US 11,864,736 B2
Automated fluid management system
Peter J. Pereira, Mendon, MA (US); Mayur Kiran Patel, Framingham, MA (US); William Stanhope, Lunenburg, MA (US); Eric Wong, South Grafton, MA (US); Jozef Slanda, Milford, MA (US); Christopher P Gauvin, South Grafton, MA (US); Chad Schneider, Owings Mills, MD (US); Brandon W. Craft, Edgewater, MD (US); Kimberly DeGraaf, Holden, MA (US); Brian P. Watschke, Minneapolis, MN (US); Timothy Paul Harrah, Cambridge, MA (US); Niraj Prasad Rauniyar, Plymouth, MN (US); and Sacha Tang, Wilmington, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on May 21, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/985,352.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/570,990, filed on Oct. 11, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/521,898, filed on Jun. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2018/0361055 A1, Dec. 20, 2018
Int. Cl. A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/44 (2006.01); A61M 5/14 (2006.01); A61B 1/307 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/015 (2013.01) [A61B 1/000095 (2022.02); A61M 1/77 (2021.05); A61B 1/0004 (2022.02); A61B 1/00042 (2022.02); A61B 1/00045 (2013.01); A61B 1/307 (2013.01); A61M 5/1414 (2013.01); A61M 5/445 (2013.01); A61M 2205/127 (2013.01); A61M 2205/18 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3344 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3393 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid management system, comprising:
a pump configured to pump a fluid from a fluid supply source through the fluid management system at a fluid flow rate;
a processor including a user interface, the user interface allowing a user to input a set of system operating parameters, the processor determining a target therapeutic flow rate based on the set of system operating parameters, the processor being configured to control the pump to maintain the fluid flow rate within a target therapeutic fluid flow range based on the target therapeutic flow rate, the processor receiving video feedback relating to a target surgical site; and
a scope device coupled to the pump to deliver the fluid to the target surgical site, the scope device including a flexible elongated shaft extending from a distal end of the scope device, the flexible elongated shaft including at least two sensors at a distal portion of the flexible elongated shaft so that, when the distal portion of the flexible elongated shaft is positioned adjacent to the target surgical site, the at least two sensors are positioned within a body lumen adjacent to the target surgical site, the at least two sensors transmitting sensor data relating to the target surgical site to the processor,
wherein the processor automatically signals to the pump to adjust from pumping the fluid at the target therapeutic flow rate to pumping the fluid at a different flow rate for a predetermined time period based on the video feedback, wherein at an end of the predetermined time period, the processor is configured to automatically signal to the pump to revert to pumping the fluid at the target therapeutic flow rate.