Patent ID: 6013061
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
An automatic air eliminator comprisingan elongated housing (22) defining an interior chamber having a top wall, a bottom wall and a substantially cylindrical side wall centered on an axis A;a vent passage (54, 60) in the chamber top wall;a hydrophobic membrane (56) spanning said vent passage (54, 60);a fluid outlet passage (32d) in the bottom wall of said chamber;a fluid inlet opening (68) in the chamber side wall at a location adjacent to said top wall, said inlet opening being positioned relative to said axis so that fluid inflow to said inlet opening enters the chamber tangentially and circulates about said axis to said bottom wall and flows to the fluid outlet passage (32d), and a curved inlet tube having a first end connected to said inlet opening and a second end arcuately spaced about said axis from said inlet tube first end; an inlet connector connected to said inlet tube second end, and securing means for securing the inlet tube to said housing so that the inlet connector lies substantially parallel to said axis.