The CARDIOHELP System is a blood oxygenation and carbon dioxide removal system used to pump blood through the extracorporeal bypass circuit forcirculatory and/or pulmonary support for periods appropriate to cardiopulmonary bypass (up to six hours). It is also intended to provide circulatory and/or pulmonary support during procedures not requiring cardiopulmonary bypass (for periods up to six hours).The CARDIOHELP System in configuration with the HLS/HIT Set Advanced is intended to be used within the hospital environment and outside the hospitalenvironment (for periods up to six hours), e.g. for intra- and inter-Hospital transport.The CARDIOHELP System in configuration with the QUADROX-iR is intended to be used in extracorporeal circulation during cardiopulmonary bypass in cardiac surgery (for periods for up to six hours).
An assembly of devices that provides mechanical circulatory support during open-heart surgery, bypassing the heart to facilitate surgery on the organ. The basic function of the machine is to oxygenate the body's venous supply of blood and then pump it back into the arterial circuit. It will typically provide intracardiac suction, filtration, and temperature control. This device typically consists of mains electricity (AC-powered) console with roller pumps, oxygenators, a heat exchanger, temperature regulators, a reservoir, filters, a defoamer, and a handcrank for manual emergency rotation of a blood pump. Some systems are manufactured as a single unit while others are made up of modules.
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