Patent ID: 6908446
Filing Date: 2005-06-21
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A blood reservoir comprising: a housing having a vented blood inlet through which blood vented from the interior of a heart flows in, a suctioned blood inlet through which blood suctioned from the outside of the heart flows in, and a blood outlet; a vented blood filtering unit provided in said housing, the vented blood filtering unit having a vented blood filtering member configured to filter the vented blood flowing in through said vented blood inlet; a suctioned blood filtering unit provided in said housing, the suctioned blood filtering unit having a suctioned blood filtering member configured to filter the suctioned blood flowing in through said suctioned blood inlet; and an antifoaming agent placed in said suctioned blood filtering unit, said antifoaming agent placed at a position which contacts the suctioned blood flowing in through said suctioned blood inlet, wherein the vented blood flowing in through said vented blood inlet passes through said vented blood filtering member without contacting said antifoaming agent and foreign substances filtered off from the suctioned blood.