Dec 8 2005 - The cardioPAT system allows surgeons to recover blood lost by a cardiovascular surgery patient during and after surgery, and make the blood available for transfusion back to the patient. The process, known as surgical blood salvage or autotransfusion, ensures that a patient is transfused with the safest blood possible, his or her own.
The cardioPAT system was originally regulatory-cleared in January 2005, but Haemonetics identified areas for technology improvement during early customer trials and decided to postpone full market release of the technology until those enhancements were incorporated into the system.