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company we acquired were pret
ty lucky that Conseco acquired
their business,” Lubbers said.
“We are one of the top two in
surance companies in the nation.
We are very dedicated, and we
understand our responsibilities
as a leader. These are all factors
that work in favor of the cus
tomers.”
Tom Kelley, spokesperson for
the attorney general’s office, says
the attorney general’s suit alleges
that Conseco knew about these
deceptive practices and contin
ued them.
“We allege that this company
knew full well what was going
on. T hey kept on offering these
products,” Kelley said.
T he attorney general’s office
suit alleges that ATL, and later
Conseco, misled their policy
holders about their premium
rates, telling them their premi-
[irsday. An
urns would remain constants
then increasing them after;
victims bought policies.
The lawsuit alleges ConsJ
and ATL engaged in theunej
ical rate practices from
1999. Kelley said data was a
available for this year and!:
but amendments to thesuitit
be made when all the
comes available.
Lubbers said Conseco i
not acquire ALL until 19%M
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are not affected.
Experts worried that newly
discovered versions of the worm
can be reprogrammed to launch
crippling attacks on any Web
site. They also warn that the
danger is far from over.
Code Red is programmed to
keep trying to infect computers
until the 19th of the month. Af
ter that, it goes into attack
mode, sending junk data to the
White House’s Website.
Even though the White
House moved its numerical In
ternet address last month to
dodge the first outbreak, the at
tack may have the unintended
affect of clogging up the Inter
net, causing slowdowns.
This is similar to millions of
phone calls to a wrong number
not affecting the intended recip
ient, but the calls diemselves still
ers are aware that the majoiM vVhen p
of the wrongdoings alleged “hip-hop,”
the attorney general's offiX. t h e j r ,
took place before Conseco:|n. in y p eo j M
came involved. Bet that “hi
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“honor bound” to upholdq t hei-
agreements made by ATLc| mcnts th a
the company is working tow jiJcing (r
rect any problems. He said: ■ re . 1 iAl l mc_
believes the company wilier t | anc j [)jj r
to an amicable agreement ^ many
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all the evidence. Bp-hop by
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patch from .Microsoft, althouB 50 j oc ^ c > (
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before the attack.
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which took down most of tk|
fledgling Internet.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) —
The first recipient of a fully self-
contained artificial heart cele
brated nearly a month of survival
on the pump by eating ice cream
and cheesecake, his surgeon said
Wednesday.
“We’ve had tremendous suc
cess,” said Dr. Robert Dowling
reporters on the 30th day since
the patient received the AbioCor
pump at Jewish Hospital. “He’s
doing remarkably well.”
The patient, described only as
a diabetic in his 50s, has a histo
ry of heart and liver problems.
He was deemed terminally ill be
fore the procedure and had been
given only 30 days to live.
“He was facing death 30 days
ago and he knew it,” Dowling
said. “He was very cognizant of
his mortality. Now he’s looking
forward to life. He’s happy to be
here.”
Dowling said the patient
spends his days listening to jazz
CDs, watching videotapes and
talking with family and nurses.
Nurse Rebecca Dentinger
said the patient did not show
much personality because he
was so weak. “Now, he wants
joke and talk so much, some
times he wears himself out,”
she said. “Hfe’s loving life so
much.”
The patient was on and off a
ventilator several times in the
days following the July 2 opera
tion, but has been off it for the
past week, Dowling said.
Last week, hospital officials
said he was well enough to stand,
walk with assistance for short
distances and write notes. ITe ate
ice cream and cheesecake on
Tuesday, Dowling said.
“T he last five days have been
absolutely phenomenal,” Dowl
ing said. “He talks a lot, he’s get
ting stronger, he’s walking great
lengths without assistance.”
T he softball-sized, titanium
and plastic pump is made by
Abiomed Inc. of Danvers,
Mass. It is entirely self-con
tained, with an internal battery
and a device that regulates the
pumping speed.
Earlier mechanical hearts had
wires and tubes penetrating the
chest to connect to a power
source, which increased the risk
of infection.
Abiomed and the hospital
have maintained a “quiet peri
od” since the surgery to protect
the patient’s privacy. The pa
tient participated in an Abio-
med-sponsored forum for doc
tors and heart researchers over
the weekend.
Dowling said that regardless
of the patient’s progress from
here, the procedure will have al
ready been a success. He said the
heart itself has beaten “about 6
million times,” and continues to
work flawlessly.
O n July 2. In a landmark medical procedure, doctors in Louisville, Ky.,
conducted the first human implant of a self-contained artificial heart.
Unlike its predecessors, the experimental heart, developed by Abiomed
Inc. of Danvers, Mass., is free of external machinery attached by wires.
The AbioCor, as it is known, was initially expected to extend the seriously
ill patient’s life by a month. After a tenuous first couple o( days, the recipient's
condition improved, and doctors hope he can continue to prosper.
An internal coil tecews
the power and sernJait
the controller and badup
rechargeable battery.
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A pump alternately fills the left and right
sides of the septum with fluid. The
expanding and contracting of the septum's
flexible membrane causes blood to flow
into and out of the ventricles.
AbioCor
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depleted blood
out to the
lungs.
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blood In
SOURCE: Abiomed Inc.
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