Method and device for removal of radiocontrast media from blood
First Claim
1. A method to remove a contrast agent injected into the blood of a patient using an extracorporeal circuit having at least a withdrawal conduit, a filter, an infusion conduit and a filter by-pass conduit, wherein said method comprises:
- a. positioning a withdrawal catheter into or proximate to a chamber of the heart of the patient;
b. withdrawing blood from the chamber into the withdrawal catheter and to the withdrawal conduit of the extracorporeal circuit;
c. routing blood from the withdrawal conduit through the filter by-pass conduit and to the infusion conduit to infuse the blood into the patient, andd. after contrast agent is injected into the blood flow of the patient, routing substantially all of the blood flowing through the withdrawal conduit to the filter and then to the infusion conduit to infuse the filtered blood into the patient, wherein the filter substantially removes the contrast agent from the withdrawn blood.
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Abstract
An extracorpeal blood circuit for removal of contrast from human blood using a filter and withdrawal filter pump and a by-pass pump. The withdrawal filter blood pump operates when a contrast bolus has been detected. Otherwise the bypass blood pump maintains physiological blood flow from the coronary sinus preventing the need for deflation and re-inflation of the balloon catheter. When contrast is detected blood the bypass blood pump is stopped to prevent contrast from leaking back into the patients circulatory system via the bypass pump and CS blood flow is maintained at its physiological blood flow resulting in the heart being oblivious to the transition by the prefilter blood pump.
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25 Claims
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1. A method to remove a contrast agent injected into the blood of a patient using an extracorporeal circuit having at least a withdrawal conduit, a filter, an infusion conduit and a filter by-pass conduit, wherein said method comprises:
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a. positioning a withdrawal catheter into or proximate to a chamber of the heart of the patient; b. withdrawing blood from the chamber into the withdrawal catheter and to the withdrawal conduit of the extracorporeal circuit; c. routing blood from the withdrawal conduit through the filter by-pass conduit and to the infusion conduit to infuse the blood into the patient, and d. after contrast agent is injected into the blood flow of the patient, routing substantially all of the blood flowing through the withdrawal conduit to the filter and then to the infusion conduit to infuse the filtered blood into the patient, wherein the filter substantially removes the contrast agent from the withdrawn blood. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method to remove a contrast agent injected into the blood of a patient using an extracorporeal blood circuit having at least one withdrawal pump, a filter and a controller, wherein said method comprises:
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a. inserting a withdrawal catheter into or proximate to a chamber of the heart of the patient; b. withdrawing blood from the chamber into a withdrawal catheter; c. returning the withdrawn blood unfiltered to the patient before detecting a contrast agent; d. detecting the contrast agent in the blood flow through the extracorporeal blood circuit, e. inhibiting an injection of additional contrast agent into the blood while the contrast agent is detected in the blood flowing through the circuit; f. after detecting the contrast agent, filtering the blood with the filter to remove the contrast agent from the blood, and g. infusing the filtered blood into the patient. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method to assist in the removal of a contrast agent injected into the blood of a patient using an extracorporeal blood circuit having at least one withdrawal pump, a filter and a controller, wherein said method comprises:
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a. inserting a withdrawal catheter in or proximate to a chamber of the heart of the patient; b. withdrawing blood from the chamber into the withdrawal catheter; c. passing the withdrawn blood through the blood circuit; d. filtering the contrast agent from the blood through the filter; e. infusing filtered blood into the patient, and f. automatically regulating a rate of withdrawal of the blood from the chamber based on a withdrawal pressure and a desired withdrawal pressure as determined by the controller. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for removing a contrast agent using an extracorporeal blood circuit having a blood withdrawal pump, a by-pass pump, and a filter, said method comprising:
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a. withdrawing blood from a coronary withdrawal catheter positioned to draw substantially all blood flowing from a chamber of a heart of a patient such that the withdrawn blood flows into a withdrawal conduit; b. infusing the withdrawn blood into the patient via a by-pass conduit and infusion conduit without treating the blood; c. injecting a contrast agent into a blood vessel of the patient such that the contrast agent flows with blood into the chamber of the heart; d. after injecting the contrast agent, temporarily ceasing blood flow through the by-pass conduit and directing the blood withdrawn from the chamber through the filter, wherein the filter extracts the contrast agent from the blood, and e. infusing filtered blood into the patient. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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