| abstract |
An oxygenator, comprising a housing provided with a blood inlet and a blood outlet, a bundled aggregate of a multiplicity of gas-exchange membrane, and a gas inlet and a gas outlet independently formed outside opposite bundle end parts of said bundled membrane aggregate, said bundled membrane aggregate being stowed within said housing in such a manner as to partition a gas flow path for communication between said gas inlet and gas outlet and a blood flow path for communication between said blood inlet and blood outlet from each other, which oxygenator is characterized by the fact that said bundled membrane aggregate is provided in or near said gas outlet side bundle end part thereof with means for thermally insulating or heating the gas emanating from said gas outlet. |