VORRICHTUNG ZUR BESTIMMUNG VON GASEN IN BLUTGEFÄSSEN

An assembly useful in conjunction with a signal transmission means for the measurement of a compositional parameter of the blood of a patient is disclosed. This assembly comprises a housing adapted and sized to be located outside the body of a patient and having a fluid flow passage therethrough into which blood from the patient is passed from a hollow tube, the fluid flow passage being defined by a wall which is substantially impermeable to blood, the housing being adapted to be removably secured to a signal transmission system such that the housing is capable of being removed from the signal transmission system without disrupting the fluid flow passage; and a sensing element located in the housing in or near the fluid flow passage for provding a signal directly to the signal transmission system in response to a compositional parameter of blood located in the fluid flow passage.