Patent ID: 11938254
Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION EHIME UNIVERSITY
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A hollow fiber membrane oxygenator comprising
a housing comprising a blood flow path;
a blood inlet port and a blood outlet port disposed in the housing so as to allow blood to flow through the blood flow path, a gas exchange part comprising a bundle of a plurality of hollow fiber membranes disposed in the blood flow path;
a gas inflow port and a gas outflow port provided in the housing so as to allow an oxygen-containing gas to flow through lumens of the hollow fiber membranes;
a gas temperature control part for adjusting the temperature of the gas flowing through the lumens of the hollow fiber membranes; and
the gas temperature control part comprises cold- or warm-water flow pipes which are inserted in the hollow fiber membranes.