Blood oxygenation is one of the many potential applications of the separation"Dlood oxygenation is one of the many potential applications of the -^separation technique using liquid membranes developed at Esso Research (I, 2, 3, 4). In the presently available artificial lung devices, blood comes in contact directly with oxygen bubbles, with oxygen at mosphere, or with oxygen that has permeated through a solid polymeric membrane. These devices have served admirably for short times-e.g., in surgery. However, they have had limited success for prolonged oxy genation, as might be used to aid patients with reversible respiratory insufficiency. The two primary problems for prolonged oxygenation are: (1) blood hemolysis-the rupture of red blood cells-and (2) denatura-1