1994 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Development of a Membrane Oxygenator Combined with Pumping Function

Research Project

Project/Area Number	05671132
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Thoracic surgery
Research Institution	Kitasato University School of Medicine
Principal Investigator	TOMINAGA Seiichi Kitasato Univ., Sch. of Medicine, Associate Professor, 医学部, 助教授 (90050450)
Project Period (FY)	1993 – 1994
Keywords	Membrane Oxygenator / Extracorporeal Circulation / Pumping Function / Silicone Tube / 体外循環
Research Abstract	A new membrane oxygenator combined with pumping function was designed to shorten the extracorporeal circulation circuit and to increase the efficiency of oxygenation. At a polycarbonate cylinder, 1500 silicone tubes were bundled and packed among elastic silicone filler. In both inflow and outflow sides of the cylinder, ball valves were equipped. The total available area of the membrane was 7.410^<-2> m^2. The membrane was pneumatically driven with a reciprocating pump in performance tests, in which 100% oxygen circulated in the gas side. The mock test shows that the partial pressure of oxygen increases from 0.710^4 Pa at the inlet to 710^4 Pa at the outlet of the oxygenator when 1.710^<-6> m^3 s^<-1> saline solution is pumped.