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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120109038 | OSMOTIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DIURETIC THERAPY Embodiments of the invention are related to devices and methods for modulating renal function, amongst other things. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of modulating renal function in a patient including implanting an occlusive device in the patient, the ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109037 | BLOOD PERFUSION SYSTEM An extracorporeal blood perfusion system includes a disposable assembly and a control unit having a control interface region. The interface region includes pump assemblies for selective pumping of venous blood, arterial blood, cardioplegia solution, suctioned blood and ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083726 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING A FLUID SYSTEM OF AN EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT DEVICE The present invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring a fluid system of an extracorporeal blood treatment device. In the method according to the present invention and the device according to the present invention, the pressure in a ventilation line branc... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120053502 | PERFUSION CIRCUIT AND USE THEREIN IN TARGETED DELIVERY OF MACROMOLECULES A perfusion circuit and a use thereof for delivering a substance to a subject's heart in situ during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery are provided. The perfusion circuit defines a path for re-circulating a solution containing a macromolecular complex through a coronary ci... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046594 | BLOOD PROCESSING UNIT WITH MODIFIED FLOW PATH A blood processing apparatus may include a heat exchanger and a gas exchanger. At least one of the heat exchanger and the gas exchanger may be configured to impart a radial component to blow flow through the heat exchanger and/or gas exchanger. The heat exchanger may be... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120035523 | SYSTEM FOR TREATMENT OF BLOOD The present invention relates to a system for the treatment of blood, in particular a highly efficient system for the safe removal of CO2 and bicarbonates from the blood in a blood circuit connected to a patient by means of a venous-venous connection having at least an ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120029409 | EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS In a single needle extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus, an ultrafiltration pump (10) performs a pure ultrafiltration of ultrafiltrate from an hemofilter (4). The blood may be continuously circulated through the hemofilter using a first pump (5)... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120016285 | CATHETER WITH REMOVABLE EXTENSION MEMBERS A catheter for use in accessing the vasculature of a patient and for optionally transferring a volume of blood from a patient to a hemodialysis machine. The catheter includes one or more connectors, which are secured to a transition member of the catheter. The one or mo... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120010554 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN EXTRA-CORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT IN A MEDICAL DEVICE Apparatus for controlling an extra-corporeal blood treatment in a medical device, comprising a blood treatment device (7), an extra-corporeal blood transport line (4), a fluid transport line (3) for a treatment fluid for the blood, at least a sensor... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110282262 | Continuous Ambulatory Haemofiltration Device A Continuous Ambulatory Haemofiltration consisting of an outer casing, multifunction pump, haemofilter, reversed osmosis filter, power source, drainage bag, blood lines and fluid lines, characterized in that the haemofiltrate from the haemolfilter is moved to a reversed... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110251544 | Utilization of Stents for the Treatment of Blood Borne Carcinomas A filter and a method treat blood borne carcinomas by inducing apoptosis in carcinoma cells. The filter includes comprises a stent having an interior wall defining a channel containing a packing material and at least one antineoplastic agent. The method includes placing... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110237997 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE INTRODUCTION OF SUBSTITUTION FLUIDS UPSTREAM OF DOWNSTREAM OF A DIALYZER OF FILTER A method is provided for monitoring the introduction of substitution fluids for an extra-corporeal blood processing device with an extra-corporeal blood circuit, comprising an arterial blood line, running from an arterial patient connection to a first chamber of a dialy... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110213289 | BLOOD PURIFICATION APPARATUS AND PRIMING METHOD THEREOF The present invention relates to a blood purification apparatus for extracorporeally circulating the blood of a patient so as to purify the blood for medical treatment incorporating a dialyzer and a method for priming the blood purification apparatus, wherein the presen... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110213290 | Systems and Methods for Removing Undesirable Material Within a Circulatory System A system for removing undesirable material from vessels and from chambers within the heart is provided. The system includes a suction cannula for removing the undesirable material from a site of interest within a patient. A filter device may be provided for capturing th... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110208107 | Cardiopulmonary Apparatus And Methods For Preserving Life Apparatus and methods for providing extracorporeal blood circulation and oxygenation control include seven-stage de-airing of blood to provide automated cardiopulmonary replacement to sustain patient life during a medical procedure comprising repairing or replacing the ... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110208106 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ULTRAFILTRATION OF BLOOD An ultrafiltration filter for an extracorporeal blood circuit having an input for blood withdrawn from a human patient and a blood output for filtered blood to be infused into the patient including: a filter body having a length of at least 20 centimeters (cm) and an in... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110208108 | Cardiopulmonary Apparatus And Methods For Use During PCI And CABG Apparatus and methods for providing extracorporeal blood circulation and oxygenation control include multi-stage de-airing of blood to provide automated cardiopulmonary replacement to sustain patient life during a medical procedure such as cardiopulonary bypass graft su... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110201988 | BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD A blood treatment apparatus includes: a blood treatment unit, a pair of fluid pumps and a pair of blood pumps. The blood treatment unit is configured to receive untreated blood and fresh blood treatment fluid, and emit treated blood and used blood treatment fluid. The f... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110190680 | Self-Regulating Device for Modulating Inflammation A bioreactor is provided which contains cells capable of producing cytokine inhibitors in response to cytokines, in a manner regulated by the local or systemic milieu of an individual patient and predicted by mechanistic computational simulations. The bioreactor transfe... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110160636 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INHIBITING COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION An extracorporeal device for inhibiting alternative complement pathway activation includes a support structure an anti-complement antibody disposed on or within the support structure and a first conduit for conducting blood of the subject to the anti-complement antibody... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110137224 | MANUALLY OPERATED DISPOSABLE SINGLE-NEEDLE CIRCUIT FOR EXTRACORPOREAL TREATMENT OF BLOOD A disposable single-needle extracorporeal blood treatment circuit for such treatments of blood hemofiltration, plasma filtration, detoxification and alike includes a manually operated syringe attached to a proximal bifurcation and a patient's access port attached to a d... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110125073 | ENHANCED CLEARANCE IN AN ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY INCORPORATING A PULSATILE PUMP A continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) device is provided that weighs between 2 and 10 pounds. The CRRT device can be portable, mobile or completely worn on the person of the patient. Blood and dialysate are each pumped in a pulsed or pulsatile manner through a d... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110118647 | EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS An extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus comprises a sensor (10) for emitting a signal indicating a change of hematic volume of an individual (7) subjected to a treatment and a weight loss system for actuating the individual's weight loss. A control uni... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110098625 | HEMODIALYSIS OR HEMO(DIA)FILTRATION APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A HEMODIALYSIS OR HEMO(DIA)FILTRATION APPARATUS In a hemodiafiltration apparatus, a control and command unit (11) halts a replacement fluid supply pump (8) and contemporaneously modifies the control mode of a blood pump (1) passing from a control based on the pump velocity to a control based on t... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110098623 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING SUPERPARAMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES IN TREATMENT AND REMOVAL OF CELLS Methods and devices for selectively removing from a subject a target cell, pathogen, or virus expressing a binding partner on its surface are presented. In one embodiment, the device contains an excorporeal circuit, which includes, at least, a magnetic filter comprising... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110098624 | Method and apparatus for treating renal disease with hemodialysis utilizing pulsatile pump A method of removing toxins from blood from a patient in need of such toxin removal includes: providing a countercurrent dialysis filter (20) having a blood compartment and a dialysate compartment separated from the blood compartment by a semi-permeable membrane;... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110092875 | DEGASSING DEVICE A device for degassing gas bubbles out of a liquid comprises a housing having a liquid inlet, a liquid outlet and a gas bubble outlet. The housing includes a spiral wall defining a spiral flow path for the liquid and a hydrophobic membrane above the spiral wall and betw... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110077575 | Blood treatment device This invention relates to the field of blood treatment devices having a blood purification element (1) which is divided into two chambers by a semipermeable membrane (3). Such devices are used as hemodialysis machines in artificial kidney therapy. This inv... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110066097 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MICROFLUIDIC MEMBRANELESS EXCHANGE USING FILTRATION OF EXTRACTION OUTLET STREAMS A device, system and method for exchanging components between first and second fluids by direct contact in a microfluidic channel. The fluids flow as thin layers in the channel. One of the fluids is passed through a filter upon exiting the channel and is recycled throug... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110054380 | Method and apparatus for removal of gas bubbles from blood A system is disclosed for removing gas bubbles from blood during circulatory assist procedures. Such bubbles are generated, along with particulate matter, in an extracorporeal circulatory bypass system by the pump, oxygenator and other components. Filters are used in th... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110040228 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COLLOID EXCHANGE THERAPY The present invention relates to a method and system for using a very large pore hemofilter to treat IMRD, hepatic failure, exogenous intoxication and other conditions associated with toxins in a patient's blood. One treatment includes the use of a very large pore hemof... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110009798 | RENAL THERAPY SYSTEM HAVING PUMP REVERSING FLUID CONTROL A renal therapy system includes: a filter; an arterial blood flowpath in fluid communication with the filter; a venous blood flowpath in fluid communication with the filter; extracorporeal circuit including the filter, the arterial blood flowpath and the venous blood fl... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110009720 | Continuous whole blood glucose monitor A portable continuous whole blood glucose monitor comprising, a mid-infrared quantum cascade laser and driver in optical communication with a transmission cell and a photo-conductive detector and pre-amplifier. The monitor further comprises a peristaltic pump connected ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110004142 | HEMOFILTRATION METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF DISEASES IN A MAMMAL Hemofiltration systems and methods to treat an Inflammatory Mediator Related Disease in a patients, including chronic and acute diseases, may include a hemofilter and an adsorptive device. The systems and methods may further include one or more therapeutic agents admini... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110004141 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING THE RECIRCULATION IN A FISTULA OR THE CARDIOPULMONARY RECIRCULATION, AND A BLOOD TREATMENT DEVICE COMPRISING A DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE FISTULA RECIRCULATION OR THE CARDIOPULMONARY RECIRCULATION PART A method for determining the recirculation in a fistula and/or the cardiopulmonary recirculation part during an extracorporeal blood treatment is disclosed, where the blood to be treated flows in an extracorporeal blood circuit through a blood chamber of a dialyzer spli... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100331754 | Method and Systems for Controlling Ultrafiltration Using Central Venous Pressure Measurements The volume of fluid removed from a patient during ultrafiltration is controlled automatically on the basis of central venous pressure (CVP) measurements. In one embodiment, a central venous catheter (CVC) is used for accessing blood during dialysis. A sensor located at ... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100312162 | BLOOD DIALYSIS APPARATUS Provided is a hemodialysis apparatus which can fundamentally solve a problem in that air is trapped in a mesh disposed in a vein side chamber during priming. A hemodialysis apparatus includes control means that conducts, in the stated order: (A) a process in which a blo... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100280761 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURE IN AN EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT A method and device are provided for determining the transmembrane pressure during an extracorporeal blood treatment in which blood flows at a defined blood flow rate through an arterial blood conduit of an extracorporeal blood circuit into the inlet of a first chamber ... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100274171 | EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD CIRCUIT An extracorporeal blood circuit, comprising an expansion chamber for air-blood separation, wherein a filter (38) retains the solid particles in the blood. The filter has a trunco-conical filtering wall with a vertical axis surmounted by a top head (43) pro... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100274170 | RADIAL DESIGN OXYGENATOR WITH HEAT EXCHANGER Disclosed is an apparatus for oxygenating and controlling the temperature of blood in an extracorporeal circuit. The apparatus has an inlet and an outlet that is located radially outward from the inlet in order to define a flowpath through the apparatus. The apparatus c... | 10/28/2010 |
