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Circulation-enhancing device improves cpr
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Description | Advanced Circulatory Systems, Inc. and NASA's Kennedy Space Center collaborated for five years on impedance threshold device technology. The resulting technology is encapsulated in a device called the ResQPOD Circulatory Enhancer, which improves the standard of care provided to patients with a variety of clinical conditions due to low blood flow. ResQPOD generates negative intrathoracic pressure during respiration to increase blood flow to the body's vital organs. It is unique in that it non-invasively enhances the body's biophysical performance without depending on pharmaceutical or other outside agents. ResQPOD uses the relationship of the heart, brain, lungs and chest cavity in a manner similar to a bellows to increase venous blood return to the heart. Multiple studies have shown a significant improvement in cardiac output and blood flow to the brain with the use of the impedance threshold device, as well as the device's ability to prevent shock secondary to blood loss. ResQPOD has been added to the set of medical equipment that is available for returning astronaut crews, and commercial applications have fallen into two categories: Non-spontaneously breathing patients who can benefit from enhanced circulation, and spontaneously breathing patients who suffer from transient hypotension or low blood pressure. |
| File Size | 286395 |
| Page Count | 4 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20080003935 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t75t8m99d |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2007-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Technology Utilization And Surface Transportation Heart Medical Equipment Brain Organs Mechanical Devices Patients Hypotension Blood Flow Spacecrews Lungs Blood Pressure Clinical Medicine Cardiac Output Circulatory System Cardiology Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |