Automated fluid management system

US11864736B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Peter J. Pereira · Mendon, US
• Mayur Kiran Patel · Framingham, US
• William Stanhope · Lunenburg, US
• Eric Wong · Grafton, US
• Jozef Slanda · Milford, US
• Christopher P. Gauvin · Grafton, US
• Chad Schneider · Owings Mills, US
• Brandon W. Craft · Phoenix, US
• Kimberly DeGraaf · Holden, US
• Brian P. Watschke · Eden Prairie, US
• Timothy P. Harrah · Cambridge, US
• Niraj Prasad Rauniyar · Plymouth, US
• Sacha Tang · Lowell, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 21, 2018
• Grant date: Jan 9, 2024
• Expiry date: Aug 30, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/502
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A fluid management system includes a pump configured to pump fluid through the system at a fluid flow rate. The system includes a processor including a user interface, the user interface allowing a user to input a set of system operating parameters, the processor being configured to control the pump to maintain a target fluid flow rate based on the set of system operating parameters. The system further includes a scope device coupled to the pump to deliver the fluid to a target surgical site, the scope device including an elongated shaft extending from a distal end thereof, the elongated shaft including at least one sensor, the at least one sensor transmitting sensor data relating to the target surgical site to the processor. The processor automatically signals to the pump to adjust the fluid flow rate based on the sensor data.