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US 2019/0290827 A1Published application
Air bubble removal from extracorporeal blood via chemical entrapment of nitrogen
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSarah K. Czaplewski-Campbell, Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz, Jing Zhang
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Abstract
A process includes removing air bubbles from extracorporeal blood via chemical entrapment of nitrogen (N2) gas.
Claims20
An article of manufacture including an organometallic complex bound to a surface of a particle, the organometallic complex to remove air bubbles from extracorporeal blood via chemical entrapment of nitrogen (N2) gas by dinitrogen fixation.
A drip chamber comprising:
- a housing with a blood inlet component and a blood outlet component;
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- an air bubble removal component comprising an organometallic complex bound to a surface of a particle, the organometallic complex to remove air bubbles from extracorporeal blood via chemical entrapment of nitrogen (N2) gas by dinitrogen fixation,
- wherein the air bubble removal component is disposed within the housing.
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