Extracorporeal circulation apparatus and method
US5957880A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 23, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 28, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2202/0275
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Patient blood in an extracorporeal flow circuit (such as a cardiopulmonary bypass machine) is contacted with one or more nitric oxide feeds at least one of which is upstream of the circuit pump, to provide a concentration of nitric oxide in the blood effective to inhibit activation of blood platelets and reduce whole body inflammation of the patient as a result of a procedure using the extracorporeal circulation.
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