Blood Oxygenation Treatment Methods And Devices
AssigneeNXT Biomedical, LLC
InventorsStanton J. Rowe, Robert S. Schwartz, Glen Rabito, Robert C. Taft, Elliot Howard, Alexander Siegel, Joseph Passman
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Abstract
Methods and devices for increasing oxygenation levels in the blood supply and thereby treating the condition of hypoxemia. Multiple approaches such as pressure reduction in the pulmonary circulatory system, reducing triggering mechanisms in the main pulmonary artery and restricting flow in the pulmonary circulatory system are disclosed. Interventions associated with those approaches can including shunting, restrictors, compliance devices, pharmacologic substances, etc.
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A method of improving oxygen levels in a patient comprising:
- conducting oxygen measurements of a patient's blood to establish a baseline oxygen measurement for said patient;
- intervening invasively in the native oxygenation process of said patient so as to increase the oxygen present in said patient's blood;
- conducting post-intervention oxygen measurement of said patient's blood after said intervention;
- comparing said post-intervention oxygen measurement with said baseline oxygen measurement to evaluate the efficacy of the intervention.
A system for improving oxygen levels in a patient comprising:
- a device for measuring oxygen levels in a patient;
- a device for intervening invasively in the native pulmonary oxygenation process of a patient;
- a device for measuring the oxygen levels of said patient post intervention in the native pulmonary oxygenation process of said patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.