CARDIOHELP enables ECLS
to be used for new therapies
The individual operating modes and the disposables make the CARDIOHELP life support system suitable for all indications where cardiac and/or respiratory support is needed. Thus, the principle of ECLS for supplying the heart and/or lungs with oxygen is now available in new areas as a means of life support and to save lives.
During open heart surgery, for example minimal extracorporeal circulation (MECC) with the CARDIOHELP life support system, ECLS is less stressful for the patient than the use of a conventional heart-lung machine. In cases of respiratory failure without cardiac impairment CARDIOHELP provides respiratory assistance with veno-venous ECLS. During veno-arterial ECLS the life support system provides cardiopulmonary support. In cases of severe respiratory failure CARDIOHELP can also be used for pump assisted lung protection (PALP) with extracorporeal CO2 removal to enable protective ventilation.
