Apparatus for elimination of gas bubbles

摘要

Device for eliminating air bubbles in extra-corporeal fluid circuits, especially in blood circulation circuits, whereby said device comprises an air bubble sensor arrangement (10) and an air bubble elimination arrangement (11) arranged in a fluid line (12) between the patient and a circulating pump (14). An Independent claim is made for a method for eliminating air bubbles in extra-corporeal fluid circuits, especially in blood circulation circuits, whereby the bubbles are detected and eliminated in a fluid line prior to a circulation pump.