Patent ID: 9408960
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: A61M,B21D,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for oxygenating and controlling temperature of blood in an extracorporeal circuit, the apparatus comprising: a housing providing a blood inlet and a blood outlet; a core disposed within the housing and defining a longitudinal axis, a first terminal side, and a second terminal side opposite the first terminal side; a heat exchanger bundle including a plurality of heat transfer capillary tubes arranged directly over the core, each of the heat transfer capillary tubes terminating at opposing, first and second ends and extending about the core to define an arc relative to the longitudinal axis, the arc having an arc angle of less than 360 degrees, wherein both of the first and second ends of at least one of the heat transfer capillary tubes are closer to the first terminal side than the second terminal side; and an oxygenator bundle including a plurality of gas exchange fibers arranged directly over the heat exchanger bundle; wherein the apparatus is configured to establish a blood flow path from the blood inlet to the blood outlet passing radially through the heat exchanger bundle and the oxygenator bundle.