Medtronic introduces cardiopulmonary bypass system
21 April 2006
Minneapolis, USA. Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) has received U.S. Food and
Drug Administration clearance for its Medtronic Performer Cardiopulmonary
Bypass System (CPB), an integrated, compact console capable of providing
total support of the circulatory system during a variety of cardiac surgical
procedures.
"The Performer integrates all of the components that Medtronic has to
offer with an innovative pumping system in a small footprint and features
that are controlled on a touch-screen," said Brian McCloskey, chief of
clinical perfusion, Foothills General Hospital Calgary, Alberta. "Together
with the Medtronic Resting Heart System (RHS), it is an excellent package
providing an effective way to run an advanced mini-circuit on a small pump
base. It takes up significantly less OR space and helps with coordination of
all of the monitoring devices I work with."
Michael Harostock, M.D., chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Wilkes-Barre
General Hospital in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., reports 250 patients at the
institution have undergone heart surgery using the Medtronic Resting Heart
System.
"Compared with a similar group, the blood utilization decreased 27% and
indicated a decrease in the overall transfusion rate by 37% in people who
came to the operating room with a hematocrit of less than 35%," said
Harostock. "Now, thanks to this new machine, our patients have access to the
best heart and lung technology available. The major benefit to our bypass
patient is that it results in a safer and more healthful surgery."
"Medtronic is committed to developing medical advances that meet the
needs of the patient and his or her surgical team," said Oern Stuge,
president, Medtronic Cardiac Surgery. "This industry-leading extracorporeal
support system facilitates those procedures and is upgradeable to
accommodate new procedures into the future."
The new system, which has evolved from proven extracorporeal support
technologies, incorporates the Medtronic Bio-Pump Plus in the arterial
position — which plays the role of the heart when the blood must be routed
outside the body — as well as four peristaltic-type roller pumps for
non-arterial fluid delivery and retrieval functions. System controls support
individual pump function and a central information display with colour
touch-screen incorporates graphic menus and buttons for user-selectable
options. The system monitors all functions pertinent to patient physiology
during use and its servo safety technologies provide visual and audible
signals and alarms as needed. Height is electrically adjustable, allowing
the instrument to be placed closer to the patient.
The Performer CPB also incorporates data management functions to capture,
display, store and transmit all key instrument-related perfusion parameters
throughout an entire operation. Data can be transmitted from the system to
an external Microsoft Office Excel-based macro program for report and graph
generation and case records.
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