×

Method for removing fluid from a blood filter at the end of a blood treatment session and treatment apparatus for executing the method

  • US 20130025697A1
  • Filed: 07/27/2012
  • Published: 01/31/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method for removing fluid from a blood filter or blood circuit used for a blood treatment of a patient after the end of a blood treatment session, the blood filter comprising a blood chamber and a dialysate chamber between which a membrane is arranged, the blood chamber connected with an arterial blood line which leads to the blood chamber and with a venous blood line which leads away from the blood chamber as well as with a dialysate inlet line which leads to the dialysate chamber and with a dialysate outlet line which leads away from the dialysate chamber, the method comprising the step of displacing the fluid from the dialysate chamber by actively or passively introducing air or a liquid into the dialysate inlet line.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×