Integrated centrifugal blood pump-oxygenator, an extracorporeal life support system and a method of de-bubbling and priming an extracorporeal life support system
First Claim
1. A blood oxygenator comprising:
- a housing having a blood inlet, a blood outlet, a gas inlet, and a gas outlet;
an impeller rotatable to output a blood flow; and
an oxygenator membrane in an interior of the housing;
wherein the housing is configured so that oxygen is transferred from the gas inlet to the oxygenator membrane and transferred from the oxygenator membrane to the blood flow, and carbon dioxide is transferred from the blood flow to the oxygenator membrane and transferred from the oxygenator membrane to the gas outlet;
the blood flow output from the impeller flowing to an exterior surface of the oxygenator membrane, flowing through the oxygenator membrane, and flowing to the blood outlet after exiting an interior surface of the oxygenator membrane;
wherein the blood inlet is centrally located in the interior of the oxygenator membrane; and
the blood oxygenator further comprises a blood outlet channel surrounding the blood inlet and connected to the blood outlet.
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Abstract
An integrated centrifugal blood pump-oxygenator (1) which has a housing (2) with a top (3) having a blood inlet (4), a blood outlet (5) and a gas inlet (6), and a bottom (7) having a rotational body (8) being rotatably arranged in a rotor-housing (9) of the bottom (7). The integrated centrifugal blood pump-oxygenator (1) further has an oxygenator membrane (10) provided in an interior (11) of the housing (2), wherein in the operation state oxygen (12) is transferred from the gas inlet (6) through the oxygenator membrane (10) to a gas outlet (13) and blood (14) is brought in direct contact with the oxygenator membrane (10) by pumping the blood (14) with the rotational body (8) from the blood inlet (4) to the blood outlet (5). The rotational body (8) is magnetically journalled in a contact-free manner with respect to the rotor-housing (9). There is an extracorporeal life support system (1000), and a method of de-bubbling and priming a extracorporeal life support system (1000).
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Citations
21 Claims
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1. A blood oxygenator comprising:
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a housing having a blood inlet, a blood outlet, a gas inlet, and a gas outlet; an impeller rotatable to output a blood flow; and an oxygenator membrane in an interior of the housing; wherein the housing is configured so that oxygen is transferred from the gas inlet to the oxygenator membrane and transferred from the oxygenator membrane to the blood flow, and carbon dioxide is transferred from the blood flow to the oxygenator membrane and transferred from the oxygenator membrane to the gas outlet;
the blood flow output from the impeller flowing to an exterior surface of the oxygenator membrane, flowing through the oxygenator membrane, and flowing to the blood outlet after exiting an interior surface of the oxygenator membrane;
wherein the blood inlet is centrally located in the interior of the oxygenator membrane; and
the blood oxygenator further comprises a blood outlet channel surrounding the blood inlet and connected to the blood outlet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An extracorporeal life support system for a patient, comprising:
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a blood oxygenator comprising; a housing having a blood inlet, a blood outlet, a gas inlet, and a gas outlet; and an oxygenator membrane in an interior of the housing; and a blood pump comprising a rotational body, the rotational body being connected to the housing and configured to pump blood through the housing from the blood inlet to the blood outlet; wherein the housing is configured so that oxygen is transferred from the gas inlet to the oxygenator membrane and transferred from the oxygenator membrane to the blood flow, and carbon dioxide is transferred from the blood flow to the oxygenator membrane and transferred from the oxygenator membrane to the gas outlet;
the blood flow output from the impeller flowing to an exterior surface of the oxygenator membrane, flowing through the oxygenator membrane, and flowing to the blood outlet after exiting an interior surface of the oxygenator membrane;
wherein the blood inlet is centrally located in the interior of the oxygenator membrane; and
the blood oxygenator further comprises a blood outlet channel surrounding the blood inlet and connected to the blood outlet. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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