Priming system
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1. A method for priming a fluid processing apparatus comprising:
- passing a priming fluid through a bypass connected in parallel with an unprimed fluid treatment element including at least one porous medium;
venting gas from the fluid processing apparatus through a gas outlet comprising a porous element; and
passing the priming fluid through the fluid treatment element and the porous medium.
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Abstract
Processes and systems and methods for priming a fluid processing apparatus and for treating a fluid are disclosed.
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1. A method for priming a fluid processing apparatus comprising:
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passing a priming fluid through a bypass connected in parallel with an unprimed fluid treatment element including at least one porous medium; venting gas from the fluid processing apparatus through a gas outlet comprising a porous element; and passing the priming fluid through the fluid treatment element and the porous medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of depleting a deleterious or undesirable substance from a patient'"'"'s fluid comprising:
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passing a priming fluid through a bypass connected in parallel with an unprimed fluid treatment element, wherein the fluid treatment element includes at least one porous medium suitable for removing a deleterious or undesirable substance from the patient'"'"'s fluid; exhausting the gas displaced by the priming fluid through a vent; passing the priming fluid through the fluid treatment element; withdrawing a fluid containing a deleterious or undesirable substance from a patient through the primed bypass; and then passing the patient'"'"'s fluid through the primed fluid treatment element to deplete the deleterious or undesirable substance from the fluid. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A fluid processing device comprising:
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a fluid treatment element, which includes a porous medium; a bypass assembly connected in parallel with the fluid treatment element through a first junction and a second junction; a syringe in fluid communication with the second junction; and a gas outlet, which includes a bacterial barrier membrane, in fluid communication with the syringe through a vent junction. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for processing cerebrospinal fluid comprising:
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passing a priming fluid through a bypass connected in parallel with an unprimed fluid treatment element including at least one porous medium; venting gas; passing the priming fluid through the porous medium of the fluid treatment element; and passing cerebrospinal fluid through the bypass and then through the primed porous medium to treat the cerebrospinal fluid. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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