Blood sequestration device and method
AssigneeICU Medical, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Scott Langdell, Jay T. Breindel, Harsh D. Chheda
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Abstract
A blood sequestration device configured to isolate an initial, potentially contaminated portion of blood from the flow of blood of a patient, prior to directing the flow of blood to an outlet port where the blood can be accessed. The blood sequestration device including a body member having an interior wall defining a fluid conduit having a distal portion, a first proximal portion, and a second proximal portion, wherein the first proximal portion defines a sequestration chamber configured to isolate an initial portion of blood of a flow of blood, a vent path configured to enable the escape of gas initially trapped within the sequestration chamber.
Claims8
A blood sequestration device configured to isolate an initial, potentially contaminated portion of blood from a flow of blood from vasculature of a patient, prior to directing the flow of blood to an outlet port where the blood can be accessed, the blood sequestration device comprising:
- a body member having an interior wall defining a generally “Y” shaped fluid conduit having a distal portion, a first proximal portion, and a second proximal portion,
- wherein the distal portion defines an inlet port configured to be fluidly coupled to vasculature of the patient,
- wherein the first proximal portion defines a sequestration chamber configured to isolate an initial portion of blood of a flow of blood, the first proximal portion further defining a vent path configured to enable the escape of gas initially trapped within the sequestration chamber, the first proximal portion being axially aligned with a longitudinal axis of the distal portion, and
- wherein the second proximal portion defines a fluid path and an outlet port configured to be fluidly coupled to a blood collection device, the second proximal portion being offset from the longitudinal axis of the distal portion by an oblique angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.