50-95 Parts by weight of a perfluorocarbon compound such as perfluorodecalin, perfluoromethyldecalin, perfluoro alkylcyclohexanes having 3 to 5 carbon atoms in the alkyl, perfluoro alkyltetrahydrofurans having 5 to 7 carbon atoms in the alkyl, perfluoro alkyltetrahydropyrans having 4 to 6 carbon atoms in the alkyl, perfluoroalkanes having 9 to 11 carbon atoms, and 50-5 parts by weight of a perfluoro tert.-amine such as perfluoro tert.-alkylamines having 9-11 carbon atoms, perfluoro N-alkylpiperidines having 4 to 6 carbon atoms in the alkyl, and perfluoro N-alkylmorpholines having 5 to 7 carbon atoms in the alkyl are emulsified in an aqueous medium by the aid of a high-molecular-weight nonionic surfactant have a molecular weight of about 2,000 to 20,000, and phospholipids as emulsifying agent, and fatty acids having 8 to 22 carbon atoms or salts or monoglycerides thereof as emulsifying adjuvant. The resulting oxygen-transferable emulsion having a particle size of 0.05 to 0.25.mu. is very stable for a long period of time, can be mixed with plasma extenders, and retains for long time in the blood stream of animals when it is used as an artificial blood substitute while being excreted very rapidly.
Particles of perfluoro compound with a lipid coating are emulsified in aqueous medium, wherein the proportion of perfluoro compound in the emulsion is preferably about 30-75% (w/v) and the proportion of lipid is preferably about 7-9% (w/v). In the resulting stable emulsion 95% of these particles having diameters less than 0.2.mu.. The emulsion is useful as an artificial blood for transport and delivery of oxygen to body tissues.
The present invention relates to a system and method for oxygenation of ischemic tissue. In particular, the present invention relates to a system and method for supplying oxygen to the myocardium of the heart through means other than the coronary arteries. The system of the present invention comprises a catheter which may be used to infuse preoxygenated carrier solutions, such as perfluorocarbon emulsions, directly into the pericardial space; i.e. the space between the pericardium and the epicardial surface.
A perfluoroether compound having the following formula is useful as a thermostable, inert solvent and inter alia as an oxygen carrier in an artificial blood or infusion fluid. ##STR1## wherein Rf.sub.1 and Rf.sub.2 are different from each other and are selected from the group of a C.sub.1 or C.sub.3 perfluoroalkyl group which may be interrupted by an oxygen atom, and a C.sub.5 -C.sub.7 perfluorocycloalkyl group, and n and n' are zero or an integer of 1; one of Rf.sub.1 and Rf.sub.2 being the C.sub.5 -C.sub.7 perfluorocycloalkyl group and the total number of carbon atoms being 9-11 inclusive.
A novel compound of the formula, ##STR1## wherein R denotes a lower perfluoroalkyl group, l is an integer of 3 or 4, n+m is an integer of 2 or 3, provided that n may be zero, and at least one of ring A and ring B may be substituted by a lower perfluoroalkyl group, prepared by reacting the corresponding perhydro compound with fluorine is useful as a material capable of carrying oxygen in an aqueous emulsion for lifesaving a patient suffering from massive hemorrhage and for preserving internal organs in transplantation.
