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Stroke treatment utilizing extravascular circulation of oxygenated synthetic nutrients to treat tissue hypoxic and ischemic disorders

  • US 4,451,251 A
  • Filed: 09/30/1982
  • Issued: 05/29/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for treating patients suspected of having hypoxic-ischemic central nervous system tissue, comprising:

  • (a) a reservoir containing an oxygenatable fluorocarbon emulsion for treating hypoxic-ischemic neurologic tissue;

    (b) oxygenator means disposed in fluid communication with said reservoir for oxygenating said emulsion, to produce an oxygenated liquid;

    (c) cerebrospinal injection means disposed in fluid communication with said oxygenator means for injecting said oxygenated liquid into an extravascular cerebrospinal body pathway;

    (d) cerebrospinal withdrawal means for withdrawing liquid from said extravascular cerebrospinal pathway to create, in combination with said injection means, a circulation of said oxygenated liquid within said pathway; and

    (e) monitoring means in communication with said pathway for monitoring a physical/chemical characteristic of said withdrawn liquid.

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