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TransAeris Temporary Diaphragm Pacing System
TransAeris
TransAeris is a temporary percutaneous intramuscular diaphragm stimulator intended for patients identified with a risk of prolonged mechanical ventilation:

The NeuRx Diaphragm Pacing System (DPS) uses electrical impulses to stimulate the diaphragm muscles of people with high spinal cord injuries who can no longer breathe on their own. It is used to strengthen the diaphragm muscles after they haven’t been used in a long time and then act as a breathing pacemaker to stimulate those muscles and allow for breathing without the help of a mechanical ventilator. The system can support patient breathing continuously for 4 or more hours each day.
- Undergoing high-risk open cardiac surgery
- Lung transplant
- Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm surgical procedures
- Patients that have already failed to wean and have been on mechanical ventilation for 96 or more
- To prevent or treat ventilator induced diaphragm dysfunction (VIDD)
Diaphragm Pacing may enhance recovery after surgery in patients at risk or on prolonged mechanical ventilation.
The primary components of the TransAeris System include the TransLoc®electrodes and the external TransAeris stimulator. Up to two TransLoc® electrodes are inserted into each, right and left, hemi-diaphragm.
TransAeris is used to provide neuromuscular electrical stimulation to the diaphragm while the patient is on mechanical ventilation to prevent, slow, or reverse diaphragm disuse atrophy and, more generally, to treat VIDD. Once the patient is successfully extubated after mechanical ventilation, the electrodes are removed from the patient. The entire system is disposed of after single patient use, to avoid any transfer of nosocomial infections in the ICU environment.
TransAeris is designed for the prevention and treatment of Ventilator Induced Diaphragm Dysfunction
- Implant electrodes prophylactically or as primary procedure
- Intuitive interface with built in clinical programming
- Prevent or treat disuse diaphragm atrophy with electrical stimulation
- Minimize mechanical ventilation exposure
- Enhance ability to wean from mechanical ventilation
- Temporary stimulation up to 30 days