Pump oxygenator system

Claim 1

FOR USE IN A SYSTEM THAT ASSUMES THE FUNCTIONS OF THE LUNGS OF A PATIENT DURING SURGERY, THE COMBINATION OF A CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER, SAID CONTAINER ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A POOL OF BLOOD BEING POSITIONED IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL ATTITUDE, MEANS FOR FORMING A POOL OF BLOOD AT THE BOTTOM OF SAID CONTAINER THEREOF, A FIRST SLEEVE MOUNTED BETWEEN OPPOSITE END WALLS OF SAID CONTAINER, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID SLEEVE ABOUT AN AXIS THAT IS PARALLEL TO BUT BELOW THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SYMMETRY OF SAID CONTAINER, THE LOCATION OF SAID AXES WITH RESPECT TO THE SURFACE OF SAID POOL OF BLOOD BEING SUCH THAT A WALL LENGTH PORTION OF SAID SLEEVE EXTENDS INTO SAID BLOOD POOL WHEREBY THE INNER AND OUTER WALL SURFACES OF SAID SLEEVE BECOME COVERED WITH A THIN FILM OF BLOOD AFTER A FEW ROTATIONS OF SAID SLEEVE, A SECOND SLEEVE POSITIONED WITHIN SAID FIRST SLEEVE, A LOOP OF WIRE SECURED AROUND THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID SECOND SLEEVE ADJACENT EACH END THEREOF, SAID LOOPS OF WIRE FREELY RESTING ON A PORTION OF THE INNER WALL SURFACE OF SAID FIRST SLEEVE WHEREBY A FINITE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE LOWER INNER WALL SURFACE OF SAID FIRST SLEEVE AND A CONFRONTING PORTION OF THE OUTER WALL SURFACE OF SAID SECOND SLEEVE IS ESTABLISHED AND WHEREBY SAID SECOND SLEEVE ROTATES IN RESPONSE TO THE ROTATION OF SAID FIRST SLEEVE, MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING A CONTINUOUSLY FRESH OXYGEN ATMOSPHERE WITHIN SAID ENCLOSED CONTAINER AND MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING BLOOD FROM SAID POOL.