Abstract 17. A BLOOD OXYGENATOR COMPRISING A PAIR OF OPPOSED PLASTIC SIDE WALL MEMBERS SECURED TOGETHER IN FACE-TO-FACE ABUTTING RELATION, AN UPPER CHAMBER FORMED BY THE CONFRONTING INTERIOR SURFACES OF SAID MEMEBERS, A BUBBLER TUBE INCLINED UPWARDLY IN SAID CHAMBER FROM ONE SIDE MARGIN OF SAID MEMBERS, SAID BEBBLER TUBE HAVING DISCHARGE PORT MEANS THEREIN AND BEING PROVIDED WITH BLOOD AND OXYGEN INLETS IN THE LOWER END OF SAID BUBBLER TUBE, A POROUS MASS OF DEFOAMING MATERIAL SURROUNDING SAID TUBE ABOUT SAID PORT MEANS, SAID UPPER CHAMBER BEING PROVIDED WITH A DOWNWARDLY SLOPING BOTTOM BELOW SAID BUBBLER TUBE FOR RECEIVING THE GRAVITY FLOW OF BLOOD FORM SAID BUBBLER TUBE, A TEMPERATURE CONTROL CHAMBER BELOW SAID UPPER CHAMBER FORMED BY SAID INTERIOR SURFACES OF SAID MEMEBERS, A PASSAGEWAY ADJACENT THE LOWER END OF SAID DOWNWARDLY SLOPING BOTTOM TO RECEIVE THE GRAVITY FLOW OF BLOOD FROM THE DOWNWARDLY SLOPING BOTTOM OF SAID UPPER CHAMBER AND TO CONDUCT THE GRAVITY FLOW OF BLOOD TO THE UPPER SIDE OF SAID TEMPERATURE CONTROL CHAMBER, A WATER JACKET IN SAID TEMPERATURE CONTROL CHAMBER HAVING A WATER INLET AND A WATER OUTLET, SAID TEMPERATURE CONTROL CHAMBER HAVING A DOWNWARDLY SLOPING BOTTOM, A BLOOD OUTLET AT THE LOWER END OF SAID SLOPING BOTTOM, AND GAS VENT MEANS FOR SAID CHAMBERS.
A BLOOD OXYGENATOR COMPRISING A PAIR OF OPPOSED PLASTIC SIDE WALL MEMBERS SECURED TOGETHER IN FACE-TO-FACE ABUTTING RELATION, AN UPPER CHAMBER FORMED BY THE CONFRONTING INTERIOR SURFACES OF SAID MEMEBERS, A BUBBLER TUBE INCLINED UPWARDLY IN SAID CHAMBER FROM ONE SIDE MARGIN OF SAID MEMBERS, SAID BEBBLER TUBE HAVING DISCHARGE PORT MEANS THEREIN AND BEING PROVIDED WITH BLOOD AND OXYGEN INLETS IN THE LOWER END OF SAID BUBBLER TUBE, A POROUS MASS OF DEFOAMING MATERIAL SURROUNDING SAID TUBE ABOUT SAID PORT MEANS, SAID UPPER CHAMBER BEING PROVIDED WITH A DOWNWARDLY SLOPING BOTTOM BELOW SAID BUBBLER TUBE FOR RECEIVING THE GRAVITY FLOW OF BLOOD FORM SAID BUBBLER TUBE, A TEMPERATURE CONTROL CHAMBER BELOW SAID UPPER CHAMBER FORMED BY SAID INTERIOR SURFACES OF SAID MEMEBERS, A PASSAGEWAY ADJACENT THE LOWER END OF SAID DOWNWARDLY SLOPING BOTTOM TO RECEIVE THE GRAVITY FLOW OF BLOOD FROM THE DOWNWARDLY SLOPING BOTTOM OF SAID UPPER CHAMBER AND TO CONDUCT THE GRAVITY FLOW OF BLOOD TO THE UPPER SIDE OF
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A BLOOD OXYGENATOR COMPRISING A PAIR OF OPPOSED PLASTIC SIDE WALL MEMBERS SECURED TOGETHER IN FACE-TO-FACE ABUTTING RELATION, AN UPPER CHAMBER FORMED BY THE CONFRONTING INTERIOR SURFACES OF SAID MEMEBERS, A BUBBLER TUBE INCLINED UPWARDLY IN SAID CHAMBER FROM ONE SIDE MARGIN OF SAID MEMBERS, SAID BEBBLER TUBE HAVING DISCHARGE PORT MEANS THEREIN AND BEING PROVIDED WITH BLOOD AND OXYGEN INLETS IN THE LOWER END OF SAID BUBBLER TUBE, A POROUS MASS OF DEFOAMING MATERIAL SURROUNDING SAID TUBE ABOUT SAID PORT MEANS, SAID UPPER CHAMBER BEING PROVIDED WITH A DOWNWARDLY SLOPING BOTTOM BELOW SAID BUBBLER TUBE FOR RECEIVING THE GRAVITY FLOW OF BLOOD FORM SAID BUBBLER TUBE, A TEMPERATURE CONTROL CHAMBER BELOW SAID UPPER CHAMBER FORMED BY SAID INTERIOR SURFACES OF SAID MEMEBERS, A PASSAGEWAY ADJACENT THE LOWER END OF SAID DOWNWARDLY SLOPING BOTTOM TO RECEIVE THE GRAVITY FLOW OF BLOOD FROM THE DOWNWARDLY SLOPING BOTTOM OF SAID UPPER CHAMBER AND TO CONDUCT THE GRAVITY FLOW OF BLOOD TO THE UPPER SIDE OF