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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1982
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
William R Wilkinson, Mission City, TX (US);
Russell G Sharp, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Charles C Reed, Houston, TX (US);
Denton A Cooley, Houston, TX (US);
Terry N Crane, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Medical Products, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
55 41 ; 55204 ; 210436 ; 210456 ;
Abstract
A device and method for its use in medical transfusion or bypass circuits wherein biological fluids, such as blood, are introduced onto the interior surface of an essentially cylindrical cavity in a vortical flow such that unwanted gas bubbles are separated from the biological fluids. The degassed biological fluids are collected and returned to the patient.