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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:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Erin Jessica Lindsay, Manchester, MI (US);
Assignee:
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation, Somerset, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/14 ; A61M 3/700 ; A61M 1/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/14 ; A61M 3/700 ; A61M 1/36 ;
Abstract
A self-contained pack assembly includes all of the disposable components of an extracorporeal support circuit for cardiac bypass surgery. The pack assembly comprises a blood reservoir, a blood oxygenator, and a carrier for mounting the blood reservoir and blood oxygenator. One or more trays may be releasably attached to the carrier to serve as storage containers for coiled tubing used in the support circuit. Pre-made connections can also be formed between the tubing and the blood reservoir and blood and oxygenator as may be desired.