Patent ID: 6572821
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A heart-lung machine comprising at least one flexible tubing (6, 10; 34) integrated in an extracorporeal blood circuit (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) of said heart-lung machine including at least one pump (5) which pumps the blood of a patient at least through portions of said extracorporeal circuit, at least one compressed fluid actuated control member (20, 21; 30, 31, 32, 33) acting on said flexible tubing (6, 10; 34) from without, and a controller (11) for controlling the supply of compressed fluid to said control member wherein the compressed fluid supplied to the compressed fluid actuated control member has an operating pressure in the range 2 to 10 bar.