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REPERFUSION PROTECTION IN RESUSCITATION

  • US 20150157816A1
  • Filed: 10/29/2014
  • Published: 06/11/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medical system comprising:

  • at least one sensor configured to monitor a partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PCO2) of a tissue of a patient and to generate a signal representing the tissue PCO2 level; and

    a processor communicably coupled to the at least one sensor, the processor configured to receive the signal and generate an instruction configured to result in a ventilator delivering a gas mixture to a patient, wherein the instruction is configured to result in the ventilator adjusting a partial gas pressure of CO2 in the gas mixture to one or more partial pressures high enough to slow expiration of CO2 from the patient'"'"'s lungs and thereby maintain an increased PCO2 in the patient'"'"'s tissues for a period of time following return of spontaneous circulation.

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