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Blood leak detector

  • US 4,085,047 A
  • Filed: 09/16/1976
  • Issued: 04/18/1978
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A blood leak detector comprising:

  • a housing including a top wall, a bottom wall, opposed side walls and opposed end walls;

    means for preventing ambient visible light from entering the interior of said housing;

    inlet means projecting into the interior of said housing through said bottom wall for directing fluid containing blood and gas bubbles into said housing;

    oulet means contained within said top wall of said housing for directing fluid including blood and gas bubbles contained therein out of said housing through said top wall at a position located directly above the position of entry of said fluid into said housing through said inlet means;

    means for generating a beam of light mounted in one of said end walls of said housing;

    means for detecting said beam of light mounted in the other one of said end walls of said housing;

    said light beam generating means and said light beam detecting means comprising axially aligned cylindrical plugs of substantially equal diameter mounted and contained within said opposed end walls of said housing;

    screen means mounted within said housing extending between said axially aligned cylindrical plugs, dimensioned and oriented for mating with said cylindrical plugs to form a cylindrical configuration;

    said screen means having spaced apart edges defining a slot therebetween mounted at the top of said cylindrical configuration to permit the escape of gas bubbles from the interior of said cylindrical configuration defined by said screen means extending between said cylindrical plugs; and

    said screen means being positioned directly in the path of said fluid flowing from said inlet to said outlet, such that portions of said fluid pass through said screen means and through said beam of light while said gas bubbles contained within said portions of said fluid passing through said beam of light are separated from said fluid passing through said screen means and are prevented from entering said beam of light by flowing around the perimeter of said screen means without being removed from that portion of said fluid not passing through said beam of light.

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