Abstract: A blood filtration unit for filtering multiple units of blood comprising means for attaching the unit to a blood reservoir, a drip chamber and a segmental filtration compartment for filtering blood.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 28, 1974
Date of Patent:
May 4, 1976
Assignees:
Johnson & Johnson, Purolator, Inc.
Inventors:
Kurt Finn Hammer, James Beattie Henderson, George William Lane, William Lauer, Alfred Robert Luceyk, Francis Martin Servas
Abstract: An extracorporeal filter having improved characteristics for the positive elimination of gas bubbles from blood streams. The top of the filter housing is sloped to a high point where there is positioned an air vent. The inlet for the blood is positioned substantially in the center of the top portion and extends past the plane of the top portion into the filter housing.