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Fried-Grant rapid solution administration set with integral heat exchanger

  • US 4,623,333 A
  • Filed: 09/28/1984
  • Issued: 11/18/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A pump free intravenous set for the rapid infusion of physiologic solutions to treat a patient in hypovolemic shock comprisingan infusion line having a vein catheter at its distal end for connection into a central venous pathway,inlet means mounted on the proximal end of the infusion line for connecting the line to a source of blood products,an administration set connected to the infusion line between the distal and proximal ends for infusing drugs and other physiologic solutions into the blood products in the line at a slower rate than that of the blood products,and a heat exchanger disposed in the infusion line through which the blood products flow for heating the products to a normothermic temperature,said infusion line, inlet means, vein catheter and heat exchanger being sized to accept and discharge said products at a rate of approximately 1500 milliliters per minute in response to a pressure head established by the difference in height of the proximal and distal ends of the infusion line.

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