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Hollow viscus and solid organ tonometry
Assignee: Instrumentarium Oyj
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Filing: 1996-02-29
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Granted: 1998-08-04
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Expires: 2016-02-29
Abstract
Abstract Ischemia in a hollow internal organ can be detected in its incipient stages by obtaining a CO 2 sample from within the organ of interest, measuring the partial pressure of CO 2 sample, measuring the bicarbonate concentration of an arterial blood sample, and on the basis of these two measurements calculating the pH of the wall of the organ. The value of the pH is an indicator of the onset of ischemia in the organ. The CO 2 sample is obtained by a novel catheter, multiple embodiments of which are disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for determining the vitality or adequacy of oxygenation of the whole body, or a solid internal organ, by the measurement of the pH of venous blood.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard Guy Fiddian-Green
Bibliographic Details
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 14:51
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B5/00; A61B5/145; A61B5/14542; A61B5/14539; A61M; A61M25/00; A61M25/10; A61M25/1011; A61M25/01; A61M2025/0177; A61M2025/1043; A61M2025/1061
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
213 words
A tonometric catheter device comprising a catheter having a catheter tube; a walled sampling chamber on the tube in communication with the interior of the tube, said walled sampling chamber generally surrounding a portion of said catheter tube and sealingly interconnected therewith, the wall of said walled sampling chamber being composed of a deformable material which is freely permeable to one or more liquid fluids or gaseous fluids of interest, said fluids of interest including oxygen gases and carbon dioxide, said wall sampling chamber being inflated for forming an interior space between said walled sampling chamber and said catheter tube for selectively positioning a portion of said walled sampling chamber substantially in contact with a wall portion of a human internal organ at a desired sampling site therein in order to allow said fluids of interest to permeate from the tissue of the wall portion of the organ into said sampling chamber, said catheter being left disposed at the sampling site for a predetermined length of time sufficient to allow any of said fluids of interest present at the wall portion of the organ sampling site to permeate across the wall of said sampling chamber into said sampling chamber, and means for withdrawing at least a portion of said diffused fluids of interest.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
213 words
A tonometric catheter device comprising a catheter having a catheter tube; a walled sampling chamber on the tube in communication with the interior of the tube, said walled sampling chamber generally surrounding a portion of said catheter tube and sealingly interconnected therewith, the wall of said walled sampling chamber being composed of a deformable material which is freely permeable to one or more liquid fluids or gaseous fluids of interest, said fluids of interest including oxygen gases and carbon dioxide, said wall sampling chamber being inflated for forming an interior space between said walled sampling chamber and said catheter tube for selectively positioning a portion of said walled sampling chamber substantially in contact with a wall portion of a human internal organ at a desired sampling site therein in order to allow said fluids of interest to permeate from the tissue of the wall portion of the organ into said sampling chamber, said catheter being left disposed at the sampling site for a predetermined length of time sufficient to allow any of said fluids of interest present at the wall portion of the organ sampling site to permeate across the wall of said sampling chamber into said sampling chamber, and means for withdrawing at least a portion of said diffused fluids of interest.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
169 words
A tonometric catheter device, comprising a catheter having a catheter tube; a walled sampling chamber on the tube in communication with the interior of the tube, said walled sampling chamber being defined by a balloon member generally surrounding a portion of said catheter tube and sealingly interconnected therewith, the wall of said walled sampling chamber being composed of a deformable material which is freely permeable to one or more liquid fluids or gaseous fluids of interest, said fluids of interest including oxygen gases and carbon dioxide; said balloon member being inflated for forming an interior space between said balloon member and said catheter tube for selectively positioning a portion of said balloon member substantially in contact with a wall portion of a human internal organ at a desired sampling site therein in order to allow said fluids of interest to permeate from the tissue of the wall portion of the organ into said sampling chamber; and means for withdrawing at least a portion of said diffused fluids of interest.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
169 words
A tonometric catheter device, comprising a catheter having a catheter tube; a walled sampling chamber on the tube in communication with the interior of the tube, said walled sampling chamber being defined by a balloon member generally surrounding a portion of said catheter tube and sealingly interconnected therewith, the wall of said walled sampling chamber being composed of a deformable material which is freely permeable to one or more liquid fluids or gaseous fluids of interest, said fluids of interest including oxygen gases and carbon dioxide; said balloon member being inflated for forming an interior space between said balloon member and said catheter tube for selectively positioning a portion of said balloon member substantially in contact with a wall portion of a human internal organ at a desired sampling site therein in order to allow said fluids of interest to permeate from the tissue of the wall portion of the organ into said sampling chamber; and means for withdrawing at least a portion of said diffused fluids of interest.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
189 words
A tonometric catheter device comprising a catheter having a catheter tube; a walled sampling chamber on the tube in communication with the interior of the tube, said walled sampling chamber generally surrounding a portion of said catheter tube and sealingly interconnected therewith, the wall of said walled sampling chamber being composed of a deformable material which is freely permeable to one or more liquid fluids or gaseous fluids of interest, said fluids of interest including oxygen gases and carbon dioxide, said walled sampling chamber being inflated for forming an interior space between said walled sampling chamber and said catheter tube, substantially in contact with a wall portion of a human internal organ at a desired sampling site therein in order to allow said fluids of interest to permeate from the tissue of the wall portion of the organ into said sampling chamber, said catheter being left disposed at the sampling site for a predetermined length of time sufficient to allow any of said fluids of interest present at the wall portion of the organ sampling site to permeate across the wall of said sampling chamber into said sampling chamber.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
189 words
A tonometric catheter device comprising a catheter having a catheter tube; a walled sampling chamber on the tube in communication with the interior of the tube, said walled sampling chamber generally surrounding a portion of said catheter tube and sealingly interconnected therewith, the wall of said walled sampling chamber being composed of a deformable material which is freely permeable to one or more liquid fluids or gaseous fluids of interest, said fluids of interest including oxygen gases and carbon dioxide, said walled sampling chamber being inflated for forming an interior space between said walled sampling chamber and said catheter tube, substantially in contact with a wall portion of a human internal organ at a desired sampling site therein in order to allow said fluids of interest to permeate from the tissue of the wall portion of the organ into said sampling chamber, said catheter being left disposed at the sampling site for a predetermined length of time sufficient to allow any of said fluids of interest present at the wall portion of the organ sampling site to permeate across the wall of said sampling chamber into said sampling chamber.
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