The image above is a representation as to how our product will appear.
The description which follows provides an important understanding in addition to what is described under the main heading of Our Product.
Initially on the scene for a victim of severe carbon monoxide poisoning are the first responders. This includes Police, Fire, or EMS. Once the scene is secured and deemed safe, the victim is then transported by ambulance to the nearest medical facility that provides emergency care. It is there where the ‘victim’ now becomes a patient.
While many individuals might view carbon monoxide poisoning as a “blood problem”, the overarching fact is that in reality, it is a metabolic problem. Because CO blocks the uptake of oxygen by the blood, the entire body becomes oxygen deficient. This leads to what is known as systemic hypoxia and subsequent metabolic acidosis.
Because time is of the essence, immediate medical intervention is required. A delay of minutes in initiating treatment for severe carbon monoxide poisoning may result in the difference between life and death. Therefore, the Emergency Department is the most appropriate location for the initial medical management of such a patient, since there is no time that can be wasted.
While it might be kept safely in a corner covered by a white sheet when not in use, it is precisely there, in the Emergency Department, where the “CO Treatment Crash Cart” needs to be present and standing by.
This medical device must be readily available to have that sheet pulled off and be immediately wheeled over to a patient in need, similar to a “Code Cart” that is brought over to patients in cases of cardiac arrest.
The image at the top of this page shows many of the key features that are described below.
First, as a highly sophisticated product with many interrelated components, it is both monitored, as well as controlled by computer. Thus, it has a keyboard, mouse, and a visual display.
Second, there is an input port and an output port which serve as the connections for the extracorporeal circulation of the blood.
Third, there is naturally a plug for electrical power, and it is on wheels.
The components inside of the “CO Treatment Crash Cart” include the computer, the systems that monitor and run the invention, the lasers along with their beam optics, the reaction chamber where the photodissociation of carboxyhemoglobin occurs, the blood pump, the coolant pump, and the oxygen supply. The configuration and design of these internal components, as well as the rational upon which these aspects are based, is proprietary.
