Method and system for automatically detecting a clinically relevant leak

A system for automatically detecting a clinically relevant leak and/or inadequate closure following a medical procedure, in an at least partially hollow organ or mutually fluidly connected hollow organs, residing in an interior volume of a body cavity, wherein said system comprises at least:

• injection means designed for controlled injection of a test gas or gases containing at least one test gas into said hollow organ(s), said injection means comprising or being associated with first gas pressure measuring means,
• detection means designed for analyzing a concentration of the test gas or the at least one test gas and a pressure of a gas mixture in the interior volume of the body cavity or at least in a space adjacent to said hollow organ(s), and
• computational means designed for managing the injection and detection means, for storing and retrieving data from an integrated local or remote database, and for analyzing data and evaluating a likelihood of a presence of the clinically relevant leak or the inadequate closure, and a degree of severity of the clinically relevant leak or the inadequate closure, by comparing stored and real-time data,
• wherein a continuous increase of the concentration of the test gas or the at least one test gas in the gas mixture in the interior volume of the body cavity or at least in the space adjacent to said hollow organ(s) indicates a relevant leak and/or inadequate closure, and
• wherein the computational means are linked to sensor means allowing to determine the pressure difference between the interior of the hollow organ(s) and the space adjacent to said hollow organs or the interior volume of the body cavity, said computational means controlling the pressure difference by driving accordingly associated injection and/or suction means, incorporating said test gas injection means.