发明授权
- 专利标题: Method and apparatus for removal of gas bubbles from blood
- 专利标题(中): 从血液中除去气泡的方法和装置
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申请号: US12925922申请日: 2010-11-02
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公开(公告)号: US08480606B2公开(公告)日: 2013-07-09
- 发明人: David W. Wieting , Jay A. Lenker
- 申请人: David W. Wieting , Jay A. Lenker
- 申请人地址: US CA Laguna Beach
- 专利权人: Indian Wells Medical, Inc.
- 当前专利权人: Indian Wells Medical, Inc.
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA Laguna Beach
- 主分类号: A61M1/00
- IPC分类号: A61M1/00 ; A61M1/10 ; A61M1/36 ; B01D19/00
摘要:
A system is disclosed for removing gas bubbles from blood during circulatory assist procedures. Such bubbles are generated, along with particulate matter, in an extracorporeal circulatory bypass system by the pump, oxygenator and other components. Current filters are inefficient at removing small bubbles that can cause neurological defects and renal and other organ failures in the patient. An active filter apparatus and method is disclosed that forces the bubbles to the center of the system where they are removed from the blood before the blood exits the filter. The filter comprises an axially elongate cylindrical shell with a blood inlet, a blood outlet and a gas outlet. A motor driven impeller spins the blood within the shell and forces the gas toward the center by centripetal force, utilizing the buoyancy effects of the bubbles in blood, whereby the bubbles can be bled off at the center of the filter.