Patent ID: 8882695
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An arrangement comprising: a rigid housing having a blood inlet, a blood outlet, a pulsatile gas inlet, and an oxygenation gas inlet; a pulsatile blood pump within the housing and comprising an expandable member connected to receive pulsatile gas from the pulsatile gas inlet; a gas exchanger for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation within the housing; a gas source external to the housing and having at least a pulsatile gas outlet; wherein the pulsatile blood pump is arranged to deliver blood from the blood inlet to the gas exchanger, wherein the pulsatile gas inlet is connected to receive pulsatile gas from the pulsatile gas outlet of the external gas source to provide pumping power to the expandable member of said pulsatile blood pump, and wherein a portion of the gas from the gas source is fed to said gas exchanger to provide an oxygenation function.