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Blepharoplasty or eyelid surgery includes the excision of excess skin and fat on the upper and lower eyelids.
• Excess skin on the upper and lower eyelids that makes you look tired
• Loose or sagging skin on the upper eyelid that impairs your vision
• Due to excess skin on the upper eyelids that prevents you from make,up
• Bags and fine wrinkles under the eyes
If you have any of the above you can benefit from aesthetic eyelid surgery. Depending on your complaints alone upper eyelids or lower eyelids or both may be corrected in the surgery. Aesthetic eyelid surgery improves the appearance of eyelids by removing sagging skin and bags on the eyelids.
It moves away puffiness and tired look and gives a rejuvenated, fresh and more rested look to surrounding area of the eyes.
Pre-op Initial Consultation
If you are considering aesthetic eyelid surgery you should seek an experienced plastic surgeon and consult with the doctor.In this consultation you should clearly tell your complaints and expectations with this surgery.
Over the course of consultation your doctor will examine you. In the examination, he/she will evaluate the conditions that may affect the surgery plan such as; surrounding of eye area, excess fat or skin, bags under eyes, skin elasticity and drooppiness on the eyebrows. In addition these, your general health status is inquired.You should inform your surgeon if you had past operations for eyes, eye disease such as glaucoma, dry eyes and thyroid disorders that may pose negative impact for this surgery. Considering your expectations and examination findings your doctor will offer you the best and tailor made option and give you detailed information that includes what should you realistic ally expect from the surgery. Also, your doctor will explain the surgical method, anesthesia ,the place of operation room(theatre), complication of risks associated to the procedure and pre-op instructions. Before deciding eyelid surgery ask all the questions you have in your mind and until you get satisfactory answers and fully comprehend . In this consultation you may also get a quote. Based on the whole information you got you may finalize your decision.
Once you decide to go with the procedure you will be asked to have several tests done . If test results are normal, the surgery time, date and place will be determined.
The surgery
Blepharoplasty also known as eyelid surgery can be performed by combining sedative anesthesia and local anesthesia or only local anesthesia that is administered on the concerning surgical area. To help relieve the anxiety and provide comfort during the operation sedative medication can be given. Frequently, sedation and local anesthesia is used. Also, it may be performed under general anesthesia. If general anesthesia is administered you will sleep throughout the operation.
Aesthetic eyelid surgery can be alone performed for upper eyelids, lower eyelids or both. Before the operation the excess skin to be removed is marked. Incisions made on the lower and upper eyelid region are concealed with the natural contour or folds that reaches to the outer edges of the eyes (crows' feet).
In the upper eyelid surgery following the incision along the eyelid , muscle and tissue that lead to excess skin is removed. Then, fat deposits that cause bag under eye are corrected. Comparing to lower eyelid surgery upper eyelid surgery is easier and takes 45 minutes.
Incisions in the lower eyelid surgery are made just 2mm below the lower lash line and excess skin is removed by raising tissue flap and muscles and tightening the eyelid gently.
Following excision of excess skin in upper eyelid surgery incisions are concealed within natural fold of upper eyelid. In the lower eyelid surgery incisions are made one by one or hidden inside the lower eyelid (transconjunctival incision).
As to dressing, special bands (strips)are placed the incisions. Eyes are not covered. But, you may not wide open your eyes because of bands. Immediately after the surgery applying icepack will likely reduce the swelling and bruising.
Eyelid Surgery Recovery
There may be little discomfort and pain after the surgery. Pain will go off simple pain killers.While sleeping or lying down you should keep your head elevated and apply cold compress on the eyes to minimize potential swelling and bruising for acouple of days.
Dressing placed on the incisions may be refreshed in 3 days. Typically, on the 5th day post-op sutures are removed. Recovery is fast and you may resume normal life. 2-3 days following the surgery swelling may develop and then it subsides very fast. Even bruising is rare, as the skin of eyelids is very fine and delicate swelling may likely occur. It will fade within a week and make-up can conceal easily. A pair of sunglasses will also allow you to resume normal life earlier.
Removal of bags and excess skin surrounding eyes resulted from sagging tissue and fat deposits provides rejuvenated and rested appearance. Blepharoplasty or eyelid surgery enhances the surrounding of eyes and especially the eyelids. If there are wrinkles on the forehead and surrounding of eyes related to facial expressions. 2-3 weeks following the eyelid surgery Botox procedure will help rejuvenate your face. Results will be satisfactory.
This site is created to give information about the eyelid surgery. While considering aesthetic eyelid surgery or blepharoplasty you are always encouraged to ask your doctor about the above mentioned and further.
Prof. Dr. Muhitdin Eski


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First of all great forum and lovely to see all the people helping.
Me and my wife are planing a 3 month trip from east to west. We read lots of information including an old post here of a similar trip but it is from 2009 so I believe things has changed :) this is why I would love and advice on most of the things were,when,what not? So far we are thinking to rent a car somewhere in Chicago or Detroit basically were is cheaper to do so or take a train through nearby cities to New Jersey and rent a car there (but we will be with large language so probably not) we know we want to visit most of the iconic places in America. Definitely Chicago - Boston - New York - Miami - New Orleans - National parks and California. We were thinking spend 2 months traveling to California and then explore it.
So what would you suggest? Scenic routes, what not to miss, were not to go, when is best time to go as we are flexible but were thinking around April next year.

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Disciplined Too Young & Too Often: Understanding The School-To-Prison Pipeline
Across the country, school systems are shutting the doors of academic opportunity and funneling children into the juvenile and criminal justice systems by using overly harsh discipline practices and increased use of law enforcement to address student misbehavior. Anti-sexual violence advocates and community partners must be aware of current issues that increase a youth's vulnerability to perpetration in order to create innovative and relevant ways of engaging with targeted youth. This presentation provides an overview of the pipeline and the various intersections of vulnerability that increase a child's risk of victimization. In addition, advocates will be encouraged to get involved in mitigating STPP issues to increase protective factors within schools by addressing policy change and reform.
Power of Positive Thinking
Robert Johnson, Native Wellness Institute
In this dynamic presentation, Robert shares basic concepts of the power of positive thinking, providing tools and easy-to-remember tips to bring more positivity to your life through storytelling and painting a positive picture through pictures and images.
TH1 Get Ready, He's Coming Home: Reunification and the Juvenile Sex Offender
Dan Powers, Children's Advocacy Center of Collin County TX
Many juvenile sex offenders return home after treatment. Reunification with their family poses many clinical issues for the offender, family and victim. Treatment providers for the offender and victim must work together to make this transition safe and successful. This workshop focuses on family reunification when the victim is a family member.
Reunification of the victim with their offender is not an issue that is often faced in the treatment of sexual abuse victims. When the sex offender is a sibling the dynamic family issues are magnified. Parents are asked by professionals to choose which child they will support. The victim often will be aware of the family's emotional and financial stress related to the offender's legal and treatment issue. In addition to the task of healing from their own trauma, victims of sibling sexual abuse are faced with knowing their outcry started the process of their sibling being arrested.
Like the adult sex offender, the process of reunification cannot start until the offender takes responsibility for their actions. The thought of returning home is both an exciting and scary issue for the juvenile sex offender to deal with. A solid treatment model with the goal of reunification and parents heavily involved in the treatment process will lay the foundation. The treatment provider must be in contact and work with the victim's therapist to ensure clinical continuity and consistent family communication.
Reunification of the family, offender and victim should be approached with great caution. A plan must be set forth with the treatment providers and family to ensure continuity. The treatment providers must ensure emotional and physical safety concerns are addressed. Written protocols allow the treatment provider, family and court a clear picture of the process.
TH2 Take CTRL: Microsoft & Other Tips to Squeeze the Most Out of Your Workday
Laura Kesselman, CMM, Kesselman-Jones, Inc.
You are busy. Your email and office inbox are bursting at the seams, and you spend hours in front of the computer creating reports. The last thing you need is advice on another system to be more productive. You don't need to be told to make a "to do" list; your life is a "to do" list. What you need are hacks, ways to shave time off your work day to either get more done or get it done quicker. This session is a rapid fire of Outlook, Word and Excel tips and tricks that are guaranteed to save you time and work more efficiently.
TH12 Nia Playshop
May Sagbakken, Blue Belt Nia Instructor
Experience the magic of Nia movement with blue belt trainer May Sagbakken. May believes the connection between mind and body is essential for your health and awareness of who you are. Her Nia class focuses on expression, play, and precision to create an experience that brings you back to your body in the middle of a busy day. With each Nia move, she sets the stage for happy bones and a deep sense of community.
TH4 Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction: How to use the practice of mindfulness to reduce stress…for yourself and those you serve
Jose Maresma, The Mindful Center
A dynamic and engaging introduction into the world of mindfulness meditation. Learn what mindfulness meditation is, how to do it as part of your daily life to reduce stress, worry, anxiety, and depression, and then how to share it with the people you serve.
TH5 Roots to Branches: Understanding Sexual Violence in LGBTQ Communities to Effectively Reach and Serve Survivors
Jeff Devereaux, Alex Ross Raymond, Danielle Reed
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in New Mexico experience sexual violence at three times the rate of the general population. This workshop outlines the root causes of sexual violence in these communities, sheds light on historical trauma, explores how these factors influence survivors' ability and willingness to seek services, and examines best practices for rape crisis centers and law enforcement to create inclusive spaces for healing.
TH6 Anti-Discrimination and the Response to Sexual Violence
Nubia Peña, Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assualt
Go beyond the fundamentals of traditional diversity workshops and learn to apply techniques that set clear boundaries when witnessing discrimination, encouraging group norms that discrimination will not be tolerated, and maximizing on moments when paradigm shifts are possible. This training encourages rape prevention educators and victim-service providers to incorporate anti-discrimination advocacy throughout their entire curriculum, agency and community instead of reserving it for limited use, which is less likely to encourage empathy and cohesion amongst participants within their larger community.
TH7 Native Wellness: Living in Balance
Robert Johnson, Native Wellness Institute
This informative session provides an overview of the Native wellness model and suggestions to live in balance physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Assess your own well-being and share strengths with fellow participants.
TH8 Inside the Minds of Sexual Deviant Killers
Lawrence J. Simon
Examine the minds of convicted murderers and violent sex offenders whose primary motive is sex-related and who predominantly target women and children. Explore the psychology behind the crime while analyzing and interpreting true accounts and disturbing viewpoints and motives of some of the most dangerous men behind bars, including inmates on death row. Probe the evolution and unsettling features of violent deviant pathology providing forethought and credible warning signs that include elusive topics such as necrophilia, cannibalism, criminal sexual sadism, war rape, voyeurism, bestiality, and serial lust murder. Analyze case samples and various crime scene photos that depict multifarious features of abnormal sexual pathology, along with offender psychosocial histories and backgrounds. Achieve a more comprehensive understanding of the overall mindset by identifying warning signs, interviewing suspects, increasing effectiveness in search warrants and greater case preparation from inception to case closure. The instructor's post-secondary educational background and credentials, hands-on investigative research and years of practice trudging through the dark minds of the most unusual, violent, and deranged individuals makes this course unique. Although extremely informative, due to its explicit nature this course is designed primarily for those working in law enforcement, corrections, probation and parole and is not intended for everyone.
TH9 Accessing Tribal Victim Rights and Assistance
Robyn Simmons
This workshop provides information on resources and strategies available at the tribal, federal, state, and local level to assist tribal communities in addressing barriers to accessing victim rights and resources in a collaborative effort to remove advocacy barriers preventing tribal victims of crime from accessing victim assistance, support and confidentiality. Tribal victims of crime experience the highest crime victimization rates in the country. Complex jurisdictional issues, along with the cultural diversity of tribes and the basic reality of geography, pose significant challenges for tribal crime victims. Tribal governments, like other governments, are responsible for meeting the needs of victims in their communities. Unfortunately, tribal governments often have few or no resources available to provide services to victims.
TH10 What Domestic Violence Professionals Need to Know about Child Abuse
Dan Powers, Children's Advocacy Center of Collin County TX
Child abuse and domestic violence often occur in the same family and are linked in a number of ways that have serious consequences for the safety of all family members. When one form of family violence exists, there is a strong likelihood that the other one does too. It is essential that domestic violence professionals also have a solid understanding of child abuse dynamics. This workshop provides essential knowledge that domestic violence professionals need to know about child abuse.
TH11 Preventing Sexual Violence by Addressing Rape Culture
Sarah McMahon, School of Social Work, Rutgers University
This interactive workshop explores current trends in the field of sexual violence prevention, with a focus on the role of "rape culture," defined as the ways in which sexual violence is normalized due to societal attitudes about gender, sexuality, and violence. This workshop allows participants to discuss the continuum of sexual violence, the role of gender norms and media, and the importance of peer and institutional influences. Review current approaches to the prevention of sexual violence, including bystander intervention education, rape myth education, and media literacy programs.
TH3 Racheal's Law- A journey From Victim to Survivor to Thriver
Patricia Galindo, Rachael Gonzales
Senate bill 84/House bill 27, called "Racheal's Law" unanimously passed the 2016 New Mexico legislature to protect victims of sexual assault from being re-victimized by their perpetrator. The legislation is named after Rachael Gonzales, who was repeatedly raped as a child by her father, who later made repeated attempts to contact her following his release from prison. Racheal testified at the legislature on behalf of Racheal's Law and was instrumental in having this new legislation passed. Her hope was to eliminate the need for victims of sexual assault to have to repeatedly face their abuser in order to obtain an Order of Protection. Racheal's Law creates a new section in the Family Violence Protection Act that allows courts to grant permanent restraining orders to victims of sexual assault. It would allow judges to base their decision to grant the order on the evidence and facts used to convict the offender, sparing victims the ordeal of having to once again face their abusers in court. The law will also allow another person to appear in court on the victim's behalf.
TH13 Human Trafficking
Anthony Maez, NM Office of the Attorney General
This presentation provides an understanding of the origins, methods of operation, and indicators of human trafficking along with an understanding of the unique victimization process. Discover how you can build alliances and coalitions as part of a coordinated community response to human trafficking.
Human-Nature Connection
Misty Blakesley, SF Mountain Center
In this fun, experiential workshop based on the Santa Fe Mountain Center's Courage to Risk program, explore ways to encourage the awareness and release of trauma held in the mind, body and spirit. Practice connecting with each other and the natural world. Notice and appreciate nature, patterns in nature, patterns in ourselves and ourselves as part of nature. By reinforcing our positive connections within ourselves and to those around us, we are able to strengthen our individual and community resiliency. This workshop is fun and open to all ability levels. Gentle movement and interactive activities are included. Some time is spent outside.
The Advocacy in Action conference seeks to present a wide variety of topics, issues and exhibits. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the following supporting organizations: the New Mexico Crime Victims Reparation Commission, the State of New Mexico, the New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs, Inc., the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women, the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, the Office for Victims of Crime, the Children's Justice Act Advocacy Group.
These organizations neither endorse nor assume responsibility for the concepts expressed during these programs.
Children's Justice Act Advisory Group (CJAAG)
This project was supported by Grant No. 2014-WR-AX-0016 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.
Conference and Website Management Services provided by Kesselman-Jones, Inc.
(505) 266-3451
PO Box 30182
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And Salai Tluang Hup Thang, from Thantlang Township, will play football whilst Mai Nelly Bawi Nei Sin, from Falam, is to contest the women's boxing.
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Big deal: CDPQ and Temasek help transfer $300m to AvidXchange
Posted on 12 June, 2017 by Thierry Heles, editor
Temasek and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec have contributed to a $300m funding round for AvidXchange that also attracted Mastercard and Peter Thiel.
US-based fintech developer AvidXchange raised $300m in funding on Thursday from investors including Singapore's sovereign wealth fund Temasek and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), the manager of Quebec's public and parapublic pension and insurance plans.
Credit cards and payment systems provider Mastercard also took part in the funding round, as did Peter Thiel, who gained significant expertise in the financial sector as co-founder of online payment processing company PayPal.
Established in 2000, AvidXchange operates an automated invoicing and payment processing platform aimed at industries including real estate, financial services, energy and construction. The company said it now served more than 5,500 clients throughout North America.
The cash injection will support AvidXchange's continued growth and enable the company to scale its business for strategic partnerships such as the one with Mastercard. The partnership will support the launch of the Mastercard B2B Hub, a platform aimed at getting small and mid-sized companies to replace paper cheques with online transactions.
The collaboration allows Mastercard to leverage AvidXchange's expertise in payment automation, while AvidXchange will gain access to Mastercard's commercial payment systems to increase its stake in the middle market – traditionally a sector that has proven averse to adopting technologies that could replace manual invoicing and payment processing.
AvidXchange is also expected to add hundreds of jobs – 200 this year and more than 600 in 2018.
Jennifer Roberts, mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, where AvidXchange is based, said: "We want to build on these kinds of jobs and help brand Charlotte as a place where if you have the talents, you can be successful here."
In fact, the latest funding round did not only involve Temasek and CDQP as state-backed actors, but was also driven in part by an incentives award to AvidXchange from North Carolina's Job Development Investment Grant program. As long as AvidXchange hits certain recruitment milestones, that grant could bring in a total of more than $7.5m.
Temasek's backing also comes on the heels of the firm opening an office in San Francisco in February, underlining Singapore's increasing focus on opportunities in the US.
The investment is intriguing when considered globally. Temasek's push into the US has continued despite the Trump administration causing much uncertainty for businesses – particularly with the decision to pull out of the Paris climate change agreement and a hostile stance towards immigration.
On the other side of the pond, a total of 97 sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and central banks rated the UK as the least attractive developed country for investments, following the country's decision to abandon the EU. In a survey conducted by fund manager Invesco, the country was rated 5.5 out of 10, a significant drop from the 7.5 just a year ago. The US came out on top with a rating of 8.
Essentially, the challenges in the US and the UK boil down to the same issues – governments hostile to immigration and unwilling to listen to businesses – so it is surprising that one country is still doing significantly better than the other when it comes to attracting external investors.
Of course, the decreasing willingness to invest in the UK – where Temasek has an office in London – may have been made worse by the volatility of the country's currency, which has dropped around 20% since the referendum. The pound was worth $1.49 just ahead of the referendum results and since then has fluctuated around $1.25. Investors may be getting more for their money in the UK right now, but the pound has been on a downward spiral, making a decent return on investment less likely.
AvidXchange need not fear international challenges quite yet, of course, and with globally active investors such as Temasek and Mastercard, the company is now significantly better prepared if it decides to expand outside North America.
With investors not shying away from injecting ever bigger sums into AvidXchange, the company also appears on the right course. The latest funding round added to an $18m investment in November 2016 led by Fifth Third Capital, the investment arm of diversified financial services firm Fifth Third Bancorp, that featured financial sector-focused investment firm Pivot Investment Partners.
AvidXchange received $225m in capital from investors led by Bain Capital Ventures in 2015. That round included Foundry Group, NYCA Partners, KeyBank, Square 1 Bank and TPG Special Situations Partners.
Michael Praeger, CEO and co-founder of AvidXchange, said: "We founded AvidXchange to revolutionise the way mid-size companies pay their bills. The strategic partnership with Mastercard will help us to realise the vision that we have had to transform an industry, and to reach the 350,000 businesses that are currently operating in the middle market with antiquated processes.
"The round of funding that we closed will empower us to continue to make bold business decisions to serve the mid-size businesses, and scale our operations as we maintain focus on delivering a superior customer experience. We are thrilled with the group of investors that we assembled.
"The diversity in this cohort of investors is a sign of the growing interest in the fintech sector and acknowledgement that companies, like AvidXchange, are the way forward for business."
Colleen Taylor, executive vice-president of new payments business at Mastercard, said: "Midmarket and small businesses are growth engines of our economy. The Mastercard B2B Hub is the latest way we are working to meet the broader payment needs of this segment.
"We see this solution as helping organisations maximise every minute and every dollar that they invest in their business. The comprehensive automated payment experience we deliver will help improve supplier relationships and accelerate the conversion of business-to-business payments from paper checks to electronic payments."
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Hello everyone and welcome back. Yes today I am caught up on my AtoZ Challenge. It has been hard to write about something everyday that begins with these letters. It is fun though to see what everyone else comes up with. So today I am using the title Smiling Wednesday because I came across some coffee pictures that made me smile. So I hope you enjoy them. They came from Photobucket and are totally free to download.
|I believe this is suppose to be a Butterfly which reminds me of my late daughter. They always make me smile because when I see them I can see her clearly in my mind.
|Then of course you have these. I don't know who made them or how but it is so neat to see what people can do with a cup of coffee and a little imagination. I could only hope to be that talented.
|Of Course I had to include this one because my Grandson is a little monkey butt. His whole theme in his room is monkeys. So this one certainly put a smile as well on my face today.
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Physical Education is very popular at Royds Hall with a broad balanced curriculum being offered supported by an extensive range of extra-curricular clubs. We are fortunate to have excellent facilities including a sports hall, gym, fitness suite, squash courts and an extensive range of outdoor courts and fields. These facilities have been enhanced further with the relocation of our fitness suite to allow community use, the development of an outdoor gym on our front field and the installation of cricket nets in our sports hall supported by a professional bowling machine. It is hoped that these improved facilities will continue to meet the needs of our students / local community and help them to continue to make progress and have fun whilst being healthy / active at the same time.
Students in Phase 1 have 2 lessons a week of PE and follow a broad / balanced curriculum made up of traditional games, gymnastics, athletics, dance, striking & fielding games and outdoor and adventurous activities. Recent additions to the curriculum include archery, fencing and handball.
In Year 7 and 8 students are introduced to a number of sporting activities and as they progress through to Year 9 are given more freedom as to the sports they wish to partake in during curriculum time through an options process.
Students in Phase one also have a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities available to them before school, at lunchtime and after school.
In Phase 2 students study PE for 2 periods a week and when starting in Year 9, the majority of students will start to study for the Full Course GCSE or a OCR Cambridge National Certficate in Sports Studies (Equivalent to one GCSE).
During the GCSE course, students are assessed on practical performance as well as learning a number of theoretical areas such as anatomy and physiology, fitness testing and training and sports psychology. The course is 40% practical and 60% theory (Examination at the end of the course.)
In the OCR Cambridge National Certificate in Sports Studies, students will cover four units over three years with a range of assessment used. This assessment takes the form of an examination, written coursework and teacher/student assessment of practical performance. The four units covered include two compulsory units: Contemporary issues in sport (assessed through an exam) and Developing Sports Skills (practical performance assessment supported by written assessment). Two other units are then selected from: Sports Leadership, Sport and the media, Working in the sports industry and Developing knowledge and skills in outdoor activities.
When progressing through Year 10 and 11, the majority of students have one of these lessons to continue with their GCSE / OCR Cambridge National studies whilst the other is Core PE which again follows an options format.
Those students who do not follow the GCSE/OCR programme will have 2 Core PE lessons a week and during this time have the opportunity to gain nationally recognised awards such as the Junior Sports Leader, Junior Football Organiser and Netball Organiser Awards.


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The commonly used quick therapies for healing have been the natural spices since ancient times.
Besides having many uses in different cuisines, spices also have anti-inflammatory properties and are very beneficial in treating various health problems. The most commonly used and amazing spice is the turmeric.
Turmeric has many different purposes in cooking, in the cosmetics industry and it is also very efficient in treating inflammation and pain, lowers the risk of cancer and it is often used to heal wounds.
Turmeric has numerous different forms, and it is not easy to decide about just one. So here, we will help you with that question.
What is Turmeric?
Turmeric has many different compounds and they all have different effects, but the highest amount in turmeric is the compound curcumin and it can also be found in other things such as ginger.
Here are some of the health benefits of turmeric:
- anticancer prperties
- lowers Arthritis pain
- anti-inflammatory properties
- anti- allergies properties
- treats depression
- reduces the risk of heart attack
- regulates diabetes
Turmeric for Inflammation
There are various reasons for an inflammation in the body. There are two different types of inflammation – chronic inflammation and acute inflammation, and because of this the treatment period is very annoying and difficult.
Acute inflammation is a result of an injury and it can develop rapidly, and on the other hand, chronic inflammation is continuous and it can last for many months or years.
Inflammation can impact the overall health in many forms, and it can lead to heart disease, obesity, arthritis, asthma, cancer and many others, and this is mostly about chronic inflammation.
Dr. Mercola has written an article in which she clarifies that the chronic inflammation can cause heart-related problems and cancer. And it is the reason for the release of free radicals in the body.
The difference between supplements and whole turmeric
The difference is that the active compound of turmeric – curcumin is also present in big amount in the supplement form. So in comparison, 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder contains 15 mg of curcumin, while 500mg of curcumin are contained in a supplement.
It is always better to choose the fresh and raw turmeric, even though turmeric can be found in powder form.
Fresh turmeric has very intense flavor, so in some cases and for certain people it is best to use the supplement form. Also the supplements are abundant in needed essential oils.
The disadvantages of taking turmeric supplements
Do not take turmeric supplements in case you:
- are pregnant – it increases the risks of miscarriage
- you want to conceive and you have problems getting pregnant
- have gallstones or gallbladder disease
- have surgery in the following two weeks
- are taking medication that hinder clotting such as aspirin – it can lead to bruising and bleeding
- suffer from stomach problems – it can cause diarrhea, nausea, and/or gastric irritation
- are taking medication for diabetes – can cause hypoglycemia
- have iron deficiency
Use and dosage of Turmeric
The University of Maryland's Complementary and Alternative Medicine Guide conducted a study to discover the proper dosage of turmeric for optimal results:
- Dried, powdered root: 1-3 grams/day
- Cut root: 1.5-3 grams/day
- Tincture (1:2): 15-30 drops 4 times a day
- Fluid extract (1:1): 30-90 drops/day
- Standardized powder supplement: 400-600 mg 3 times a day
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I would like to ask these experts what alternative would they have suggested that would reliably work in this situation – i.e. a woman in a foreign country without backup, and unable to carry any kind of weapon, trapped in an enclosed environment against a bigger, stronger attacker? Because her solution worked pretty damned good.


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I was not a bike rider. I was a support person. I drove the RV part of the time, prepared meals, did lots of clean up. I pretty much traded my mom-to-4-children duties for mom-of-4-adults duties. My mom helped with these duties. She helped with all the shopping and meal prep and cleaning and everything.
Dave was a bike rider, motor bike that is. Along with the bicycles we trailered his motorcycle to our starting point and he served as the runner for the trip. He scouted out destinations, delivered fresh water and warm clothes when necessary and pretty much watched over the safety of the riders.
The starting point for the bike trip was the Washington side of the Astoria, Oregon bridge. The ending point was the California border on the south side of Brookings, Oregon. To complete the trip the bikers followed the Oregon Coast Bike Route, a 380 mile ride through the beautiful cliffs, forests and beaches of the Oregon Coast. They did it in 5 days. That's an average of 76 miles of riding per day!
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The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission, Chennai vide its Notification dated 17/2015 invited applications for the Combined Civil Services Examination-II (Non Inter view posts) i.e., Group II A Services.
The Notification was issued on 12th October 2015 and the last date was 18th November 2015.
The Examination has been scheduled on 24th January 2016.
Based on this Notification lot of candidates have applied for the posts and the TNPSC has published the list of candidates rejected on various grounds.
We wish good luck to all the Group II Candidates and it may be noted that the TNPSC will be publishing the Answer Keys immediately after the examinations and we may expect the answer keys very soon.
Once the Group II A examination answer keys are published, candidates who have given their examinations today could check their position easily.
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If you have a Waikato University user name and password, you can already start using RideLink.
Do I have to be a student or staff member of Waikato University to use RideLink?
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|Process for manufacturing foils for coatings
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|Guziak et al.
|Glow discharge-generated chemical vapor deposition
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The field of the present invention is application of coatings to target devices, such as medical devices. More specifically, the present invention is directed to the field of electrostatic spraying of a fluid, such as a therapeutic or protective coating fluid, to apply a coating to a target device.
Medical implants are used for innumerable medical purposes, including the reinforcement of recently re-enlarged lumens, the replacement of ruptured vessels, and the treatment of disease such as vascular disease by local pharmacotherapy, i.e., delivering therapeutic drug doses to target tissues while minimizing systemic side effects. Such localized delivery of therapeutic agents has been proposed or achieved using medical implants which both support a lumen within a patient's body and place appropriate coatings containing absorbable therapeutic agents at the implant location. Examples of such medical devices include catheters, guide wires, balloons, filters (e.g., vena cava filters), stents, stent grafts, vascular grafts, intraluminal paving systems, implants and other devices used in connection with drug-loaded polymer coatings. Such medical devices are implanted or otherwise utilized in body lumina and organs such as the coronary vasculature, esophagus, trachea, colon, biliary tract, urinary tract, prostate, brain, and the like.
The delivery of expandable stents is a specific example of a medical procedure that may involve the deployment of coated implants. Expandable stents are tube-like medical devices, typically made from stainless steel, Tantalum, Platinum or Nitinol alloys, designed to be placed within the inner walls of a lumen within the body of a patient. These stents are typically maneuvered to a desired location within a lumen of the patient's body and then expanded to provide internal support for the lumen. The stents may be self-expanding or, alternatively, may require external forces to expand them, such as by inflating a balloon attached to the distal end of the stent delivery catheter.
The mechanical process of applying a coating onto a stent or other medical device may be accomplished in a variety of ways, including, for example, spraying the coating substance onto the device, so-called spin-dipping, i.e., dipping a spinning device into a coating solution to achieve the desired coating, and electrostatic fluid deposition, i.e., applying an electrical potential difference between a coating fluid and a target to cause the coating fluid to be discharged from the dispensing point and drawn toward the target.
Common to these processes is the need to apply the coating in a manner to ensure that an intact, robust coating of the desired thickness is formed on the stent. Electrostatic coating has been employed to obtain coated medical devices, particularly in applications where the coating fluid viscosity is very low, for example, in the vicinity of one centipoise. For example, in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/409,590, filed Apr. 9, 2003, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated in its entirety by reference, a coating application apparatus and method is described in which a target, such as a stent, is held by a target holder at a first electrical potential. A second potential is applied to an electrode in contact with the coating fluid within a coating fluid spray dispenser to impart a charge to the coating fluid. The charged coating fluid is then accelerated by electrostatic attraction from the spray dispenser toward the target device.
The foregoing approach to electrostatic coating application provides highly uniform coating application, along with other benefits, such as precision control of coating deposition rates and highly efficient production when incorporated into automated device handling systems. However, to maximize efficient utilization of the coating material with this approach, sufficient electrostatic attraction of the coating fluid particles to the target should be provided in order to obtain a high rate of coating deposition, and thus minimize coating waste (i.e., coating that fails to adhere to the target). Obtaining sufficient electrostatic attraction between the target and the coating fluid spray should consist of both (i) good conductivity between the target holder and the target to ensure the first potential applied to the target holder is fully transferred to the target, and (ii) ensuring the coating fluid picks up enough charge as it passes through the sprayer nozzle such that the fluid particles that emerge from the sprayer are sufficiently charged to be attracted to the target.
Empirical experience has shown that the target holder-to-target conductivity can vary significantly on an individual target-to-target basis. Such variability could be detrimental to obtaining consistent coating distribution and thickness on the target. Experimentation with the attachment of high-conductivity materials to the target, such as gold or gold-plated electrodes, to enhance holder-to-target conductivity has not completely eliminated the variability in conductivity. As a result of the experimentation, however, it was discovered that oxide formed on the surfaces of a metal target is a principal source of the inconsistent holder-to-target conductivity, and that elimination of the oxidation at the holder-to-target contact points ensures the target is held at the same potential as its holder to better attract the charged coating fluid spray.
With regard to ensuring a sufficient charge is imparted to the coating fluid, some electrostatic nozzles typically are constructed with a non-conductive housing containing an internal electrode, and the coating fluid is charged by applying the second electrical potential voltage to the internal electrode. The internal electrode arrangement is disadvantageous, however, as it limits the amount of charge than may be efficiently transferred to the coating fluid spray. Moreover, an internal electrode arrangement increases the complexity of the internal arrangements of the nozzle, while the amount of space available for the internal electrode is limited by other nozzle internal parts. There also must be provided an effective electrode-to-dispenser nozzle seal to prevent leakage of the coating fluid from the electrode/nozzle interface. Other disadvantages of internal electrode-type nozzles are increased dispenser manufacturing costs, and increased difficulty in properly cleaning the electrode and the other parts within the dispenser. Further, as a consequence of the internal electrode dispensing nozzle's internal geometry limiting electrode surface area, the amount of charge transfer from the internal electrode to the coating fluid is also limited. This in turn lowers the coating fluid's ionization, which decreases its attraction to the target. Combined with decreased electrical potential at the target due to varying holder-to-target conductivity, the coating fluid's attraction to the target is lower than desired, which decreases the coating deposition rate on the target because a greater fraction of the coating spray passes by or through the target without depositing thereon. The result is a lower overall coating utilization rate, and undesired waste of coating fluid.
The present invention is directed to an improved and simplified electrostatic spray coating apparatus and method.
In certain embodiments of the invention, there is a provided an apparatus in which the coating fluid spray dispenser outlet nozzle comprises an electrically conductive material, and the second electrical potential is applied directly to the outlet nozzle to cause the coating fluid to be accelerated toward the target. This approach to electrostatic coating spray permits the entire dispenser and outlet nozzle to serve as the electrode for application of the second potential to the coating fluid, increasing the available electrode surface area within the nozzle in contact with the coating fluid, and thereby improving the coating fluid ionization. The increased ionization increases the fraction of coating spray attracted to the target.
Additionally or alternatively, in certain embodiments of the invention, the coating fluid's electrostatic attraction to the target also may be enhanced by improving the target holder-to-target conductivity (and thereby, improving the target holder's ability to conduct a greater first potential to the target) by applying a brief high voltage surge at very low-amperage to the holder's circuit, thereby eliminating oxidation on the surface of the target at the target holder-to-target contact points.
The present invention provides the desired target with contact point uniformity and increased electrical attraction, thus improving coating material transfer to a target in a more cost-efficient manner.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a first embodiment of an electrostatic spray coating fluid delivery apparatus in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-section view of the electrostatic spray coating fluid delivery apparatus dispensing nozzle of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a second embodiment of an electrostatic spray coating fluid delivery apparatus in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-section view of the electrostatic spray coating fluid delivery apparatus dispensing nozzle of FIG. 3.
A first embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in FIG. 1. In this embodiment, a target 1 to be coated with a coating fluid is held by target holder 2, comprising a base portion 2a and a top portion 2b. Target 1 in this instance is a stent that is to be coated with a therapeutic material. In addition to holding stent 1 in a position suitable for coating application, stent holder base portion 2a functions as an electrode, and is maintained at a first electrical potential. Stent holder 2 may hold stent 1 by any number of means, such as by the stent holders described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/198,094, the disclosure of which is hereby expressly incorporated by reference herein.
In this embodiment, stent holder 2 and stent 1 are held at a ground potential during electrostatic spraying of the coating fluid toward stent 1. In order to enhance the electrostatic attraction of the coating fluid to the target, after stent 1 is seated on stent holder 2 and before initiating the coating fluid spray, a very short high voltage spike may be delivered through the circuitry of stent 1 and stent holder 2 to remove the oxidation on stent 1 at its contact points with stent holder 2. Such a voltage spike may be sent from a spark discharge-type generator 2c to stent holder base portion 2a, and through stent 1 and stent holder top portion 2b to ground (ground connection not illustrated). Optionally, the high voltage spike may be omitted altogether if it is determined that holder-to-target conductivity is already sufficiently high to obtain consistent coating thickness.
Alternative means for application of the momentary high voltage spike to the target may be used, as long as the high voltage spike is applied in a manner that ensures good conductivity between the holder and the stent. For example, rather than providing ground through the present embodiment's separate "T"-shaped holder top portion 2b, a one-piece target holder 2a may be employed, and a separate grounded conductor may be momentarily placed in contact with the side of the target before the voltage spike is applied. Such an arrangement would be particularly well suited to automated device handling processes. For instance, as a target holder on an endless conveyer belt moves toward a coating fluid application station, a flexibly-mounted grounding strap may protrude into the target's path and touch the target while the oxidation-removing voltage spike is simultaneously applied.
In this embodiment, the high voltage spike is supplied by spark discharge apparatus 2c. Because the voltage spike associated with the spark discharge is very short-lived, the current generated to remove the oxidation at the holder-stent contact points is only in the micro-amp range. Accordingly, removal of the oxide layer from the stent is accomplished without burn marks on the target stent, resulting in improved conductivity. The spark discharge apparatus may, for example, cause a spark to bridge a spark gap away from the target at a voltage on the order of 5,000 Volts in order to provide a voltage spike impulse at the target contact points. The spark discharge apparatus 2c may be a separate unit as shown in FIG. 1, or, with appropriate switching circuitry, the voltage required to generate the spark discharge may be supplied by the same voltage generator that supplies a charge to the coating fluid. Alternatively, the spark generator may be a piezoelectric spark generator.
Proximate to stent 1 and holder 2 is a coating fluid spray dispensing device 3, schematically illustrated in FIG. 1. Dispensing device 3 include a dispensing nozzle body 4, an electrically insulating holder 5, a coating fluid supply line 6 in communication with a coating fluid reservoir (not shown), and an electrical connection 7 to which a wire 8 is affixed. Dispensing nozzle body 4 comprises an electrically conductive, solvent-resistant material, preferably an easily cleaned material such as stainless steel. A commercially available stainless steel nozzle may be suitably adapted for use in the present invention with relatively minor modifications, such as the attachment of a conductive flange to which a wire from a high voltage source may be attached.
Insulating holder 5, which may be a plastic ring, holds nozzle body 4 and prevents conduction of electricity from nozzle body 4 to ground when the nozzle is energized by the second electrical potential. Coating fluid supply line 6 cooperates with an internal nozzle passage 11 (shown in FIG. 2) to supply coating fluid from the fluid reservoir to fluid nozzle orifice 9 facing target 1. When the second electrical potential is applied through wire 8 from a voltage source (not shown), potential is conducted from wire 8 onto nozzle body 4 via electrical connection 7, which may be affixed to the nozzle body by any electrically conductive means, such as welding or securing with a fastener.
As the coating fluid passes through nozzle passage 11, the second potential imparts a charge to the coating fluid. The charged coating fluid is attracted toward target stent 1, which is being held at an opposite potential than nozzle body 4. When the charged coating fluid leaves fluid nozzle orifice 9, the electrostatic attraction of the coating fluid spray 10 to target 1 tends to cause the charged coating fluid spray particles to travel towards target 1. A potential difference between nozzle body 4 and target holder 2 in the range of 2000 Volts to 40,000 Volts is sufficient for efficient transfer of coating fluid from nozzle body 4 to target stent 1. One skilled in the art will appreciate that the separation distance between the nozzle body 4 and stent 1 varies with the size of the stent and voltage. The distance between the fluid nozzle orifice and the target may be maintained over a broad range, as the voltage difference driving the electrostatic discharge of coating fluid toward the target may be readily adjusted to ensure the coating fluid reaches the target with a desired coating efficiency.
As shown in the cross-section view of dispensing nozzle 4 in FIG. 2, fluid nozzle orifice 9 communicates with coating fluid supply line 6 via internal nozzle passage 11. The present electrically conductive nozzle permits the generation of higher charge densities in the coating fluid, thereby increasing the electrostatic attraction of the charged coating fluid particles toward target stent 1 and reducing coating waste.
In a second exemplary embodiment, smaller, more eletrostatically attractive charged particles may be obtained by injecting a gas (e.g. air) into atomization passageway 20, positioned adjacent nozzle internal passage 11. FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate the apparatus of FIGS. 1 and 2, further equipped with at least one air supply line 12. Similar elements are numbered in the same manner as in FIGS. 1 and 2. Air supply line 12 provides pressurized air to atomization passageway 20. The pressurized air enhances atomization of the charged coating fluid as the fluid emerges from the fluid nozzle orifice 9. As shown in nozzle cross-section FIG. 4, air supplied from air supply line 12 may be injected via air passage 13 into the atomization passageway 20, adjacent nozzle internal passage 11, and toward an air atomization nozzle orifice 14. The air is ejected from atomization orifice 14, which creates a low-pressure region created by the high velocity air annulus surrounding fluid nozzle orifice 9, from which charged coating fluid is dispensed. The charged coating material is atomized and entrained within the air annulus airflow and electrostatically sprayed onto stent 1. One skilled in the art can appreciate that a variety of gases may be used and pressurized to enhance atomization and discharge of the coating material from the fluid nozzle orifice.
One skilled in the art can appreciate that a variety of designs exist for electrical connection 7 and dispensing nozzle body 4. For example, electrical connection 7 may be a conductive metallic nut or plate as depicted in FIGS. 1-3, or a conductive metallic flange as illustrated in FIG. 4. Also, dispensing nozzle body 4 may be a two-piece threaded body as depicted in FIG. 4, wherein the nozzle body 4 includes a threaded annular ring 21, or be a unitary body design (not shown) with nozzle internal passage 11 and atomization passageway 20 cast or machined therein. Further, dispensing nozzle body 4 may be a three-piece threaded body (not shown) for manufacturing ease having a separate threaded atomization nozzle orifice 14. Although FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment with one air supply line 12 and FIG. 4 shows at least two air supply lines 12, one of skill in the art can also appreciate that more than two air supply lines may be used. Multiple air supply lines would permit electrostatic operation at lower system pressures.
Because the charge density of the coating fluid is higher than in internal electrode-type nozzles (due to the greater electrode surface area available in the present conductive nozzle), the smaller fluid particles each have a relatively high charge state despite their small size. Given their high charge state and low mass, the smaller coating fluid particles may be more efficiently electrostatically accelerated toward target stent 1, resulting in a higher fraction of the coating fluid emerging from fluid nozzle orifice 9 striking and adhering to target stent 1 than with previous internal electrode nozzle designs. Accordingly, a lower fraction of the coating fluid passes beyond target stent 1, further reducing coating fluid waste.
The coatings described in the foregoing discussion may include therapeutic agents. The term "therapeutic agent" as used herein includes one or more "therapeutic agents" or "drugs". The terms "therapeutic agents" and "drugs" are used interchangeably herein and include pharmaceutically active compounds, nucleic acids with and without carrier vectors such as lipids, compacting agents (such as histones), virus (such as adenovirus, andenoassociated virus, retrovirus, lentivirus and α-virus), polymers, hyaluronic acid, proteins, cells and the like, with or without targeting sequences.
Specific examples of therapeutic agents used in conjunction with the present invention include, for example, pharmaceutically active compounds, proteins, cells, oligonucleotides, ribozymes, anti-sense oligonucleotides, DNA compacting agents, gene/vector systems (i.e., any vehicle that allows for the uptake and expression of nucleic acids), nucleic acids (including, for example, recombinant nucleic acids; naked DNA, cDNA, RNA; genomic DNA, cDNA or RNA in a non-infectious vector or in a viral vector and which further may have attached peptide targeting sequences; antisense nucleic acid (RNA or DNA); and DNA chimeras which include gene sequences and encoding for ferry proteins such as membrane translocating sequences ("MTS") and herpes simplex virus-1 ("VP22")), and viral, liposomes and cationic and anionic polymers and neutral polymers that are selected from a number of types depending on the desired application. Non-limiting examples of virus vectors or vectors derived from viral sources include adenoviral vectors, herpes simplex vectors, papilloma vectors, adeno-associated vectors, retroviral vectors, and the like. Non-limiting examples of biologically active solutes include anti-thrombogenic agents such as heparin, heparin derivatives, urokinase, and PPACK (dextrophenylalanine proline arginine chloromethylketone); antioxidants such as probucol and retinoic acid; angiogenic and anti-angiogenic agents and factors; anti-proliferative agents such as enoxaprin, angiopeptin, rapamycin, angiopeptin, monoclonal antibodies capable of blocking smooth muscle cell proliferation, hirudin, and acetylsalicylic acid; anti-inflammatory agents such as dexamethasone, prednisolone, corticosterone, budesonide, estrogen, sulfasalazine, acetylsalicylic acid, and mesalamine; calcium entry blockers such as verapamil, diltiazem and nifedipine; antineoplastic/antiproliferative/anti-mitotic agents such as paclitaxel, 5-fluorouracil, methotrexate, doxorubicin, daunorubicin, cyclosporine, cisplatin, vinblastine, vincristine, epothilones, endostatin, angiostatin and thymidine kinase inhibitors; antimicrobials such as triclosan, cephalosporins, aminoglycosides, and nitrofurantoin; anesthetic agents such as lidocaine, bupivacaine, and ropivacaine; nitric oxide (NO) donors such as linsidomine, molsidomine, L-arginine, NO-protein adducts, NO-carbohydrate adducts, polymeric or oligomeric NO adducts; anti-coagulants such as D-Phe-Pro-Arg chloromethyl ketone, an RGD peptide-containing compound, heparin, antithrombin compounds, platelet receptor antagonists, anti-thrombin antibodies, anti-platelet receptor antibodies, enoxaparin, hirudin, Warfarin sodium, Dicumarol, aspirin, prostaglandin inhibitors, platelet inhibitors and tick antiplatelet factors; vascular cell growth promotors such as growth factors, growth factor receptor antagonists, transcriptional activators, and translational promotors; vascular cell growth inhibitors such as growth factor inhibitors, growth factor receptor antagonists, transcriptional repressors, translational repressors, replication inhibitors, inhibitory antibodies, antibodies directed against growth factors, bifunctional molecules consisting of a growth factor and a cytotoxin, bifunctional molecules consisting of an antibody and a cytotoxin; cholesterol-lowering agents; vasodilating agents; agents which interfere with endogeneus vascoactive mechanisms; survival genes which protect against cell death, such as anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family factors and Akt kinase; and combinations thereof. Cells can be of human origin (autologous or allogenic) or from an animal source (xenogeneic), genetically engineered if desired to deliver proteins of interest at the insertion site. Any modifications are routinely made by one skilled in the art.
Polynucleotide sequences useful in practice of the invention include DNA or RNA sequences having a therapeutic effect after being taken up by a cell. Examples of therapeutic polynucleotides include anti-sense DNA and RNA; DNA coding for an anti-sense RNA; or DNA coding for tRNA or rRNA to replace defective or deficient endogenous molecules. The polynucleotides can also code for therapeutic proteins or polypeptides. A polypeptide is understood to be any translation product of a polynucleotide regardless of size, and whether glycosylated or not. Therapeutic proteins and polypeptides include as a primary example, those proteins or polypeptides that can compensate for defective or deficient species in an animal, or those that act through toxic effects to limit or remove harmful cells from the body. In addition, the polypeptides or proteins that can be injected, or whose DNA can be incorporated, include without limitation, angiogenic factors and other molecules competent to induce angiogenesis, including acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors, vascular endothelial growth factor, hif-1, epidermal growth factor, transforming growth factor α and β, platelet-derived endothelial growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor, tumor necrosis factor α, hepatocyte growth factor and insulin like growth factor; growth factors; cell cycle inhibitors including CDK inhibitors; anti-restenosis agents, including p15, p16, p18, p19, p21, p27, p53, p57, Rb, nFkB and E2F decoys, thymidine kinase ("TK") and combinations thereof and other agents useful for interfering with cell proliferation, including agents for treating malignancies; and combinations thereof. Still other useful factors, which can be provided as polypeptides or as DNA encoding these polypeptides, include monocyte chemoattractant protein ("MCP-1"), and the family of bone morphogenic proteins ("BMP's"). The known proteins include BMP-2, BMP-3, BMP-4, BMP-5, BMP-6 (Vgr-1), BMP-7 (OP-1), BMP-8, BMP-9, BMP-10, BMP-11, BMP-12, BMP-13, BMP-14, BMP-15, and BMP-16. Currently preferred BMP's are any of BMP-2, BMP-3, BMP-4, BMP-5, BMP-6 and BMP-7. These dimeric proteins can be provided as homodimers, heterodimers, or combinations thereof, alone or together with other molecules. Alternatively or, in addition, molecules capable of inducing an upstream or downstream effect of a BMP can be provided. Such molecules include any of the "hedgehog" proteins, or the DNA's encoding them.
Coatings used with the present invention may comprise a polymeric material/drug agent matrix formed, for example, by admixing a drug agent with a liquid polymer, in the absence of a solvent, to form a liquid polymer/drug agent mixture. Curing of the mixture typically occurs in-situ. To facilitate curing, a cross-linking or curing agent may be added to the mixture prior to application thereof. Addition of the cross-linking or curing agent to the polymer/drug agent liquid mixture must not occur too far in advance of the application of the mixture in order to avoid over-curing of the mixture prior to application thereof. Curing may also occur in-situ by exposing the polymer/drug agent mixture, after application to the luminal surface, to radiation such as ultraviolet radiation or laser light, heat, or by contact with metabolic fluids such as water at the site where the mixture has been applied to the luminal surface. In coating systems employed in conjunction with the present invention, the polymeric material may be either bioabsorbable or biostable. Any of the polymers described herein that may be formulated as a liquid may be used to form the polymer/drug agent mixture.
The polymer used in the present invention is preferably capable of absorbing a substantial amount of drug solution. When applied as a coating on a medical device in accordance with the present invention, the dry polymer is typically on the order of from about 1 to about 50 microns thick. Very thin polymer coatings, e.g., of about 0.2-0.3 microns and much thicker coatings, e.g., more than 10 microns, are also possible. It is also within the scope of the present invention to apply multiple layers of polymer coating onto a medical device. Such multiple layers are of the same or different polymer materials.
The polymer of the present invention may be hydrophilic or hydrophobic, and may be selected from the group consisting of polycarboxylic acids, cellulosic polymers, including cellulose acetate and cellulose nitrate, gelatin, polyvinylpyrrolidone, cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyanhydrides including maleic anhydride polymers, polyamides, polyvinyl alcohols, copolymers of vinyl monomers such as EVA, polyvinyl ethers, polyvinyl aromatics, polyethylene oxides, glycosaminoglycans, polysaccharides, polyesters including polyethylene terephthalate, polyacrylamides, polyethers, polyether sulfone, polycarbonate, polyalkylenes including polypropylene, polyethylene and high molecular weight polyethylene, halogenated polyalkylenes including polytetrafluoroethylene, polyurethanes, polyorthoesters, proteins, polypeptides, silicones, siloxane polymers, polylactic acid, polyglycolic acid, polycaprolactone, polyhydroxybutyrate valerate and blends and copolymers thereof as well as other biodegradable, bioabsorbable and biostable polymers and copolymers. Coatings from polymer dispersions such as polyurethane dispersions (BAYHDROL®, etc.) and acrylic latex dispersions are also within the scope of the present invention. The polymer may be a protein polymer, fibrin, collage and derivatives thereof, polysaccharides such as celluloses, starches, dextrans, alginates and derivatives of these polysaccharides, an extracellular matrix component, hyaluronic acid, or another biologic agent or a suitable mixture of any of these, for example. In one embodiment of the invention, the preferred polymer is polyacrylic acid, available as HYDROPLUS® (Boston Scientific Corporation, Natick, Mass.), and described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,091,205, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference. U.S. Pat. No. 5,091,205 describes medical devices coated with one or more polyisocyanates such that the devices become instantly lubricious when exposed to body fluids. In another preferred embodiment of the invention, the polymer is a copolymer of polylactic acid and polycaprolactone.
While the present invention has been described with reference to what are presently considered to be preferred embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments or constructions. On the contrary, the present invention is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements. For example, the coating material may comprise a flowable solid material, such as a powder, in lieu of a fluid, as long as the flowable solid coating material can be reliably fed through the nozzle (for instance, via gravity feed) and accept a charge imparted by the second potential. The present invention is also suitable for use in a high speed automated medical device coating apparatus, wherein, for example, the voltage spike to remove the target oxide layer at the target holder/target interface points may be efficiently applied to the target as the target holder is travelling toward the coating spray station.
While the various elements of the disclosed invention are described and/or shown in various combinations and configurations, which are exemplary, other combinations and configurations, including more, less or only a single embodiment, are also within the spirit and scope of the present invention.


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Herman Miller Shell Side Chair
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Herman Miller Shell Side Chair, ht. 32 in.
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