Patents Assigned to Convergenza Handelsanstalt
  • Blood conditioning device
    Patent number: 7108785
    Abstract: A blood conditioning device having a housing with a helical blood acceleration section which includes a helical flow path for impressing centrifugal forces on the entrained bubbles in the blood to concentrate them towards the center of the flow path, a bubble pick off tube aligned with the centerline of the acceleration section which collects and recirculates the bubbles to the cardiotomy reservoir upstream of the device during operation, and a blood filtration section to intercept the flow of particles in the blood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Convergenza Handelsanstalt
    Inventors: Hans Plechinger, Hans-Jürgen Tiedtke, Klaus Stevens