Patent ID: 6019824
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: A61M,B01D

Abstract:
A tubular set for the conveyance of blood, which set comprises flexible set tubing and a bubble trap chamber connected to said tubing, said bubble trap chamber comprising a housing defining an outer wall, a flow inlet to the interior of said housing, and a flow outlet at or near the bottom of said housing, said housing comprising an inner wall adjacent to the top of said housing, said inner wall being radially inwardly spaced from said outer wall within said chamber and extending circumferentially and generally parallel to said outer wall for at least about 90.degree. of the circumference of the outer wall, to define a circumferential passageway between the inner and outer walls, said flow inlet communicating with said circumferential passageway, whereby blood is directed to flow from said flow inlet horizontally and circumferentially through the passageway to at least one passageway outlet, which outlet is spaced in the chamber from said flow inlet, to lengthen the horizontal flow path of blood in said chamber.