Patent ID: 6949132

Claim:
An elongated flow-through degassing apparatus for degassing one or more fluids passing therethrough, said degassing apparatus comprising: (a) an elongated outer tube being relatively gas and liquid impermeable, said outer tube having an inlet end, an outlet end, and one or more apertures, said one or more apertures being formed in a side wall of said outer tube; (b) one or more elongated inner tubes extending coaxially within said outer tube, said inner tubes being formed of a gas-permeable, liquid-impermeable polymeric material, and having an inlet portion and an outlet portion corresponding to said inlet and outlet ends of said outer tube; (c) one or more adapters extending from said side wall of said outer tube and coextensively with one or more apertures such that a hollow channel extending through said one or more adapters provides for fluid connection from a space defined between said outer tube and said one or more inner tubes to locations external to said one or more adapters; (d) inlet connection means operably coupled to said inlet end of said outer tube and said inlet portion of said inner tubes; and (e) outlet connection means operably coupled to said outlet end of said outer tube and said outlet portion of said inner tubes, said degassing apparatus being sufficiently flexible so as to be readily manipulatable into desired configurations.