AN INTEGRATED CENTRIFUGAL BLOOD PUMP-OXYGENATOR, AN EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF DE-BUBBLING AND PRIMING AN EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM

摘要

The invention relates to an integrated centrifugal blood pump-oxygenator (1)comprising a housing (2) with a top (3) having a blood inlet (4), a bloodoutlet(5) and a gas inlet (6), and a bottom (7) having a rotational body (8) beingrotatably arranged in a rotor-housing (9) of the bottom (7). The integratedcentrifugal blood pump-oxygenator (1) further comprises an oxygenatormembrane (10) provided in an interior (11) of the housing (2), wherein in theoperation state oxygen (12) is transferred from the gas inlet (6) through theoxygenator membrane (10) to an gas outlet (13) and a blood (14) is brought indirect contact with the oxygenator membrane (10) by pumping the blood (14)by the rotational body (8) from the blood inlet (4) to the blood outlet (5).According to the invention, the rotational body (8) is magnetically journalledina contact free manner with respect to the rotor-housing (9). The invention isalso related to an extracorporeal life support system (1000) and a method ofde-bubbling and priming a extracorporeal life support system (1000) inaccordance with the present invention.