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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2003
Kathryn M. Usher, Saratoga, NY (US);
George R. Foster, Glen Falls, NY (US);
Edward M. Kolvek, West Newbury, MA (US);
Andrew C. Harvey, Waltham, MA (US);
Malcolm E. Taylor, Pepperell, MA (US);
Thomas Williams Lovell, Beverly, MA (US);
Colin P. Hart, Queensbury, NY (US);
William Edmund Girzone, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Kathryn M. Usher, Saratoga, NY (US);
George R. Foster, Glen Falls, NY (US);
Edward M. Kolvek, West Newbury, MA (US);
Andrew C. Harvey, Waltham, MA (US);
Malcolm E. Taylor, Pepperell, MA (US);
Thomas Williams Lovell, Beverly, MA (US);
Colin P. Hart, Queensbury, NY (US);
William Edmund Girzone, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Scimed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Medical devices for removing gasses, such as gas bubbles and/or dissolved gasses, from a liquid to be delivered to a patient, and methods of use and making of such devices. In at least some embodiments, a gas permeable membrane material is used in the construction of the gas removal devices. In some embodiments, layers of gas permeable membrane material are used to construct a filter structure for removing gas from the liquid. In other embodiments, hollow tubes and/or fibers of the gas permeable membrane material are used to construct a filter structure for removing gas from the liquid. The gas removal devices may be used in any of a broad variety of liquid delivery systems and/or configurations.