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US 2017/0000957 A1Published application
Fluid management system
AssigneeThermedx, LLC
InventorsDouglas L. Carr, Jeffrey B. Williams
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Abstract
Fluid management system and method of operating a fluid management system which may provide one or more functions associated with suction, irrigation, distention, deficit monitoring, infusion, fluid warming, and the like. The fluid management system may be selectable between pressure control and flow control modes.
Claims7
A fluid management system comprising:
- a pump configured to deliver a fluid from at least one fluid supply container to a body cavity;
- a remote pressure sensor configured for placement in or proximate to a body cavity;
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- a control system operatively connected to the pump and the remote pressure sensor, the control system receiving from the remote pressure sensor a signal associated with a pressure of the fluid at the location of the remote pressure sensor, and adjusting a speed of the pump to maintain a desired fluid pressure based at least in part upon the signal received from the remote pressure sensor.
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A method for operating a fluid management system, the method comprising:
- delivering fluid from a fluid supply container to a body cavity via a tubing set;
- sensing a system fluid pressure in the tubing set at a location between the fluid supply container and the body cavity;
- sensing a site fluid pressure using a remote pressure sensor disposed in or proximate to a body cavity;
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- controlling a pressure of the fluid delivered to the body cavity based at least in part upon at least one of (i) the sensed system fluid pressure and (ii) the sensed site fluid pressure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.