A blood oxygenator includes a housing having a first end opposite a second end with a sidewall extending between the first end and the second end along a longitudinal axis. The housing defines an interior chamber having a liquid inlet at the first end and a liquid outlet at the second end. The oxygenator further includes a gas exchange assembly positioned within the interior chamber. The gas exchange assembly includes a retainer having an upper cap spaced apart from a lower cap by one or more spacers, and a gas exchange medium disposed between the upper cap and the lower cap. The gas exchange medium has a plurality of subunits stacked on top of each other, with each subunit having a plurality of layers of hollow fiber mats.

An oxygenator has a plurality of porous hollow fiber membranes comprising polypropylene for gas exchange, wherein each hollow fiber membrane has an inner surface that forms a lumen and an outer surface. The oxygenator is manufactured using a method which involves preparing a coating solution containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of dopamine, salt of dopamine, and oligomer of dopamine; and bringing the inner surface or the outer surface of the hollow fiber membranes into contact with the coating solution for less than ten hours while blowing oxygen gas in the coating solution to form a dopamine polymer layer containing a polymer of the compound on the inner surface or the outer surface.

A purger device for hollow fiber oxygenators, including a gas inlet, a gas outlet, and a fluid communication feature between the gas inlet and the gas outlet. The purger device further including an accumulation chamber having a variable volume plenum ported to the fluid communication feature, and a flow control unit configured to vary fluid communication patterns in the fluid communication feature and having a first operating condition and a second operating condition, wherein in the first operating condition the flow control unit enables a fluid communication between the gas inlet and gas outlet, and wherein in the second operating condition the flow control unit enables a fluid communication between the gas inlet and the variable volume plenum of the accumulation chamber.

A blood oxygenator is disclosed comprising a housing, a blood inlet, a blood outlet, a spiral volute, a gas inlet, an oxygenator fiber bundle, and a gas outlet. The housing encloses the fiber bundle and provides the structure for the blood flow path and connectors. The fiber bundle comprises gas-exchange membranes which transfer oxygen to the blood and remove carbon dioxide when the blood flows across the membranes. The spiral volute guides the blood to flow through the fiber bundle. A gas flow chamber receives sweep gas containing oxygen and distributes the sweep gas into the fiber membranes, which gas is then exchanged with the blood being oxygenated.

An external energy storage power management method, system, device and storage medium for life support equipment, when it is detected that the power of the external energy storage power is insufficient to power the whole machine, the duty cycle of the charging power of the two batteries is reduced. When the duty cycle of the charging power of the two batteries is reduced to 0, the power of the two batteries is detected. When the power of one of the batteries is sufficient to power the equipment, it is immediately switched to the high-power battery to power the equipment, and at the same time, the external energy storage power continues to charge the low-power battery.

The disclosure relates to devices and methods for extracorporeal conditioning of blood. Extracorporeal blood oxygenators and blood oxygenator components, such as conditioning modules, are described. An extracorporeal blood oxygenator includes a conditioning module having an external frame, an inlet cover, an outlet cover, and an internal chamber. A fiber assembly is disposed within the internal chamber and a potting material on the fiber assembly creates a circumferential seal that defines a passageway through the fiber assembly having a substantially circular cross-sectional shape. A fluid inlet is in fluid communication with the passageway, has a lumen that extends along an axis that is substantially perpendicular to the fiber assembly, and has an internal curvilinear surface adjacent the fiber assembly. A fluid outlet on the opposite side of the fiber assembly also has a lumen that extends along an axis that is substantially perpendicular to the fiber assembly.

The present invention discloses an apparatus and a method to safely deliver oxygen into an environment of interest, such as blood plasma. The apparatus comprises an external oxygen source, a suitably insulated and reinforced tubular member, a diffuser head, an agitator, a vibrator and a collapsible cage member. The method employs deployment of a diffuser head which generates and releases ultrafine bubbles of gaseous oxygen or microdroplets of liquid oxygen, into a vascular chamber of interest which is the pulmonary artery, to improve oxygen levels in the blood contained in the vascular chamber.

An artificial lung device includes: a housing which is formed in a tubular shape including both end portions closed, includes a blood inflow port and a blood outflow port, and is arranged such that a center axis of the housing is directed in a lateral direction; a hollow fiber body (gas exchanger) which is arranged in the housing and performs gas exchange with respect to blood while the blood flows from the blood inflow port to the blood outflow port; and a straightening frame (gas guide portion) by which a gas having flowed through the gas exchanger by the flow of the blood is guided to the gas exchanger again in the housing.

Systems and methods for monitoring oxygenator performance in extracorporeal circuit systems or the like. More particularly, the disclosure relates to systems and methods including a controller programmed to determine oxygenator apparatus flow impedance as a function of an inlet pressure measurement, an outlet pressure measurement and a blood flow rate measurement. The systems and methods may include a communication device that receives signals from the controller to communicate information regarding oxygenator apparatus performance.

Gas exchange unit comprising an inlet that is acentrically slanted, and a method for producing a gas exchange unit.