System with a reservoir for perfusion management

• US 7,867,217 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2007
• Issued: 01/11/2011
• 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): Lucchhesi; Nicholas D
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHUMATE, VICTORIA PEARL
• Application Number:
  US11/891,333
• Publication Number:
  US 20080039783A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,251 Days
• Field of Search: 604/93.01, 604/164.01, 604/187, 604194-196, 604/239, 604/264, 604/272, 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: 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. A method of fabricating a perfusion management device, comprising:

forming a cavity for storing a receivable;

coupling a flexible conduit to the cavity, the conduit being composed of a plurality of retractable segments, the conduit being configured to telescopically extend from the cavity to a target location in an animal'"'"'s body;

coupling the flexible conduit and the cavity to a monitoring system, the monitoring system including logic and/or software configured for directing the receivable from the cavity to the target location; and

distributing an array of sensors along the flexible conduit, the monitoring system being configured to controllably deploy one or more of the sensors from one or more openable and/or closable portholes.

2. The method as in claim 1, further comprising configuring said device for implantation in proximity to said target location.

3. The method as in claim 1, further comprising configuring said device for providing and/or monitoring a treatment and/or a response in a patient.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

coupling at least one sensor of the array of sensors to the monitoring system.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising coupling a pump, a motor, a vacuum, a siphon, and/or an evacuation device to said monitoring system.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising coupling an actuator, a tool positioner, an ablator, a cauterizer, and/or a sealer to said monitoring system.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising placing a source of a chemical, a chemical compound, a protein, a lipoprotein, a glycoprotein, a sugar, a lipid, an antigen, an antibody, a cytokine, a peptide, a neurotransmitter, a hormone, an ion, a messenger molecule, a nucleic acid, an engineered nucleic acid, a nucleic acid vector, a drug, a cell, a cell fragment, a cell organelle, a liposome, a pharmaceutical agent, a biological material, and/or a biological fraction internal and/or external to said cavity.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising placing a source of two or more of a chemical, a chemical compound, a protein, a lipoprotein, a glycoprotein, a sugar, a lipid, an antigen, an antibody, a cytokine, a peptide, a neurotransmitter, a hormone, an ion, a messenger molecule, a nucleic acid, an engineered nucleic acid, a nucleic acid vector, a drug, a cell, a cell fragment, a cell organelle, a liposome, a pharmaceutical agent, a biological material, and/or a biological fraction internal and/or external to said cavity.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising coupling and/or carrying a source of an electrical charge and/or electromagnetic radiation to said flexible conduit.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said monitoring system comprises a processor, a feedback circuit, and/or a logic circuit.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said monitoring system is a processor further comprising a stored software program cooperative with said processor.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said monitoring system communicates wirelessly.