Radial Access Systems and Methods for Delivery of Gas-Enrichment Therapy

Abstract

Methods and systems for delivering gas-enriched blood within a vasculature of a patient may include providing a gas-enrichment system, the gas-enrichment system comprising a mixing chamber and a blood pump. The process may include inserting a catheter for drawing blood from the patient into a radial artery of the patient. The process may include drawing blood from the radial artery or from a vessel upstream of the radial artery at a blood flow rate without collapsing the artery or vessel to a degree that would substantially impede drawing blood. The process may include generating a gas-enriched blood by mixing the withdrawn blood with a gas-enriched liquid in a mixing chamber. The process may include delivering the gas-enriched blood to the vasculature of the patient.

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