The present application relates to a method for disinfection of a temperature control device for human body temperature control during extracorporeal circulation which temperature control is conducted by use of a heat exchanger and a temperature control liquid circulating through the heat exchanger and the temperature control device. According to the present application, the temperature control device is connected to a temperature control liquid supply and, during operation of the temperature control device for human body temperature control, a disinfectant is selectively added to the temperature control liquid supply upstream of the temperature control device.

The present invention relates to a system (5) for temperature management for patients in stationary and mobile ECLS and/or ECMO therapy, with at least one disposable (7) and a fluid circuit (9), wherein the disposable (7) comprises at least one reservoir (10) or bag provided with at least one supply line (12) and a drain line (14), further provided at least one pumping unit element (11) as part of the disposable (7), by means of which liquid in the reservoir (10) or bag can be pumped through the fluid circuit (9).

Furthermore, the present invention relates to a disposable (7) for such a system (5).

An extracorporeal blood circulation device is provided with: a blood component adjuster; a blood purification device; a pipe system provided with a pump for supplying blood from a blood collecting part to the blood component adjuster, a valve for supplying a physiological saline solution, and a pressure gauge for sensing a pressure loss; a bypass pipe system for bypassing the blood component adjuster and supplying blood to the blood purification device; a pipe system for connecting the blood component adjuster and the blood purification device, the pipe system being provided with a pressure gauge for sensing a pressure loss; a pipe system provided with a valve for returning blood from the blood purification device to a reinfusion part and recovering the physiological saline solution, and a pressure gauge for sensing a pressure loss; and a control unit for switching to the bypass pipe system and switching to a reinfusion mode.

A method of stimulating human blood external of a patient donor has the steps of activating an acoustic shock wave or pressure pulse generator to emit acoustic shock waves or pressure pulses directed to impinge the blood, subjecting the blood to the acoustic shock waves or pressure pulses to form stimulated blood cells and transfusing the stimulated blood cells into the patient donor. The patient donor is infected with a virus and the blood exhibits at least traces of the virus. The emitted acoustic shock waves or pressure pulses stimulating the stimulated blood cells fragment the virus in the blood. The fragmented virus in the blood transfused back into the patient donor triggers a defensive immune response to kill the virus. The emitted acoustic shock waves or pressure pulses are preferably of a low energy. The emitted shock waves or pressure pulses stimulate the blood cells and fragment the virus in the absence of cell damaging cavitation due to an elasticity in the blood cells and a lack of elasticity in the virus. The blood is not filtered. The blood can be oxygenated via Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) after being stimulated.

The present disclosure describes flow stagnation control components that allow improved flow control in systems including injection members, while also limiting the creation of regions of little to no flow in the vasculature, resulting in low flow zones or dead zones. The flow stagnation control components can be formed as an imposed minimum conductance component or a controlled flow partitioning system.

Disclosed is an artificial heart and lung apparatus (100) that can be connected to a patient (P), and transfers removed blood to a human body via a roller pump (120), the system including: the roller pump (120); a blood removal line (101) which transfers removed blood to the roller pump (120); a first blood transfer line (104) that transfers blood, which is transferred from the roller pump (120), to the human body; a blood removal rate sensor (111) that is provided in the blood removal line (101); and a control unit (140), in which the control unit (140) performs control such that a blood transfer rate of the roller pump (120) is in a specific range with respect to a blood removal rate measured by a blood removal rate sensor (111).

A medical emergency equipment including a load-bearing frame defining at least one supporting surface for a patient's back, at least one of a defibrillator and a device/unit/component for cardiac massage associated with the frame, a circuit configured for the extracorporeal circulation associated with the frame and operatively connected to the at least one of a defibrillator.

An extension cannula and in-line connector for use with a conventional ECMO return cannula is provided. The extension cannula includes a self-expanding conduit transitionable between a collapsed insertion state and an expanded, deployed state via a retractable sheath. The extension cannula may be inserted through a conventional ECMO return cannula such that the proximal end of the self-expanding conduit is disposed within and proximal to the end of the conventional ECMO cannula, while the distal end of the self-expanding conduit is disposed in a patient's thoracic aorta to improve cerebral oxygenation, maintain systemic arterial pulsatility, and reduce the potential for end-organ injury. The extension cannula and/or in-line connector may be used to permit delivery of additional interventional or vascular equipment using a single port of access, thereby avoiding complications associated with contemporary VA-ECMO.

A system (1000) for a feeding of substances to a patient (30) with ventilation and oxygenation of the patient. The system (1000) includes a ventilation system (1), an oxygenation system (2), a breathing gas dispensing path (3), a purge gas dispensing path (4), a breathing gas connection system (5), an oxygenation connection system (6), a dispensing system (7), a switching unit (8), and at least one control unit (9). The switching unit (8) is configured for a distribution or splitting of a quantity of a drug or anesthetic active ingredient, which quantity was dispensed into a gas mixture by means of the dispensing system (7), between the ventilation system (1) and the oxygenation system (2). The at least one control unit (9) is configured to control the switching unit (8).

A blood pumping device is described having at least a first pump and a first pump actuator for inducing a blood flow in a body's circulatory system. The pump has one upper chamber having an inlet channel and one lower chamber having an outlet channel. The upper and lower chambers are separated by a movable valve plane provided with a one-way valve. The pump actuator induces movement of the valve plane in an upward and downward direction between the upper and lower chambers in response to control signals from a control unit. When the valve plane moves in an upward direction, the valve opens allowing a flow of blood from the upper to the lower chamber. The lower chamber is provided with a bag-like portion forcing said flow of blood to make a turn of between 110° to 150° before leaving through the outlet channel.