Patent ID: 6117342
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: A61M,B01D

Abstract:
An extracorporeal, flow-through bubble trap for fluid flow lines, which comprises: a chamber-defining wall; a flow inlet and a flow outlet, each extending through said wall to communicate with the interior of said chamber, said flow inlet comprising a tube within the chamber that extends from the top to the bottom of the chamber, said tube having a flow impermeable wall and a side aperture connecting with said chamber interior adjacent the bottom thereof, said chamber interior having a height that is less than 1.6 times the longest horizontal dimension of said chamber interior, whereby fluid flow in the bubble trap chamber is substantially horizontal, said flow inlet directing fluid flow into said chamber exclusively in directions facing horizontally away from said flow outlet, in which said flow outlet and inlet are horizontally separated at their closest points by at least about 8 mm.