Extracorporeal circulation system
First Claim
1. A system controllable by a system operator for extracorporeal pumping of fluids between a pump assembly and a patient, comprising an instrumentation panel for controlling and monitoring at least one of a pumping or a patient parameter, a housing having at least one receptacle adapted to receive at least one selected circuit card removably attached to the receptacle and in electrical communication with the instrumentation panel for processing electrical signals indicative of the parameter, said selected circuit card being selected from a plurality of different circuit cards, each different circuit card having circuitry for the processing of different parameters.
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Abstract
A system for controlling and monitoring the extracorporeal circulation of fluids, which is particularly useful in controlling and monitoring the circulation of blood and cardioplegia solution in surgical procedures. A set of perfusion assemblies are mounted in a transportable console, each perfusion assembly having a separable pump and control module pod. Virtually all the instrumentation for the monitoring and controlling of the pump and the fluid being pumped by that perfusion assembly are present on the pump and control module pod for that perfusion assembly, without the need for any separate control screen. Further, the perfusion assembly uses removable circuit cards and associated instrumentation strips to custom configure the perfusion assembly for each application. The perfusion assembly thereby provides complete information at a glance and complete control of the perfusion assembly by using dedicated controls that are grouped to each perfusion assembly. It is flexible in being configured to the desires of the user, is easy to use and involves a minimum of clutter.
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- 1. A system controllable by a system operator for extracorporeal pumping of fluids between a pump assembly and a patient, comprising an instrumentation panel for controlling and monitoring at least one of a pumping or a patient parameter, a housing having at least one receptacle adapted to receive at least one selected circuit card removably attached to the receptacle and in electrical communication with the instrumentation panel for processing electrical signals indicative of the parameter, said selected circuit card being selected from a plurality of different circuit cards, each different circuit card having circuitry for the processing of different parameters.
- 36. A method for extracorporeal pumping of fluids between a pump assembly and a patient, using a pump assembly, comprising selecting at least one pumping parameter for monitoring from a plurality of pumping parameters that can be monitored, each pumping parameter that can be monitored being associated with a circuit card to process signals indicative of said pumping parameter, removable attaching the circuit card associated with each selected pumping parameter to the pump assembly by placing it into one of a plurality of circuit card receptacles in the pump assembly, and operating the pump assembly to pump fluids while monitoring the selected pump parameters.
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