Membrane apparatus with enhanced mass transfer via active mixing
US6106776A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 11, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 11, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S261/28
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A blood membrane oxygenator has a housing defining a blood flow path, a rotor hub in the form of a double lumen shaft, and a plurality of distributor disks each having a plurality of hollow fibers which extend across the housing blood flow path. The plurality of distributor disks rotate within the housing to mix the blood resulting in three-dimensional mixing, disruption of the blood boundary layer and efficient blood oxygenation.
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