CATHETERS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIRECT INJECTION OF GAS-ENRICHED LIQUID INTO A PATIENT

• Main Authors: Myrick, Stephen, Mafi, Masoumeh, Dabrowiak, Jeremy, Creech, Jeffrey, Buckley, John
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 19.09.2024
• Subjects: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE

A catheter includes a catheter body, a first lumen extending through the catheter body, one or more second lumens extending through the catheter body, and two or more capillaries extending from the catheter body and coupled to the second lumens. The first lumen performs at least one of receiving a sample of the blood from a vasculature of the patient or measuring a parameter of the blood. The second lumens receive a gas enriched liquid from a gas enriched liquid source. The capillaries receive the gas enriched liquid from the one or more second lumens and to simultaneously dispense respective streams of the gas enriched liquid directly into the vasculature, such that the streams of the gas enriched liquid intersect and mix with the blood in a region beyond an end of the catheter body and beyond the first lumen.