Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heat exchanger for medical use and artificial heart-lung machine
- Patent Title (中): 医疗换热器和人造心肺机
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Application No.: US12593707Application Date: 2008-03-28
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Publication No.: US08147753B2Publication Date: 2012-04-03
- Inventor: Minoru Tanaka , Tomokazu Niitsuma , Shigeki Kawarabata , Takashi Matsushita
- Applicant: Minoru Tanaka , Tomokazu Niitsuma , Shigeki Kawarabata , Takashi Matsushita
- Applicant Address: JP Hiroshima
- Assignee: JMS Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: JMS Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hiroshima
- Agency: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.
- Priority: JP2007-094772 20070330; JP2007-094773 20070330
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/056180 WO 20080328
- International Announcement: WO2008/120747 WO 20081009
- Main IPC: A61M1/00
- IPC: A61M1/00 ; A61M37/00

Abstract:
A heat exchanger includes a plurality of tubes 2 through an inner cavity of which a heat-transfer medium liquid flows, a sealing member 6 that seals the plurality of tubes 2 while exposing both ends thereof, with a blood channel passing outside each of the tubes 2 being formed in a central portion in the axial direction of the tubes, and a housing 5 that accommodates the tubes 2 sealed with the sealing member 6. The heat exchanger further includes a hollow fiber membrane 3 that is formed of a plurality of hydrophobic and gas permeable hollow fibers 4 and that is disposed on at least one of an entrance side and an exit side of the blood channel in the housing 5 so that a liquid flowing through the blood channel passes through the hollow fiber membrane 3. The housing 5 includes openings 10 for exposing open ends of each of the hollow fibers 4 forming the hollow fiber membrane 3 to the outside, and gaps between an inner side of the openings and the hollow fibers 4 are sealed. Air can be removed while suppressing a reduction in the heat exchange efficiency.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100114004A1 HEAT EXCHANGER FOR MEDICAL USE AND ARTIFICIAL HEART-LUNG MACHINE Public/Granted day:2010-05-06
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