Integrated centrifugal blood pump-oxygenator, an extracorporeal life support system and a method of de-bubbling and priming an extracorporeal life support system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9278168
APP PUB NO 20140037500A1
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13928324

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An integrated centrifugal blood pump-oxygenator (1) which has a housing (2) with a top (3) having a blood inlet (4), a blood outlet (5) and a gas inlet (6), and a bottom (7) having a rotational body (8) being rotatably arranged in a rotor-housing (9) of the bottom (7). The integrated centrifugal blood pump-oxygenator (1) further has an oxygenator membrane (10) provided in an interior (11) of the housing (2), wherein in the operation state oxygen (12) is transferred from the gas inlet (6) through the oxygenator membrane (10) to a gas outlet (13) and blood (14) is brought in direct contact with the oxygenator membrane (10) by pumping the blood (14) with the rotational body (8) from the blood inlet (4) to the blood outlet (5). The rotational body (8) is magnetically journalled in a contact-free manner with respect to the rotor-housing (9). There is an extracorporeal life support system (1000), and a method of de-bubbling and priming a extracorporeal life support system (1000).

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THORATEC LLC6035 STONERIDGE DRIVE PLEASANTON CA 94588

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gellman, Barry N North Easton, US 173 16262
Griffith, Bartley P Gibson Island, US 23 375
Koert, Andrew Somerville, US 6 263
Wu, Zhongjun Woodstock, US 27 297
Zhang, Juntao Baltimore, US 13 133

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