Susan Eagle - Nashville TN, US Kyle Hocking - Alpharetta GA, US Franz Baudenbacher - Franklin TN, US Colleen Brophy - Nashville TN, US
Assignee:
Vanderbilt University - Nashville TN
International Classification:
A61M 5/172 A61B 5/0215
US Classification:
600490, 604 66, 604503
Abstract:
One aspect of the present disclosure is a system for hemodynamic resuscitation. The system includes an intravenous access device having a pressure sensor element configured to detect a peripheral venous pressure value in response to an occlusion of a peripheral vein. The system also includes a controller device that is configured to receive a signal from the pressure sensor comprising the peripheral venous pressure value, to process the signal to determine a hemodynamic parameter based on the peripheral venous pressure value, and to generate a resuscitation score based on the hemodynamic parameter.
Methods And Compositions For Vein Harvest And Autografting
Colleen M. Brophy - Nashville TN, US Padmini Komalavilas - Nashville TN, US Joyce Cheung-Flynn - Nashville TN, US Kyle M. Hocking - Nashville TN, US Susan S. Eagle - Nashville TN, US
International Classification:
A61B 17/00 A01N 1/02
US Classification:
600 36, 435 11
Abstract:
The leading cause of graft failure is the subsequent development of intimal hyperplasia, which represents a response to injury that is thought to involve smooth muscle proliferation, migration, phenotypic modulation, and extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition. Surgical techniques typically employed for vein harvest—stretching the vein, placing the vein in low pH, solutions, and the use of toxic surgical skin markers—are shown here to cause injury. The invention therefore provides for non-toxic surgical markers than also protect against stretch-induced loss of functional viability, along with other additives. Devices and compositions for reducing physical stress or protecting from the effects flowing therefrom, also are provided.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Research Assistant Professor
Volumetrix
President and Chief Executive Officer
Vanderbilt University
Research Assistant Professor
Education:
Vanderbilt University 2010 - 2012
Doctorates, Doctor of Philosophy, Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering, Philosophy
Vanderbilt University 2005 - 2009
Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelors, Biomedical Engineering