Patent ID: 7914508

Claim:
An apparatus for reducing fat in blood comprising: a chamber, said chamber having an inlet and an outlet and comprising: a first compartment for receiving blood via the inlet; a second compartment in fluid communication with the first compartment via a channel that connects a base of the first compartment with the second compartment, the second compartment defining the outlet; and means for preventing a remaining portion of the blood in the first compartment from flowing out of the first compartment when blood flows from the first compartment into the second compartment during use, wherein said first and second compartments are made of a pliable plastic material, wherein the apparatus is arranged to be integrated in a cardiopulmonary bypass circuit and for reducing fat in pericardial blood, and the inlet is arranged to receive pericardial suction blood pumped from a surgery site, and wherein a blood pipe passes through the inlet, the chamber and the outlet, and a portion of the blood pipe within the chamber has perforations formed therein.