IP Library Granted Patent US 7,871,402
Granted Patent B2
US 7,871,402 · App. 11/891,355 · Granted Jan 18, 2011

System with a reservoir for perfusion management

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Patent No.
US 7,871,402
App. No.
11/891,355
Granted
Jan 18, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

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

Claims (25)

1. A method for perfusion management, comprising:

storing a receivable in an implanted storage medium;

extending a flexible conduit between the storage medium and a target location;

transmitting the receivable from the storage medium to the target location; and

deploying one or more sensors of an array of sensors distributed along a length of the flexible conduit via one or more openable and/or closable portholes.

2. The method for perfusion management according to claim 1 , further comprising gathering, processing, storing and/or transmitting data.

3. The method for perfusion management according to claim 1 , further comprising imaging, and/or detecting a level of pressure, temperature, chemical, gas, electrolyte, composition, concentration, and/or flow.

4. The method for perfusion management according to claim 1 , further comprising delivering chemicals, chemical compounds, proteins, lipoproteins, glycoproteins, sugars, lipids, antigens, antibodies, cytokines, peptides, neurotransmitters, hormones, ions, messenger molecules, nucleic acids, engineered nucleic acids, nucleic acid vectors, drugs, cells, cell fragments, cell organelles, liposomes, pharmaceutical agents, biological materials, and/or biological fractions internal and/or external to said storage medium.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing an operation and/or action using a tool.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

positioning a tool relative to the target location.

7. The method for perfusion management according to claim 1 , further comprising fully or partially blocking and/or shunting a liquid flow.

8. The method for perfusion management according to claim 1 , further comprising ablating, degrading, and/or liquefying a cell, a mass of cells, a tissue, and/or an assembly of biological materials exhibiting shear strength.

9. The method for perfusion management according to claim 1 , further comprising capturing a cell, a tissue, a fluid, a gel, a sample, a colloid, an emulsion, a debris, a contaminant, and/or a biological material.

10. The method for perfusion management according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of sampling a cell, a mass of cells, a tissue, and/or an assembly of biological materials exhibiting shear strength.

11. The method for perfusion management according to claim 1 , further comprising cauterizing and/or sealing a cell, a mass of cells, a tissue, and/or an assembly of biological materials exhibiting shear strength.

12. The method for perfusion management according to claim 1 , further comprising dispensing a fluid at a controlled rate.

13. The method for perfusion management according to claim 1 , further comprising controlling and/or guiding said flexible conduit.

14. The method for perfusion management according to claim 1 , further comprising placing said device fully or partially in vivo.

15. The method for perfusion management according to claim 1 , further comprising configuring said device for implantation in an animal.

16. The method for perfusion management according to claim 15 , wherein said animal is human.

17. The method for perfusion management according to claim 16 , further comprising configuring said device for placement in a selected location in said human.

18. The method for perfusion management according to claim 17 , wherein said selected location is in a circulatory system, an aorta and/or in a vena cava.

19. The method for perfusion management according to claim 1 , further comprising releasing an electric current and/or an electromagnetic radiation in proximity to a cell, a tissue, and/or an assembly of biological materials exhibiting shear strength.

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 Nov 12, 2010
From: SEARETE LLC
To: THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC
Reel/Frame 025355/0509 →