Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting – deodorizing – preser – Blood treating device for transfusible blood – Oxygenator
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-06
2007-02-06
Bianco, Patricia (Department: 3761)
Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preser
Blood treating device for transfusible blood
Oxygenator
C422S044000, C604S006140, C261SDIG028
Reexamination Certificate
active
10953747
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for blood oxygenation are provided. The apparatus includes a chamber having a first inlet to receive a fluid, e.g., physiologic saline; a second inlet to receive a gas, e.g., oxygen, from a gas supply; and an outlet coupled to a capillary assembly. An atomizer nozzle coupled to the first inlet creates within the chamber fine droplets of fluid into which the gas diffuses to create a gas-supersaturated fluid, which is removed via the outlet. The removed gas-supersaturated fluid mixes with blood within a liquid-to-liquid oxygenation assembly to form oxygenated blood for delivery to a patient. Alternately, the blood may be provided by a pump to a high pressure hollow fiber or other type membrane oxygenator within which oxygen diffuses across the membrane(s) and into the blood to form oxygenated blood, again for delivery to a patient or other site.
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Bianco Patricia
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TherOx, Inc.
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