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7621407 |
Extracorporeal blood filter system
A blood filter system used for the sequential filtering of blood while actively removing air bubbles and debris comprising a filter housing with unique conical, or cylindrical shape, a flared inlet...
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7618584 |
Bag system for the cryopreservation of body fluids
The invention relates to a bag system for the cryopreservation of body fluids, that is blood, bone marrow or umbilical cord blood, the parts of the bag system being sterilized, and separable from...
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7615028 |
Extracorporeal blood treatment and system having reversible blood pumps
An extracorporeal blood treatment system including: a blood circuit having a first blood passage coupled at a first end to a first end of a blood treatment device and a second blood passage coupled...
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7611478 |
Continuous volume detection for a reservoir in a fluid circuit of a medical system
Continuous volume detection for a reservoir in a fluid circuit of a medical system is described. Volume detection is based on a pressure measurement that is manipulated via application of fluid...
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7572377 |
Extracorporeal blood filter system
A blood filter system used for the sequential filtering of blood while actively removing air bubbles and debris comprising a filter housing with unique conical, or cylindrical shape, a flared inlet...
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7541000 |
Micro-processor controlled active gas removal apparatus
Apparatus and methods for pumping and oxygenating blood are provided that include a gas removal system. An integrated blood processing unit is provided in which a gas removal/blood filter, pump and...
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7488302 |
Device allowing serial use of clean and alternative blood filters during blood filtration
A device that allows for serial (time) use of clean blood filters during the use of a heart lung machine. The device is comprised of a series of filters and a switching mechanism that allows the...
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7485261 |
Photolytic artificial lung
The present invention is directed to a photolytic artificial lung. The photolytic artificial lung converts water to oxygen for blood absorption, regulates pH, the removes carbon dioxide, and...
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7476359 |
Device and methods for processing blood in extracorporeal circulation
A device for treating blood in an extracorporeal blood circuit, the device including a centrifugal pump provided with a transparent enclosure that is connected, by means of an inlet duct, to the...
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7470396 |
Device and method for establishing an artificial isolated circulation in a target area of a human or animal body
A device for establishing an isolated perfusion including a pump arrangement, a venous catheter, and an arterial catheter, for establishing an artificial circulation in a target area of a human or...
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7458952 |
Integrated cardiopulmonary bypass system for open and closed bypass circuits
A completely integrated cardiopulmonary bypass system includes a common casing provided with a reservoir, a venous air trap, oxygenator, heat-exchanger and a pump. This totally integrated system...
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7455812 |
Method and apparatus for controlled reoxygenation
A method and apparatus for performing coronary perfusion and cardiac reoxygenation that enables accurate control of oxygen levels in blood used for the coronary circulation. Deoxygenated blood and...
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7431754 |
Artificial lung
An artificial lung includes a housing, a tubular hollow fiber membrane bundle contained in the housing and providing a multiplicity of hollow fiber membranes having a gas exchange function, a gas...
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7364563 |
Continuous volume detection for a flexible venous reservoir in a cardiopulmonary bypass circuit
A continuous volume detection system for a flexible venous reservoir in a cardiopulmonary bypass circuit is described. The volume detection system is based on a pressure measurement that is...
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7341568 |
Method and device for determining blood volume during an extracorporeal blood treatment
The invention relates to a method for determining blood volume during extracorporeal blood circulation, which is based on measuring the propagation rate or propagation time of the pulse waves...
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7335334 |
Active air removal from an extracorporeal blood circuit
A disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit employed during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery performs gas exchange, heat transfer, and microemboli filtering functions in a way as to...
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7273586 |
Apparatus and process for conditioning mammalian blood
An apparatus for conditioning mammalian blood for subsequent use in a medical procedure includes a cabinet having a secure environment and a door providing the only access to the environment. An...
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7238320 |
Device for oxygenating blood in an extracorporeal circuit
A device for oxygenating blood in an extracorporeal circuit includes a first structure suitable to delimit a portion of space-containing capillaries made of microporous membrane. The capillaries...
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7220236 |
Method for eliminating HIV in human blood and a device for treating AIDS with non-pharmacotherapy
The invention provides a method for eliminating HIV in human blood and a device for treating AIDS with non-pharmacotherapy. The method includes (1) pumping the blood containing HIV virus into a...
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7198751 |
Disposable, integrated, extracorporeal blood circuit
A disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit employed during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery performs gas exchange, heat transfer, and microemboli filtering functions in a way as to...
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7189352 |
Extracorporeal blood circuit priming system and method
A disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit employed during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery performs gas exchange, heat transfer, and microemboli filtering functions in a way as to...
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7172727 |
Apparatus for blood oxygenation
An apparatus and method for blood oxygenation are provided. The apparatus includes a chamber having a first inlet to receive a fluid, e.g., physiologic saline; a second inlet to receive a gas,...
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7128873 |
Apparatus and process for conditioning mammalian blood
An apparatus for conditioning mammalian blood for subsequent use in a medical procedure includes a cabinet having a secure environment and a door providing the only access to the environment. An...
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7129082 |
Bio-reactor device
The invention provides a bio-reactor device and a method of cultivating live cells. The device comprises a holder which contains a matrix of porous foam material in whose interior live cells are...
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7022284 |
Extracorporeal blood handling system with integrated heat exchanger
Apparatus for oxygenating and pumping blood includes a housing defining a blood flow path including, in series, a gas collection plenum, a pump space and a blood oxygenation element. A pump...
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7004926 |
Apparatus and method for auto-retroperfusion of a coronary vein
An apparatus for automatically retroperfusing a coronary vein includes an intraluminal cannula having a main body portion extending between a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The...
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6998093 |
Fluid oxygenator with access port
A fluid oxygenating apparatus is provided which includes a housing defining a chamber, a core positioned within the chamber including a fluid channel formed therein, and a bubble release port...
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6979423 |
Cardiopulmonary bypass device and method
A method and system for performing a cardiopulmonary bypass procedure are provided. The method includes accessing a source of blood in a patient body from which source the blood is to be passed...
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6974434 |
Methods and devices for maintaining cardiopulmonary bypass and arresting a patient's heart
An endovascular system for arresting a patient's heart and maintaining the patient on cardiopulmonary bypass. A venous cannula, venting catheter and an aortic occlusion device are all coupled...
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6967003 |
Artificial lung of membrane type
A membrane artificial lung performs gas exchange between blood and a gas via the membrane by flowing the blood in one side of the membrane and flowing oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas in the...
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6960322 |
Integrated blood handling system having active gas removal system and methods of use
Apparatus and methods for pumping and oxygenating blood are provided that include a gas removal system. An integrated blood processing unit is provided in which a gas removal/blood filter, pump and...
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6949220 |
Artificial heart-lung apparatus
An integrated, artificial heart-lung machine and method for performing extracorporeal blood oxygenation and circulation. The heart-lung machine is a single unit in which a cylindrical artificial...
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6946099 |
Methods of using condensed perfusion circuit for cardiopulmonary bypass and cardioplegia
A total condensed circuit for cardiopulmonary bypass and cardioplegia are provided, as well as methods of using the same. The total circuit includes a cardiopulmonary bypass portion including...
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6936222 |
Methods, apparatuses, and applications for compliant membrane blood gas exchangers
A compliant blood gas exchanger is provided including a housing having a first end cap, a second end cap, and an elastomeric sidewall or sleeve extending there between forming a chamber. A hollow...
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6936221 |
Method of forming gas-enriched fluid
A method for forming a gas-enriched fluid is provided. The method includes a step of providing a mixing chamber having a first inlet, a second inlet, and an outlet. A first fluid is delivered into...
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6929777 |
Pneumatically actuated integrated life support system
A fluid pump used to circulate and oxygenate blood, the fluid pump having an electrical or pneumatic motor having a motor shaft, a gas exchange assembly connected to one end of the motor shaft, and...
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6926689 |
Aortic balloon occlusion cannula
An aortic balloon occlusion cannula for the occlusion of the aorta ascendens during cardiac surgery including a cannula containing several lumina that are separated from one another. The cannula...
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6899847 |
Apparatus for blood oxygenation
A device for producing a gas-supersaturated fluid is provided. The device includes a chamber having a first inlet to receive a gas and a second and a third inlets to receive a fluid; and an outlet...
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6893878 |
Centrifugal spectrometer
A centrifugal spectrometer has a solid rotor ( 10 ) formed within which there are cavities or blades ( 12 ). In use, each blade is filled with a buffer solution, and a sample to be separated is...
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6890482 |
Apparatus for blood oxygenation
An apparatus and method for blood oxygenation are provided. The apparatus advantageously comprises a liquid-to-liquid oxygenation assembly. The liquid-to-liquid oxygenation assembly includes a...
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6855291 |
Method of blood oxygenation
An apparatus and method for blood oxygenation are provided. The apparatus includes a chamber having a first inlet to receive a gas-supersaturating fluid, e.g., physiologic saline; a second inlet to...
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6852280 |
Condensed perfusion circuit for cardiopulmonary bypass and cardioplegia
A total condensed circuit for cardiopulmonary bypass and cardioplegia are provided, as well as methods of using the same. The total circuit includes a cardiopulmonary bypass portion including...
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6849235 |
Method of forming gas-enriched fluid
A method for gas-supersaturating fluids, e.g., physiologic saline, includes providing a chamber having a first inlet to receive the fluid; a second inlet to receive a gas, e.g., oxygen, from a gas...
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6811749 |
Self-contained pack assembly for an extracorporeal blood circuit
A self-contained pack assembly includes all of the disposable components of an extracorporeal support circuit for cardiac bypass surgery. The pack assembly comprises a blood reservoir, a blood...
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6759008 |
Apparatus and method for blood oxygenation
An apparatus for blood oxygenation and delivery is provided. The apparatus advantageously comprises a liquid-to-liquid oxygenation assembly with a pressurizable chamber having inlets for a first...
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6746417 |
Apparatus for generalized extracorporeal support
A system and method for increasing gas concentration in blood which has use as a generalized extracorporeal system and method to treat hypoxemic blood from a patient by mixing the blood with an...
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6689315 |
Integrated blood handling system having improved pump
Apparatus and methods for pumping and oxygenating blood are provided that include a gas removal system and a pump impeller with a single piece metal insert. An integrated blood processing unit is...
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6682698 |
Apparatus for exchanging gases in a liquid
An apparatus for exchanging gases in a liquid is provided. Preferably, the apparatus comprises a housing, a first inlet, a gas exchange medium, a separator, a first outlet, and a second inlet and...
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6676900 |
Method for the preparation and delivery of gas-enriched fluids
A gas-enriched fluid is provided by the combination of a first fluid, such as a patient's blood, with a second gas-supersaturated fluid, such as an oxygen supersaturated fluid. In this example, a...
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6669661 |
Method and device for central nervous system protection during whole body hyperthermia or hypothermia
A method and device for intentionally inducing whole-body hyperthermia or hypothermia in a patient for medical treatment while protecting the central nervous system from damage includes a tub for...
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