BLOOD PUMP-OXYGENATOR SYSTEM

摘要

A blood pump-oxygenator system including a housing, an impeller, a fiber bed, and a bypass channel that provides a path for blood to be recirculated through the fiber bed; a system comprising a housing, a means for drawing blood into the housing, a means for removing carbon dioxide from the blood, a means for adding oxygen to the blood, and a means for recirculating the blood back through the removing means and the adding means; and a method for oxygenating blood comprising drawing blood into a housing comprising a fiber bed, propelling blood principally in a radial direction through the fiber bed, adding oxygen to the blood as it moves through the fiber bed, and repeating the forcing and adding steps for at least a portion of the blood.