OXYGENATOR WITHOUT INTEGRATED HEAT EXCHANGER, WITH COMMON HEAT EXCHANGER FOR PATIENT™S SYSTEMIC BLOOD CIRCULATION AND CARDIOPLEGIA DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF

摘要

A medicaldevice for oxygenation, removal of carbon dioxide, temperature exchange in the patient™s blood and, in addition, for delivering thecold/warm blood/crystalloid cardioplegia to the cardiac muscle in an extracorporeal circuit during heart surgery. A single heatexchanger is used either for patient™s systemic blood circulation or cardioplegia delivery to the heart, whenever it is needed. Mostillustrative Drawing: FIG.11