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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:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2003
William R. Patterson, Irvine, CA (US);
Stephen E. Myrick, Tustin, CA (US);
Vincent Divino, Jr., Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Creech, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Mark S. Buhr, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
William R. Patterson, Irvine, CA (US);
Stephen E. Myrick, Tustin, CA (US);
Vincent Divino, Jr., Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Creech, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Mark S. Buhr, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
TherOx, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for blood oxygenation are provided. The apparatus includes a chamber having a first inlet to receive a gas-supersaturating fluid, e.g., physiologic saline; a second inlet to receive a gas, e.g., oxygen, from a gas supply; and an outlet coupled to a capillary assembly. An atomizer nozzle coupled to the first inlet creates within the chamber fine droplets of fluid into which the gas diffuses to create the gas-supersaturated fluid, which is removed via the outlet. The removed gas-supersaturated fluid mixes with blood within a liquid-to-liquid oxygenation assembly to form oxygenated blood for delivery to a patient. Alternately, the blood may be provided by the pump to a high pressure hollow fiber or other type membrane oxygenator within which oxygen diffuses across the membranes(s) and into the blood to form oxygenated blood, again for delivery to a patient or other site.
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