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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2001
Kenji Yokoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Yokoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Termo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A blood reservoir being capable of reducing damage to blood stored therein. The blood reservoir has a housing in the form of a box, and filtering and defoaming devices provided in the housing, i.e., a device for filtering and defoaming on blood suctioned from a surgical field (outside a heart), a device for filtering and defoaming on blood vented from the interior of the heart, and a device for filtering and defoaming on blood drawn off from a large vein. The vented blood flowing into the blood reservoir passes through a vented blood filtering member to be introduced into a blood storage space without contacting an antifoaming agent and foreign substances filtered off from the suctioned blood.