Injection system

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128713, 604246, A61B 502

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ABSTRACT:
An interactive injection system for use with a catheter of the type adapted for insertion into a patient's vascular system for thermodilution measurements and the like includes a chamber for storing liquid injectate, means for connecting the chamber to the catheter lumen, and a drive for operating on the chamber to flow liquid injectate from the chamber into the lumen for discharge as a bolus from the lumen into the vascular system of a patient. In preferred embodiments, a temperature sensing probe is connected between the injection chamber and the catheter for monitoring the temperature of injectate as it is introduced into the catheter. Cooperating controller apparatus includes means for operating the drive, operator controlled inputs for selecting injectate rate and volume parameters, another operator controlled input for enabling the injector drive, an input from a sensor adapted to be located in the patient's vascular system downstream from the proximal port and operative during an injection cycle in response to a sensed deviation of output (e.g., out of specification for terminating the injection sequence, and a processor for utilizing (e.g., integrating) the sensor output to generate a cardiac output value or similar data.

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