US 12,434,411 B2
Potting apparatus for a gas exchanger
Michael Rau, Bad Friedrichshall (DE); Lotte Schraven, Aachen (DE); Sven Filipon, Heilbronn (DE); and Ralf Rossbroich, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Xenios AG, Heilbronn (DE)
Appl. No. 17/625,628
Filed by Xenios AG, Heilbronn (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/069309
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/005132, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019004887.3 (DE), filed on Jul. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0332022 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 39/24 (2006.01); A61M 1/16 (2006.01); B01D 19/00 (2006.01); B01D 63/02 (2006.01); B29C 39/08 (2006.01); B29C 39/10 (2006.01); B29C 39/32 (2006.01); B29K 75/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 39/24 (2013.01) [B29C 39/08 (2013.01); B29C 39/10 (2013.01); B29C 39/32 (2013.01); A61M 1/1698 (2013.01); B01D 19/0031 (2013.01); B01D 63/022 (2013.01); B29K 2075/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/753 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of producing a potting for a gas exchanger under influence of a centrifugal force, the method comprising:
inserting gas exchanger elements into an inner cavity of a cassette;
mounting on the cassette a distributor having an opening and at least one continuous channel such that the opening of the distributor is fluidly connected via the at least one channel to the cavity to form a casting device for producing the potting for the gas exchanger, wherein the distributor defines an overflow region which is arranged and shaped such that excess material in the inner cavity flows into the overflow region in an assembled state of the distributor; and
feeding a potting material into the opening under influence of a centrifugal force, wherein mounting the distributor on the cassette comprises assembling distributor components to define the opening of the distributor, to define the overflow region, and to form the at least one channel between adjacent regions of the distributor components.