thereby completing the loop.
Certain advantages may accrue from moving the heated liquid rapidly through the embodiment. These advantages are believed to include better temperature control, a faster rate of heat transfer to the afflicted cells, a quicker attainment of thermal equilibrium, and a lower requirement for total system liquid. It is also anticipated that this device and modality would also be effective in treating cells subcutaneous the skin areas 12 and 13, placed within the open bottom 31 of applicator 18.
Additionally, an open loop system, as shown in
An additional embodiment would be to use a mild oxidizing agent as the fluid in this device. Such an agent, were it to have a greater affect upon afflicted cells, than non-afflicted cells, would provide an enhanced therapeutic effect in conjunction with the therapy herein described. An example of such a solution would be 3% Hydrogen peroxide, U.S.P. Likely a more benign disinfecting solution would be used, such as are well known to those skilled in the art, for irrigation or other treatment of wounds.
While the invention has been described herein with reference to certain preferred embodiments, theses embodiments have been presented by way of example only, and not to limit the scope of the invention. Many other variations are possible, which would be obvious to one skilled in the art. Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be identified only in accordance with the claims that follow.
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|U.S. Classification
|604/291, 602/41, 607/104
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Jan 21, 2003
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