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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1996
Roger J Elgas, Anaheim Hills, CA (US);
Robert F Gremel, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Robert Cushing Hamlen, St. Paul, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A transition manifold is provided for use in association with the upper end of a generally cylindrical heat exchanger fiber bundle having a plurality of vertically extending conduits with open upper ends terminating in substantially co-planar fashion. The transition manifold is specially configured for redirecting blood flowing out of the upper end of the heat exchanger fiber bundle radially outwardly around the fibers of a concentric, surrounding oxygenator fiber bundle. The transition manifold includes a generally conical wall member defining a surface which extends at a relatively flat angle with respect to a plane perpendicular to a vertical central axis of the heat exchanger fiber bundle. The surface of the conical wall member diverges away from the upper end of the heat exchanger fiber bundle in a direction moving radially outwardly from the central axis. The transition manifold spreads the blood substantially uniformally around an upper portion of the generally cylindrical oxygenator fiber bundle while minimizing shear forces that traumatize blood cells and platelets and minimizing recirculations which can lead to clotting.