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US 2014/0154137 A1Published application
Apparatus for mass- and/or energy-transfer between two media
OwnerAhmad Ali Kashefi Khorasaniinventor
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The invention relates to an apparatus and a process for mass- and/or energy-transfer between two media, in particular between blood and a gas/gas mixture, having a chamber (1) through which a first medium, in particular blood, flows and in which a bundle of mass- and/or energy-permeable hollow fibres through which the second medium can flow and around which the first medium can flow is arranged transverse to the flow direction of the first medium, in which the chamber (1) is configured as an elastic shell (3) at least in a region which completely surrounds the bundle, where a rigid housing (6) is arranged around the elastic shell (3) and the inner wall of the housing contacts the shell (3) in a plurality of first regions (9) and the inner wall of the housing is not in contact with and is in particular at a spacing from the shell (3) in at least one second region (10), preferably a plurality of second regions (10) in the direction of the extension of the hollow fibres, where the one hollow space or at least one of the plurality of hollow spaces formed in the second regions (10) between shell (3) and housing (6) joins a fluid connection (11) passing through the wall of the housing.
An apparatus for exchanging mass and/or energy between two fluids, comprising a chamber through which the first fluid flows and through which transversely to the direction of flow of the first fluid extends a bundle of mass and/or energy-permeable hollow fibers through which the second fluid can flow and the first fluid cannot flow, wherein the chamber is formed as an elastic shell in at least one region that completely surrounds the bundle, wherein a rigid housing is provided around the elastic shell having an inner wall that contacts the shell in several first regions and that is spaced from the shell in at least one second region toward the hollow fibers, one formed cavity or at least one of several cavities formed in the second regions between the shell and housing being open into a fluid connection through the housing wall.
The method as set forth in claim 15, wherein the pressure pulses are selected
An apparatus for exchanging heat or mass between a first fluid and a second fluid, the apparatus comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.