External functional means, blood treatment apparatus for receiving an external functional means in accordance with the invention, and method
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1. A medical device, comprising:
- at least one housing body,at least one chamber integrated into the housing body for receiving medical fluids;
at least one passage integrated into the housing body for at least one of receiving and conducting a medical fluid;
at least one valve completely or partly integrated into the housing body for controlling or regulating a fluid flowing through the medical device; and
at least one venous blood chamber;
wherein the medical device is a cassette configured for a blood treatment by dialysis having at least one single-needle chamber for a single-needle access to a patient;
wherein the single-needle chamber is disposed on a venous blood side of the medical device and above the venous blood chamber relative to an orientation of the medical device during its use, the single-needle chamber being in fluid communication with the at least one passage integrated into the housing body for at least one of receiving and conducting a medical fluid only via the venous blood chamber.
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Abstract
An external functional means comprises at least one housing body, at least one chamber integrated into the housing body for receiving medical fluids, at least one passage integrated into the housing body for receiving and/or conducting a medical fluid, and at least one valve means completely or partly integrated into the housing body for controlling or regulating a fluid flowing through the external functional means. The invention further specifies a blood treatment apparatus and methods which may be carried out by means of the external functional means of the invention and by means of the blood treatment apparatus, respectively.
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1. A medical device, comprising:
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at least one housing body, at least one chamber integrated into the housing body for receiving medical fluids; at least one passage integrated into the housing body for at least one of receiving and conducting a medical fluid; at least one valve completely or partly integrated into the housing body for controlling or regulating a fluid flowing through the medical device; and at least one venous blood chamber; wherein the medical device is a cassette configured for a blood treatment by dialysis having at least one single-needle chamber for a single-needle access to a patient; wherein the single-needle chamber is disposed on a venous blood side of the medical device and above the venous blood chamber relative to an orientation of the medical device during its use, the single-needle chamber being in fluid communication with the at least one passage integrated into the housing body for at least one of receiving and conducting a medical fluid only via the venous blood chamber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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