Method of treating blood during operative procedures
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1. The method for removing foreign fluids from blood during operative procedures including:
- (1) passing blood mixed with fluids from a patient'"'"'s body through a bubble oxygenator;
(2) dividing the mixture of blood and fluid so as to return a first portion to the patient'"'"'s body and divert a second portion to an artificial membrane kidney;
(3) collecting the filtrate which is not blood from the artificial membrane kidney; and
(4) returning the second portion less the filtrate to the bubble oxygenator.
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This invention is a method for separating blood from other fluids added to the blood in connection with operative procedures. It is particularly exemplified by bypassing a portion of the blood during surgery through an artificial kidney apparatus or the like in conjunction with the oxygenation, simultaneously, of all blood, including that bypassed through the artificial kidney, wherein the excess fluids other than blood are removed for all practical purposes by completion of the operative procedure.
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1. The method for removing foreign fluids from blood during operative procedures including:
- (1) passing blood mixed with fluids from a patient'"'"'s body through a bubble oxygenator;
(2) dividing the mixture of blood and fluid so as to return a first portion to the patient'"'"'s body and divert a second portion to an artificial membrane kidney;
(3) collecting the filtrate which is not blood from the artificial membrane kidney; and
(4) returning the second portion less the filtrate to the bubble oxygenator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
- (1) passing blood mixed with fluids from a patient'"'"'s body through a bubble oxygenator;
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