{"id":10932,"date":"2012-08-21T15:39:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T19:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=10932"},"modified":"2012-08-21T15:39:22","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T19:39:22","slug":"university-develops-surgical-blood-capture-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/?p=10932","title":{"rendered":"University Develops Surgical Blood Capture Device"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10934\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/HemoSep_UnivStrathclyde.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10934\" title=\"HemoSep_UnivStrathclyde\" src=\"http:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/HemoSep_UnivStrathclyde.jpg\" alt=\"HemoSep device (University of Strathclyde)\" width=\"234\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/HemoSep_UnivStrathclyde.jpg 234w, https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/HemoSep_UnivStrathclyde-127x150.jpg 127w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HemoSep device (University of Strathclyde)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Biomedical engineers at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.strath.ac.uk\/press\/newsreleases\/headline_648390_en.html\">University of Strathclyde<\/a> in Glasgow, U.K. built a device that salvages blood from surgery patients and prepares the blood for retransfusion back to the patient. The HemoSep device, designed for open-heart and major trauma surgery, can reduce the volume and problems connected with donated blood.<\/p>\n<p>Current techniques for autotransfusion, as the process is called, require a complex centrifuge and pumping equipment staffed by specialists. The HemoSep uses a simpler approach, with a chemical sponge technology and agitator to concentrate blood drained from the surgical site or heart-lung machine after surgery. The useful blood cells prepared by HemoSep can then be returned to the patient by an intravenous transfusion.<\/p>\n<p>The Strathclyde project team led by biomedical engineering professor Terry Gourlay tested the HemoSep in a clinical trial at University of Kirikkale in Turkey. The results of the trial, involving 100 open-heart surgeries, indicate the device reduced the need for blood transfusions. Strathclyde says HemoSep also helped preserve normal clotting mechanisms and reduced inflammatory reactions often encountered after open-heart surgery.<\/p>\n<p>The university says HemoSep already received a CE mark &#8212; regulatory approval for the distribution of medical devices in Europe &#8212; as well as similar marketing clearances in Canada. Strathclyde has licensed the device to a medical device company for marketing in Europe and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Gourlay and Serdar Gunaydin, Head of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Kirikkale where the trial was conducted, will describe the clinical study at a meeting of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esao2012.org\/\">European Society for Artificial Organs<\/a> in Rostock, Germany next month.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=10875\">Hopkins Students Invent Suturing Device, Start Company<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=10638\">Trial Tests Non-Invasive Glucose Monitor in Surgery Patients<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=10071\">Challenge Seeks Method to Connect Tissues Without Sutures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=9695\">Synthetic Platelets Developed for Therapies, Diagnostics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=9029\">European Approval Granted for Temporary Heart Pump<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biomedical engineers at University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, U.K. built a device that salvages blood from surgery patients and prepares the blood for retransfusion back to the patient. The HemoSep device, designed for open-heart and major trauma surgery, can reduce the volume and problems connected with donated blood. Current techniques for autotransfusion, as the process [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[31,28,86,45,64,77,90,26],"class_list":["post-10932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-products","tag-biomedical","tag-clinical-trials","tag-engineering","tag-europe","tag-life-sciences","tag-medical-device","tag-u-k","tag-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10932"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10937,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10932\/revisions\/10937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}