Patent ID: 8419674

Claim:
An intravenous oxygenator for insertion into a vein having a bundle of fibers allowing through flow of oxygen and carbon dioxide therealong, said fibers being each connected to a gas supply means through a first connection and to a gas evacuation means through a second connection so that oxygen and carbon dioxide are allowed to flow through the fibers from the first connections to the second connections, said connections being respectively connected to a first and to a second fiber holder and being displaceable along a longitudinal axis of the oxygenator, wherein the fiber holders are sliding bodies that are rotatable relative to one another about the longitudinal axis of the oxygenator, more specifically relative to the central catheter, and that are mounted so as to be displaceable preferably along said axis; the oxygenation comprising a housing with an impermeable sheathing that is deformable in the radial direction in particular; and further comprising a wire grate used as the carrier structure of the housing.