摘要 |
In a blood reservoir (10) comprising a container casing (11) defining a space (12) for accommodating blood, the casing (11) having a generally rectangular contour defining a pair of top and bottom sides (11f, 11d) and a pair of laterally opposed sides (11c, 11e), provided that the casing (11) assumes a vertically upright attitude, an inlet port (15) is disposed in one lateral side (11c) of the casing (11) for introducing blood into the space (12), an outlet port (17) is disposed in the bottom side (11d) of the casing (11) for discharging blood from the space (12), and a vent port (18) disposed in the top side (11f) of the casing (11) in fluid communication with the space (12). In another form, a partition (14) separates the space (12) into upper and lower compartments (13A, 13B), and apertures (195) are formed in the partition (14) for allowing partial fluid communication between the compartments (13A, 13B). The inlet port (15) and the vent port (18) are in communication with the upper compartment (13A), and the outlet port (17) is in communication with the lower compartment (13B). |