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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2007
Applicant:
Nikolai M. Krivitski, Ithaca, NY (US);
Inventor:
Nikolai M. Krivitski, Ithaca, NY (US);
Assignee:
Transonic Systems, Inc., Ithaca, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0275 (2006.01); A61B 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for determining cardiac output in conjunction with flow through an extracorporeal circuit, wherein flow through an arterial line of the extracorporeal circuit is temporarily reversed and an indicator is passed through the cardiopulmonary circuit. A dilution curve is measured in the arterial line of the extracorporeal circuit during the reversed flow, and cardiac output is determined corresponding to the measured dilution curve.