Integrated device for heating and oxygenating blood in an extracorporeal circuit

摘要

An integrated device (1) for heating and oxygenating blood in an extracorporeal blood circuit, comprising a shell-and-tube heat exchanger module (2) provided with a coupling (4) to a blood supply line and with two couplings (5,6) respectively for the intake and discharge of the water designed to exchange heat with the blood; ports (16) are also provided for the passage of the blood toward an oxygenator module (7) of the hollow-fiber type which is located at the peripheral region of the heat exchanger and is provided with a coupling (14) to a blood discharge line; the device further comprises means adapted to direct the flow of blood along a turbulence-free path and with optimum distribution within the two modules.