Sterilizing method
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1. A sterilization method for a blood processing device which circulates blood externally of a human body and removes waste material from the blood, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a blood processor having an inlet and an outlet;
connecting a blood inlet line and a blood outlet line to said blood processor inlet and outlet, respectively;
connecting a branched tube to said blood inlet line;
filling both said blood inlet line and said blood outlet line and also said blood processor and said branched tube with a liquid harmless to the human body;
subjecting said filled blood inlet line and blood outlet line and blood processor to an autoclave sterilization in a saturated steam so that said liquid in said inlet and outlet line and said blood processor is heated whereby said inlet and outlet line and said blood processor are sterilized;
connecting a bag filled with physiological saline solution to said branched tube using a finger pressure openable communicating mechanism for establishing and interrupting communication between said bag and said branched tube;
connecting a waste bag to said blood outlet using another communicating mechanism; and
causing the saline solution to flow from said bag filled with solution by opening said communicating mechanism, thereby forcing the liquid in said blood inlet line, said blood processor and said blood outlet line into said waste bag.
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A humors processing device is such as an artificial kidney, artificial liver or others. The device is connected with a humors circulating line which is provided with bags supporting physiological saline solution and with communicating mechanisms at appropriate portions of the same, and the communicating mechanism is ready for opening by finger pressure.
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1. A sterilization method for a blood processing device which circulates blood externally of a human body and removes waste material from the blood, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a blood processor having an inlet and an outlet;
connecting a blood inlet line and a blood outlet line to said blood processor inlet and outlet, respectively;
connecting a branched tube to said blood inlet line;
filling both said blood inlet line and said blood outlet line and also said blood processor and said branched tube with a liquid harmless to the human body;
subjecting said filled blood inlet line and blood outlet line and blood processor to an autoclave sterilization in a saturated steam so that said liquid in said inlet and outlet line and said blood processor is heated whereby said inlet and outlet line and said blood processor are sterilized;
connecting a bag filled with physiological saline solution to said branched tube using a finger pressure openable communicating mechanism for establishing and interrupting communication between said bag and said branched tube;
connecting a waste bag to said blood outlet using another communicating mechanism; and
causing the saline solution to flow from said bag filled with solution by opening said communicating mechanism, thereby forcing the liquid in said blood inlet line, said blood processor and said blood outlet line into said waste bag. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- providing a blood processor having an inlet and an outlet;
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