Systems and methods for varying blood flow to identify autoregulatory ranges in a patient
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1. A method, comprising:
- setting a cardiopulmonary bypass pump to alternate output of the cardiopulmonary bypass pump between a first flow rate and a second flow rate to induce generation of a slow wave in a brain of a patient via blood flow variations provided to the patient by the alternating output of the cardiopulmonary bypass pump;
analyzing, via a monitoring device, a response waveform via blood volume in the brain of the patient with respect to the slow wave; and
determining, by the monitoring device and based on the analyzing, whether an autoregulatory mechanism associated with the brain is operating properly.
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Abstract
A method may include controlling a bypass pump to introduce blood flow variations to a patient. The method may also include analyzing blood volume in the brain of the patient with respect to the blood flow variations and determining, based on the analyzing, whether an autoregulatory mechanism associated with the brain is operating properly.
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1. A method, comprising:
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setting a cardiopulmonary bypass pump to alternate output of the cardiopulmonary bypass pump between a first flow rate and a second flow rate to induce generation of a slow wave in a brain of a patient via blood flow variations provided to the patient by the alternating output of the cardiopulmonary bypass pump; analyzing, via a monitoring device, a response waveform via blood volume in the brain of the patient with respect to the slow wave; and determining, by the monitoring device and based on the analyzing, whether an autoregulatory mechanism associated with the brain is operating properly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system, comprising:
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a pump controller configured to set flow rates of a cardiopulmonary bypass pump to vary output of the cardiopulmonary bypass pump between a first flow rate and a second flow rate to introduce blood flow variations to a patient corresponding to an input wave having a first frequency; and at least one monitoring device configured to; analyze blood volume in a brain of the patient with respect to the blood flow variations, and determine, based on the analyzed blood volume, whether an autoregulatory mechanism associated with the brain is operating properly. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
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set flow rates of a cardiopulmonary bypass pump to vary output of the cardiopulmonary bypass pump between a first flow rate and a second flow rate to introduce blood flow variations to a patient; analyze blood volume in a brain of the patient with respect to the blood flow variations; and determine whether an autoregulatory mechanism associated with the brain is functioning properly based on the analyzing. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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