Easy to Use
3
easy steps - once you learn how to fill it and
hemoconcentrate it, you'll be ready to infuse it,
because you are done.
Quick
The method used with The Hemobag®
and its Tubing Set can be performed in half the time
it takes with traditional methods with the same
amount of blood. From filling, to hemoconcentrating,
to infusing, the same Hemobag®
is used in a quick and easy method saving precious
time and ultimately reducing O.R. costs.
Secure
The integrity of the circuit is maintained by
remaining primed, bubble-free and uncompromised,
ready to reinstitute bypass at any time.
Efficient
The Hemobag®
method of recapturing the patient's own whole blood
from any extracorporeal circuit by flushing forward
with crystalloid volume replacement is an extremely
effective means of reclaiming the blood from the
circuit into The Hemobag®,
especially if you clear ancillary lines back to the
reservoir before you begin. (i.e., CP lines and
Manifold for Sampling).
Reduced
complications
Patients receive their own whole blood with none of
the risks of allogeneic transfusions or those of
salvaged blood syndrome.
Cost
effective
The costs
of a hemoconcentrator and The Hemobag®
are far less than that of traditional
autotransfusion devices and disposables. Avoiding
blood bank costs are also significant. Using The
Hemobag®
will save money, especially if you already use a
hemoconcentrator on your cases. The New Tubing Set
lets you get double the use of a hemoconcentrator,
both during the case, conventionally, and at the end
of the case with The Hemobag®.
Improved
outcomes
The process of hemoconcentrating blood has been
shown to
- remove
inflammatory mediators such as C3A and C5A, TNFa,
IL6, and IL8, while simultaneously concentrating
the blood to a hyperoncotic unit of whole blood
that will improve pulmonary functions by
lowering the PVR
- increase
patient hemodynamics by reversing the negative
crystalloid volume kinetics of organ edema and
improve organ function
- increase
hemostasis by concentrating hematocrit, clotting
factors, and functional platelets
Reduced
patient fears
Patients religious
and psychological concerns are eased when they are
reassured that autologous blood efforts are at work
for them, reducing fears about being transfused with
allogeneic blood.
Limited personnel
No complications of current hemoconcentrating
techniques in which more than one person is involved
in transfusing and regulating flows and pressures to
and from the patient.
Whole blood
readily available
Anesthesia can pull volume off The Hemobag®
while it is being
hemoconcentrated, if required, or
the volume can be returned to the pump in an
emergency.
No
Contraindications
There are no known
contraindications for use of The Hemobag®
and TS3 Tubing Set, which allow for ultrafiltration
both during the case and at the end of the case in
recovering the patient's Autologous Whole Blood for
infusion.
