Patent ID: 8506684
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: A61M,B01D

Abstract:
1. A gas release device for removing gas from a bodily liquid in extracorporeal circuitry, the gas release device comprising: an elongate vertical portion; a flared portion extending outwardly from the elongate vertical portion; an inlet port for delivering a bodily liquid into the gas release device; and an outlet port for evacuating the bodily liquid from the gas release device, wherein the inlet port is positioned below the elongate vertical portion and the outlet port is positioned below the flared portion such that bodily liquid traveling from the inlet port toward the outlet port is forced around the flared portion to cause gas bubbles in the bodily liquid to be re-circulated back toward the inlet port, and the elongate vertical portion has a height sufficient to maintain an interface between a first liquid in the gas release device and a second liquid in the gas release device when the first and second liquids are miscible and the second liquid is flowing through the gas release device.