The Medishield Corporation Limited

Brian Goodwin

Peter Middleton

A device in the form of a flexible intravascular probe for use in analyzing absorbed blood gases includes a gas-permeable membrane 10 comprising two layers in intimate contact and supporting each other. The permeability of the second layer 6 is significantly less than that of the first 5, and provides the desired permeability of the membrane 10 as a whole. The first layer 5 provides the desired mechanical compatibility and other properties of the membrane 10.

Apparatus for analysis of absorbed gases

A gas permeable probe for use in the analysis of absorbed gases in liquids, notably in the blood, by mass spectroscopy, comprises a flexible plastics capillary tube fitted at one end with a plug of porous material and covered with a protective layer of polymeric material. The gas permeability of the porous plug is substantially less than that of the polymeric layer so that it is the plug which defines the gas flow from the liquid under test into the tube when the tube is evacuated.

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Brian Goodwin