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US 2026/0273152 A1Published application
System and method for reducing gaseous microemboli using venous blood bypass with filter
OwnerKeith Gipsoninventor
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Abstract
A system and method for reducing gas bubbles, including gaseous microemboli (GME) during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) by the use of an oxygenator with venous blood bypass and a filter in the venous blood bypass is provided.
Claims20
A system for reducing gaseous microemboli, the system comprising
- more than one oxygenator configured to oxygenate blood;
- and
- a sweep gas independently supplied to each oxygenator, wherein the sweep gas oxygenates the blood.
A system for reducing gaseous microemboli, the system comprising
- more than one oxygenator configured to oxygenate blood;
- and
- more than one flow controller to independently control a flow rate and volume of the blood to each oxygenator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.