Blood oxygenation treatment methods and devices

US11096692B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NXT Biomedical, LLC · US

Inventors

• Stanton J. Rowe · Laguna Beach, US
• Robert S. Schwartz · Rochester, US
• Glen T. Rabito · Lake Forest, US
• Robert C. Taft · Munich, DE
• Elliot Howard · Irvine, US
• Alexander Siegel · Portland, US
• Joseph Passman · Brooks Road, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 13, 2019
• Grant date: Aug 24, 2021
• Expiry date: Dec 13, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/362
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

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.