Telescoping perfusion management system

• US 8,361,014 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2007
• Issued: 01/29/2013
• 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): Lucchesi, Nicholas
• Assistant Examiner(s): MEDWAY, SCOTT J
• Application Number:
  US11/891,371
• Publication Number:
  US 20070282260A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,000 Days
• Field of Search: 128/898, 128/846, 604/20, 604/22, 604/28, 604/35, 604/504, 604/509, 604/523, 604/891.1, 606/1, 606/155, 606/169, 606/195, 606/198, 606/3, 606/34, 606/41, 606/46, 606/7, 607/56, 607/46, 607/88, 607/89, 623/1.11, 623/1.13, 623/1.42
• US Class Current: 604/93.01
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00991 Telescopic means
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/19 Carboxylic acids, e.g. valproic acid salicylic acid A61K31/60
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3523 using telemetric means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14276 specially adapted for implantation
• 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 implantable fully in vivo between one or more periods of usage comprising:

one or more body portions;

at least one extended part associated with the one or more body portions and that includes one or more openable and closable portholes situated along a longitudinal length of the at least one extended part;

at least one operative tool deployable via at least one of the one or more openable and closable portholes of the at least one extended part; and

circuitry configured for controlling the at least one operative tool and the one or more openable and closable portholes.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one extended part associated with the one or more body portions and that includes one or more openable and closable portholes situated along a longitudinal length of the at least one extended part comprises:

at least one extended part associated with the one or more body portions for delivering fluid to one or more bodily locations and that includes one or more openable and closable portholes situated along a longitudinal length of the at least one extended part.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one extended part associated with the one or more body portions and that includes one or more openable and closable portholes situated along a longitudinal length of the at least one extended part comprises:

two or more extended parts associated with the one or more body portions and that include one or more openable and closable portholes situated along a longitudinal length of at least one of the two or more extended parts.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one extended part associated with the one or more body portions and that includes one or more openable and closable portholes situated along a longitudinal length of the at least one extended part comprises:

at least one extended part composed of two or more sliding pieces that is associated with the one or more body portions and that includes one or more openable and closable portholes situated along a longitudinal length of the at least one extended part.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one extended part associated with the one or more body portions and that includes one or more openable and closable portholes situated along a longitudinal length of the at least one extended part comprises:

at least one telescoping part associated with the one or more body portions and that includes one or more openable and closable portholes situated along a longitudinal length of the at least one telescoping part.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one extended part associated with the one or more body portions and that includes one or more openable and closable portholes situated along a longitudinal length of the at least one extended part comprises:

at least one retractably extensible part associated with the one or more body portions and that includes one or more openable and closable portholes situated along a longitudinal length of the at least one retractably extensible part.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one extended part associated with the one or more body portions and that includes one or more openable and closable portholes situated along a longitudinal length of the at least one extended part comprises:

at least one flexible part associated with the one or more body portions and that includes one or more openable and closable portholes situated along a longitudinal length of the at least one flexible part.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one extended part associated with the one or more body portions and that includes one or more openable and closable portholes situated along a longitudinal length of the at least one extended part comprises:

at least one guidable part associated with the one or more body portions and that includes one or more openable and closable portholes situated along a longitudinal length of the at least one guidable part.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one extended part associated with the one or more body portions and that includes one or more openable and closable portholes situated along a longitudinal length of the at least one extended part comprises:

at least one extended part associated with the one or more body portions and that includes one or more openable and closable portholes in one or more walls of the at least one extended part.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one operative tool deployable via at least one of the one or more openable and closable portholes of the at least one extended part comprises:

at least one operative tool associated with one or more actuators and deployable via at least one of the one or more openable and closable portholes of the at least one extended part.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for controlling the at least one operative tool and the one or more openable and closable portholes comprises:

circuitry configured for controlling the at least one operative tool and the one or more openable and closable portholes in accordance with one or more program instructions.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for controlling the at least one operative tool and the one or more openable and closable portholes comprises:

circuitry configured for controlling the at least one operative tool and the one or more openable and closable portholes in accordance with one or more wirelessly received instructions.

13. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one imaging device.

14. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one electroactive polymer.

15. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one pump.

16. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one receiving body for containing fluid for delivery.

17. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one receiving body for storing fluid for disposal.

18. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one array of sensors.

19. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one sensor.

20. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one sensor that is situated at one or more of the one or more openable and closable portholes.

21. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one mixing chamber.

22. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one sensor for monitoring one or more fluid levels.

23. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one data transmitter.

24. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one data receiver.

25. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one antenna.