JP2013063189A - Blood filter device and method of manufacturing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a blood filter device which can be easily manufactured and can realize a sure priming operation, and its manufacturing method.SOLUTION: The blood filter device includes: an upper lid body having a blood inlet and an air outlet; a lower lid body having a blood outlet and tightly joined with the upper lid body; and a filter housed between the lid bodies. The blood filter device includes the filter 103 formed in a bellows shape whose outer shape is a rectangular parallelepiped with a uniform height, and spacers which are applied respectively to upper and lower parts of the bellows and provided with a plurality of pawls formed to be inserted respectively between ridge lines so that the filter 103 may not be brought into contact with each other. The filter 103 is disposed such that the bellows are positioned vertically, and is fixed, by a solidification material filled on a housing side periphery inner side, such that all the blood that has flown in from the blood inlet passes through the filter 103 and flow out from the blood outlet.

Description

  The present invention relates to a blood filter device used in an artificial cardiopulmonary circuit used for filtering foreign substances, blood clots, and the like in an artificial cardiopulmonary circuit and a method for manufacturing the same, and in particular, can be easily manufactured and can realize a reliable priming operation. The present invention relates to a blood filter device and a blood filter device manufacturing method.

  In recent years, in an artificial cardiopulmonary circuit used for cardiac surgery involving extracorporeal circulation, the case of incorporating a blood filter device in consideration of safety is increasing. The blood filter device is strongly required to have a structure that prevents minute foreign matters in the cardiopulmonary circuit, thrombus generated during the operation, or air mixed in or removed from the circuit from being sent into the patient's body.

  For this reason, a polyester sheet of about 20 to 40 μm is used as the filter. When incorporated into a blood filter device, a large number of pleats are provided on the sheet in order to increase the surface area. As a typical example, a cylindrical shape or a truncated cone shape with a peak portion on the outside and a valley portion on the inside (Patent Document 1), or a sheet cut into a substantially elliptical shape with a short axis direction as a ridgeline as a bellows A cylinder that is folded is incorporated into the apparatus (Patent Document 2).

However, the conventional technique has the following problems.
In a truncated cone filter as shown in Patent Document 1, blood flows from the upper part of the cone, passes through the filter from the outer periphery, and flows out from the lower center part. At the time of priming, an impact is applied from the outside by flicking the housing with a finger or the like, and air bubbles adhering to the filter are guided to the upper exhaust port.

  However, although the air bubbles adhering to the outside of the filter are removed from the upper part, the air bubbles adhering to the inner side of the filter temporarily adhere to the upper part of the inner side of the filter and remain only by temporarily leaving the filter. In particular, the upper part of the conical shaft has a slow blood flow due to its structure, and the interval between the pleats is narrowed. That is, the truncated cone filter has a problem that even if priming is performed, some of the bubbles may remain, and it is practically difficult to quickly discharge out of the circuit.

  On the other hand, in the bellows type filter as shown in Patent Document 2, the intervals between the pleats are uniform, and the flow of blood passes through the filter uniformly to the lower part almost independently of the place. Therefore, bubbles are quickly discharged by priming.

  However, in order to fit the filter into an annular holder that is a cylindrical outer frame with a bottom, it is necessary to cut the filter into a substantially elliptic shape in advance, but it is not possible to accurately fold a large number of pleats with different ridgeline lengths. It is not always easy to manufacture. In addition, because the area between each pleat is different, the folding force is not uniform, and even if both ends are positioned, the pleats are not evenly spaced (the pleat spacing at the center increases), and is held in an annular shape There is a problem that it is extremely difficult to regularly insert the ribs provided on the bottom of the tool.

  Even when the ribs are equally spaced, the folding force differs between pleats, and the shape of each surface between the pleats is close to a trapezoid, which may cause the filter to bend. When adjacent filters come into contact with each other due to deflection, it may cause bubbles to remain.To prevent this, conventionally, it is necessary to further fix the periphery of the filter to the inner surface of the annular holder with a resin to adjust the gap. There was a problem that it was complicated. That is, the ribs are only for assisting in pleating alignment, and in actuality, final fixing with a resin is necessary. Further, the annular holder has to be fixed with another resin after being mounted on the filter device. In other words, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2 has a problem that productivity is not high.

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  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a blood filter device that can be easily manufactured and can realize a reliable priming operation, and a manufacturing method thereof.

  The blood filter device according to claim 1 includes an upper lid body provided with a blood inlet and an air outlet, a lower lid body provided with a blood outlet and closely joined to the upper lid body, and an upper lid body and a lower lid body. A blood filter device having a sheet-shaped filter medium disposed in a housing formed by joining, wherein the sheet-shaped filter medium has a strip-shaped sheet that is alternately folded back with the short direction as a ridgeline, and has a height. It has an upper surface spacer and a lower surface spacer formed with a plurality of claws that are formed on a bellows that is a rectangular parallelepiped, are respectively applied to the upper and lower sides of the bellows, and are inserted between the ridge lines so that the sheet-like filter media do not contact each other. The sheet-like filter medium is arranged so that the bellows is positioned above and below, and all of the blood that has flowed in from the blood inlet passes through the sheet-like filter medium from the blood outlet by the solidified material filled inside the housing side periphery. Outflow Characterized in that it is secure on.

  That is, the invention according to claim 1 can provide a blood filter device that can be easily manufactured and can realize a reliable priming operation. In detail, it is not necessary to cut into an arcuate or elliptical shape, and a belt-shaped bellows whose outer shape forms a rectangular parallelepiped by regularly folding back a long belt-shaped (long rectangle with long sides) filter medium on one side. Compared to the above, the handleability is remarkably increased, such as easy insertion of the nail body, and simple device manufacture can be realized. In addition, a uniform flow path can be formed simply by filling and solidifying with a solidifying material from the inner side of the lid side to the peripheral edge of the filter medium, and a quick priming operation can be realized.

  The outer shape of the upper lid and the lower lid is not particularly limited as long as the filter medium can be encapsulated, but is preferably an axially symmetric shape such as a bowl shape, a dome shape, or a cylindrical shape from the viewpoint of preventing the retention of blood. Needless to say, the height of the housing is secured so as not to crush the bellows. The outer shape being a cuboid means that the envelope surface of the bellows is a cuboid. “Preventing the sheet-shaped filter media from contacting each other” means that the nail body is in a state where a predetermined interval is provided so that the pleats are not in surface contact or line contact with each other. The nail body may be a thin rod body such as a pin, but since the nail body is inserted between the ridge lines while being applied to the bellows, it is preferable that the nail body is a ridge having a length in the ridge line direction. In addition, the nail | claw body is not limited to one between pleats, and may be provided in two places, the front end of a ridgeline, and a rear end, and if it is provided especially in order to prevent a pleat contact, the standing arrangement | positioning will be carried out. The embodiment is not limited. The spacer can be sunk by providing a regulating body as will be described later, that is, the pleats can be prevented from being pushed down (accordingly, contact between the filters). It is also possible to prevent the sinking by holding. The spacer itself is preferably a plate (the claws are arranged on one side) so that the nail is inserted between the pleats and does not increase the thickness of the device, but the filters are in contact with each other. If not, a comb tooth body in which a large number of claws are standing from the rod body may be used, or a flat annular shape may be used. Being arranged so that the bellows is positioned above and below means that the opposing surfaces of the rectangular parallelepiped where the ridgeline exists is in a positional relationship that blocks the blood flow path. In other words, it means that the upper lid body and the lower lid body are arranged in a positional relationship in accordance with an upper and lower positional relationship. As an example in which all blood flowing in from the blood inlet passes through the sheet-like filter medium and is fixed so as to flow out of the blood outlet, it can be realized by solidifying all the peripheral portions of the rectangular parallelepiped sheet-like filter medium .

  The blood filter device according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in the blood filter device according to claim 1, both the upper surface spacer and the lower surface spacer are perforated plate bodies having a central opening as a blood flow path.

  That is, the invention according to claim 2 can form a single thick and uniform channel without branching or complicating the blood channel. Further, since the spacer is a plate, the apparatus height can be lowered, that is, the internal volume can be reduced, and the residence time of blood can be shortened. Moreover, all the blood passes through the sheet-like filter medium only by filling and solidifying the solidified material to the periphery of the plate body together with the filter medium, so that a simple device can be manufactured.

  In addition, since the center of the spacer is opened, the nail body is provided around the periphery.

  The blood filter device according to claim 3 is the blood filter device according to claim 2, characterized in that the opening is circular and the solidified material is filled and solidified by centrifugal force including the peripheral edge of the spacer.

  That is, in the invention according to claim 3, the solidification operation is simplified, and a smooth cylindrical blood flow is formed by forming a large cylindrical flow path.

  The blood filter device according to claim 4 is the blood filter device according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein the parallel regulating plates that abut the surfaces of both ends of the sheet-like filter medium are erected at both ends of one spacer. The height of the restriction plate is the bellows height, and the other spacer is supported by the restriction plate.

  That is, in the invention according to claim 4, the regulating plate serves as a guide, and the insertion work of the claw body is facilitated. Specifically, since the outer shape of the sheet-like filter medium is not a columnar shape but a rectangular parallelepiped, the pleats are all the same and the push-back forces are all the same. Thereby, when both end surfaces are positioned by the parallel restricting plates, the pleats are naturally aligned at equal intervals, thereby realizing a simple spacer insertion operation. Further, the regulation plate prevents the other spacer from sinking, and the filters do not contact each other, so that the product reliability is improved. Also, if one spacer is a U-shaped trihedron and the other spacer is applied, an outer frame body of the sheet-like filter medium is formed, so that the subsequent incorporation without touching the flexible filter medium Work can be done, and in this respect as well, handleability and thus productivity are improved.

  It should be noted that the surfaces of both ends of the sheet-shaped filter medium are the remaining upper and lower surfaces where the ridgeline appears and the both sides where the long side before the sheet-shaped filter medium is folded out of the bellows whose outer shape is a rectangular parallelepiped. Refers to both sides facing each other. The standing height of the restriction plate is not necessarily the same as the bellows height, and depending on the mode of use, there may be provided a float or a margin that does not allow the pleats to contact each other. In addition, since a control board exists in an edge part of a spacer, it is filled and solidified with a solidification material.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for producing a blood filter device, wherein a strip-shaped sheet-shaped filter medium is alternately folded back with the short direction as a ridge line so as to have a uniform height. Place the formed spacer from the top and bottom sides of the bellows, separate the bellows faces by the claws, and place the bellows vertically so that the blood inlet and the air outlet are The upper lid body provided and the lower lid body provided with the blood outlet are closely joined, the sheet-like filter medium is accommodated in the housing formed inside, and the solidified material is filled inside the housing side periphery, The sheet-like filter medium is fixed so that all blood flowing in from the blood inlet passes through the sheet-like filter medium and flows out from the blood outlet.

  That is, the invention according to claim 5 can manufacture a blood filter device that can be easily manufactured and can realize a reliable priming operation. In detail, it is not necessary to cut into an arcuate or elliptical shape, and a belt-shaped bellows whose outer shape forms a rectangular parallelepiped by regularly folding back a long belt-shaped (long rectangle with long sides) filter medium on one side. Compared to the above, it is possible to easily manufacture the device by remarkably enhancing the handleability such as easy insertion of the nail body. Moreover, it is possible to form a uniform flow path so as to realize a quick priming operation only by filling and fixing a solidified material from the inner side of the lid side to the periphery of the filter medium.

  The blood filter device manufacturing method according to claim 6 is the blood filter device manufacturing method according to claim 5, wherein each of the upper and lower spacers is a perforated plate body having a circular opening at the center as a blood flow path. After joining the body and the lower lid, the blood filter device is rotated around the center of the circle, and the solidifying material is filled and solidified including the peripheral edge of the spacer.

  That is, the invention according to claim 6 can facilitate solidification and form a large cylindrical flow path.

  The blood filter device manufacturing method according to claim 7 is the blood filter device manufacturing method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein parallel restriction plates are provided on both sides of one spacer, and the surfaces of both ends of the sheet-like filter medium are restricted. The bellows is held in contact with the plate.

  That is, the invention according to claim 7 facilitates the interposing operation between the pleats of the nail body using the regulating plate as a guide. Specifically, since the outer shape of the sheet-like filter medium is not a columnar shape but a rectangular parallelepiped, the pleats are all the same and the push-back forces are all the same. Thereby, when both end surfaces are positioned by the parallel restricting plates, the pleats are aligned at equal intervals, so that a simple spacer insertion operation is realized.

  Note that it is preferable to set the height of the regulation plate to the bellows height, so that the other spacer can be prevented from sinking and the filters do not contact each other. When one spacer is a U-shaped trihedron and the other spacer is applied, an outer frame body of the sheet-like filter medium is formed, so that the subsequent assembling work can be performed without touching the flexible filter medium. Of course, in this respect as well, the handling and the productivity is improved.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it becomes possible to provide the blood filter apparatus which can be manufactured simply and can implement | achieve reliable priming operation, and its manufacturing method.

It is a side view of a blood filter device. It is sectional drawing of only the housing which joined the upper cover body and lower cover body of the blood filter apparatus. The solidified material filling area is conceptually indicated by a dotted line. It is a top view of a blood filter apparatus. It is a perspective view of the sheet-like filter medium folded in the bellows whose external shape is a rectangular parallelepiped incorporating a spacer. It is an external appearance perspective view of an upper spacer. It is sectional drawing of the filter hold | maintained at the spacer. It is a bottom view of the filter which attached the spacer. Only the pleats in the foreground are drawn. It is sectional drawing which incorporated the filter in the upper cover body. It is the perspective view which showed the other structural example of the spacer which holds a filter and a filter.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a side view of the blood filter device. FIG. 2 is a sectional view of only the housing in which the upper lid body and the lower lid body of the blood filter device are joined. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the blood filter device. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a sheet-like filter medium that is folded into a bellows having an outer shape that is a rectangular parallelepiped, incorporating a spacer.

  The blood filter device 100 mainly includes an upper lid body 101, a lower lid body 102, a filter 103 contained therein, and a spacer 104 that is separated so that the pleats of the filter 103 do not contact each other.

  The upper lid 101, the lower lid 102, and the spacer 104 are all made of a transparent resin. Examples of the resin include PP, PC, and PET. By making it transparent, the visibility of blood improves.

  The upper lid body 101 has a structure in which a dome is formed on a flat cylinder, that is, a cylinder having a low height with respect to the diameter, and an air discharge port 111 for discharging bubbles is provided at the top of the dome. . Further, the upper lid 101 is provided with a blood inlet 112 through which blood flows in in the horizontal direction (the radial direction of the cylinder) and along the inner wall of the dome. Since blood flows in this direction, the blood is rectified by the inner wall of the dome and a rectifying unit (rectifying unit 218) described later, and the blood is guided to the filter 103 as a uniform blood flow.

  In addition, convex bodies 113 for positioning the spacers 104 are provided at four positions on the inner upper portion of the upper lid body 101.

  The lower lid body 102 is also a flat bottomed cylinder like the upper lid body 101, and a blood outlet 121 is provided at the center of the bottom surface. The lower lid 102 is provided with an injection hole 122 for injecting a solidifying material. The upper lid body 101 and the lower lid body 102 are closely joined to form a cylindrical housing that houses the filter 103.

  Filter 103 is sandwiched between spacers 104 (upper spacer 201 and lower spacer 202), and is accommodated and fixed in the housing with pleats 131 oriented vertically.

  FIG. 5 is an external perspective view of the upper spacer 201. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the filter held by the spacer 104. FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the filter 103 to which the spacer 104 is attached. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view in which the filter 103 is incorporated in the upper lid 101.

  The filter 103 is formed by alternately folding back a strip-shaped sheet-like filter material having the same folding width on one side and a ridgeline in the short direction. Since the folding width is the same, the height is uniform and the outer shape is a bellows having a rectangular parallelepiped shape. The filter 103 is held by the upper spacer 201 and the lower spacer 202 so that the handleability is improved while maintaining the posture, and the pleats 131 forming the ridgeline are not in contact with each other.

  As the filter 103, a mesh-like thing, a woven fabric, a nonwoven fabric, etc., or these combination can be used. As a material, polyester, polypropylene, polyamide, fluorine fiber, stainless steel, or the like can be used.

  The conventional filter had to be formed so that the outer shape becomes a cylindrical shape when the long side is cut into an arc (cut into an approximately oval shape) and folded into a bellows, but the pleat spacing becomes uneven. In addition, since the retention of the short surface of the ridgeline at both ends of the bellows is extremely bad, not only the cutting and folding operations, but also the incorporation into the spacer is extremely poor and the handling property is inferior. Has the advantage that the above three operations (cutting operation, folding operation, assembling operation) are extremely easy.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the upper spacer 201 includes an upper surface plate 211 whose outer shape is substantially square and a substantially rectangular horizontal plate 212 erected in the same direction from opposite sides of the upper surface plate 211. In addition, the upper surface plate 211 is provided with a notch 213 that engages with the convex body 113 of the upper lid 101 and performs positioning when accommodated in the housing.

  The upper surface plate 211 has a large circular hole 214 in the center, and a plurality of claws 215 are arranged on the same side as the horizontal plate 212 and at a predetermined distance from the edge of the hole 214. The claw 215 has a height that is about 1/4 of the folding width (bellows height) of the sheet-like filter medium, and each claw 215 extends a predetermined length in parallel with the connection side between the horizontal plate 212 and the upper surface plate 211. It has depth. Further, the claw 215 is narrowed toward the tip, and is rounded at the leading edge.

  The claws 215 are arranged in a circle, so that the standing positions thereof are different, but are arranged at equal intervals in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction. Further, as a result of the claw 215 being provided in the vicinity of the edge of the hole 214, two claws 215 exist on the same straight line in the extending direction except for the claw at a position close to the connection side described above. Between the nail | claw 215 and the hole 214, it is an annular flat plate shape, and the rectification | straightening part 218 is formed. The blood flowing into the upper lid 101 is rectified by the inner wall of the dome and the rectifying unit 218.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the lower spacer 202 is an annular plate body, and a plurality of claws 221 similar to the upper spacer 201 are arranged on the surface applied to the pleat 131 (FIG. 7 shows the claws 221. The surface without is shown). In other words, the claw 221 is formed in a tapered shape, is a ridge extending in the same direction at the same height as the claw 215, and is provided around one side of the ring. In addition, the direction perpendicular to the extending direction is equally spaced, and the distance is the same as that of the claw 215.

  The hole 222 which is the opening of the lower spacer 202 is circular like the hole 214 of the upper spacer 201. By making the diameter of the hole 222 larger than the diameter of the hole 214, generation of turbulent flow between the spacers is suppressed, and a rectifying effect is obtained. The outer periphery of the lower spacer 202 is supported by the lower side 216 of the horizontal plate 212 of the upper spacer 201 so as not to sink into the enclosing filter 103 side. Further, the lower side 216 is provided with a notch 217 corresponding to the thickness of the plate-like annular ring of the lower spacer 202 to enhance fitting and positioning. After housing the filter 103, it may be adhered here. The height of the horizontal plate 212 is substantially the same as the folding width of the filter 103 (the height of the horizontal plate 212 may be higher than the folding width by a predetermined length depending on the usage mode).

  The lower spacer 202 forms a frame that holds the filter 103 by aligning the extending direction of the claw 221 with the extending direction of the claw 215 of the upper spacer 201. Here, the nail | claw 221 and the nail | claw 215 are formed so that it may become the positional relationship which shifted the arrangement | positioning space | interval of a nail | claw by half. That is, when the nail is extended in the height direction, the tip of the nail is in the relationship of being located at the center between the opposite nail and the nail.

  The upper and lower pleats 131 of the filter 103 are inserted between the claws 215 and the claws 221, respectively. Since the claw arrangement interval is shifted by half in the vertical direction as described above, the peaks and valleys of the bellows are orderly inserted into the spacer 104 without distortion. Further, since the height of the horizontal plate 212 is the same as the folding width, each surface between the ridge lines (between the pleats 131) is accommodated in the spacer 104 without being bent and in contact with each other. Note that the claw 215 and the claw 221 have a tapered angle, shape, and height, respectively, so that each folded surface of the filter 103 is not bent and does not come into contact.

  The spacer 104 incorporating the filter 103 is accommodated in a housing formed by the upper lid body 101 and the lower lid body 102. At this time, the notch 213 of the upper spacer 201 and the convex body 113 of the upper lid body 101 are fitted together. Note that the cylinder of the upper lid 101, the cylinder of the lower lid 102, the hole 214 and the hole 222 of the spacer 104 are arranged so that their centers are on the same straight line.

  The filter 103 and the spacer 104 are finally fixed in the housing by filling the solidified material from the inner periphery of the housing to the vicinity of the holes 214 and 222 through the injection holes 122 of the lower lid 102. At this time, by using a centrifugal force, the blood filter device 100 is solidified so that a large cylindrical tube, that is, a blood flow path is formed. Examples of the solidifying material include urethane resin and epoxy resin.

  The periphery of the filter 103 and the spacer 104 are also fixed by the solidifying material. Accordingly, the pleat 131 is positioned and fixed from both sides in the ridge line direction, and the shape of the pleat 131 is maintained even when blood contacts and passes. Further, all the blood flowing in from the blood inlet 112 passes through the filter 103 and flows out from the blood outlet 121. Since the pleats 131 of the filter 103 are arranged at equal intervals, the blood flow flows from the top to the bottom through the thick flow path to form a substantially uniform flow.

  By interposing the blood filter device 100 in the heart-lung machine circuit as described above, it is possible to remove minute foreign substances and bubbles with a filter.

  Since the filter 103 is separated by the claw 215 and the claw 221, the air bubbles adhering to the upper surface of the filter 103 are guided to the air discharge port 111 by banging with a hammer or a fist during priming. On the other hand, bubbles adhering to the lower surface of the lower surface of the filter 103 are pushed downward by a uniform and smooth flow of the priming liquid. Thereby, it becomes possible to quickly remove the bubbles from the blood filter device 100.

  The size of the blood filter device 100 is not particularly limited. For example, the nail interval may be 1.9 mm, the thickness may be 1.3 mm, and the height may be 5 mm. The top plate 211 can be 50 mm square, the diameter of the hole 214 can be 31 mm, and the diameter of the hole 222 can be 43 mm. The folding width of the filter 103 can be 20 mm.

Next, a method for manufacturing blood filter device 100 will be described.
First, the band-shaped filter medium is cut in the short side direction, and a long rectangle (strip) is cut out on one side. Next, the filter 103 having a rectangular parallelepiped shape is formed by alternately folding the same folding width.

  Next, the surfaces of both ends of the filter 103 are brought into contact with each other with the horizontal plate 212, the upper spacer 201 is slid obliquely from above, and the claws 215 are placed between the pleats 131 and covered.

  Here, since each surface between the pleats 131 has the same shape, the filter 103 has a force to push and spread, that is, a pushing back force is the same on all surfaces, so that both end surfaces are positioned by the horizontal plate 212. The pleats 131 are naturally aligned with the nail 215 at the same interval. Therefore, it is possible to perform the interpolating operation on the filter frame (here, the upper spacer 201), which has been difficult in the past, very easily.

  Next, the lower spacer 202 is slid obliquely, and the claws 221 are applied and covered so as to enter between the pleats 131 on the opposite side. Then, the lower spacer 202 is embedded in the notch 217 of the upper spacer 201 to form a frame body that holds the filter 103.

  The upper lid 101 is used as a saucer with the dome facing down, and the upper spacer 201 is down, the four notches 213 are aligned with the convex body 113 of the upper lid 101, and the frame is fitted.

  Next, the lower lid body 102 is covered from above and united with the upper lid body 101. This is attached to a predetermined holder, and the solidified material is injected from the injection hole 122 while rotating about the cylindrical axes of the upper lid 101 and the lower lid 102, and is filled from the outer peripheral side of the inner surface of the housing by centrifugal force. Filling up to the vicinity of the hole 222 to form a thick columnar blood flow path, and when the solidified material is solidified, the rotation is stopped and removed from the holder to complete the blood filter device 100.

  As described above, the blood filter device 100 of the present invention can handle a bellows-like filter having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, so that the handleability is remarkably improved and can be easily manufactured. Moreover, since the pleats are arranged in the direction (up and down) facing the flow of the blood flow path, a reliable priming operation can be realized.

  The blood filter device 100 of the present invention is not limited to the mode described in the present embodiment. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, one spacer may be box-shaped, and the four corners of a rectangular parallelepiped bellows may be cut out to form a filter having an outer shape of a substantially octagonal prism and accommodated. Also in this case, the both end surfaces of the filter are wide to some extent, so that the nail insertion work becomes easy. In the figure, a state is shown in which the other spacer (annular spacer) is applied on the top to form a frame. The reason for opening the side of the box is to smoothly inject the solidifying material.

  In the case of such a chamfered filter, the blood filter device can be miniaturized and the amount of solidifying material to be used can be reduced.

  Even if the four corners of the filter 103 having a rectangular parallelepiped shape are not cut off, when the filter 103 is held by the spacer 104 and then inserted into the upper lid 101, the four corners can be bent in the same direction if inserted by twisting. Even in the case of the upper lid 101 having a relatively small diameter, the pleats 131 between the holes 214 and 222 can be solidified by a solidifying material without being strained while being aligned at equal intervals.

  In the blood filter device of the present invention, the surface area is increased by the pleats 131, the filtration efficiency is increased, and the blood passage resistivity is decreased. Thereby, rapid and efficient priming can be realized, which is suitable for an artificial cardiopulmonary circuit.

100 Blood Filter Device 101 Upper Lid 102 Lower Lid 103 Filter (Sheet Filter Material)
104 Spacer 111 Air outlet 112 Blood inlet 113 Convex body 121 Blood outlet 122 Injection hole 131 Pleated 201 Upper spacer (upper spacer)
202 Lower spacer (lower spacer)
211 Top plate 212 Horizontal plate (Regulatory plate)
213 Notch (for upper lid)
214 hole (upper spacer hole)
215 Claw (upper spacer claw)
216 Lower side 217 Notch (for lower spacer)
218 Rectifier 221 Claw (Claw of lower spacer)
222 holes (lower spacer holes)

Claims (7)

An upper lid with a blood inlet and an air outlet;
A lower lid that has a blood outlet and is tightly joined to the upper lid;
A sheet-like filter medium disposed in a housing formed by joining the upper lid and the lower lid,
A blood filter device comprising:
The sheet-like filter medium is formed in a bellows whose outer shape is a rectangular parallelepiped, in which strip-shaped sheets are alternately folded back with the short direction as a ridgeline,
An upper surface spacer and a lower surface spacer formed with a plurality of claws inserted between the ridge lines so that the sheet-like filter media do not contact each other, respectively, are applied to the upper and lower sides of the bellows,
The sheet-like filter medium is arranged so that the bellows is positioned above and below, and all of the blood flowing in from the blood inlet passes through the sheet-like filter medium and flows out from the blood outlet by the solidified material filled inside the housing side periphery. A blood filter device fixed so as to   The blood filter device according to claim 1, wherein both the upper surface spacer and the lower surface spacer are perforated plate bodies having a central opening as a blood flow path.   3. The blood filter device according to claim 2, wherein the opening is circular, and the solidification material is filled and solidified by centrifugal force including the peripheral edge of the spacer.   A configuration in which parallel restricting plates that contact the surfaces of both ends of the sheet-like filter medium are erected on both ends of one spacer, the standing height of the restricting plate is the bellows height, and the other spacer is supported by the restricting plate The blood filter device according to claim 1, 2, or 3. The strip-shaped filter media are alternately folded back with the short direction as the ridgeline to align the height, and the outer shape is formed into a bellows that is a rectangular parallelepiped,
Applying a spacer formed with a plurality of claws from the upper surface and the lower surface side of the bellows, each of the surfaces of the bellows is separated by the claws,
A housing formed in the interior by arranging the bellows so as to be positioned above and below, and tightly joining the upper lid body having the blood inlet and the air outlet and the lower lid body having the blood outlet. A sheet-shaped filter medium is accommodated inside,
Next, a solidified material is filled inside the housing side periphery, and the sheet-like filter medium is fixed so that all the blood flowing in from the blood inlet passes through the sheet-like filter medium and flows out from the blood outlet. Filter device manufacturing method. Each of the upper and lower spacers is a perforated plate whose center is opened circularly as a blood flow path,
6. The blood according to claim 5, wherein after joining the upper lid and the lower lid, the blood filter device is rotated around the center of the circle, and the solidification material is filled and solidified including the peripheral edge of the spacer. Filter device manufacturing method. Parallel restriction plates are provided on both sides of one spacer,
The method for producing a blood filter device according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the bellows is held by bringing the surfaces of both ends of the sheet-shaped filter medium into contact with a regulating plate.

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