An oxygenator which helps avoid bubbles in the blood from being discharged
through the blood outlet port of the oxygenator includes a housing, a
hollow fiber membrane bundle in the housing and formed by a multiplicity
of hollow fiber membranes serving for gas exchange, gas-inlet and
gas-outlet ports communicating with gas passages of the hollow fiber
membranes, and a blood-inlet and blood-outlet ports. A filter member is
provided on a side closer to the blood outlet port of the hollow fiber
membrane bundle and serves to catch bubbles in blood. The blood outlet
port projects from the housing and a passage enlargement is provided in a
vicinity of the end of the blood outlet port closer to the housing and
having an increased passage cross-sectional area. The blood passed the
filter member is allowed to reach the blood outlet port by being
decelerated in the passage enlargement.