FLUID PROCESSING APPARATUS
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Abstract
A machine is provided with a slot to releasably receive and retain a cartridge in which dialysis is effected. The machine is configured for supplying to the cartridge, at a controlled temperature and rate, sterile water for use in haemodialysis and is operable to maintain, in a sterile condition, residual water contained therein after completion of a haemodialysis treatment.
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- 40. A machine adapted to releasably receive a cartridge in which dialysis is effected, said machine comprising a fluid circuit for supplying to the cartridge, at a controlled temperature and rate, sterile water for use in the hemodialysis, the machine being operable to maintain in a sterile condition residual water contained therein after completion of a hemodialysis treatment, wherein said fluid circuit recycles residual water contained therein after completion of a hemodialysis treatment in a closed loop circuit through a sterilizer when the machine is not performing hemodialysis of a patient'"'"'s blood, thus maintaining the residual water in a sterile condition.
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51. An apparatus for performing hemodialysis of a patient'"'"'s blood, the apparatus comprising:
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a) a cartridge in which dialysis is effected, the cartridge being connectable by tubing to the patient'"'"'s blood circulatory system; and b) a machine, to which the cartridge is releasably connectable, for supplying to the cartridge, at a controlled temperature and rate, sterile water for use in the hemodialysis, the machine being operable to maintain in a sterile condition residual water contained therein after completion of a hemodialysis treatment. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
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