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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2011
Dean Kamen, Bedford, NH (US);
Jason A. Demers, Manchester, NH (US);
David E. Altobelli, Hollis, NH (US);
Larry B. Gray, Merrimack, NH (US);
N. Christopher Perry, Manchester, NH (US);
Brian Tracey, Litchfield, NH (US);
James D. Dale, Nashua, NH (US);
Dirk A. Van Der Merwe, Manchester, NH (US);
Kingston Owens, Bedford, NH (US);
Dean Kamen, Bedford, NH (US);
Jason A. Demers, Manchester, NH (US);
David E. Altobelli, Hollis, NH (US);
Larry B. Gray, Merrimack, NH (US);
N. Christopher Perry, Manchester, NH (US);
Brian Tracey, Litchfield, NH (US);
James D. Dale, Nashua, NH (US);
Dirk A. van der Merwe, Manchester, NH (US);
Kingston Owens, Bedford, NH (US);
DEKA Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to heat-exchanger systems that can be used to heat or cool a fluid such as blood. Pod pumps that provide low shear and low turbulence may be used in such systems, particularly for systems that pump blood. A certain heat-exchanger system used to heat blood or other fluids may be used to provide whole-body hyperthermic treatments or regional hyperthermic chemotherapy treatments. A disposable unit may be used to separate the fluid path from the fluid control systems. The disposable unit typically includes a heat-exchanger component that is received by a corresponding heat exchanger in a base unit. Fluid pumped through the heat-exchanger component is heated by the heat exchanger.