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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2005
Mitsuaki Ogihara, Shizuoka, JP;
Hidetaka Nakayama, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yuki Ishikura, Shiga, JP;
Akiyasu Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuaki Ogihara, Shizuoka, JP;
Hidetaka Nakayama, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yuki Ishikura, Shiga, JP;
Akiyasu Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An extracorporeal circulator comprising a line for extracting blood from a patient, a pump for supplying blood, an artificial lung section performing gas exchange on blood, a line for supplying blood passed through the artificial lung section to the patient, a unit for removing bubbles mixed into the blood, a controller for controlling the flow rate of blood being supplied such that bubbles are not fed to the patient, and a line for detouring blood delivered from the blood pump to return it to the blood pump.