LifeStream ECMO

2023: Product Announcement

On June 27, 2023, Rostec announced the receipt of a marketing authorization for the LifeStream ECMO emergency blood circulation recovery apparatus, developed by A.N. Ganichev, a member of the state corporation NPO Splav. It is supposed to help save the lives of patients in sudden cardiac arrest and in acute respiratory failure.

LifeStream ECMO is a portable hardware and software complex that allows you to expand the possibilities of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) thanks to the use of the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) method. The method solves one of the main tasks during CPR, if there was a sudden stop of cardiac activity - the resumption and maintenance of blood circulation in the body, as well as blood oxygen saturation (oxygenation) in severe acute respiratory failure.

LifeStream ECMO emergency blood circulation recovery apparatus

According to the developers, the novelty of the developed device is to maintain a given level of perfusate consumption in the circuit in automatic mode by using a specialized functioning algorithm closed to a non-invasive perfusate flow measurement sensor and in the development of disposable components - a disposable blood pump and an oxygenator. This approach improves the safety and effectiveness of the device in clinical practice.

It is claimed that LifeStream ECMO is 30-40% cheaper than its foreign counterparts. It was because of the high price of foreign devices and consumables for them that Russian doctors were limited in their use, noted in Rostec.

It is much more economical in cost and will help reduce mortality among patients in need of urgent resuscitation measures, such as those affected by accidents. Serial production of the device will begin at the end of 2023. Within three years, we will be able to close the needs for such equipment within the country, "added Oleg Yevtushenko, executive director of Rostec.[1]

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