2236 results about "Vein" patented technology

A non-invasive physiological sensor system implemented as a smart watch or other wearable device includes an emitter for emitting light and a detector for collecting light after the light interacts with a tissue of a wearer. The system can measure light intensity at one or more radial distances to estimate attenuation parameter values that can be used to correct physiological parameter bias across subjects. In addition or alternatively, the system can determine whether a detector is positioned sufficiently proximate to an obstructing tissue (for example, an artery or vein) so as to cause inaccurate measurements by the detector.

The invention provides an early-stage automatic identification method and system for acute kidney injury related to cardiac surgery, and relates to the technical field of physiological parameter detection. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring average arterial pressure, cardiac blood discharge volume, central venous pressure and blood oxygen saturation, regularly recording and extracting data of adjacent time points, calculating a variation range, screening a mutation region, judging whether a reference range is exceeded or not, analyzing a multi-parameter synchronous variation condition, and marking a hemodynamics abnormal state. According to the method, abnormal changes of hemodynamics and urine metabolism are accurately recognized through real-time monitoring and multi-parameter analysis, the urine flow rate and the metabolite excretion rate are combined, misjudgment of a single index is avoided, the fineness of renal function change analysis is improved, the high-risk time period is accurately positioned through time cross comparison, the diagnosis accuracy is improved, and the diagnosis accuracy is improved. Trend analysis and risk grade division enable the change of the illness state to be more visual, and a real-time early warning system effectively monitors the fluctuation trend, optimizes clinical management and improves the timeliness of medical response.

The invention discloses an embolism part for peripheral arteriovenous vessels, the embolism part comprises an anchoring part and a blocking part fixedly connected with the anchoring part, the blocking part adopts polyurethane shape memory foam, the expansion rate of the polyurethane shape memory foam is 50-100 times, and a preparation method of the polyurethane shape memory foam comprises the following steps: step 1, preparing a polyurethane shape memory foam material; the preparation method comprises the following steps: preparing a polyurethane acrylate prepolymer from macromolecular polyol, diisocyanate, a chain extender containing disulfide bonds, other micromolecular chain extenders and an acrylate end-capping reagent; and 2, uniformly mixing the polyurethane acrylate prepolymer, a foaming agent, a foaming promoter and a photoinitiator to obtain a foaming solution, and sequentially carrying out light curing and foaming on the foaming solution to obtain the polyurethane shape memory foam. According to the embolism part, the polyurethane shape memory foam is adopted as the blocking part, the blocking part applies radial acting force to the wall of the blood vessel all the time based on the expansion trend of the blocking part, and the blocking part and the anchoring part jointly act and can be stably maintained in the blood vessel.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical informatization, and provides an anesthesia medication management system with biological recognition, comprising: a biological recognition module verifies the identities of medical staff and patients through a vein recognition technology; the multi-source data acquisition module acquires vital sign data and equipment parameters of a patient in real time to obtain multi-source data; the intelligent drug management module authorizes to store and take drugs according to the biological recognition result and generates an electronic anesthesia prescription; the processing decision module receives the multi-source data and generates a medicine adjusting instruction through a preset rule and an algorithm in combination with an electronic anesthesia prescription; the execution control module carries out secondary confirmation on the medicine adjusting instruction through biological recognition and then sends the medicine adjusting instruction to anesthetic infusion equipment to be executed; according to the method, through the electroencephalogram double-frequency index, the entropy index and the hemodynamic parameters, in combination with the anesthesia depth evaluation result and the personalized drug metabolism and effect model, the medication scheme is dynamically adjusted, the optimal infusion rate is generated, the anesthesia depth control is more accurate, and the fluctuation range is narrowed.

An intra-vessel transcatheter filter device (1) designed to capture and remove emboli, thus preventing distal embolization, comprising: • a tubular filter (2) comprising a flexible porous material and defined by a distal element and a proximal element, namely a main body (3) and a funnel (4); i. said main body (3) having a length adapted to extend within a suitable vessel zone; said main body (3) comprising: a) a distal end (5) that is adapted to be radially coupled with said zone and hermetically sealed to it when the device is in an active configuration, said distal end (5) being provided of selectively actionable closure means so that said distal end is designed to be open when the device is in an active configuration and closed before the device retraction, b) a proximal end (6); ii. said funnel (4) forming an extension of said main body (3), with the funnel base located at said proximal end (6). • a support structure assembly (8) comprising: i. a supporting catheter (11) extending within said main body (3), ii. one radially expandable distal structure (9) fixed to said distal end (5), iii. one radially expandable proximal structure (10) positioned in correspondence of said proximal end (6), said distal structure (9) and said proximal structure (10) being fixed at least in an end to said supporting catheter (11).

The invention discloses a blood filter early warning method based on multi-parameter coupling and a blood filter, and aims to solve the problems of lagging and high false alarm rate of the existing single parameter threshold alarm. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring time sequence data of at least two monitoring parameters such as transmembrane pressure and venous pressure in real time; constructing a risk state vector based on the sequential data; calculating a risk covariance matrix of the vector in a set time window so as to quantify a collaborative relationship of variation trends among parameters; performing matching degree comparison on the matrix and a pre-stored standard fault feature matrix; and generating and outputting early warning information at least indicating one equipment abnormal mode based on the comparison result. By analyzing a multi-parameter dynamic cooperative relationship instead of a single parameter absolute value, early warning and intelligent preliminary diagnosis of filter blood coagulation, pipeline abnormity and other faults are realized, and the timeliness, accuracy and clinical decision support capability of alarm are remarkably improved.

The invention relates to the technical field of medical instruments, and discloses intravenous infusion puncture angiography glasses equipment and an application method thereof. The equipment comprises an infrared imaging module, an image processing module, a data communication module, a correction early warning module and a display module. The infrared imaging module collects original blood vessel image data, the image processing module generates blood vessel positioning information, the data communication module interacts with a background server, the correction early warning module generates an early warning prompt according to a server instruction, and the display module displays related information in an overlapping mode. By accurately positioning the blood vessel and providing puncture guidance, the equipment improves the success rate of venous transfusion puncture, reduces the pain of a patient, improves the medical working efficiency, reduces the medical cost, guarantees the medical safety, and is suitable for various venous transfusion puncture scenes, especially patients with poor blood vessel conditions.

Tricuspid valve repair devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A tricuspid valve repair device configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, a coaptation member configured to be positioned between one or more native leaflets of the tricuspid valve to at least partially fill a space between the native leaflets. The tricuspid valve repair device can further include one or more fixation mechanisms for securing the coaptation member in position between the leaflets. The fixation mechanisms can include clip mechanisms, lock mechanisms, stabilization members, anchors, and / or other structures configured to engage cardiac anatomy local to or remote from the tricuspid valve, such as the native leaflets, the tricuspid valve annulus, the right ventricular outflow tract, the superior vena cava, the inferior vena cava, and so on.

The invention discloses a femoral artery paracentesis post-operation pressure-controlled hemostasis device and a monitoring intelligent control system thereof, and relates to the technical field of medical apparatuses and instruments, and the femoral artery paracentesis post-operation pressure-controlled hemostasis device comprises an assembly panel; the air bags are arranged at the bottom of the assembly panel; the air pump is arranged at the top of the assembly panel and used for controlling the air bags to contract; the control piece is arranged at the top of the assembly panel and used for controlling the air pump; the Doppler probe is arranged at the bottom of the assembly panel and used for detecting the blood flow speed of the far end of a puncture point, the hemostasis safety and efficiency are remarkably improved through multi-mode intelligent control and a real-time feedback mechanism, the vein area is accurately recognized and avoided in combination with ultrasonic and infrared spectrum analysis of the artery positioning module, the thrombus forming probability is effectively reduced, and the blood flow speed of the far end of the puncture point is detected. The pressure-time optimization model dynamically shortens the compression time (target 3 hours) based on the real-time hemostatic effect, and improves the comfort of the patient while ensuring the hemostatic effect.

Medical systems, devices, and methods for determining whether a blood vessel is a vein or an artery. The system includes an optical fiber configured for insertion into a blood vessel coupled with a console having a light source, an optical receiver, processors, and logic stored in memory. The optical fiber includes sensors disposed along its length configured to determine a state or condition of the optical fiber. The state or condition can include a strain, movement, pressure, and / or temperature. The logic is configured to analyze reflected signals from the sensors to determine whether the optical fiber is inserted within an artery or within a vein. The logic may also determine a red-blue shift of a projected light to determine a blood flow direction with respect to the optical fiber.

The invention discloses an auxiliary stroke rehabilitation method and device based on a multi-source physiological signal wearable device. The method comprises the steps that the pulse waveform variation rate and sublingual vein feature parameters of a subject are monitored through a self-powered five-hidden monitoring wrist strap; dynamically evaluating the internal organ imbalance index of the subject according to the pulse waveform variation rate and the sublingual vein characteristic parameters; generating personalized rehabilitation adjustment parameters according to the internal organ imbalance index of the subject; synchronously acquiring an electroencephalogram signal of a subject and a surface electromyogram signal of a target muscle, and generating an acupoint activation time sequence map of preset hand actions; the acupoint activation time sequence map is optimized according to the personalized rehabilitation adjustment parameters so as to adjust acupoint selection, stimulation intensity and stimulation time sequence; and presenting a built-in foot yangming stomach meridian virtual acupuncture scene to the subject through the VR guide instrument. According to the apoplexy rehabilitation method, electroencephalogram and myoelectricity cooperative decoding, personalized parameter adjustment, VR and a viscera imbalance traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis method are integrated into a rehabilitation scheme, and the apoplexy rehabilitation effect is improved.

The invention relates to an anchor hook and methods of using the same for subannular anchoring of a transcatheter heart valve replacement, and in particular for an orthogonally delivered (side-delivered) transcatheter prosthetic heart valve having a annular support frame having compressible wire cells that facilitate rolling and folding the valve length-wise, or orthogonally to the central axis of the flow control component, allowing a very large diameter valve to be delivered and deployed to the mitral or tricuspid valve from the inferior vena cava or superior vena cava, or trans-septally to the mitral valve, the valve having a height of about 5-60 mm and a diameter of about 25-80 mm, without requiring an oversized diameter catheter and without requiring a delivery catheter to bend 90 degrees during deployment.

The invention relates to the technical field of tumor biomedical engineering and organ chips, in particular to a vascularized gastric cancer organ chip and a preparation method thereof.The chip is composed of an integrated micro-fluidic main body, an annular micro-column array and an optical sealing film, and a central culture cavity is divided into a tumor area and a blood vessel area by micro-columns; the preparation method comprises the following steps: injecting a fibrous protein solution containing human umbilical vein endothelial cells and cancer-related fibroblasts into a vascular region, and adding thrombin for in-situ gelation to form a pre-vascularized network; the method comprises the following steps: mixing a patient-derived gastric cancer organ with a methacrylic acid esterified gelatin pre-polymerized solution, injecting the mixture into a tumor area, and carrying out photo-crosslinking immobilization; culturing for 7-14 days under the dynamic perfusion condition of a mixed culture medium to obtain a three-dimensional gastric cancer organ model containing a capillary network; the method is expected to be used for rapid, low-cost and high-throughput screening of chemotherapy or anti-angiogenesis drugs and accurate prediction of individual curative effects of patients.

An embodiment includes a system comprising: an artery, a vein, and a nerve; a first length of tubing adjacent at least one of the vein, artery, and nerve; a second length of tubing to couple to the first length of tubing; and a pump comprising a number of actuators; wherein when the system when operating is configured such that (b)(i) the second length of tubing couples to at least one of the number of actuators, (b)(ii) ends of the first and second lengths of tubing are closed, (b)(iii) a second end of the first length of tubing is operatively coupled to a second end of the second length of tubing, (b)(v) the pump pulsates fluid within the first length of tubing in response to the number of actuators intermittently contacting the second length of tubing.

An ultrasound-imaging system includes an ultrasound probe coupled with a console. Operations of the system can include detecting one or more blood vessels within the ultrasound image and identifying each blood vessel as a vein, an artery or other anatomic element using doppler ultrasound functionality of the ultrasound probe. Operations can also include determining a confidence for the blood vessel identification and defining a window for doppler ultrasound operation. Operations can further include assessing a blood flow rate within blood vessels, and superimposing notifications atop the ultrasound image pertaining to the identity of the blood vessel including a confidence for the identity.

The invention discloses a venous thrombosis risk assessment method based on a large language model, and relates to the technical field of medical artificial intelligence, and the method comprises the steps: collecting thoracic surgery diagnosis and treatment data of a patient, carrying out the space-time alignment, generating a standard diagnosis and treatment data flow, and carrying out the homomorphic encryption of the standard diagnosis and treatment data flow, and forming an encrypted patient data package; inputting the encrypted patient data packet into a multi-task large language model, performing feature extraction and semantic coding by a feature coding layer, performing time sequence modeling and risk probability calculation by a risk quantification layer, and outputting a venous thromboembolism risk level of a patient; and performing feature decoupling and potential space mapping on the encrypted patient data packet to obtain thrombus semantic potential features. Through the multi-task large language model, the dual machine learning algorithm and the homomorphic encryption, the accuracy of venous thrombosis risk early warning is improved, and the safety of the risk assessment process is enhanced.

The invention discloses an intravenous therapy information management system, method and device, and relates to the technical field of medical information management. The vein treatment information management system comprises an initial imaging definition analysis prompt module, a vein imaging definition operation optimization prompt module and a vein difference optimization prompt module. According to the method, the first definition judgment result is obtained by performing the first definition judgment on the vein depth blood vessel image, whether to perform probe intelligent assistance and information recording is judged according to the first definition judgment result, and then whether to perform vein difference analysis is judged according to the second definition judgment result obtained according to the obtained second vein depth blood vessel image; if vein difference analysis is carried out, a third definition judgment result is obtained according to the optimized vein image to judge whether vein difference optimization control is carried out or not, and the effect of improving the acquisition management accuracy of the vein depth blood vessel image is achieved; the problem that in the prior art, vein depth blood vessel images recorded by vein channel information management are inaccurate is solved.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical equipment, and particularly relates to a cardiovascular intervention postoperative radial artery compressor which comprises a U-shaped base, a rubber sleeve is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the bottom end of the U-shaped base, a metal iron plate is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the rubber sleeve, and an auxiliary mechanism is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the metal iron plate. The radial artery compressor has a compression force visualization function, can help medical care to precisely regulate and control compression force, formulate a personalized scheme, facilitate real-time monitoring and data analysis, reduce the complication risk of a patient and improve the nursing effect, also has a skin heat preservation function, can promote local blood circulation, accelerate wound healing and relieve discomfort of the patient, and has a good application prospect. And the compressor has the functions of stabilizing a punctured arm and adjusting the height, and is beneficial to venous return, swelling reduction, reduction of blood deposition at a puncture point and improvement of the use reliability and effect of the compressor.

The invention relates to a deep vein thrombectomy support device which has the advantage of being convenient to clean. The inner tube assembly comprises an inner tube, a conical head assembly and a limiting key, the inner tube and the handle assembly are matched in the mode that the inner tube can slide axially but cannot rotate relative to the circumferential direction, the conical head assembly is arranged at the far end of the inner tube, the limiting key is movably installed on the handle assembly, and the limiting key selectively acts on the inner tube; the middle tube assembly comprises a middle tube and a support fixing assembly, the near end of the middle tube is connected to the handle assembly, and the far end of the middle tube is connected with the support fixing assembly; the outer pipe assembly comprises an outer pipe which can be axially and movably arranged on the middle pipe in a sleeving manner; the thrombectomy stent assembly comprises a self-expansion stent and a woven mesh, the near end of the self-expansion stent is connected with the stent fixing assembly, the near end of the woven mesh is connected to the far end of the self-expansion stent, and the far end of the woven mesh is connected to the conical head assembly.

The embodiment of the invention provides a continuous blood oxygen monitoring system in extracorporeal circulation and a control method thereof. The continuous blood oxygen monitoring system comprises a vein sensor, an artery sensor, a blood flow sensor, an oxygen sensor, a carbon dioxide sensor, a controller and a display, the vein sensor monitors the vein blood oxygen saturation degree; the artery sensor monitors arterial oxygen saturation and hematocrit; the blood flow sensor monitors the blood flow of the artery pipeline; the oxygen sensor monitors the oxygen concentration of the oxygenator; the carbon dioxide sensor monitors the carbon dioxide concentration of the oxygenator; the display provides an interaction control, responds to a trigger operation acting on the interaction control, sends an interaction instruction to the controller, and updates information displayed in an interaction interface according to the control of the controller; the controller receives the interaction instruction and executes processing corresponding to the interaction instruction; the processing includes controlling display information of the display; the display information comprises information corresponding to the monitoring parameters. The scheme ensures the safety and effectiveness of the treatment process.

The invention discloses an automatic positive pressure tube sealing device and a tube washing device in the technical field of medical auxiliary instruments. The automatic positive pressure pipe sealing device comprises a liquid supply mechanism, the liquid supply mechanism comprises a liquid storage pipe and a pushing assembly, and the pushing assembly is arranged in a containing cavity of the liquid storage pipe. The pushing assembly comprises a piston and a pushing rod, the piston is arranged in the containing cavity, an elastic piece is arranged between the pushing rod and the piston, mechanical energy generated when the pushing rod moves is converted into stable elastic potential energy, the elastic piece is used for slowly releasing the elastic potential energy, and the piston can apply pressure to liquid in the liquid storage pipe for a long time; the liquid in the liquid storage tube is in a positive pressure state for a long time and can be in a positive pressure state relative to the blood pressure of a human body for a long time, and blood is prevented from flowing back to the venous catheter. After the push rod moves towards the piston by a certain distance, the push rod and the liquid storage pipe can be kept relatively fixed, the elastic piece can release elastic potential energy in the direction close to the piston, the elastic potential energy of the elastic piece completely acts on the piston, and automatic pipe sealing operation is achieved.

The invention discloses a postoperative portal vein pressure prediction system, which relates to the technical field of portal vein pressure prediction, and is characterized in that three-dimensional structure regions of interest of the liver and the spleen are segmented based on preoperative and postoperative abdomen enhanced CT vein phase image data of a patient; image omics features including first-order statistical features, texture features and shape features are extracted from the segmented regions of interest of the three-dimensional structures of the liver and the spleen, and core feature screening is carried out on the extracted features; integrating the screened core features with clinical hemodynamic parameters and surgical parameters to construct a multi-modal prediction model of the portal vein pressure gradient; and predicting and outputting a portal vein pressure gradient predicted value by using the multi-modal prediction model of the portal vein pressure gradient, and determining a postoperative portal vein pressure gradient risk grade of the patient. The portal vein pressure gradient prediction method solves the problems of insufficient dynamic evaluation capability, multi-modal information integration and risk layering application in the prior art, and realizes non-invasive and accurate prediction of the portal vein pressure gradient.

The invention discloses a deep venous thrombosis early warning method and system based on multi-modal physiological signals, and relates to the technical field of health monitoring. The method is used for realizing thrombus early recognition and graded early warning. The method comprises the following steps: synchronously acquiring physiological signals of lower limbs on two sides through a multi-modal sensing device, performing motion artifact elimination and signal quality screening, and generating preprocessed time sequence data; performing dynamic time warping and feature extraction on the time series data, calculating a bilateral symmetry index and an instantaneous and accumulated time-varying difference degree, and fusing the bilateral symmetry index and the instantaneous and accumulated time-varying difference degree with absolute physiological parameters to form a comprehensive risk assessment vector; establishing a dynamic baseline based on the historical risk vector, calculating a current deviation index, and recognizing an abnormal state in combination with a double-side cooperation mode; and according to the deviation index and the duration, in combination with the abnormality type and the severity, generating a graded early warning signal containing a risk grade and a disposal suggestion through multi-stage judgment, thereby realizing early warning and risk management of thrombus.

The invention relates to the technical field of model reconstruction, in particular to a method for reconstructing a coronary artery model based on coronary artery angiography. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a coronary artery scanning image of a patient; performing three-dimensional coronary artery space structure construction on the coronary artery image of the patient to generate a three-dimensional coronary artery space model; performing blood vessel diameter analysis on the three-dimensional coronary artery space model to generate coronary artery blood vessel diameter data; acquiring an X-ray angiography image of a patient; performing coronary artery vein structure construction on the X-ray angiography image of the patient to generate a three-dimensional coronary artery vein model; and performing blood vessel wall thickness analysis on the three-dimensional coronary artery vein model to generate coronary artery blood vessel wall thickness data. According to the method, multi-modal modeling is carried out by combining the coronary artery scanning image and the X-ray angiography image of the patient, anomaly analysis is carried out on the coronary artery, and the accuracy and reliability of coronary artery model reconstruction are improved.

The invention discloses a vein radiofrequency ablation system based on parallel thermocouple temperature measurement, and relates to the field of medical instruments, the vein radiofrequency ablation system comprises a host control module, a temperature signal transmission module, a thermocouple temperature measurement module, a radiofrequency energy generation module and a catheter heating module, the thermocouple temperature measurement module at least comprises two parallel thermocouples; the host control module is used for fusing the temperature data of the plurality of temperature measuring points and calculating an average temperature, performing abnormal judgment on the average temperature according to a temperature abnormity automatic power-off control strategy, and dynamically triggering a radio frequency energy closing instruction; on the premise of not changing the original size and structure of the catheter and the operation method of a doctor, in a heating unit with a finite length of the catheter, real-time monitoring of local temperature distribution is realized and temperature abnormity is judged by adopting a multi-point parallel temperature measurement scheme, so that when the temperature of a local temperature measurement point is abnormally increased, radio frequency energy output is quickly closed, and the heating efficiency is improved. Further temperature rise is avoided, and adverse events such as tube burning or blood tube burning are prevented.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical instruments, and relates to a vein puncture pretreatment device and an implementation method. The device comprises an identification structure, a hot compress structure and a filling degree judgment structure, by arranging the filling degree judging structure, blood vessel data information collected by the blood vessel information collecting module can be compared with a preset standard blood vessel filling degree feature library, and whether the blood vessel filling degree of a patient reaches the puncture standard or not is judged. The device is further provided with a rolling structure, the skin of the punctured part can be further softened in an auxiliary mode, the filling degree and elasticity of blood vessels are improved, compared with a single hot compress means, the auxiliary modes are more diversified, and the difficulty of venipuncture can be better reduced.

The invention relates to a two-phase hydrogel system based on space-time gradient regulation and control as well as a preparation method and application of the two-phase hydrogel system. The biphase hydrogel system can also be expressed as a GelMA composite hydrogel scaffold of a porous structure, the whole biphase hydrogel system is of a core-shell structure, the inner layer core mineralizes SilMA hydrogel microspheres, the porous GelMA hydrogel scaffold is used as an outer layer, and the angiogenesis promoting factor dimethyl oxalaminoacetic acid, the human umbilical vein endothelial cells and the bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells are loaded on the outer layer. Wherein the inner-layer core mineralized SilMA hydrogel microspheres realize continuous release of osteogenesis signals by slowly releasing nHAp, and the outer-layer porous GelMA hydrogel stent releases DMOG by rapid degradation to realize early angiogenesis, so that space-time coupling construction of blood vessels and bone tissues is realized. Through differential degradation characteristics of inner and outer layers of hydrogel, precise time sequence cooperative regulation and control of angiogenesis and bone tissue remodeling can be realized, and the bionic property and function integration capability of a vascularized bone organ structure can be improved, so that the clinical transformation potential of the vascularized bone organ structure is improved.

The invention relates to the technical field of medical treatment, and discloses an intraperitoneal hepatic vein blood flow blocking device which comprises a drainage tension-brace mechanism, a hepatic vein blocking mechanism is arranged on the surface of the drainage tension-brace mechanism, a catheter recycling mechanism is arranged on the surface of the hepatic vein blocking mechanism, a hydraulic measuring mechanism is arranged at one end of the catheter recycling mechanism, and the hydraulic measuring mechanism is connected with the drainage tension-brace mechanism. And a normal saline injection mechanism is arranged at one end of the hydraulic measuring mechanism. According to the intraperitoneal hepatic vein blood flow blocking device, through the arrangement of the drainage pulling and supporting mechanism, the hepatic vein blocking mechanism, the catheter recycling mechanism, the hydraulic measuring mechanism and the normal saline pushing and injecting mechanism, the hepatic vein can be directly blocked through expansion of the hepatic vein blocking mechanism in the using process, and meanwhile it is guaranteed that the inferior vena cava blood flow can flow through a circulation cavity; therefore, smooth return blood circulation of the inferior vena cava is guaranteed.

A method, for use at a mitral valve of a heart of a subject, is provided which includes advancing a transluminal sheath into a femoral vein of the subject, through an inferior vena cava of the subject, into a right atrium of the subject, and transseptally into a left atrium of the subject. A surrounding-sheath is advanced out of a distal end of the transluminal sheath, into the left atrium, and toward a commissure of the mitral valve. An anchor is implanted by advancing the anchor out of the surrounding-sheath into a left ventricle of the subject, such that the anchor helically wraps around left ventricular mitral valve tissue. The surrounding-sheath is then extracted from the heart and then, a guide wire is advanced through the transluminal sheath. Other embodiments are also described.

The invention discloses an extracorporeal circulation system and a control method thereof, and relates to the technical field of medical instruments. The extracorporeal circulation system comprises a membrane oxygenator, a microembolus filter, a rolling pump, a first pressure detector and a second pressure detector; a liquid inlet of the membrane oxygenator is communicated with the arterial cannula; the microembolus filter is circularly communicated with the membrane oxygenator, and the liquid outlet end of the microembolus filter is communicated with the venous cannula; the rolling pump is circularly communicated with the membrane oxygenator; the first pressure detector is communicated with the rolling pump and is used for detecting the outlet liquid pressure of the rolling pump and generating a first pressure signal; the second pressure detector is communicated with the microplug filter and is used for detecting the inlet liquid pressure of the microplug filter and generating a second pressure signal; the structure of the extracorporeal circulation system and the control method of the extracorporeal circulation system are improved, the accuracy and timeliness of medical staff for judging the oxygenation effect of the membrane type oxygenator are improved, the membrane type oxygenator can be replaced in time, a large number of complications can be avoided, and the death rate of patients is reduced.