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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187467 | Parenteral administration of pyrophosphate for prevention or treatment of phosphate or pyrophosphate depletion Phosphate depletion, a physiological condition commonly seen in certain patient populations, including alcoholics, malnourished, acutely ill patients, patients receiving parenteral nutrition, patients being re-fed after prolonged fasting, and dialysis patients, requ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8147698 | Process for metabolic control and high solute clearance and solutions for use therein The present disclosure describes novel standardized citrate replacement fluid solutions and a standardized dialysate solution for use with CRRT methods. The standardized citrate replacement fluid solutions and standardized dialysate solutions do not require modifica... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8123947 | Priming and air removal systems and methods for dialysis A renal treatment fluid priming method includes priming an extracorporeal circuit connected to a patient with a physiologically compatible fluid, the extracorporeal circuit including an arterial line, a venous line and blood compartment of a blood filter; and pumpin... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7857977 | Packaging of ferric pyrophosphate for dialysis A stable packaged bicarbonate solution for use in dialysis treatment and for treating anemia, iron deficiency, or reducing the required dose of recombinant erythropoietin to treat anemia includes a bicarbonate solution into which ferric pyrophosphate is dissolved. T... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7544301 | Citrate-based dialysate chemical formulations The present invention constitutes dialysate formulations that are suitable for use in preparing dialysate solutions for use in batch and/or proportioning systems and for improving dialysis efficiency by reducing or preventing clotting of the dialysis flow paths. The... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7402249 | Blood purification apparatus for elevating purification efficiency A blood purification method that purifies blood taken from a body by blood dialysis or by hemodiafiltration includes the step of changing an osmotic pressure of the blood to an increasing condition until a blood volume (BV level) attains a standard blood volume, in ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 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 saline solution on-line. The extracorporeal circuit is connected to the d... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384558 | Compositions capable of inhibiting reactive oxygen and carbonyl species Therapeutic compositions are provided. The compositions include a single molecule that can display both antioxidant and carbonyl trapping properties. This can effectively reduce inflammation, oxidative stress and carbonyl stress, such as to prevent and/or treat card... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7354190 | Two-stage mixing system, apparatus, and method A two-stage mixing system, apparatus, and method produces a solution including a first substance and a second substance in a predetermined ratio by first mixing the first substance with a first liquid to produce a first solution and then mixing the first solution wi... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7303540 | User interface for blood treatment device A graphical user interface (GUI) for medical instruments for a Renal Replacement Therapy that enables an operator to select and review a series of settings for an extracorporeal pump console and implement the settings in batch manner. The GUI automatically adjusts o... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300636 | Method for producing a dialysate solution A single housing comprising a diluent inlet, a solution outlet, and a plurality of discrete reagent beds comprising at least one reagent in dry form, wherein said reagent is present in the discrete reagent bed in a proportion sufficient for production of a complete ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7241391 | Biodegradable scale and corrosion inhibitor composition A biodegradable scale and corrosion inhibiting composition includes between about 50 and about 90% by weight of a protein polymer that is derived from a natural source, and between about 10 and about 20% by weight of the alkali salts of gluconic acid. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7208479 | Peritoneal dialysis solution containing modified icodextrins The present invention provides a peritoneal dialysis solution that contains heat stable osmotic agents such as D-glucitols, gluconic acids and alkylglycosides produced the reduction, oxidation or glycosylation of icodextrins respectively. As a result, osmotic agents... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7208092 | Systems and methods for peritoneal dialysis Systems and methods relating to dialysis therapy, particularly continuous flow dialysis therapy, are provided. The present invention includes a single closed fluid path along which a minimal amount of therapy fluid including dialysate is fed into, continuously circu... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205000 | Sodium bicarbonate/sodium chloride micronized slurry A slurry comprising (a) sodium bicarbonate, (b) sodium chloride, and (c) water, in a weight ratio of (a)/(b) of about 2.5:1 to about 3.5:1, wherein upon further dilution of said slurry with additional water, the amount of sodium bicarbonate and sodium chloride which... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7186420 | Multi-part substitution infusion fluids and matching anticoagulants A multi-part substitution infusion fluid for an extracorporeal blood treatment and methods for using same are provided. Generally, the multi-part substitution fluid comprises a first solution composed of electrolites but without divalent cations and a second solutio... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7125393 | Device for carrying fluids for a medical treatment device A device for carrying fluids for a medical treatment device with two balancing chambers, each having two partial chambers. The filling times of the partial chambers are initially determined using a monitoring device, and then the filling times of the first partial c... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7077956 | Device for preparing dialysate for a dialysis machine A device for preparing dialysate for a dialysis machine is provided with a cartridge (9) containing salts (S), a first line (6) for supplying purified water to the cartridge (9) to form a saturated solution in the said cartridge (9), a se... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074332 | Multistage hemodiafiltration/hemofiltration method and apparatus In a blood dialysis system including a source of substitution fluid (10) and a blood dialysis machine, a hemodiafiltration system having a first dialyzer (1) including a first blood compartment (4) having a first blood inlet which receives blood... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7067060 | Ionic enhanced dialysis/diafiltration system A dual-stage system and methods for using the same include first and second filtration cartridges is provided and is particularly suited for hemodiafiltration and/or hemodialysis. As fluid enters the first filtration cartridge, the hydroxyl ion concentration and hen... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7067061 | Method and a device for preparing a medical liquid A method for preparing a medical liquid from a liquid, such as water, and two concentrated solutions comprises the following steps: circulating the liquid in a conduit (15), at a flowrate Q0; injecti... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7057395 | Method for diagnosing open defects on non-contacted nodes of an electronic device from measurements of capacitively coupled nodes A method and apparatus for diagnosing open defects on non-contacted nodes of an electrical device is presented. Actual and expected signal measurements are collected for various contacted nodes of the electrical device. Nodes whose actual measurements are out of ran... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7015009 | Test strip for determining dialysate composition A test strip for confirming a desired proportion of components in dialysate, including a first medium capable of indicating the concentration of bicarbonate ion, and a second medium capable of indicating the concentration of glucose. The test strip defines a first r... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6979427 | Apparatus for preparing solution A cost effective apparatus for preparing solutions is provided. The apparatus includes a chamber which is divided by a movable partition into two compartments, a dissolving solution supply line for supplying dissolving solution to a first compartment of the chamber,... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6939471 | Method for determining a treatment parameter on a haemofiltration device, and haemofiltration device for applying the method A method for determining a treatment parameter on a haemofiltration device, as well as a haemofiltration device for applying the method, based on the recognition that a determination method known from haemodialysis can, with little modification, be transferred to ha... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6923987 | Solid preparation for dialysis and process for producing the same A solid preparation for dialysis for preparing a double preparation type sodium bicarbonate solid preparation for dialysis in which there is no fear that a sugar component is decomposed or colored, and which can maintain stability and is also excellent in content ho... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6902670 | Hemodialysis machine A hemodialysis machine includes a purified water tube connected with at least one or tow water pumps in parallel. Each of the water pumps is connected with a reagent jug for taking reagent or disinfectant into water tubes so as to run dialysis process or sterilize t... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6884441 | Production of dialysis concentrate from a highly densified concentrate prestage and example of an apparatus for use at the place of dialysis In contrast to the prior art, the essential components of dialyzing liquids are not provided as a dry concentrate or as a genuine solution at the place of dialysis, but as a suspension of undissolved or incompletely dissolved substances, preferably sodium chloride, ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6841172 | Method for iron delivery to a patient by transfer from dialysate The invention relates to methods and compositions for delivering iron to an iron-deficient patient, more particularly, to methods whereby an iron complex comprising divalent or trivalent ionic iron complexed with one or more low molecular weight anions is administer... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6830692 | Amino acid composition for hemodialysis The invention relates to a special amino acid mixture for hemodialysis as well as to the dialysis solution that can be prepared from the amino acid mixture. When the amino acid mixtures according to the invention are used for such purposes, the “shrinking men” p... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6821431 | Ionic enhanced dialysis/diafiltration system A dual-stage system and methods for using the same include first and second filtration cartridges is provided and is particularly suited for hemodiafiltration and/or hemodialysis. As fluid enters the first diafiltration cartridge, the hydrogenion concentration (pH) ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6793827 | Method and device for preparing a medical fluid A method for extracorporeal treatment of blood includes preparing a treatment liquid from a liquid and two concentrated solutions by circulating the liquid in a preparation conduit at a flowrate Q0; injecting a first concentrated solution containing at least ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6787039 | Amino acid composition for hemodialysis The invention relates to a special amino acid mixture for hemodialysis as well as to the dialysis solution that can be prepared from the amino acid mixture. When the amino acid mixtures according to the invention are used for such purposes, the “shrinking men” p... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6743191 | Substitution infusion fluid and citrate anticoagulation The invention relates to a substitution infusion fluid for hemofiltration of a specific composition. The use of said substitution infusion fluid significantly reduces the risk of the occurrence of abnormalities in a patient undergoing pure hemofiltration. The invent... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6702774 | Method of measuring dialysis or clearance of hemodialysis systems A method for measurement of mass and energy transfer parameters (clearance and dialysance) in hemodialysis. A sensor is provided in the dialysate flow path downstream of the dialyzer and means are provided to add concentrate upstream of the dialyzer. A pr... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6689275 | Method and pharmaceutical composition for replacing iron losses in dialysis patients A method of replacing iron losses during dialysis of patients is accomplished by infusion of a noncolloidal ferric compound, soluble in hemodialysis solutions, during dialysis. A pharmaceutical composition is provided consisting essentially of dialysis so... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6689083 | Controller for ultrafiltration blood circuit which prevents hypotension by monitoring osmotic pressure in blood A method and system for the extracorporeal treatment of blood to remove fluid from the fluid overloaded patient is disclosed that non-invasively measures osmotic pressure across a filter membrane of a blood filter. The filter is permeable to water and ele... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6666840 | Method for determining waste products in the dialysis liquid in dialysis treatment Method and device for determining in dialysis treatment the content of waste products in the outgoing dialysis liquid from the dialyzer. Measurement of the concentration of a certain substance or a combination of substances included in the waste products ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6638478 | Synchronized volumetric fluid balancing systems and methods Systems and methods balance fluid in a fluid processing procedure during which an outgoing fluid is removed from an individual and an ingoing fluid is supplied to the individual. The systems and methods supply a volume of the outgoing fluid and a volume o... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6638477 | Fluid replacement systems and methods for use in hemofiltration Fluid replacement systems and methods for use in association with a hemofilter convey an individual's blood through an extracorporeal fluid circuit to the hemofilter to remove waste fluid. The systems and methods convey waste fluid from the hemofilter thr... | 10/28/2003 |
