BAG HANGER ASSEMBLY FOR BLOOD THERAPY APPARATUS
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1. An extracorporeal blood therapy apparatus comprising:
- a control unit including a plurality of peristaltic pumps mounted in a control unit housing assembly;
a panel assembly comprising a plurality of panels removably mounted on said housing assembly and having blood tubing and fluid tubing secured on said panels and cooperating with said peristaltic pumps for directing blood and fluid therein;
one or more fluid holding bags in fluid communication with said fluid tubing;
one or more load sensors mounted on said control unit each having a coupler sensibly connected thereto and configured for hanging a fluid holding bag;
a bag hanger assembly characterized by a link freely and movably hanging from said coupler; and
a bag hanger comprising an elongated straight rod, an upwardly extending connector secured at the center of said elongated rod, and a plurality of downwardly extending hooks of substantially identical weight and secured to said rod along the length thereof,whereby said bag hanger hangs from said link via said upwardly extending connector with said elongated rod extending substantially horizontally therefrom, said lower extending hooks configured for hanging a fluid holding bag thereon, and whereby said fluid holding bag and said bag hanger are independently movable relative to said coupler via said link.
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Abstract
In a blood therapy apparatus having a load cell sensor and a coupler for securing a load, a bag thereon is characterized by a free hanging link hanging from the coupler, and a bag hanger comprising an elongated rod having a plurality of bag engaging hooks and upwardly extending hook secured at the weight center of the rod and freely hanging from the links.
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30 Claims
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1. An extracorporeal blood therapy apparatus comprising:
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a control unit including a plurality of peristaltic pumps mounted in a control unit housing assembly; a panel assembly comprising a plurality of panels removably mounted on said housing assembly and having blood tubing and fluid tubing secured on said panels and cooperating with said peristaltic pumps for directing blood and fluid therein; one or more fluid holding bags in fluid communication with said fluid tubing; one or more load sensors mounted on said control unit each having a coupler sensibly connected thereto and configured for hanging a fluid holding bag; a bag hanger assembly characterized by a link freely and movably hanging from said coupler; and
a bag hanger comprising an elongated straight rod, an upwardly extending connector secured at the center of said elongated rod, and a plurality of downwardly extending hooks of substantially identical weight and secured to said rod along the length thereof,whereby said bag hanger hangs from said link via said upwardly extending connector with said elongated rod extending substantially horizontally therefrom, said lower extending hooks configured for hanging a fluid holding bag thereon, and whereby said fluid holding bag and said bag hanger are independently movable relative to said coupler via said link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for performing blood therapy comprising:
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a control unit housing having a controller, a blood pump and a plurality of fluid pumps secured therein, a panel assembly comprising a plurality of removable panels installed on said housing, said panels having blood tubing and fluid supply tubing secured thereon configured for cooperating with said blood pump and fluid pumps for directing blood and fluid, respectively, therethrough; one or more fluid holding bags cooperating with said fluid supply tubing for providing fluid thereto or receiving fluid therefrom; and a bag weigh system comprising one or more load cell sensor assemblies each comprising a sensor and a coupler cooperating therewith for securing a load thereon, each said sensor operatively connected to said controller for communicating sensed load thereto, said bag weigh system characterized by; a link freely hanging from said coupler, and a bag hanger comprising an elongated rod having an upwardly extending hook secured at the weight center of said rod, said rod having a plurality of downwardly extending hooks secured along the length thereof, said upwardly extending hook freely hanging from said link, and wherein a fluid holding bag is removably secured on and hangs from said downwardly extending hooks. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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