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Oxygenator; In vitro evaluation; deoxygenation; sheep lung; gas exchange

In vitro evaluation of an oxygenator is an integral part of its development. In order to obtain meaningful data the test conditions must be standardised. The natural lung offers a large surface area for gas exchange and provides excellent oxygenation over wide range of blood flows. Consequently it should act as a good deoxygenator too. Our experience in using a sheep lung for deoxygenation is described.

V S Venkatesan¹ G Arthur Vijayan Lal¹ M S Valiathan¹

1. Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum - 695 012, India

Published

June 1983

Manuscript received

31 December 1981