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Extracorporeal circulation apparatus and method

  • US 5,725,492 A
  • Filed: 03/04/1996
  • Issued: 03/10/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An extracorporeal blood circulation apparatus comprising circuitry including:

  • (a) an inlet line adapted to receive blood from a patient,(b) an outlet line adapted to return blood to the patient,(c) a fluid circuit for fluid communication between the inlet and the outlet line,(d) at least one pump acting on the fluid circuit to circulate blood therethrough and out the outlet line, and(e) one or more nitric oxide gas feeds to said fluid circuit, at least one being upstream of said pump,(f) a container comprising a source of nitric oxide connected to one or more nitric oxide gas feeds.

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