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Extracorporeal filter

US3939078A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 19, 1974
Grant dateFeb 17, 1976
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Expiry dateApr 19, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D19/0031
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An extracorporeal filter having improved characteristics for the positive elimination of gas bubbles from blood streams. The top of the filter housing is sloped to a high point where there is positioned an air vent. The inlet for the blood is positioned substantially in the center of the top portion and extends past the plane of the top portion into the filter housing.

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