Patent ID: 6287273
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A perfusion system for non-surgically isolating and perfusing an organ in the body of a living being with a perfusion fluid, comprising:a set of catheters including,(1) bypass catheter means having inlet and outlet conduits and being percutaneously introducible into the main inflow and outflow, blood vessels of the organ and being devised to lead the systemic blood flow past the organ in a partially extracorporeal bypass circuit;(2) perfusion catheter means having inlet and outlet conduits being percutaneously introducible into the main inflow and outflow blood vessels of the organ and being devised to lead the flow of perfusion fluid through the organ in a partially extra-corporeal perfusion circuit; and(3) occlusive seals being percutaneously introducible between distal end openings of the bypass conduits and the perfusion conduits in the main inflow and outflow blood vessels and being devised to seal off the main blood inflow and outflow of said organ such that the occlusive seals separate the bypass circuit from the perfusion circuit.