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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jerry R Brightbill, Newton, MA (US);
Gary R Stacey, Marshfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Haemonetics Corporation, Braintree, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604113 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus for heating, filtering and eliminating gas from biological fluids. The apparatus includes a heat exchanger for heating biological fluids coaxially positioned within a filter unit. The filter unit receives heated fluid from the heat exchanger within an inner chamber and vents gas to the atmosphere contained within the heated fluid through a vent on the inner chamber. The fluid is radially filtered between the inner chamber and an outer chamber by a filter element coaxially separating the inner and outer chambers.