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US 2025/0050006 A1Published application
Heart deairing system
AssigneeProfusion Services, LLC
InventorsShane Pullins, Daniel Benjamin Giddens, II
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Abstract
A device and method for transmitting vibration to the heart during open-heart surgery in order to dislodge air bubbles formed along interior walls of the heart so that they may be removed from the body, rather than allowed to enter the circulatory system.
Claims11
A heart deairing system comprising:
- a heart contact element configured to place in contact with a heart and to transmit, to the heart, vibration at a frequency range sufficient to dislodge an air bubble from the heart's inner surface, wherein the contact element is non-inflatable;
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- a vibration source for causing vibration of the contact element.
A heart deairing system comprising:
- a heart contact element configured to place in contact with a heart and to conduct, to the heart, sound waves within a frequency range capable of fragmentizing and dislodging air bubbles from the heart's inner surface;
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- a transducer for generating sound waves and conducting them to the heart contact element.
A method for deairing a heart, the method comprising:
- identifying an air bubble that is disposed along an inner wall of the heart;
- placing a non-inflatable contact device in contact with an outer wall of the heart proximate the identified air bubble;
- placing a vent within the heart or aorta;
- actuating the contact device to transmit vibration waves to the heart tissue and dislodge the air bubble from the heart inner wall, and
- removing the dislodged air bubble from within the heart via the vent.
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