SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY WITH VACUUM-ASSISTED VENOUS DRAINAGE

摘要

A vacuum-assisted venous drainage reservoir of cardiopulmonary bypass surgery with both hard and soft shell reservoirs. The system creates regulated negative pressure of approximately -70 to -25 mmHg within a sealed hard shell reservoir, or within a sealed housing surrounding a soft shell reservoir. The reservoir has a blood inlet for supplying blood removed from the patient and a blood outlet leading to an oxygenator. A vacuum regulator subassembly for manually setting the predetermined desired vacuum, a valve subassembly for manually enabling and disabling the negative pressure, a pressure relief valve, and/or a vacuum stabilizer to reduce the severity of large changes in vacuum pressure may be provided. A flexible membrane in the hard shell reservoir may expand to contact the blood surface and reduce blood/air interactions. A volume sensor for the hard shell reservoir may be used in a feedback loop for controlling the vacuum, circulation pump, or other device. A piece of air-permeable in the venous return line enables the use of smaller cannulas suitable for minimally invasive surgery. The reservoir need not be positioned well below the patient as in conventional gravity venous drainage configurations, thus adding flexibility to the operation room layout and enabling a reduction in the required extracorporeal blood prime volume.