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7387734 |
Method of operating a dialysis machine
A method and apparatus of priming or rinse back of an extracorporeal circuit using a dialysis machine comprising a dialysis liquid preparation system. The dialysis machine is used to prepare a...
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7384550 |
Glaucoma implant having MEMS filter module
Various MEMS filter elements or modules are disclosed, and which may be used in a glaucoma implant ( 490 ). One such MEMS filter module ( 34 ) includes a first film ( 70 ) and a second film ( 46 )...
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7381195 |
Hematocrit sensor
The present invention relates to a hematocrit sensor and a method for measuring hematocrit values using such a device, which comprises a hematocrit sensor in a blood circuit that measures...
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7374677 |
Two stage hemofiltration that generates replacement fluid
The present invention relates to a system for two-stage blood dialysis of a patient. In one embodiment, the system comprises a first filtration device for receiving the blood from the patient and...
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7357897 |
Blood processing systems and methods that alternate flow of blood component and additive solution through an in-line leukofilter
Blood processing systems and methods convey blood cells from a blood cell source into a blood component collection flow channel that includes a blood cell storage container and an in-line filter to...
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7354392 |
Structurally optimized hollow fiber membranes
An elongated hollow microporous fiber comprises an inner wall surface defining an interior fiber lumen, an outer wall surface, and a microporous fiber wall therebetween, the fiber wall having one...
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7335334 |
Active air removal from an extracorporeal blood circuit
A disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit employed during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery performs gas exchange, heat transfer, and microemboli filtering functions in a way as to...
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7332125 |
System and method for processing blood
A system for filtering and processing blood that is simple to implement and that reduces the need for human intervention. The system may be used to collect red blood cells (RBCs). For such a...
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7314554 |
Extracorporeal blood treatment machine
The invention relates to an extracorporeal blood treatment machine in which a blood circuit ( 3 ) is equipped with an inlet line leading to a filtration unit ( 2 ) and with an outlet line ( 3 b )...
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7311689 |
Method and apparatus for peripheral vein fluid removal in heart failure
A method and apparatus for ultrafiltration of blood operating by removing blood from a peripheral blood vessel at a rate of less than two percent of total cardiac output of a patient, extracting...
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7309323 |
Wearable continuous renal replacement therapy device
A continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) device adapted to be worn on a portion of the body of a patient. The CRRT device is worn by the patient and operates on rechargeable batteries for more...
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7306736 |
Valve mechanism for infusion fluid systems
A method and an apparatus are provided for preventing retrograde flow of fluid, e.g., blood products, into a source of sterile substitution fluid ( 50 ). The apparatus of the present invention...
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7303680 |
Method and apparatus for kidney dialysis
A number of improvements relating to methods and apparatuses for kidney dialysis are disclosed. These include checking of dialysate bypass status using flow measurement; using a flow sensor to...
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7291269 |
Apparatus and process for extracorporeal treatment of blood with selective extraction of solutes
A device and method for an extracorporeal blood treatment is described. The device comprising at least one exchanger equipped with at least one first inlet for the blood to be treated, a first...
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7291122 |
Hemofiltration methods for treatment of diseases in a mammal
A hemofiltration system and method to treat an Inflammatory Mediator Related Disease in a mammal, including chronic and acute diseases, include a hemofilter and an adsorptive device. The hemofilter...
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7276042 |
Low hydraulic resistance cartridge
A cartridge for treating medical or biological fluid includes a first cap having an inlet for the fluid, a container including a plurality of compartments and a second cap including an outlet for...
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7267771 |
Apparatus for therapeutic apheresis
Apparatus for carrying out therapeutic apheresis includes a filter device for being implanted in a blood vessel for carrying out in-vivo plasma separation having one or more elongated hollow tubes...
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7264730 |
Methods for kidney dialysis
A number of improvements relating to methods and apparatuses for kidney dialysis are disclosed. These include methods such as supplying a dialysis machine including a touch screen interface to a...
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7247146 |
Support element for an integrated blood treatment module, integrated blood treatment module and extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus equipped with said integrated module
The invention relates to support element ( 4 ) comprising a main body ( 6 ) having a front wall ( 25 ) and a peripheral wall ( 32 ) projecting away from the front wall. The front wall and the...
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7232418 |
Support element, an integrated module for extracorporeal blood treatment comprising the support element, an apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment equipped with the integrated module, and an assembly process for an integrated module for extracorporeal blood treatment
An integrated module for extracorporeal blood treatment has a flat-shaped support element which exhibits on an internal face thereof a complex of fluid distribution lines and on an external face...
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7226540 |
MEMS filter module
Various MEMS filter elements or modules are disclosed. One such MEMS filter module ( 34 ) includes a first film ( 70 ) and a second film ( 46 ) that are spaced and interconnected by a plurality of...
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7226538 |
Fluid processing apparatus
Systems and methods handle air and rinsing fluid during fluid processing. The systems and methods eliminate air from a fluid processing system prior to, during, and after use. The systems and...
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7226429 |
Method for removal of viruses from blood by lectin affinity hemodialysis
The present invention relates to a method for using lectins that bind to pathogens having high mannose surface glycoproteins or fragments thereof which contain high mannose glycoproteins, to remove...
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7223338 |
Support element for an integrated module for blood treatment, an integrated module for blood treatment, and a manufacturing process for an integrated module for blood treatment
The support element ( 4 ) is provided with a plurality of connectors ( 7 ), ( 8 ), ( 11 ) which receive corresponding counter-connectors of a blood treatment device. The support element is also...
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7223336 |
Integrated blood treatment module and extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus
The invention relates to an integrated blood treatment module ( 1 ) comprising a support element ( 4 ) and a fluid distribution circuitry associated thereto; the distribution circuitry comprises at...
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7220354 |
Vortex-enhanced filtration devices
Preferred aspects of the present invention relate to a device for filtration comprising at least one rotor configured to create Taylor vortices on at least one side of a filtration membrane,...
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7214312 |
Fluid circuits, systems, and processes for extracorporeal blood processing
A sterilized fluid management kit for use in renal replacement therapy isolates a replacement fluid container from touch contamination and provides for sterilization of replacement fluid by...
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7204958 |
Extracorporeal blood circuit air removal system and method
A disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit employed during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery performs gas exchange, heat transfer, and microemboli filtering functions in a way as to...
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7201870 |
Active air removal system operating modes of an extracorporeal blood circuit
A disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit employed during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery performs gas exchange, heat transfer, and microemboli filtering functions in a way as to...
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7198751 |
Disposable, integrated, extracorporeal blood circuit
A disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit employed during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery performs gas exchange, heat transfer, and microemboli filtering functions in a way as to...
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7195711 |
Specialized hollow fiber membranes for in-vivo plasmapheresis and ultrafiltration
An in-vivo plasmapheresis and/or in-vivo ultrafiltration membrane comprises elongated hollow fibers each fiber having an interior lumen extending along the fiber length, the fiber wall having a...
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7189352 |
Extracorporeal blood circuit priming system and method
A disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit employed during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery performs gas exchange, heat transfer, and microemboli filtering functions in a way as to...
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7186342 |
Method for filling and washing a filter for a dialysis machine
A dialysis machine is provided with a dialysate circuit, a blood circuit and a filter having a dialysate compartment connected to the dialysate circuit, a blood compartment connected to the blood...
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7186231 |
Blood component collection method
An object is to provide a blood component collection system capable of collecting a desired blood component of high quality. A blood component collection system 1 comprises a centrifugal...
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7182865 |
Device for separating whole blood under gravitational force
Method for separating whole blood into a leukocyte-depleted erythrocyte concentrate and thrombocyte-containing plasma, in which method whole blood is separated in a first step into an erythrocyte...
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7175809 |
Feedback control of ultrafiltration to prevent hypotension
A method and system for the extracorporeal treatment of blood to remove fluid from the fluid overloaded patient is disclosed that non-invasively measures an oxygen level in the venous blood. The...
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7175606 |
Disposable medical fluid unit having rigid frame
A method, system and apparatus for performing peritoneal dialysis are provided. To this end, in part, a frame of a disposable unit for a medical fluid system is provided. The frame includes a body...
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7163520 |
Method and device for removal of radiocontrast media from blood
An extracorpeal blood circuit for removal of contrast from human blood using a filter and withdrawal filter pump and a by-pass pump. The withdrawal filter blood pump operates when a contrast bolus...
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7153473 |
Hemostatic system and components for extracorporeal circuit
A method and system for use in the course of extracorporeal blood flow, e.g., cardiopulmonary bypass, dialysis, and angioplasty procedures, in order to reduce or minimize inflammation, excessive...
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7147616 |
Method for emptying a blood circuit of an apparatus for the extracorporeal treatment of blood
A method for emptying a blood circuit of an apparatus for the extracorporeal treatment of blood after interrupting a treatment session. The apparatus has a blood treatment device with first and...
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7147614 |
Combined device comprising a venous blood reservoir and a cordiotomy reservoir in an extracorporeal circuit
A combined device having a reservoir for venous blood and a reservoir for cardiotomy blood is disclosed. The device is characterized in that the venous reservoir is separated from the cardiotomy...
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7147613 |
Measurement of fluid pressure in a blood treatment device
A first flow path is defined within a first panel that forms a part of an extracorporeal fluid circuit. A second flow path is defined within a second panel that also forms a part of the...
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7144382 |
Device for treating a fluid-like sample such as a whole blood, with treatment fluid, use of such a device and kit containing such a device
A device for treating a fluid-like sample, in particular whole blood, with treatment fluid. The device comprises a tubular container with a first piston and a second piston, with a piston gap...
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7135008 |
Method and apparatus for ultrafiltration utilizing a peripheral access dual lumen venous cannula
Method and apparatus for the extracorporeal treatment of blood by utilizing a peripherally inserted dual lumen catheter assembly for the continuous removal and return of blood for renal replacement...
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7131957 |
Safety device for a blood treatment machine and a method of increasing the safety of a blood treatment machine
A device and method for increasing the safety of an extracorporeal blood treatment machine are based on monitoring transmembrane pressure. The transmembrane pressure measured by a measuring device...
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7131956 |
Dialysis machine and method of controlling it
A dialysis machine comprises: means for calculating ( 60 ) a filtration factor (FF) as a function of the ultrafiltration rate (UFR) and of a plasma flow rate (Q p ); first comparison means ( 65 )...
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7122151 |
Membrane apparatus with enhanced mass transfer, heat transfer and pumping capabilities via active mixing
A combination mass transfer and pump apparatus, which in a single step actively mixes a first mass and a second mass and simultaneously pumps one of the first mass and the second mass through the...
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7115205 |
Method of simultaneous blood collection and separation using a continuous flow centrifuge having a separation channel
A system for automatically collecting and separating whole blood into its components is described. The system includes a console, which contains all motors, pumps, sensors, valves and control...
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7097630 |
Method and apparatus for determining hemodialysis parameters
This invention provides a method and apparatus for calculating a hemodialysis parameter, especially blood access flow rate, using multiple dialysance values. The dialysance values may be calculated...
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7077819 |
Method for determining the distribution volume of a blood component during an extracorporeal blood treatment and device for carrying out the method
The invention relates to a method for determining the volume of distribution of a blood component in the body of a living organism, especially the volume of distribution of urea, during an...
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