Patent ID: 9132225
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: A61M,B01D,B29C,B29K,B29L

Abstract:
1. A cardiopulmonary bypass circuit including a filtration device comprising a housing having inlet and outlet ports connected in fluid communication with the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit and a filter medium disposed in a blood flow path of the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit between said inlet and outlet ports, wherein the filter medium comprises a single layer of non-woven fabric having a weight of up to 500 g/m 2 and porous beads anchored to fibres of the non-woven fabric by means of adhesive and the filtration device further comprises a porous screen having pores of between 20 μm and 100 μm in diameter on at least a downstream side of the filter medium, wherein the porous beads have a greater diameter than the pores of the porous screen.