Abstract:
A self-valving fluid reservoir and bubble trap for a fluid flow line is disclosed which comprises a tubular conduit carrying a transverse, flow-blocking partition in the conduit flow path. The conduit defines upstream and downstream lateral ports on each side of the partition to permit fluid communication between the interior and exterior of the conduit. A flexible, expansible and collapsible, sealed reservoir chamber is mounted on the conduit to enclose the lateral ports. The chamber receives excess fluid in the flow line by expansion, but collapses against and occludes the downstream port or ports in the absence of excess fluid in the reservoir chamber.
Abstract:
A foldable cardboard backing is secured to one surface of a flexible mass transfer membrane to enable rapid formation of a folded multi-layered device by compressing the backing and membrane connected thereto into folds and then fixing the folds by sealing their ends.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for testing transport membranes provides for advancing a membrane and an indicator medium in unison along a test path while applying a detector fluid to the membrane to produce marks on the indicator medium representative of leaks in the membrane.
Abstract:
A MASS TRANSFER DEVICE IS MADE BY WINDING A HOLLOW TUBULAR CONDUIT OF SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANE ABOUT A CORE TO FORM A MULTILAYER WINDING OF THE CONDUIT IN WHICH INDIVIDUAL ADJACENT WINDINGS IN THE SAME LAYER ARE GENERALLY PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER, BUT INDIVIDUAL ADJACENT WNDINGS OF THE CONDUIT IN ADJACENTS LAYERS DEFINE AN ANGLE TO EACH OTHER. THE ENDS OF THE CORE TRANSVERSE TO THE TUBULAR CONDUIT WINDINGS ARE THEN POTTED WITH A CURABLE SEALANT. AFTER CURE OF THE SEALANT, THE ENDS OF THE WOUND CORE ARE CUT TRANSVERSELY THROUGH MEDIAL PORTIONS OF THE CURED SEALANT TO SEVVER THE CONDUIT INTO A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL CONDUIT SECTIOBS, THE RESULTING SECTIONS BEING SECURED TOGETHER AT THEIR ENDS BY PORTIONS OF THE CURED SEALANT, AND HAVING THEIR HOLLOW BORES OPEN TO THE EXTERIOR. MANIFOLDS ARE THEN APPLIED TO PROVIDE ONE FLUID FLOW PATH PASSING THROUGH THE HOLLOW BORES OF THE CONDUIT PORTIONS AND ANOTHER FLUID
FLOW PATH PERCOLATING BETWEEN THE EXTERIORS OF THE CONDUIT PORTIONS.
Abstract:
A BLOOD OXYGENATOR WHICH DEFINES A FLOW PASSAGE, AND HAVING MEANS FOR INTRODUCING A STREAM OF BLOOD INTO ONE END OF THE FLOW PASSAGE AND MEANS FOR REMOVING BLOOD FROM THE OTHER END. THE OXYGENATOR HAS MEANS DEFINING A FLUID PRESSURIZABLE SECTION TO PROVIDE DIMENSIONAL STABIL-
ITY THERETO, FOR EXAMPLE, TO CONTROL THE CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF THE OXYGENATING PORTION OF THE FLOW PASSAGE OR T MAKE THE OXYGENATOR SELF-SUPPORTNG.