Patent ID: 9566376
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: A61M,B01D

Claim:
1. An apparatus for exchanging mass and/or energy between first and second fluids, the apparatus comprising: an elastic shell forming a chamber through which the first fluid flows; a bundle of mass- or energy-permeable fibers extending in the shell transversely to the direction of flow of the first fluid and through which the second fluid can flow and the first fluid cannot flow; a rigid housing around the elastic shell having an inner wall that contacts the elastic shell in several first regions angularly equispaced around the bundle and from which the elastic shell is spaced at several second regions toward the hollow fibers, the first regions extending parallel to the hollow fibers, the second regions being angularly eguispaced around the bundle and forming between the shell and the housing at least one cavity; and a fluid connection opening into the cavity through the housing.