IP Library Granted Patent US 7,879,023
Granted Patent B2
US 7,879,023 · App. 11/891,334 · Granted Feb 1, 2011

System for perfusion management

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Patent No.
US 7,879,023
App. No.
11/891,334
Granted
Feb 1, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

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

Claims (24)

1. A method for making a device, comprising:

providing a cavity for storing a receivable;

including at least one transmitting channel coupled to said cavity for delivering said receivable from said cavity to a predetermined location in an animal, cooperative with a monitoring system and a detecting system including logic and/or software operative for delivering said receivable; and

coupling one or more operative tools deployable via one or more openable and/or closeable portholes to the transmitting channel.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising transferring a fluid to said cavity.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein said device includes a pump, and/or a source of pressure, coupled to said cavity for transferring said fluid.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising coupling a motor and/or an actuator to said at least one transmitting channel.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising configuring said device to be monitored and/or controlled by a person.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising configuring said device for implantation in said predetermined location in said animal.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising coupling said cavity to a mixing cavity.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising coupling 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.

9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising coupling 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.

10. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising coupling a device for data gathering, processing, storage and/or transmission to said monitoring system and/or said detecting system.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said monitoring system communicates wirelessly.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said monitoring system is operative for guiding and/or extending and/or moving said transmitting channel.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said monitoring system comprises a processor, a feedback circuit, and/or a logic circuit.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said monitoring system is a processor further comprising a stored software and/or firmware program cooperative with said processor.

15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said transmitting channel is formed from a plurality of extending parts.

16. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said plurality of extending parts includes portions that are hollow.

17. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising coupling a flow regulator and/or a flow monitor to said transmitting channel and/or said cavity.

18. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising coupling a device for partially blocking and/or shunting a liquid flow to said transmitting channel.

19. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising coupling a dispenser to said transmitting channel, said dispenser including a fluid controller operative to provide a fluid at a controlled rate.

20. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising coating said at least one transmitting channel with a polymer and/or a biocompatible material.

21. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said detecting system includes coupling an imager, a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, a chemical sensor, a gas sensor, an electrolyte sensor, a concentration sensor, a composition sensor, and/or a flow sensor coupled to said at least one transmitting channel.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2016
From: THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I LLC
To: GEARBOX, LLC
Reel/Frame 037540/0396 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2011
From: SEARETE LLC
To: THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC
Reel/Frame 026082/0972 →