一種血液救援系統(tǒng)使得外科醫(yī)生能夠在心血管手術(shù)術(shù)中與術(shù)后恢復(fù)患者的失血，從而將血液回輸給患者。該系統(tǒng)已經(jīng)獲得了美國食品藥品管理局的許可。

該系統(tǒng)叫做CardioPAT，設(shè)計(jì)用于保證患者能夠輸?shù)阶畎踩难?，也就是患者自己的血液。設(shè)備功能更加完善，使得系統(tǒng)十分適合在泵功能停止或者仍然跳動的心臟進(jìn)行自身輸血。系統(tǒng)不僅能夠在手術(shù)室而且還能夠在重癥監(jiān)護(hù)室搶救患者失血。CardioPAT是Haemonetics公司的產(chǎn)品，該公司開發(fā)了細(xì)胞拯救平臺并領(lǐng)導(dǎo)著外科血液救援市場。

Haemonetics估計(jì)每年大約有20％的冠狀動脈旁路手術(shù)使用泵功能停止技術(shù)。該公司已經(jīng)在美國三家單位開始了消費(fèi)者能夠接受的臨床試驗(yàn)。公司指出：在前期歐洲的臨床試驗(yàn)中，該系統(tǒng)表現(xiàn)良好。

英國James Cook大學(xué)醫(yī)院心胸外科臨床主任Andrew Owens主持了第一個臨床試驗(yàn)，他評論說：“這是一項(xiàng)令人興奮的技術(shù)，將會為心臟病患者帶來巨大的利益。系統(tǒng)使得患者能夠回輸自己的血液，而且?guī)椭獛旃?jié)約血液用于其它患者?！?/P>

Blood Salvage System for Bypass Surgery
 
A blood salvage system allows surgeons to recover blood lost by a patient during and after cardiovascular surgery and makes the blood available for transfusion back to the patient. The system has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Called CardioPAT, the system is designed to ensure that patients are transfused with the safest blood possible, which is their own. A device provides better functionality that makes the system ideally suited for providing autotransfusion during off-pump, or beating-heart, surgery. The system can salvage blood lost both in the operating room and during recovery in the intensive care unit. CardioPAT is the product of Haemonetics Corp. (Braintree, MA, USA), whose Cell Saver platform created and leads the surgical blood salvage market.

Haemonetics estimated that about 20% of annual coronary artery bypass graft surgeries use the off-pump surgical technique. The company is beginning customer-acceptance trials at three U.S. sites. In prior trials in Europe, the system performed very well, the company noted.

“This is a very exciting technique that will have compelling benefits for heart patients,” remarked Dr. Andrew Owens, clinical director of cardiothoracic surgery at the James Cook University Hospital (Middlesbrough, UK), who led the first trials. “The system gives patients the advantage of getting their own blood back, but also helps ensure that banked blood is available for other patients.”