US 11,925,738 B2
Heater/cooler for an oxygenator
Marco Kechele, Munich (DE)
Assigned to LivaNova Deutschland GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 16/753,913
Filed by LivaNova Deutschland GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 26, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/076081
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 6, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/068530, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2017 2177 82.9 (DE), filed on Oct. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0261636 A1, Aug. 20, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 1/36 (2006.01); A61M 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 1/1698 (2013.01) [A61M 1/1629 (2014.02); A61M 1/3623 (2022.05); A61M 2202/047 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3673 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for extracorporeal blood circulation, comprising:
an oxygenator which includes a heat exchanger configured for warming or cooling blood in the extracorporeal blood circulation of a patient, and
a heater/cooler configured for exchanging a heat quantity with the heat exchanger,
wherein the heater/cooler comprises a cooler including a plurality of Peltier elements and a separate heater, wherein the separate heater consists of at least one heating coil and does not include any Peltier elements, wherein all Peltier elements are exclusively involved with a cooling function, and
wherein the heater/cooler is connected to the heat exchanger by a thermal connecting element.