System for perfusion management

• US 8,337,482 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2004
• Issued: 12/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gearbox LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Wood, Lowell L. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shumate, Victoria P
• Application Number:
  US10/827,576
• Publication Number:
  US 20050234399A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,172 Days
• Field of Search: 604/272, 604/187, 604194-196, 604/239, 604/93.01, 604/264, 604/164.01, 600101-183, 606/107
• US Class Current: 604/528
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00016 using wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/041 Capsule endoscopes for imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/1492 having a flexible, catheter-like structure, e.g. for heart ablation A61B18/1477 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/18 by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves radiation therapy A61N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/24 with a catheter A61B18/26, A61B18/28 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/028 Microscale sensors, e.g. electromechanical sensors [MEMS]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0031 Implanted circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/076 Permanent implantations telemetry using implanted circuitry A61B5/0031; implanted stimulators for therapy A61N1/3605, A61N1/362, A61N1/372
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/145 Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH value; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g. interstitial fluid, cerebral tissuemeasuring of blood pressure or blood flow A61B5/02; non-radiation detecting or locating of foreign bodies in blood A61B5/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14546 for measuring analytes not otherwise provided for, e.g. ions, cytochromes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4839 combined with drug delivery
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6876 Blood vessel
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7232 involving compression of the physiological signal, e.g. to extend the signal recording period
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/77 Suction-irrigation systems aspiration tips supplying fluids A61M1/85; specific for negative pressure wound therapy A61M1/92; combined with tracheal tubes A61M16/0463
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/05 combined with other kinds of therapy
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3561 local, e.g. within room or hospital
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/01 Remote controllers for specific apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/084 Supporting bases, stands for equipment
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14276 specially adapted for implantation
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/16827 : controlling delivery of multiple fluids, e.g. sequencing, mixing or via separate flow-paths infusion of multiple fluids without using a controller A61M5/1407
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1723 : using feedback of body parameters, e.g. blood-sugar, pressure measurement of body parameters A61B5/00

Abstract

A system for perfusion management that monitors, maintains, diagnoses, or treats perfusion deficiencies.

Claims

1. A device for perfusion management comprising:

at least one extensible conduit operable to deliver one or more receivables to at least one bodily location; and

an array of sensors that are distributed along a length of the at least one extensible conduit and that are operable to obtain information associated with two or more positions.

2. The device for perfusion management of claim 1, wherein the at least one extensible conduit is articulatable.

3. The device for perfusion management of claim 1, wherein the at least one extensible conduit is flexible.

4. The device for perfusion management of claim 1, wherein the at least one extensible conduit is retractable.

5. The device for perfusion management of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one other conduit.

6. The device for perfusion management of claim 1, wherein the at least one extensible conduit is guidable.

7. The device for perfusion management of claim 1, wherein the at least one extensible conduit includes one or more stent portions.

8. The device for perfusion management of claim 1, wherein at least some of the array of sensors are operable to obtain composition information.

9. The device for perfusion management of claim 1, wherein at least some of the array of sensors are operable to obtain image information.

10. The device for perfusion management of claim 1, wherein at least some of the array of sensors are distributed along a length of one or more sidewalls of the at least one extensible conduit.

11. The device for perfusion management of claim 1, wherein at least some of the array of sensors are distributed among two or more segments of the at least one extensible conduit.

12. The device for perfusion management of claim 1, wherein the array of sensors includes three or more sensors.

13. The device for perfusion management of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more reservoirs operable to contain one or more receivables.

14. The device for perfusion management of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more mixing units operable to mix one or more receivables.

15. The device for perfusion management of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more polymers operable to perform one or more actions.

16. The device for perfusion management of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more tools.

17. The device for perfusion management of claim 16, wherein at least some of the one or more tools are operable to obtain at least some material.

18. The device for perfusion management of claim 16, wherein at least some of the one or more tools are associated with one or more portholes of the at least one extensible conduit.

19. The device for perfusion management of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one communication unit.

20. The device for perfusion management of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one source of radiation.

21. The device for perfusion management of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one source of current.

22. The device for perfusion management of claim 1, further comprising:

control circuitry configured to signal for delivery of one or more receivables in response to information obtained from at least some of the array of sensors.

23. The device for perfusion management of claim 1, wherein the device is fully implantable.

24. The device for perfusion management of claim 1, wherein the device is at least partially programmably controllable.