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Method of providing circulation via lung expansion and deflation

Assignee: Life Science Holdings Inc

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Filing: 1995-03-28

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Granted: 1997-08-05

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Expires: 2015-03-28

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Abstract

Abstract The invention discloses a method for providing circulation, usually when it has substantially decreased or ceased, such as during cardiac arrest. The method includes the steps of intubating the airway of a patient, to provide access to the lungs. The air and other material in the lungs is then evacuated. A liquid breathing solution is then infused into the lungs, expanding the lungs such that the lungs compress the heart and great vessels, to generate cardiac outflow and ultimately circulation. A device that performs this method is also disclosed.

Inventors

👤 Ronald M. Klatz
👤 Robert M. Goldman

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —

Jurisdiction US

Data Source google_patents

Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 21:04

CPC Classifications

A; A01; A01N; A01N1/00; A01N1/10; A01N1/14; A01N1/142; A01N1/143; A61; A61B; A61B16/00; A61H; A61H31/00; A61M; A61M16/00; A61M16/0003; A61M16/0009; A61M16/0054; A61M16/021; A61M16/022; A61M16/024; A61M5/00; A61M5/14; A61M60/00; A61M60/10; A61M60/104; A61M60/109; A61M60/113; A61M60/20; A61M60/289; A61M60/30; A61M60/36; A61M60/38; A61M60/40; A61M60/465; A61M60/468; A61M60/50; A61M60/508; A61M60/515; A61M60/523; A61M60/531; A61B17/00; A61B2017/00969; A61M16/10; A61M16/105; A61M16/106; A61M16/1065; A61M2202/00; A61M2202/04; A61M2202/0468; A61M2202/0476; A61M2210/00; A61M2210/06; A61M2210/0693; A61M60/80; A61M60/855; A61M60/89; A61M60/892; A61M60/894

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 24

Claim 1

Independent Claim 67 words

A method for providing circulation comprising: establishing a pathway to the lungs of a patient suffering from impaired cardiac outflow by placement of a tube in an airway of the patient; infusing a solution including oxygen carrying agents through the tube into the lungs of the patient to expand the lungs in order to compress the heart and great vessels a sufficient amount to increase cardiac outflow.

Claim 2

Independent Claim 67 words

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 20 words

The method of claim 1, additionally comprising evacuating the lungs of air and other material prior to infusing the solution.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 68 words

The method of claim 1, additionally comprising: evacuating at least a portion of the solution from the lungs, through the tube, to deflate the lungs in order to expand the heart and great vessels; and again infusing an amount of solution through the tube into the lungs to again expand the lungs in order to compress the heart and great vessels a sufficient amount to increase cardiac outflow.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 21 words

The method of claim 1, wherein the oxygen carrying agents include perfluorocarbons, hemoglobin based blood substitutes or non-hemoglobin based blood substitutes.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 22 words

The method of claim 1, wherein the solution is infused into the lungs at at least normal body temperature of the patient.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 31 words

The method of claim 1, wherein the patient suffers from cardiac arrest caused by at least one of suffocation, drowning, electrocution, loss of circulation, stroke, bodily injury, poisoning and major trauma.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 24 words

The method of claim 1, wherein the patient suffers from cardiac arrest and application of the method begins when the patient is not breathing.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 13 words

The method of claim 1, wherein the solution additionally includes free radical scavengers.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 12 words

The method of claim 8, wherein the free radical scavengers include antioxidants.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 23 words

The method of claim 1, wherein the solution is infused into the lungs at a temperature below normal body temperature of the patient.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 18 words

The method of claim 1, wherein the solution is infused into the lungs at at least 80° F.

Claim 13

Independent Claim 155 words

A method for providing circulation comprising: providing an apparatus including a pathway, a solution holder that holds a solution including oxygen carrying agents, a pump configured to force solution from the solution holder through the pathway and a controller that controls infusion of the solution from the solution holder through the pathway into the lungs of a patient suffering from impaired cardiac outflow to expand the lungs of the patient in order to compress the heart and great vessels a sufficient amount to increase cardiac outflow; using the apparatus to treat a patient suffering from impaired cardiac outflow by placing the pathway in an airway of the patient to establish a route to the lungs of the patient and infusing the solution from the solution holder through the pathway into the lungs of the patient to expand the lungs in order to compress the heart and great vessels a sufficient amount to increase cardiac outflow.

Claim 14

Independent Claim 155 words

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 24 words

The method of claim 12, additionally comprising: using the apparatus to evacuate the lungs of air and other material prior to infusing the solution.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 72 words

The method of claim 12, additionally comprising: using the apparatus to evacuate at least a portion of the solution from the lungs, through the pathway, to deflate the lungs in order to expand the heart and great vessels and again infusing an amount of solution through the tube into the lungs to again expand the lungs in order to compress the heart and great vessels a sufficient amount to increase cardiac outflow.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 21 words

The method of claim 12, wherein the oxygen carrying agents include perfluorocarbons, hemoglobin based blood substitutes or non-hemoglobin based blood substitutes.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 13 words

The method of claim 12, wherein the solution additionally includes free radical scavengers.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 12 words

The method of claim 12, wherein the free radical scavengers include antioxidants.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 23 words

The method of claim 12, wherein the solution is infused into the lungs at a temperature below normal body temperature of the patient.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 18 words

The method of claim 12, wherein the solution is infused into the lungs at at least 80° F.

Claim 22

Dependent Claim 22 words

The method of claim 12, wherein the solution is infused into the lungs at at least normal body temperature of the patient.

Claim 23

Dependent Claim 31 words

The method of claim 12, wherein the patient suffers from cardiac arrest caused by at least one of suffocation, drowning, electrocution, loss of circulation, stroke, bodily injury, poisoning and major trauma.

Claim 24

Dependent Claim 24 words

The method of claim 12, wherein the patient suffers from cardiac arrest and application of the method begins when the patient is not breathing.

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