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Universitá Degli Studi Di Milano-Bicocca

Fondazione Irccs Ca' Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

Alberto Zanella

Antonio Maria Pesenti

Domenico Salerno

Luigi Castagna

Francesco Mantegazza

Vittorio Scaravilli

Nicolò Antonino Patroniti

A system is described for the regional decoagulation of the blood in an extracorporeal circulation circuit comprising means for infusion of a solution of a citrate or citric acid on the main circuit, which are set upstream of the first filtration unit; means for infusion of a solution for electrolyte restoration on the main circuit, which are set downstream of the filtration unit and a secondary circuit for recirculation of the plasma water obtained by the filtration unit. The secondary circuit comprises: a first cartridge comprising an anion-exchange resin charged with chlorine ions; a second cartridge comprising a cation-exchange resin charged with sodium and potassium ions, which is set downstream of the first cartridge and means for removal of a first fraction of the plasma water obtained by the filtration unit.

Regional decoagulation system for extracorporeal blood-circulation circuit

A method for the management of secretions in an intubated patient by means of an endotracheal tube to which an inflatable cuff is externally associated, includes the steps of inflating the inflatable cuff for isolating the broncho-pulmonary zone of the patient from the external environment, generating a succession of overpressures inside the endotracheal tube in order to induce breathing in the patient, and a step of deflating the inflatable cuff during the generation of one of the overpressures in order to permit a drainage of the secretions generated by the patient along the trachea towards the outside.

Apparatus for controlling the pressure in an endotracheal cuff, positive-pressure ventilator for artificial ventilation of an intubated patient and method for managing secretions in an intubated patient

The present invention concerns an extracorporeal circuit for regional scoagulation of blood comprising a line for taking the blood from the patient, a first filtering unit, and a line for returning the blood to the patient defining a main circuit, the extracorporeal circuit comprising a secondary circuit for recirculation of the plasma water comprising:

Regional ant-coagulation system for an extracorporeal circulation circuit

The present invention relates to an extracorporeal circuit for COremoval from blood comprising a line for taking blood from the patient, a decarboxylation assembly and a line for returning the blood to the patient; said decarboxylation assembly comprising a first filtering unit, an oxygenator, an electrodialyzer adapted to generate an acid solution and a basic solution and means for the infusion of said acid solution upstream of said oxygenator, wherein said electrodialyzer comprises a first electrodialysis chamber and a second electrodialysis chamber, said first and second electrodialysis chambers being separated by an ionic membrane, and wherein said first chamber and said second chamber are respectively separated from the positive electrode, or anode, and from the negative electrode, or cathode, by means of a bipolar membrane.

Extracorporeal circuit for COremoval from blood

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Alberto Zanella