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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 20110257577 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CIRCULATORY ACCESS Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed that permit the use of hyperperfusion, or regional hyperperfusion to targeted areas by the use of an arterial and/or venous access system which allows repeatable, transcutaneous insertion without any need for repeat anesthesia... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110237998 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIALYSIS ACCESS DISCONNECTION An access disconnection method for a machine employing a blood circuit, the blood circuit having a machine segment and a patient access segment, the method comprising: injecting an electrical signal into the blood circuit between the machine segment and the patient acce... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110230814 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING A PERISTALTIC HOSE PUMP FOR CONDUCTING A FLUID IN A TUBING The invention further relates to an apparatus and method for monitoring a peristaltic hose pump, in particular a peristaltic hose pump of an extracorporeal blood treatment device. The power consumed by the pump and/or the pressure in the tubing segment upstream or downs... | 09/22/2011 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 20110201989 | BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD A blood treatment apparatus, including a blood treatment unit configured to receive untreated blood and fresh blood treatment fluid, and emit treated blood and used blood treatment fluid, a pair of fluid pumps configured to pass blood treatment fluid through the blood t... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110190681 | CATHETER NEEDLE RETENTION AND PLACEMENT MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD A blood access device includes (i) a first layer, a bottom surface of the first layer including (a) an adhesive or (b) a hook and loop material for securing the first layer to a patient, a first conductive attachment material located at a top surface of the first layer;... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110160637 | Detecting Blood Flow Degradation A method for detecting blood flow degradation in a dialysis system. The method includes measuring a flow rate of blood in a blood line, calculating a current impedance value based on the measured flow rate, and comparing the current impedance value to a baseline impedan... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110144557 | DIALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING CASSETTE WITH FLUID HEATING AND AIR REMOVAL A dialysis fluid system includes an instrument including a pump actuator and a fluid heater, and a dialysis fluid cassette. The dialysis fluid cassette includes a rigid portion defining a pumping section for operation with the pump actuator and a heating section for ope... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110105983 | HEMODIALYSIS SYSTEM INCLUDING ON-LINE DIALYSATE GENERATION A hemodialysis system includes an on-line dialysate generator; a dialysate pump actuator configured to pump dialysate generated by the generator to a dialyzer; a conductivity sensor located adjacent to a temperature sensor upstream of the dialyzer; a blood pump actuator... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110106466 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MONITORING THE INTEGRITY OF A FLUID CONNECTION A surveillance device monitors the integrity of a fluid connection between first and second fluid containing systems based on at least one time-dependent measurement signal from a pressure sensor in the first fluid containing system. The first fluid containing system co... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110077576 | Apparatus For Making Extracorporeal Blood Circulation Available An apparatus for providing an extracorporeal blood circuit control includes a base module having a control device and a patient module releasably connected to the base module and having blood-conducting components of the extracorporeal blood circuit. A pivot system is a... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110046535 | BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS A proposed blood treatment apparatus includes: a blood treatment unit, at least one fluid pump and at least one blood pump. The blood treatment unit is configured to receive untreated blood and fresh blood treatment fluid, and emit treated blood and used blood treatment... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110040229 | EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD CIRCUIT FOR CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS The subject invention provides an improved bypass circuit for use in adult and especially pediatric cardiac surgery. The auto regulating capability of this circuit design simplifies its operation and combines the benefits of both VAVD and KAVD systems while eliminating ... | 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 |
| 20110009797 | DIALYSIS SYSTEM INCLUDING BLOOD AND DIALYSATE CASSETTE A dialysis system including a dialysis machine including a blood pump actuator, dialysate pump actuator, a blood valve actuator and a dialysate valve actuator; and a disposable cassette operable with the dialysis machine, the disposable cassette including: (i) a housing... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110004143 | Drug Delivery Devices And Related Systems And Methods This disclosure relates to drug delivery devices and related systems and methods. In certain aspects, a drug delivery device includes a pump extending from a surface of the drug delivery device and a door that includes a spring-loaded member exposed along its inner surf... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110004145 | Drug Vial Spikes, Fluid Line Sets, And Related Systems This disclosure relates to drug vial spikes, fluid line sets, and related systems. In some aspects, a fluid line set includes a frame, multiple spikes extending from the frame, and multiple fluid lines connected to the frame. The frame is configured to hold the fluid li... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110004144 | Drug Delivery Devices And Related Systems And Methods This disclosure relates to drug delivery devices and related systems and methods. In some aspects, a drug delivery device includes a drug vial holder and a mechanism configured to compress a drug vial between upper and lower members of the drug vial holder.... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100324465 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING BLOOD FLOW IN AN EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD CIRCUIT Equipment for controlling blood flow in an extra-corporeal blood circuit, comprising at least a first sensor (11), designed to measure an arterial pressure (Part) upstream of a peristaltic pump (9); at least a second sensor (12), designed to measure... | 12/23/2010 |
| 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 |
| 20100274172 | METHOD OF REMOVING BLOOD FROM AN EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD CIRCUIT, TREATMENT APPARATUS, AND TUBE SYSTEM The present invention relates to a method of removing blood from an extracorporeal blood circuit following termination of a blood treatment session, wherein blood is concurrently removed both from an arterial conduit portion and from a venous conduit portion of the extr... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100262062 | Peripheral Access Devices and Systems A cannulation system for perfusing a patient's circulatory system, includes an inflow cannula having a first end adapted to be connected to said circulatory system and a second end adapted to be connected to a blood pump, an outflow cannula having a first end adapted to... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100262063 | Recirculation switch for blood cardioplegia A switch comprises a rotating switch member which provides fluid communication in three modes; infusion, recirculation and priming The switch is located between the oxygenator and drug bag and the cardioplegia pump raceway. The switch has three channels molded into the ... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100204634 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PERFUSION THERAPY Devices, methods, and assemblies for perfusion therapy including cerebral perfusion therapy such as those for use in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. The treatment includes delivery of blood to or about the vicinity of a thrombus site.... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100198132 | Blood Treatment Method Adapted to at Least Partially Eliminate the Carbon Dioxide Content and Related Device A blood treatment method is described that is adapted to at least partially eliminate the carbon dioxide content of the type comprising a step of drawing a blood flow. Advantageously according to the invention, the method further comprises the steps of: acidifying the b... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100175483 | PRESSURE SENSOR DISCONNECT DETECTION FOR A BLOOD TREATMENT DEVICE A system is disclosed for detecting an electrical sensor, the system includes a sensor signal processing circuit further comprising an input port to receive a connector including the output signal lines of the sensor, a resistor connected to the output signal line of sa... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100168641 | Method and Apparatus for Blood Withdrawal and Infusion Using a Pressure Controller A method and apparatus for controlling blood withdrawal and infusion flow rate with the use of a pressure controller. The pressure controller uses pressure targets based upon occlusion limits that are calculated as a function of flow. The controller has the ability to s... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100168925 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD- TREATING APPARATUS The present invention relates to a device and a method for controlling an extracorporeal blood treatment device, in particular a hemodialysis device that has a dialyzer, which is divided by a semi-permeable membrane into a blood chamber and a dialysis chamber, a blood p... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100130906 | HEMODIALYSIS DEVICE, HEMODIAFILTRATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR TAKING A SAMPLE IN CORRESPONDING DEVICES AND SAMPLING KIT FOR USE IN CORRESPONDING DEVICES AND METHOD The invention relates to the field of equipment for renal replacement therapy. It is based on the observation that connections (14, 15, 101) already present in a hemodialysis machine or hemodiafiltration machine (10) may also be used directly for sampling ... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100114002 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN EXTRACORPOREAL CONTROL OF BLOOD GLUCOSE A method for controlling the blood glucose level of a patient and periodically calibrating the glucose sensor using a calibration solution. The method controls the level of blood glucose in a patient through an extracorporeal blood circuit by: withdrawing blood from a v... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100114001 | EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT AND SYSTEM HAVING REVERSIBLE BLOOD PUMPS An extracorporeal blood processing method using a blood circuit comprising a pair of blood passages attached to opposite flow ends of a blood treatment device and said blood circuit is mounted on a blood pump console, the method includes: withdrawing blood from a vascul... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100094194 | BAG HANGER ASSEMBLY FOR BLOOD THERAPY APPARATUS 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 e... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100094193 | WEARABLE ULTRAFILTRATION DEVICE An ultrafiltration device adapted to be worn on a portion of the body of a patient includes a blood inlet tube leading from a first blood vessel, a blood pump, an anticoagulant reservoir for infusing anticoagulants into the blood, a blood filter including a substrate th... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100087771 | BLOOD PURIFICATION SYSTEM Provision of a blood purification system comprising a blood purification tubing and a blood purification apparatus particularly suitable for use in continuous hemofiltration in which in the treatment of a patient with renal disease, multiple organ failure, and the like,... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100087772 | BLOOD PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PURGING A SET OF BLOOD LINES ON A BLOOD PROCESSING DEVICE The invention relates to a method for the emptying of a blood tubing set of a blood treatment device comprising an extracorporeal blood circuit including a membrane filter having a first chamber and a second chamber separated therefrom by a membrane, said first chamber ... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100076364 | USER INTERFACE FOR BLOOD TREATMENT DEVICE A method for batch implementation of settings in a renal replacement therapy device including: displaying on a user interface control settings which may be manually selected by an operator; selecting an independent control setting of the plurality of control settings; a... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100069817 | CONTAINER, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SOLUTION A container (10) comprising a plurality of compartments (A, B, C) separated by compartment dividers (6), and an inlet connector (3) for receiving a liquid via a connection tube (2). The compartment dividers rupture when a sufficient pressure ... | 03/18/2010 |
