From: Miniaturized cardiopulmonary bypass: the Hammersmith technique
Prime Volume | 134 ml (with ante grade and retrograde priming) |
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Foreign surface area | Oxygenator – 1.1 m2 * |
VARD – 0.0105 m2 * | |
Soft Shell Bag 0.0860 m2 *or Midi Card – 0.0535 m2 * | |
Total – 1.301 m2 (1.268 m2) | |
Tubing – 0.0747 m2 | |
Arterial line Filter – 0.0300 m2 (D733, Low Prime Sorin group) | |
Pre Bypass Filter (0.5 μm filter within the arterial-venous sash (Siever, [Sorin group]) | |
3/8 Arterial and Venous lines | |
Air interface | 100 ml in Midi Card – 8.14 × 10-4 m2 * |
Air handling | Air free venting as standard |
2× ¼ polyvinylchloride lines to act as an aortic root and Left Ventricular | |
No air in soft shell bag | |
Continuous communication with surgeon | |
Safety features | VARD * |
Ramp Down function | |
Electronic clamp | |
Cell saving device | Dideco Electra [Sorin group, Italy] |