The present invention is directed to an apparatus suitable for separating and collecting gas bubbles entrained in a liquid, wherein the apparatus comprises a housing defining at least one chamber, the chamber having an inlet port and an outlet port; a diverter positioned between the inlet port and the outlet port; and, an elongated exit tube with an intake end and an export end; wherein the intake end of the elongated exit tube is centrally located within the chamber and the export end of the elongated exit tube is connected to the outlet port of the chamber.

A hollow fiber membrane laminate that includes a plurality of hollow fiber membranes wound to form a plurality of layers in a cylinder shape. The hollow fiber membranes are wound around a central axis while reciprocating a feeding point of the hollow fiber membranes along a central axis. Hollow fiber membranes adjacent to each other in each respective layer are separated by a predetermined separation distance. A speed differential z is reduced for successive layers approaching an outer side of the cylinder to maintain the predetermined separation distance. The speed differential z has a value obtained by dividing a pitch of the hollow fiber membranes within a respective layer by a traverse reciprocating distance.

A filter unit for blood and blood derivatives comprises a body defined by two injection-moulded half-shells of thermoplastic polymer material, there being present between said half-shells a cavity containing a filtering element having two opposing flat faces, an inlet opening and an outlet opening made on the opposing outer surfaces of said body communicating with said cavity. Each of said half-shells comprises a projecting perimetral flange, the flanges of the overlapping half-shells being welded together to form a flange of the body of the filter unit and connect the two half-shells together, the filtering element being wholly contained within the cavity of such body and pressed by shelves projecting into such cavity from each half-shell in the vicinity of its perimetral border and on the two opposing faces, said shelves retaining said filtering element in a stable position within cavity, said thermoplastic polymer material being yielding and semi-rigid.

A blood purifier includes a porous molded body; exhibits an excellent blood compatibility wherein platelet adherence is inhibited and exhibits a good cytokine adsorption capacity and a low pressure loss before and after blood treatment; and can be safely used. A blood purifier includes a main vessel and a porous molded body housed in the main vessel. The porous molded body contains a hydrophobic polymer and a hydrophilic polymer. The amount of low-melting-point water per 1 g of dry weight of the porous molded body is 0.12 g to 2.00 g. The contact change ratio for the porous molded body is 0% to 0.2%. The ratio L/D is 1.00 to 2.30 where, for the region taken up by the porous molded body in the main vessel, L is the length in the flow direction and D is the circle-equivalent diameter of the cross section in the direction perpendicular to the flow direction.

Disclosed is a polymer for capturing or separating leukocytes. The polymer is prepared by a polymerization reaction of monomers containing an amino and a hydroxyl. The monomer containing an amino and a hydroxyl has the structure of formula (1): ##STR00001##
In formula (1), R1 is independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen, a methyl, an ethyl, a hydroxyl, any one of C1 to C12 long carbon chains, and a benzene ring, R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen, a methyl, an ethyl, any one of from C1 to C6 long carbon chains, an amino and a benzene ring, and n is an integer of 1 to 5.

According to some embodiments, a system may treat blood outside the body of a patient. The system may include one or more pumps configured to pump blood in a fluid flow path at a collective rate over 4 liters per minute. The system may include one or more heat exchangers operable to heat at least a portion of the blood to a temperature of at least 42 degrees Celsius and to allow the blood to cool one or more degrees following heating. The system may include one or more albumin dialysis modules configured to perform albumin dialysis on at least a portion of the blood at least after the one or more heat exchangers allow the blood to cool one or more degrees.

Provided is a therapeutic device that includes tubing; at least one pump; and a column or filter capable of removing leukocytes, cytokines, and/or other blood components from the blood of a patient to effectively treat or prevent post-resuscitation syndrome. Methods for treating and/or preventing post-resuscitation syndrome that include the use of such a device, or a filter or column capable of selectively removing inflammatory biomarkers, are also provided.

A filter material for removing leukocytes including a nonwoven fabric composed of polyester fibers, the nonwoven fabric having a first endothermic peak at a melting point and a second endothermic peak having a maximum in a temperature range from 155° C. to 225° C. in a DSC curve obtained by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).

A portable arm support can be secured to an arm of a patient, for instance during a medical procedure (e.g., filtration of blood of the patient). The arm support can inhibit movement of the arm of the patient in one or more degrees of freedom (e.g., elevation, abduction, adduction, flexion, or the like). In some examples, the arm support includes a cuff and abase. In another example, the arm support includes an elongated member. In yet another example, the arm support includes a constricting band. The arm support can help maintain blood flow in the arm of the patient, and can help protect a catheter inserted into the arm of the patient (or protect other medical equipment proximate to the patient).

One disclosed embodiment comprises a method for treating lesions in the carotid artery of a mammalian body. The method comprises transcervical access and blocking of blood flow through the common carotid artery (with or without blocking of blood flow through the external carotid artery), shunting blood from the internal carotid artery and treating the lesion in the carotid artery.