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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2019
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
University of Maryland Medical Center, Llc, Linthicum, MD (US);
R. Gregory Conway, Baltimore, MD (US);
Bartley Griffith, Gibson Island, MD (US);
Zhongjun Wu, Marriottsville, MD (US);
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
University of Maryland Medical Center, LLC, Linthicum, MD (US);
Abstract
A demand-adapting and auto-regulatory ECMO system and method is disclosed that may be configured to provide complete cardiopulmonary replacement. The system and method employ a blood gas exchanger having a blood inlet, a blood outlet, a gas inlet, and a gas outlet, an oxygen sensor positioned to detect oxyhemoglobin saturation at the blood inlet, and a carbon dioxide sensor positioned to detect exhaust gas CO2 concentration at the gas outlet. A controller communicates with the oxygen sensor and the carbon dioxide sensor and controls blood flow and gas flow through the blood gas exchanger in response to a sensed oxygen level by the oxygen sensor and a sensed carbon dioxide level by the carbon dioxide sensor, in turn maintaining the sensed oxygen level and the sensed carbon dioxide level within a pre-designated range of values to maintain a patient's metabolic requirements.