Patent ID: 6730267
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: A61M,F04D,Y10S

Abstract:
Apparatus for oxygenating and pumping blood comprising:a housing having a blood inlet, a blood outlet, a gas collection plenum, an annular fiber bundle compartment, and a pump space, the blood inlet in fluid communication with the gas collection plenum, the pump space coupled in fluid communication with the gas collection plenum by a central void defined by an interior wall of the annular fiber bundle compartment, and in fluid communication with the annular fiber bundle compartment, the blood outlet coupled to annular fiber bundle compartment; a filter disposed within the gas collection plenum in communication with the central void, the filter adapted to remove gas entrained within blood introduced into the gas collection plenum; an annular fiber bundle disposed within the annular fiber bundle compartment; a pump disposed within the pump space; and a sensor disposed on the housing and adapted to detect the presence of gas within the gas collection plenum.