System with a reservoir for perfusion management

• US 20110208020A1
• Filed: 12/09/2010
• Published: 08/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• 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.
• Granted Patent: US 8,323,263 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/309
• 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: A61F 2250/0002 for data transfer
• 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 2205/3561 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 2209/084 Supporting bases, stands for equipment
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

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

Claims

1-65. -65. (canceled)

66. A device for perfusion management, comprising:

one or more conduits including one or more portholes; and

one or more sensors associated with the one or more portholes and covered by one or more coverings,

wherein at least one of the one or more sensors is exposable via at least one of the one or more portholes, and

wherein at least one of the one or more conduits is operable to deliver receivables to one or more bodily locations.

67. The device of claim 66, wherein the one or more conduits including one or more portholes comprises:

one or more extensible and/or retractable conduits including one or more portholes.

68. The device of claim 66, wherein the one or more conduits including one or more portholes comprises:

one or more telescopically extensible and/or retractable conduits including one or more portholes.

69. The device of claim 66, wherein the one or more conduits including one or more portholes comprises:

one or more conduits having a decreasing diameter along its length.

70. The device of claim 66, wherein the one or more conduits including one or more portholes comprises:

two or more conduits.

71. The device of claim 66, wherein the one or more conduits including one or more portholes comprises:

one or more programably controllable, guidable, and/or positionable conduits including one or more portholes.

72. The device of claim 66, wherein the one or more conduits including one or more portholes comprises:

one or more wirelessly controllable, guidable, and/or positionable conduits including one or more portholes.

73. The device of claim 66, wherein the one or more conduits including one or more portholes comprises:

one or more flexible and/or articulatable conduits including one or more portholes.

74. The device of claim 66, wherein the one or more conduits including one or more portholes comprises:

one or more conduits including one or more stent portions.

75. The device of claim 66, wherein the one or more conduits including one or more portholes comprises:

one or more conduits including one or more portholes positioned at and/or proximate to an end of at least one of the one or more conduits.

76. The device of claim 66, wherein the one or more conduits including one or more portholes comprises:

one or more conduits comprised of two or more segments.

77. The device of claim 66, wherein the one or more sensors associated with the one or more portholes and covered by one or more coverings comprises:

an array of sensors associated with the one or more portholes.

78. The device of claim 66, wherein the one or more sensors associated with the one or more portholes and covered by one or more coverings comprises:

an array of sensors disposed along a length of at least one of the one or more conduits.

79. The device of claim 66, wherein the one or more sensors associated with the one or more portholes and covered by one or more coverings comprises:

an array of sensors distributed among two or more conduit segments.

80. The device of claim 66, wherein the one or more sensors associated with the one or more portholes and covered by one or more coverings comprises:

one or more sensors configured to image and/or detect one or more pressures, temperatures, chemicals, compositions, concentrations, and/or flows.

81. The device of claim 66, wherein the one or more sensors associated with the one or more portholes and covered by one or more coverings comprises:

two or more different sensors.

82. The device of claim 66, wherein the one or more sensors associated with the one or more portholes and covered by one or more coverings comprises:

one or more sensors configured to map one or more variable gradients.

83. The device of claim 66, wherein at least one of the one or more sensors is exposable via at least one of the one or more portholes comprises:

wherein at least one of the one or more sensors is electronically controllably exposable.

84. The device of claim 66, wherein at least one of the one or more sensors is exposable via at least one of the one or more portholes comprises:

wherein at least one of the one or more sensors is wirelessly controllably exposable.

85. The device of claim 66, wherein at least one of the one or more conduits is operable to deliver receivables to one or more bodily locations comprises:

wherein at least one of the one or more conduits is operable to deliver receivables to one or more human bodily locations.

86. The device of claim 66, wherein at least one of the one or more conduits is operable to deliver receivables to one or more bodily locations comprises:

wherein at least one of the one or more conduits is operable to deliver two or more different receivables to one or more bodily locations.

87. The device of claim 66, wherein at least one of the one or more conduits is operable to deliver receivables to one or more bodily locations comprises:

wherein at least one of the one or more conduits is operable to deliver fluid receivables to one or more bodily locations.

88. The device of claim 66, wherein at least one of the one or more conduits is operable to deliver receivables to one or more bodily locations comprises:

wherein at least one of the one or more conduits is operable to deliver receivables to one or more bodily locations using one or more controllable valves.

89. The device of claim 66, further comprising:

one or more storage units operable to store the receivables.

90. The device of claim 66, further comprising:

one or more implantable storage units operable to store the receivables.

91. The device of claim 66, further comprising:

one or more sources of the receivables.

92. The device of claim 66, further comprising:

one or more mixing units operable to mix two or more of the receivables.

93. The device of claim 66, further comprising:

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

94. The device of claim 66, further comprising:

one or more tools operable to fully and/or partially block and/or shunt liquid flow.

95. The device of claim 66, further comprising:

one or more tools operable to ablate, degrade, and/or liquefy biological material.

96. The device of claim 66, further comprising:

one or more tools operable to capture biological material.

97. The device of claim 66, further comprising:

one or more tools operable to cauterize and/or seal biological material.

98. The device of claim 66, further comprising:

one or more tools operable to vacuum, siphon, and/or evacuate biological material.

99. The device of claim 66, further comprising:

one or more tools associated with at least one of the one or more conduits.

100. The device of claim 66, further comprising:

one or more guidable tools.

101. The device of claim 66, further comprising:

one or more sources of electric charge and/or electromagnetic radiation.

102. The device of claim 66, further comprising:

one or more transmitters and/or receivers operable to provide wireless communication via one or more antennae.

103. The device of claim 66, wherein the device is maintainable fully in vivo substantially inactively between one or more periods of usage.

104. The device of claim 66, wherein the device is positionable fully in vivo.

105. The device of claim 66, wherein the device is implantable fully in vivo.