US 12,213,845 B2
Ultrasound guided femoral artery access system (UFAAS) and method to enhance brain perfusion during neuroprotective CPR
Keith G. Lurie, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to Resuscitation Innovations LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by VitalinC LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/501,913.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/382,231, filed on Nov. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0148465 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. A61H 31/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 90/37 (2016.02) [A61H 31/007 (2013.01); A61B 2090/378 (2016.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of performing cardiovascular resuscitation, comprising:
elevating an individual's head, shoulders, and heart relative to the individual's lower body while the individual's lower body remains generally aligned with a horizontal plane;
compressing the individual's chest while the individual's head, shoulders, and heart are elevated;
regulating an intrathoracic pressure of the individual while the individual's head, shoulders, and heart are elevated relative to the lower body; and
performing REBOA on the individual by positioning an intra-aortic balloon in the individual's aorta using an ultrasound-guided cannulation device and inflating the intra-aortic balloon.