US 12,484,903 B2
Blood oxygenation treatment methods and devices
Stanton J. Rowe, Irvine, CA (US); Robert S. Schwartz, Irvine, CA (US); Glen Rabito, Irvine, CA (US); Robert C. Taft, Irvine, CA (US); Elliot Howard, Irvine, CA (US); Alexander Siegel, Irvine, CA (US); and Joseph Passman, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to NXT Biomedical, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by NXT Biomedical, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/375,746.
Application 17/375,746 is a continuation of application No. 16/714,611, filed on Dec. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,096,692.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/942,631, filed on Dec. 2, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/896,144, filed on Sep. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/802,656, filed on Feb. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/779,380, filed on Dec. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0338240 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/11 (2013.01) [A61B 5/14542 (2013.01); A61B 5/686 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/12022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00252 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1139 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A method of improving oxygen levels in a patient comprising:
conducting oxygen measurements of a patient's blood to establish a baseline oxygen measurement for said patient;
intervening invasively in the native oxygenation process of said patient so as to increase the oxygen present in said patient's blood;
conducting post-intervention oxygen measurement of said patient's blood after said intervention;
comparing said post-intervention oxygen measurement with said baseline oxygen measurement to evaluate the efficacy of the intervention;
wherein the intervening comprises pressure reduction in the pulmonary circulation;
wherein the pressure reduction in the pulmonary circulation comprises shunting of said pulmonary circulation; and,
wherein shunting of said pulmonary circulation comprises right-to-right shunting of blood vessels in said pulmonary system.