Patent ID: 9561315
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A61M

Claim:
1. A system for a miniaturized cardiopulmonary bypass circuit for a mouse comprising: at least one venous catheter configured to be connected to the mouse for the removal of blood from the mouse; an oxygenator comprising a hollow outer case, a blood inlet nozzle, an arterial blood reservoir, an impermeable central rod within the hollow outer case, wherein blood flows over an exterior surface of the impermeable central rod as a film of flowing blood, and a gas inlet nozzle, wherein gas flows from the gas inlet nozzle into the hollow outer case forming a direct gas/blood interface with the film of flowing blood free of any membrane; at least one arterial catheter for the infusion of fresh blood from the oxygenator into an artery of the mouse; and a dual channel peristaltic pump to generate a flow of blood, the dual channel peristaltic pump having a first channel to move the blood by tubing from the from the venous catheter to the oxygenator, and the peristaltic pump having a second channel to transport the oxygenated blood to the arterial catheter.