Patent ID: 6811750
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: A61M,B01F,Y10S

Abstract:
A device for oxygenating blood and delivering the oxygenated blood to a patent, the system comprising:a blood pump assembly coupled to a supply of blood; a blood oxygenation assembly coupled to the blood pump assembly, the blood oxygenation assembly receiving the blood from the blood pump assembly and oxygenating the blood, the blood oxygenation assembly comprising: a mixer having an internal mixing chamber having a first inlet, a second inlet, and an outlet, the blood pump adapted to deliver the blood to the mixing chamber of the mixer via the first inlet; and a fluid supply assembly adapted to deliver a gas-supersaturated physiologic fluid to the mixing chamber of the mixer via the second inlet, the blood and the physiologic fluid mixing with one another to form the oxygenated blood; and a delivery assembly coupled to the outlet, the delivery assembly being adapted to deliver the oxygenated blood to a patient.