42 results about "Methemoglobin" patented technology

Non-invasive, optical apparatus and methods for the direct measurement of hemoglobin derivatives and other analyte concentration levels in blood using diffuse reflection and transmission spectroscopy in the wavelength region 400-1350 nm which includes the transparent tissue window from approximately 610 to 1311 nanometers and, using diffuse reflection spectroscopy, the mid-infrared region from 4.3-12 microns in wavelength. Large area light collection techniques are utilized to provide a much larger pulsate signal than can be obtain with current sensor technology. Sensors used in separate or simultaneous precision measurements of both diffuse reflection and transmission, either separately or simultaneously, from pulsate, blood-perfused tissue for the subsequent determination of the blood analytes concentrations such as arterial blood oxygen saturation (SaO₂), carboxyhemoglobin (COHb), oxyhemoglobin (OHb), deoxyhemoglobin (dOHb), methemoglobin (metHb), water (H2O), hematocrit (HCT), glucose, cholesterol and proteins such as albumin and other analytes components.

A method of treating a human subject which is effected by intermittent inhalation of gaseous nitric oxide at a concentration of at least 160 ppm is disclosed. The method can be utilized for treating a human subject suffering from, or prone to suffer from, a disease or disorder that is manifested in the respiratory tract, or from a disease or disorder that can be treated via the respiratory tract. The disclosed method can be effected while monitoring one or more of on-site and off-site parameters such as vital signs, methemoglobin levels, pulmonary function parameters, blood chemistry and hematological parameters, blood coagulation parameters, inflammatory marker levels, liver and kidney function parameters and vascular endothelial activation parameters, such that no substantial deviation from a baseline in seen in one or more of the monitored parameters.

The present invention provides an agent containing L-tyrosine that prevents methemoglobin formation, and a vesicle comprising the above agent for preventing methemoglobin formation. More specifically, the present invention provides an oxygen infusion preparation suitable for long-term storage, which prevents an increase in methemoglobin content as a result of oxidation of hemoglobin or the like encapsulated in an vesicle having a lipid bilayer membrane structure.

A method of treating a human subject which is effected by intermittent breathing cycle-coordinated pulse delivery inhalation of gaseous nitric oxide at a concentration of at least 160 ppm, or at a load per cycle of 80 ppm-hour, is disclosed. The method can be utilized for treating a human subject suffering from, or prone to suffer from, a disease or disorder that is manifested in the respiratory tract, or from a disease or disorder that can be treated via the respiratory tract. The disclosed method can be effected while monitoring one or more of on-site and off-site parameters such as vital signs, methemoglobin levels, pulmonary function parameters, blood chemistry and hematological parameters, blood coagulation parameters, inflammatory marker levels, liver and kidney function parameters and vascular endothelial activation parameters, such that no substantial deviation from a baseline in seen in one or more of the monitored parameters.

The present invention relates to methods and sets of drugs for the effective treatment of metastatic cancer and the administration of a set of drugs that overcome mechanisms of resistance to DNA-damaging agents, thereby sensitizing cancer cells to said DNA-damaging agents. The methods involve the administration of a set of drugs comprising melphalan, BCNU, hydroxocobalamin, and ascorbic acid. In a preferred embodiment, ethanol is also added to the set of drugs and bone marrow toxicity is reversed with an infusion of bone marrow stem cells. The methods also involve the depletion of GSH in tumors and the selective delivery of drugs to solid tumors. The methods also involve preventing the loss of catalase function and preventing oxidant-induced hemolysis and/or methemoglobin formation in subjects treated with oxidant drugs or agents that generate hydrogen peroxide, wherein said methods comprise the systemic administration of ethanol.

The invention provides a preparation method of a color chart for rapidly detecting content of methemoglobin. The method comprises the following steps: by respectively taking nitrite solutions with different concentrations as blood samples, drawing an effect-dose relational graph between nitrite and methemoglobin production rate; preparing the blood samples with different methemoglobin concentrations according to the effect-dose relational graph; and respectively dripping the blood samples with different methemoglobin concentrations on a blank color chart for scanning and measuring a red, green and blue (RGB) value, performing statistical analysis, and drawing a color chart of methemoglobin of different concentrations, and finally printing the color chart for use. The color chart prepared by the preparation method can rapidly detect the content of methemoglobin, is simple and convenient to use and is safe and economic.

The invention relates to medicine, in particular to polyhemoglobin-based blood substitutes. The invention can be used for producing blood substituting solutions comparable in terms of a gas transportation efficiency (oxygen transfer) with human blood erythrocytes. The inventive oxygen-transferring blood substitute is based on the hemoglobin which is polymerised by glutaraldehyde produced from animal blood and differs in that it is in the form of a dry substance and contains not less than 90% of polymerised hemoglobin, the molecular mass of which ranges from 192 000 to 320 000 Da and the methemoglobin content in the blood substitute is equal to or less than 5%.

The invention relates to a modification method of polymmeric hemoglobin, it is characterized by: preparing purified hemoglobin from natural red blood cells in the condition of 0-4DEG C and nitrogen, first polymerizing them through same type bifunctional reagent, then modifying them with 5'-pyridoxal phosphate. During the modifying process, glutathione should be added after adding PLP 0.5-1.5 hours. The arts can control generation of ferrihemoglobin, but also ensuret the P50 value in appropriate range and reduce production costs greatly.

A method and an apparatus for regenerating an oxygen-binding ability by reducing the methemoglobin contained in hemoglobin-vesicle by light irradiation. This method includes adding electron donors such as amino acids, saccharides, alcohols, and/or flavin derivatives in appropriate amounts to the inner aqueous phase of the hemoglobin-vesicle, applying light to the vesicle when the content of methemoglobin increases as a result of oxidation of hemoglobin, thereby reducing the metohemoglobin. In this manner, the oxygen-binding ability is recovered, thereby maintaining the function of the hemoglobin-vesicle.

A device measures blood glucose levels, temperature, heart rate, heart rate variability, respiration, SpO2, blood flow, blood pressure, total hemoglobin (SpHb), PVi, methemoglobin (SpMet), acoustic respiration rate (RRa), carboxyhemoglobin (SpCO), oxygen reserve index (ORi), oxygen content (SpOC) and/or EEG of a human

The invention relates to a hemoglobin storage method which is characterized by comprising the following steps of adding a proper quantity of human blood into normal saline (a 0.9% NaCl solution) with the volume being 3-6 times that of the human blood, centrifuging at the temperature of 4 DEG C and the rotating speed of 2800r/min for 15-30 minutes to obtain a supernatant containing leukocytes, plasma proteins and platelets, extruding the supernatant, retaining deposited erythrocytes at the lower layer, repeating the washing process for more than 3-5 times until the supernatant is basically colorless, and removing other substances except for the erythrocytes to the maximum extent to obtain clean deposited erythrocytes; adding a certain quantity of deposited erythrocytes into equivoluminal sterilized high-purity deionized water to pre-expand for 5-15 minutes, finally, adding water with the volume being 2 times that of the deposited erythrocytes to carry out low permeation for 10-20 minutes, centrifuging at the rotating speed of 10000r/min for 30-60 minutes, and extracting the supernatant after centrifuging to obtain a hemoglobin solution; and subpackaging the purified hemoglobin solution into a 10ml sample bottle, sealing by using paraffin, and storing the purified hemoglobin solution in a brown bottle filled with a pyrogallic acid solution at the temperature of 4 DEG C, wherein the content of hemoglobin does not exceed 3% after the sample is stored for 4 months and is kept on the relatively-low level.

The present invention relates to a container comprising haemoglobin fractions, wherein said container comprising at least two compartments, wherein a first compartment comprises O2Hb (oxyhaemoglobin) and a second compartment comprises MetHb (methaemoglobin), optionally wherein O2Hb is stabilized. The invention also relates to a kit for determining the reliability of a CO-oximetry device, wherein said kit comprises said container and to a method for determining the reliability of a CO-oximetry device using said container.

The invention relates to blood substitute compositions, and methods of use thereof. Described herein are compositions in which hemoglobin is maintained substantially in the reduced form of hemoglobin as opposed to the oxidized methemoglobin form through inclusion of an oxido-reductase enzyme and reducing agent within a vesicle with the hemoglobin. The vesicles additionally can comprise a dismutase, a catalase, and an electron acceptor, each of which contribute to either the maintenance of hemoglobin in the active oxygen carrying state or provide a benefit not achieved with free hemoglobin.

A method for determining at least one protein in the blood which is more precise while still being simple to implement. The method exploits in an original way the spectroscopy and the dosing techniques to determine accurately the content in proteins of the biological sample, notably for oxyhemoglobin, methemoglobin, heme bound to serum albumin and hemopexin and bilirubin. Such method can advantageously be used in various applications concerning heme-related or hemoprotein-related disorders, notably method for diagnosing, for following a treatment, for determining biomarkers or for screening. Such a method is also interesting for qualifying blood bags.