Nondestructive means of ectopic pregnancy management

An absorbable transfer capsule for an implantable baby having an intact gestational sac, comprising:

• an enclosure for the baby made of at least one absorbable material, the enclosure being sized to the baby and configured for placement of the baby within the enclosure, for entry of the enclosure into a uterine cavity, and for protection of the baby within the enclosure, the at least one absorbable material being disposed to at least partial degradation within a predetermined period of time after introduction into the uterine cavity, the enclosure having a micropump or ventilation catheter to circulate a ventilating liquid within an intervillous space and being configured to degrade after introduction into the uterine cavity to release the baby from the enclosure for implantation or reimplantation.

An alluvial incubator, comprising:

• an enclosure to maintain an alluvial infant in an environment of controlled temperature, oxygen, hydration, feeding, and waste removal, the enclosure, having a cradle support for the infant, an alluvial ventilator configured to circulate a ventilating liquid within an intervillous space, and a temperature probe adapted to being placed against an outside wall of a chorionic plate to detect an infant temperature.

An alluvial incubator, comprising:

• a flexible bag configured to hold an alluvial infant and a prewarmed ventilating liquid, the bag containing or having disposed on an inside wall a chorionic spacer to maintain fluidic patency within an intervillous space, the bag having a first opening sized for entry of the infant therein, the first opening being adapted to attaching and sealing a distal end of a ventilator tubing thereto by clamping the bag around the tubing after entry of the infant into the bag, a proximal end of the tubing being attached to an alluvial ventilator configured to supply the infant in the bag with a fresh supply of the ventilating liquid, and the bag having a second opening for exit of the ventilating liquid therefrom.

An alluvial incubator, comprising:

• an enclosure to maintain an alluvial infant in an environment of controlled temperature, humidity, and gaseous content, wherein the enclosure is configured to at least partially expose the infant to air within the enclosure, and wherein an oxygen content of the air is maintained at a predetermined development-specific partial pressure, the enclosure, having a fluidic ventilator configured to fluidically ventilate at least an alluvia anterioris.

In a nondestructive means of ectopic pregnancy management, a ventilation catheter system, comprising:

• arterial and venous catheter lines in fluidic communication with arterial and venous fluid ports configured to urge a ventilating liquid to circulate within an intervillous space via a fluidic ventilator, wherein the arterial and venous fluid ports are configured to be disposed within the intervillous space, and wherein opposing arterial and venous fluid ports are separated by a predetermined spacing distance, whereby a fluid path length of the ventilating liquid traveling between the opposing fluid ports within the intervillous space is determined by the spacing distance between the opposing fluid ports.

In a nondestructive means of ectopic pregnancy management, a ventilation catheter system, comprising:

• an arterial catheter and a venous catheter configured to being inserted into an intervillous space parallel to each other and perpendicular to a chorionic plate, and
• a fluidic ventilator,
• wherein a ventilating liquid is urged from the fluidic ventilator via an arterial line through the arterial catheter, the liquid emerging from a series of arterial fluid ports disposed along a length of the arterial catheter within the intervillous space, wherein the liquid travels to adjacent venous fluid ports disposed along a length of the venous catheter within the intervillous space and is returned to the ventilator via a venous line, and wherein a fluid path length of the ventilating liquid flowing between the adjacent arterial and venous fluid ports is preset according to a lateral distance of spacing between the catheters within the intervillous space.

In a nondestructive means of ectopic pregnancy management, a ventilation catheter, comprising:

• a flexible catheter body, a ventilating segment disposed on the catheter body, and an alluvial ventilator, the catheter body having at least one lumen for fluid flow disposed therein and being adapted to placement within an intervillous space to circulate a ventilating liquid, and further having a sealed distal end, a proximal end adapted to fluidic communication with the alluvial ventilator to urge the ventilating liquid, the ventilating segment being defined by having a series of fluid ports disposed along a length of the catheter body to admit fluidic communication between the intervillous space and the at least one lumen, wherein the ventilating segment is sized and configured for ventilating a predetermined area within the intervillous space.

In a nondestructive means of ectopic pregnancy management, a bidirectional ventilation catheter, comprising:

• a flexible catheter body, having at least two lumens for fluid flow disposed therein and being adapted to placement within an intervillous space to circulate a ventilating liquid, at least one of the lumens serving an arterial flow direction and at least one of the lumens serving a venous flow direction, and further having a sealed distal end, a proximal end adapted to fluidic communication with an alluvial ventilator to urge the ventilating liquid, and a ventilating segment, the segment being defined by having a series of arterial and venous fluid ports disposed along a length of the catheter body to admit fluidic communication between the intervillous space and the at least two lumens serving respective flow directions, wherein the ventilating segment is sized and configured for ventilating a predetermined area within the intervillous space.

In a nondestructive means of ectopic pregnancy management, a chorionic spacer, comprising:

• a structural member sized and configured to maintain a predetermined minimum distance of spacing in an intervillous space between a chorionic plate and a wall external to an alluvial infant and to maintain fluidic patency within the intervillous space against compression forces exerted between the wall and the chorionic plate.

In a nondestructive means of ectopic pregnancy management, a microfluidic delivery forceps, comprising:

• a delivery forceps having blades with microfluidic ports for liquid outlet and inlet disposed therein in communication with a network of microfluidic channels, whereby the forceps is configured to fluidically ventilate an alluvial infant contained therein via a ventilation catheter attached to the forceps.

An alluvial ventilator, comprising:

• a ventilation catheter or ventilation head, a chorionic spacer configured to maintain fluidic patency within an intervillous space in proximity to the ventilation catheter or ventilation head, a reservoir for a ventilating liquid, and a circulator configured to circulate the ventilating liquid at a controlled temperature and rate of flow within the intervillous space in a manner of fluidic ventilation via the ventilation catheter or ventilation head, the circulator, further including a pump to urge the ventilating liquid and a regulator to control at least a rate of flow.

An absorbable intrauterine pregnancy capsule, comprising:

• an enclosure for a human egg or hatchling made of at least one absorbable material and containing a micropump and a filter, the filter being configured to limit transit of the egg or hatchling within the enclosure relative to a flow of a ventilating liquid within the enclosure, the micropump being configured to urge the ventilating liquid to flow over the egg or hatchling, and the at least one absorbable material being disposed to at least partial degradation within a predetermined period of time after introduction into a uterine cavity, the enclosure being configured to degrade after introduction into the uterine cavity to release the egg or hatchling from the enclosure for implantation.

An alluvial incubator, comprising:

• an enclosure, a cradle, and a fluidic ventilator, the enclosure being configured to hold and support a baby with the cradle within the enclosure and which enclosure is filled with a ventilating liquid circulated within an intervillous space by the fluidic ventilator.