Disposable cartridge for producing gas-enriched fluids
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1. A gas-enrichment device comprising:
- a housing having a fluid supply chamber, an atomizing chamber, and a mixing chamber therein;
a pump disposed within the fluid supply chamber, the pump adapted to draw a physiologic fluid into the fluid supply chamber through a fluid inlet in the fluid supply chamber and to deliver the physiologic fluid to the atomizing chamber through a fluid outlet in the fluid supply chamber;
an atomizer disposed within the atomizing chamber, the atomizer adapted to receive the physiologic fluid from the fluid outlet of the fluid supply chamber, wherein the atomizing chamber is adapted to receive a gas through a gas inlet in the atomizing chamber, the atomizer having an atomizing nozzle adapted to atomize the physiologic fluid upon delivery into the atomizing chamber to form a gas-enriched physiologic fluid; and
a fluid delivery device disposed within the mixing chamber in a predetermined relationship with a fluid inlet in the mixing chamber, the fluid delivery device adapted to receive the gas-enriched physiologic fluid from the atomizing chamber and to deliver the gas-enriched fluid into the mixing chamber to mix with a bodily fluid adapted to enter the mixing chamber through the fluid inlet in the mixing chamber to form a gas-enriched bodily fluid deliverable through a fluid outlet in the mixing chamber.
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Abstract
A device generates a gas-enriched physiologic fluid and combines it with a bodily fluid to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid. The device may take the form of a disposable cartridge. The cartridge may include a fluid supply chamber for delivering physiologic fluid under pressure to an atomizer. The atomizer delivers fluid droplets into a gas-pressurized atomization chamber to enrich the physiologic fluid with the gas. The gas-enriched physiologic fluid is delivered to a mixing chamber in the cartridge where the gas-enriched physiologic fluid is mixed with a bodily fluid, such as blood, to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid.
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1. A gas-enrichment device comprising:
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a housing having a fluid supply chamber, an atomizing chamber, and a mixing chamber therein;
a pump disposed within the fluid supply chamber, the pump adapted to draw a physiologic fluid into the fluid supply chamber through a fluid inlet in the fluid supply chamber and to deliver the physiologic fluid to the atomizing chamber through a fluid outlet in the fluid supply chamber;
an atomizer disposed within the atomizing chamber, the atomizer adapted to receive the physiologic fluid from the fluid outlet of the fluid supply chamber, wherein the atomizing chamber is adapted to receive a gas through a gas inlet in the atomizing chamber, the atomizer having an atomizing nozzle adapted to atomize the physiologic fluid upon delivery into the atomizing chamber to form a gas-enriched physiologic fluid; and
a fluid delivery device disposed within the mixing chamber in a predetermined relationship with a fluid inlet in the mixing chamber, the fluid delivery device adapted to receive the gas-enriched physiologic fluid from the atomizing chamber and to deliver the gas-enriched fluid into the mixing chamber to mix with a bodily fluid adapted to enter the mixing chamber through the fluid inlet in the mixing chamber to form a gas-enriched bodily fluid deliverable through a fluid outlet in the mixing chamber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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