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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1987
Filed:
May. 05, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Karl M Sutherland, Westminster, CA (US);
Assignee:
American Hospital Supply Corp., Evanston, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ; F28D / ; F28F / ; F28F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422 46 ; 422 47 ; 128D / ; 261D / ; 165163 ; 165184 ;
Abstract
An improved structure for directing the flow of blood and blood foam onto a heat exchanger in a bubble blood oxygenator is disclosed. An extended skirt extends from the plate where venous blood and oxygen are mixed to the top of the heat exchanger of the blood oxygenator. Blood and blood foam flow downwardly uniformly over the mixing plate and evenly onto the heat exchanger. Full utilization of the heat exchanger may thereby be more easily achieved.