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US 2016/0235902 A1Published application
Gas exchange devices and related methods of use
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsAiden FLANAGAN, Bryan Allen CLARK
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Abstract
A gas exchange system may include an elongate member including a liquid circuit and configured to be inserted into a body lumen, and a gas exchanger in fluid communication with the elongate member. A gas transfer fluid may be disposed within the liquid circuit of the elongate member. The gas transfer fluid may be configured to absorb carbon dioxide from a body fluid disposed in the body lumen, and subsequently release the carbon dioxide in the gas exchanger.
Claims20
A gas exchange system, comprising:
- an elongate member including a liquid circuit and configured to be inserted into a body lumen;
- a gas exchanger in fluid communication with the elongate member;
- and
- a gas transfer fluid disposed within the liquid circuit of the elongate member, the gas transfer fluid being configured to absorb carbon dioxide from a body fluid disposed in the body lumen, and subsequently release the carbon dioxide in the gas exchanger.
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A gas exchange system, comprising
- a first elongate member configured to be inserted into a first body lumen;
- a second elongate member configured to be inserted into a second body lumen;
- a coupling fluidly connecting the first elongate member to the second elongate member, wherein the first elongate member, the second elongate member, and the coupling form a liquid circuit;
- and
- a gas transfer fluid disposed within the liquid circuit, wherein the gas transfer fluid is configured to absorb carbon dioxide from a body fluid disposed in the second body lumen, and subsequently release the carbon dioxide in the first body lumen.
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A method for facilitating gas exchange in a body, the method comprising:
- absorbing carbon dioxide from a body fluid disposed in a body lumen with a gas transfer fluid circulating in a liquid circuit;
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- releasing the carbon dioxide absorbed by the gas transfer fluid outside of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.