APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED HEAT TRANSFER FROM A BODY

    公开(公告)号:US20210251803A9

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-19

    申请号:US16231551

    申请日:2018-12-23

    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for temperature modification of a patient, or selected regions thereof, including an induced state of hypothermia. The temperature modification is accomplished using an in-dwelling heat exchange catheter within which a fluid heat exchange medium circulates. A heat exchange cassette is attached to the circulatory conduits of the catheter, the heat exchange cassette being sized to engage a cavity within a control unit. The control unit includes a heater/cooler device for providing heated or cooled fluid to a heat exchanger in thermal communication with the fluid heat exchange medium circulating to the heat exchange catheter, a user input device, and a processor connected to receive input from various sensors around the body and the system. A temperature control scheme for ramping the body temperature up or down without overshoot is provided.

    Heat Exchange Catheters and Their Methods of Manufacture and Use

    公开(公告)号:US20210213244A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-15

    申请号:US17102548

    申请日:2020-11-24

    Abstract: A closed loop catheter useable for heat exchange is manufactured by forming a plurality of generally transverse bore holes though a flexible, multilumen catheter body, lacing a tube trough the bore holes so that loops of the tube protrude from the catheter body, connecting one end of the tube to an inflow lumen of the catheter and connecting the other end of the tube to an outflow lumen of the catheter. A heated or cooled heat exchange medium may then be circulated through the tube while the catheter is inserted in the vasculature of a subject, thereby resulting in heat exchange between the subject's flowing blood and the heat exchange medium being circulated through the tube.

    AUTOMATED FLUID INFUSION CONTROL FOR CIRCULATORY SUPPORT AND ECMO SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20210196881A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-01

    申请号:US17133218

    申请日:2020-12-23

    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems for controlling infusion of one or more supplements into blood received from a patient. The systems may include at least one extracorporeal circulatory support system including a pump, fluid conduits, and at least one sensor configured to measure one or more parameters of the blood. The system also may include a fluid flow regulator coupled to the extracorporeal circulatory support system; and a processor, a memory, and associated circuitry communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor and the at least one fluid flow regulator. The system receives measurement signals corresponding to parameters of blood from the at least one sensor and determines one or more target values for the parameters of blood based on a patient profile and/or the measurements. The system may control the fluid flow regulator to cause an infusion of at least one supplemental fluid from a supplemental fluid source into the blood.

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