Patent ID: 8545754
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for oxygenating and controlling the temperature of blood in an extracorporeal circuit, the apparatus having a blood inlet and a blood outlet that is located radially outward from the blood inlet in order to define a flowpath through the apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a core that is substantially centrally located in the apparatus and to which blood from a patient can be supplied through the blood inlet, the blood inlet being centrally located along the apparatus; a heat exchanger comprising a plurality of heat transfer elements that are arranged around the core and between which blood from the core can move radially outward; an oxygenator comprising a plurality of gas exchange elements that are arranged around an entirety of the heat exchanger and between which blood from the heat exchanger can move radially outward before exiting the apparatus through the blood outlet, wherein at least some of the plurality of gas exchange elements of the oxygenator are wound directly onto and directly contact at least some of the plurality of heat transfer elements of the heat exchanger; wherein the core, heat exchanger and oxygenator are radially arranged within a housing having a peripheral wall radially positioned with respect to the oxygenator, a first end cap closing one open side of the peripheral wall and a second end cap closing another open side of the peripheral wall, the blood inlet being provided through the first end cap and the blood outlet being provided through the peripheral wall so as to be radially positioned to the core for controlling the flowpath from the core to the blood outlet.