Patent ID: 9468557
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: A61F,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A compact heat exchanger for veno-venous perfusion-induced hyperthermia, comprising: a housing, a blood inlet ending at a distal-most surface of the compact heat exchanger and defining a longitudinal axis, a blood outlet, a heated fluid inlet, and a heated fluid outlet; a hollow tubule heat exchange array disposed within an interior of the housing for heat exchange to and from blood passing through the compact heat exchanger; an inlet blood flow redirector disposed at a distal-most end of the blood inlet and configured to redirect a flow of the blood radially to the longitudinal axis across the compact heat exchanger distal-most surface and therefrom to the hollow tubule heat exchange array, the blood perfusing therefrom to the blood outlet; and a pneumatic pump disposed substantially within the blood inlet and within a perimeter defined by the housing, further wherein the pneumatic pump is disposed in an interior of the hollow tubule heat exchange array.