Patent ID: 8858880
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A system for treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning of the blood of a living victim, comprising: a. an exposure cell, b. a first sub-system engineered adapted to remove a portion of the whole blood from the victim, said whole blood containing hemoglobin to which carbon monoxide is associated, and to place the portion of whole blood in the exposure cell, c. a second sub-system adapted to expose the portion in the cell to dissociative light that causes dissociation of carbon monoxide from hemoglobin, wherein the dissociative light is of a wavelength selected from the group of 540 and 570 nanometers and combinations thereof, and the dissociative light is of an intensity of at least 9.5 Joules per milliliter of blood, from which the carbon monoxide has been dissociated from the hemoglobin, and d. a third sub-system adapted to return the portion of whole blood to the victim, without the carbon monoxide.