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The present invention comprises methods and apparatuses that can provide measurement of glucose and other analytes with a variety of sensors without many of the performance-degrading problems of conventional approaches. As apparatus according to the present invention comprises a blood access system, adapted to remove blood from a body and infuse at least a portion of the removed blood back into the body. Such an apparatus also comprises an analyte sensor, mounted with the blood access system such that the analyte sensor measures the analyte in the blood that has been removed from the body by the blood access system. A method according to the present invention comprises removing blood from a body, using an analyte sensor to measure an analyte in the removed blood, and infusing at least a portion of the removed blood back into the body. The use of a non-contact sensor with a closed system creates a system will minimal infection risk.

The present invention comprises methods and apparatuses that can provide measurement of glucose and other analytes with a variety of sensors without many of the performance-degrading problems of conventional approaches. An apparatus according to the present invention comprises a blood access system, adapted to remove blood from a body and infuse at least a portion of the removed blood back into the body. Such an apparatus also comprises an analyte sensor, mounted with the blood access system such that the analyte sensor measures the analyte in the blood that has been removed from the body by the blood access system. A method according to the present invention comprises removing blood from a body, using an analyte sensor to measure an analyte in the removed blood, and infusing at least a portion of the removed blood back into the body. The use of a non-contact sensor with a closed system creates a system will minimal infection risk.

The present invention comprises methods and apparatuses that can provide measurement of glucose and other analytes with a variety of sensors without many of the performance-degrading problems of conventional approaches. An apparatus according to the present invention comprises a blood access system, adapted to remove blood from a body and infuse at least a portion of the removed blood back into the body. Such an apparatus also comprises an analyte sensor, mounted with the blood access system such that the analyte sensor measures the analyte in the blood that has been removed from the body by the blood access system. A method according to the present invention comprises removing blood from a body, using an analyte sensor to measure an analyte in the removed blood, and infusing at least a portion of the removed blood back into the body. The use of a non-contact sensor with a closed system creates a system will minimal infection risk.

A method and apparatus for ultrafiltration of blood operating by removing blood from a peripheral blood vessel at a rate of less than two percent of total cardiac output of a patient, extracting fluid at a rate of 0.1 liter to 1.0 liters per hour while retaining cells and proteins in the blood, and returning the concentrated blood to a secondary blood vessel is disclosed. Blood is removed and returned using small gage needles. As a pump circulates blood from the patient, a filter removes ultrafiltrate from the blood using duty cycle or pump control, and a transparent container collects the removed fluid.

A minimally invasive blood clot capturing invention made of nitinol. The nitinol is shaped into a plurality of fingers to form a frame for a basket and funnel to capture and remove blood clots. The basket and funnel being delivered to the blood clot by a catheter. The basket and funnel are capable of being collapsed within a catheter, capable of being deployed into a blood vessel, and capable of being retracted into the catheter for removal from the blood vessel.

The subject invention is a method and material for removing fluid from the intestinal tract of a host and may be useful in treating animals or human patients suffering from fluid overload states. In one embodiment, the subject method involves ingesting an enterically coated non-systemic, non-toxic, non-digestible, water absorbing polymer which absorbs fluid while passing through the intestinal tract. The polymer is excreted in the feces wherein the polymer and absorbed fluid is removed from the body. Preferred polymers include super absorbent acrylic acid polymers, preferably provided in bead form. The polymers may include functional groups for selectively removing blood borne waste products, e.g. urea, from the G.I. tract.

Blood removal system for removing blood for diagnostic purposes including a housing, a lancet guide, and a lancet drive with a drive spring. The lancet drive comprises a cocking device, in order to tension the drive spring, a drive rotor that is driven by the drive spring, and an output-side coupling mechanism, by means of which the rotational movement of the drive rotor is converted into the puncturing movement.

An arterial needle removes blood from the access to an extracorporeal circuit comprising a dialyzer and a venous needle returns the blood to the access site. Blood passes along one side of the membrane of the dialyzer and dialysis fluid along the other side. The concentration (Cd norm and Cd rev) of urea in the dialysate emitted from the dialyzer is measured with the needles in the normal position and in a reversed position. The access flow rate before the arterial needle is calculated according to the formula:in which Keff is the effective clearance of the dialyzer and Qa is the access flow rate.

The invention is directed to a system and method for separating and collecting one or more tissue specimens from a target site within a patient and flushing the specimen to remove blood, debris and the like before the specimen is removed from the biopsy device. The flow of flushing fluid to the tissue collector is preferably controlled to coincide with delivery of one or more specimens to the collecting tray or basket of the device or after the receipt of the specimen within the tissue collector to ensure that the fluid is applied to a fresh specimen. The tissue tray or basket within the tissue collector has an open or foraminous portion to facilitate removal of fluid, such as the applied fluid and blood, and other debris from the tissue specimens on the tray. Vacuum is provided within the tissue collector, preferably under the tray to remove fluid and debris from the collector interior.

An intravascular diagnostic or therapeutic apparatus capable of removing blood in an intravascular lumen to be observed using a minimally invasive method is provided. The apparatus includes high-intensity pulsed light generating means and high-intensity pulsed light transmitting means for transmitting high-intensity pulsed light, capable of irradiating the interior of a blood vessel with high-intensity pulsed light, producing water-vapor bubbles and temporarily removing the blood in the blood vessel.

Improved devices and methods for removing blood from a blood vessel in preparation for endovenous laser ablation are described. The improved methods include one or more of: placing the patient in the Trendelenburg position, applying external compression around the vein, massaging the vein, cooling the vein externally, encouraging spasming of the vein, and removing blood with a suction device.

The invention is directed to a system and method for separating and collecting one or more tissue specimens from a target site within a patient and flushing the specimen to remove blood, debris and the like before the specimen is removed from the biopsy device. The flow of flushing fluid to the tissue collector is preferably controlled to coincide with delivery of one or more specimens to the collecting tray or basket of the device or after the receipt of the specimen within the tissue collector to ensure that the fluid is applied to a fresh specimen. The tissue tray or basket within the tissue collector has an open or foraminous portion to facilitate removal of fluid, such as the applied fluid and blood, and other debris from the tissue specimens on the tray. Vacuum is provided within the tissue collector, preferably under the tray to remove fluid and debris from the collector interior.

The present invention discloses a slowly-released oral medicine preparation which is made up by using breviscapine as main raw material and has the functions of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, removing obstruction in the channels to relieve pain for curing angiocardiopathy and cerebrovascular disease with obvious therapeutic effect and its preparation method. Said slowly-released tablet (by one tablet) contains 60-120 mg of breviscapine, 20-75 mg of diluent, 50-150 mg of filling agent and 10-50 mg of slow release material. Said invention also provides its preparation method and concrete steps.

The subject invention is a method and material for removing fluid from the intestinal tract of a host and may be useful in treating animals or human patients suffering from fluid overload states. In one embodiment, the subject method involves ingesting an enterically coated non-systemic, non-toxic, non-digestible, water absorbing polymer which absorbs fluid while passing through the intestinal tract. The polymer is excreted in the feces wherein the polymer and absorbed fluid is removed from the body. Preferred polymers include super absorbent acrylic acid polymers, preferably provided in bead form. The polymers may include functional groups for selectively removing blood borne waste products, e.g. urea, from the G.I. tract.

The invention discloses a pharmaceutical composition with effects of promoting blood circulation by removing blood stasis, anti-inflammatory and detumescence, and relieving pain and a preparation method thereof. The pharmaceutical composition is prepared from the following raw materials: 20-100 parts by mass of rhubarb, 20-110 parts by mass of gardenia and 10-100 parts by mass of baikal skullcap root. The preparation method of the pharmaceutical composition comprises the following steps: extracting the raw materials with water or ethanol for preparing the pharmaceutical composition, and then filtering and collecting filtrate to obtain the pharmaceutical composition. Clinical trials show that the pharmaceutical composition has favorable curative effect of relieving pains in neck and shoulders, waist and legs, joints and muscles caused by rheumatism, hyperosteogeny, traumatic injury, and the like.

A method and apparatus for ultrafiltration of blood operating by removing blood from a peripheral blood vessel at a rate of less than two percent of total cardiac output of a patient, extracting fluid at a rate of 0.1 liter to 1.0 liters per hour while retaining cells and proteins in the blood, and returning the concentrated blood to a secondary blood vessel is disclosed. Blood is removed and returned using small gage needles. As a pump circulates blood from the patient, a filter removes ultrafiltrate from the blood using duty cycle or pump control, and a transparent container collects the removed fluid.

The invention relates to a quality control method of Yixinshu traditional chinese medicine preparation for nourishing qi, restoring pulse, and activating blood circulation to dissipate blood stasis, belonging to medicine domain. The Yixinshu traditional chinese medicine preparation is composed of panax, astragalus root, radix salviae miltiorrhizae, lityturf root, chinese magnoliaving, chuanxiong rhizome and haw, with ability of nourishing qi, restoring pulse, activating blood circulation to dissipate blood stasis, nourishing yin and production of body fluid, applicable for the patients who suffer for deficiency of both vital energu and yin, heart-throb knotted pulse, chest oppression, chest pain, and angina pectoris of coronary heart disease. At present, on clinical usage, it is applied extensively in the treatment of angina pectoris, myocardial ischemia, various type of arrhythmias, atrial premature beat, chest pain, angina pectoris of coronary heart disease and so on. The said quality control method provides the criterion of detection, means of detection, technical method and so on for the associated production and detection mechanism, therefore the quality of Yixinshu traditional chinese medicine preparation can be better controlled to ensure the safety of the said preparation. The quality method can better guide the production to make the production process control more strict and reasonable, therefore the users could have an overall acquaintance with the product quality.

The present invention is directed to an integrated system and a method for utilizing the system to detect and remove blood-borne factors of interest, such as pathogens and / or toxins and / or cytokines, from blood or serum (blood) by contacting the blood with a solid, essentially nonporous substrate which has been surface treated with molecules or chemical groups (the adsorbent media or media) having a binding affinity for the pathogens and / or toxins to be removed (the adsorbents). The invention can be used to remove virulence factors, e.g. toxins, that are released from various pathogens. In one aspect, the invention is for the treatment of sepsis and infection, such as infections associated with battle field trauma.

A catheter system for treating pulmonary emboli has an multi-channel access port for establishing and maintaining communication with the vascular system and provide guidance for endovascular catheterization. One catheter may traverse the port and extend through the heart to the pulmonary arteries to inject lysing agents, contrast media, medicaments and to remove blood clots. Another catheter may traverse the port and extend through the vena cava to other parts of the venous tree to supply the same agents and to remove blood clots there. A third catheter may telescope over the treatment catheter through the vena cava and occlude the affected vein. Gas pervious tubules on the third catheter provide oxygen enrichment of the venous blood.

The invention relates to a Chinese medicinal multiple-effect skin beautifying cream, which comprises Chinese medicament extract and auxiliary materials. The Chinese medicament extract is prepared by extracting the following Chinese medicaments by weight: 15 to 25 grams of raidx astragali, 15 to 25 grams of ginseng, 10 to 20 grams of Chinese angelica, 10 to 20 grams of peony, 10 to 20 grams of danshen root, 10 to 20 grams of tree peony bark, 10 to 25 grams of largehead atractylodes rhizome, 10 to 20 grams of bletilla, 15 to 25 grams of szechuan lovage rhizome, 10 to 20 grams of almond, 10 to 20 grams of white muscardine silkworm, 5 to 15 grams of frankincense, 5 to 15 grams of lightyellow sophora root, 5 to 15 grams of wax gourd seed, 10 to 20 grams of motherwort herb, 15 to 25 grams of pomegranate rind, 15 to 25 grams of cucumber gourd root; 10 to 20 grams of platycodon root, 5 to 15 grams of baical skullcap root and 10 to 20 grams of liquoric root. The auxiliary materials comprise octadecanol, stearic acid, glycerin monostearate, glycerin, essence, ethylparaben, an antioxidant and distilled water. The skin beautifying cream of the invention has functions of relieving liver-qi stagnation, activating blood and removing blood stasis, cooling and activating blood, removing damp, expelling toxin and the like so as to achieve the effects of activating blood, moistening the skin, removing spots, whitening, removing wrinkles and preventing hypersusceptibility.

A preconnected disposable and method for red blood collection is provided wherein the preconnected disposable includes a red blood cell collection assembly comprising a leukoreduction filter and a red blood cell storage bag. Such a red blood cell collection assembly is preferably preconnected to a blood component separation vessel, cassette assembly and a blood removal / return assembly for removing blood from a donor, separating the blood into components for collection and providing for filtration of the separated red blood cell component.

The invention relates to a capsule for forcedly improving the immunity, which is a capsule formulation prepared by traditional Chinese medicines of parasites detoxifying and destroying type, heat dry dampness clearing, detoxifying and blood cooling type, cough and asthma relieving and phlegm reducing type, temperature cooling and exterior relieving type, kidney warming and yang enhancing type, health building type, resolving damp with aromatics and blood enriching type, qi invigorating type, spleen and stomach strengthening and interior warming type, invigorating blood circulation by removing blood stasis type, liver soothing and qi regulating type, yin tonifying and converging type, digestion helping type, liver clearing, vision helping and resuscitation inducing type, deswelling and pain stopping type, heart nourishing as well as fever reducing and fire purging type according to a certain preparation method. The capsule has the functions as follows: forcedly improving the immunity, clearing away heat and toxic material, detoxifying and destroying parasites, soothing the liver and regulating qi, invigorating blood circulation by removing blood stasis, building health, invigorating qi and enriching blood, regulating qi and stopping pain, inducing diuresis and excreting dampness, eliminating phlegm, relieving cough and asthma, warming kidney and enhancing yang, invigorating the spleen and stomach and the like. The capsule has effects for various headaches, dizzy and neurasthenia, and various intestinal tract diseases, abdominal pains and abdominal distension, and various waist and leg pains and various tumors, and can cure diseases when in ill, build body when not in ill, and can achieve the goal of healthy and long life if the long-term or discontinuous taking is carried out.

The invention discloses an external plaster for treating hyperplasia of mammary glands, which is prepared from raw materials of bupleurum root, radix paeoniae alba, radix curcumae, rhizoma cyperi, green tangerine orange peel, dried tangerine peel, ginseng, tuckahoe, rhizoma atractylodis alba, semen coicis, raw licorice, Chinese angelica, radix astragali, chicken gizzardskin, brassica alba boiss, scrophulariaceae, sesame oil, camphor powder and the like according to a traditional method for decocting a black plaster. The external plaster mixes the medicaments into a plaster and is applied to niduses or relative acupuncture points to play a role of smoothing the liver, invigorating the spleen, tonifying the kidney and dispersing accumulation of pathogens. The external plaster achieves the aims of promoting qi and blood, regulating yin and yang, warming kidney to invigorate yang, discharging liver and regulating qi, promoting blood circulation by removing blood stasis, softening hard lumps and dispelling nodes, and regulating thoroughfare and conception vessels.

The present invention discloses a slow-released medicine preparation with the function of promoting blood circulation, removing staiss, removing obstruction in the channels to relieve pain. In particular it is a slow-released medicine preparation containing breviscapine. The described breviscapine is scutellarin or 4-hydroxy ba icalein-7-O-beta-D-pyrangluconate methyl ester.

The invention discloses a plaster for curing rheumatoid pains in a neck, shoulders, a waist and legs, which is prepared from the following raw materials by weight: musk, radix notoginseng, ligusticum wallichii, lycopodium clavatum, garden balsam stem, red flower, processed radix aconiti kusnezoffii, processed radix aconiti, radix clematidis, processed semen strychni, frankincense, myrrh, asarum, radix angelicae pubescentis, pawpaw, curcuma zedoary, rhizoma sparganii, Chinese angelica, borneol and decumbent corydalis tuber. The plaster has the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, relaxing tendons, activating collaterals, dispelling wind, removing heat, resolving hard lump and relieving bruises and pains; when the plaster of the invention is coated on a fracture and reduced joint after fracture and reduced joint integration, local revascularization can be improved, and porosis is generated quickly; the plaster has good recovery effects on sequelae such as pains, joint swelling, inconvenient activity, stiffness and the like caused by the plaster immobilization and dermatoplasty; and the medicament of the invention has the advantages of simple preparation process, convenient using method, safety, no side effect, obvious curing effect and high efficiency.

The invention discloses Chinese medicated liquor for treating hypertension and a preparation method thereof. The Chinese medicated liquor is prepared from sun-dried ginseng, Radix Astragali, bighead atractylodes rhizome, Tuckahoe, tuber fleeceflower root, dried rhizome of rehmannia, white paeony root, angelica, bupleurum, dried orange peel, sealwort, centipedes, pilose antler, stir-baked semen ziziphi spinosae, thinleaf milkwort root-bark, Indian bread with hostwood, licorice, walnut, raisins, white spirit and other raw materials. Combining the raw materials, the Chinese medicated liquor takes both qi and blood into consideration, coordinates defensive qi and nutritive qi, makes qi and blood circulating in the whole body, coordinates the relationship between yin and yan, combines deintoxication and nourishing, removing blood stasis without hurting human body, maintains normal upbearing and downbearing of qi and blood, thereby reducing blood pressure.

The invention discloses a Chinese medicinal herb additive for promoting the growth of a piglet and the application thereof; wherein the additive comprises the following components: officinal magnolia bark, bitter orange, Chinese pulsatilla root, medicated leaven, rhizoma discoreae, sepium, dangshen, polygonummultiflorum thunb, hawthorn, rhizoma atractylodis, dried orange peel, milk veteh, malt, the rhizome of large-headed atractylodes, and wild jujube. According to the physiological function of the piglet, all components with the pertinence are compatible with each other, make good for deficiency, are cooperated with each other and mixed in a matching way. Proved by experiments, the additive has the functions of invigorating the stomach, helping digestion, promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, calming the nerves, tranquilizing, and increasing immunity, can prevent disease, treat an illness, help the growth, increase the disease resistance of the piglet, does not have any side effect and harmful substance to be remained; only about 20% of dosage of the additive can play greater function; the additive does not harm the digestive system of the piglet and other physiological functions and is beneficial for the growth of the piglet and the strengthen of disease-resistance capability.