Patent ID: 6824389
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A method of selectively perfusing a specific tree in the circulatory system of a non-preserved, non-heart beating cadaver with a perfusate to maintain selective circulation in said specific tree in the circulatory system of said cadaver comprising the steps of:exposing at least two arteries of an arterial tree; making an incision in said at least two arteries of said arterial tree wherein said tree includes a circulatory circuit of a leg circuit; perfusing a first purging solution through said incisions of said at least two arteries to clear said arterial tree of arterial thrombi; establishing a point of access to said arterial tree with a catheter having a selectively openable lumen; said catheter being capable of occluding an artery but still allowing access to said artery through said selectively openable lumen; establishing at least one point of egress from said arterial tree, said access and said egress establishing the limits of a circulatory circuit to be studied; and perfusing a second solution through said arterial tree through said point of access.