IP Library Granted Patent US 7,867,217
Granted Patent B2
US 7,867,217 · App. 11/891,333 · Granted Jan 11, 2011

System with a reservoir for perfusion management

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Patent No.
US 7,867,217
App. No.
11/891,333
Granted
Jan 11, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

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

Claims (17)

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.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2016
From: THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I LLC
To: GEARBOX, LLC
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