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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8021542 | Method for recovering potable water from the exhaust of an internal combustion engine A water recovery method and apparatus which uses a desiccant, such as lithium chloride, to recover water vapor from the engine exhaust of a vehicle. The apparatus uses liquid-contactor to transfer water vapor from the vehicle exhaust to the liquid desiccant. The des... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7988850 | Medical apparatus with improved user interface A medical apparatus comprises a control system allowing storage of a number of shaping profiles. Each shaping profile is stored as a plurality of pairs, including a shaping profile reference value and a time interval value. The reference value is represented as frac... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7776210 | Dialysis system A dialysate fluid circulation apparatus includes a dialyzer, a first housing and a second housing. The first housing contains material capable of releasing sodium into dialysate fluid flowing through the first housing. The second housing contains material capable of... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7537688 | Blood purification device A blood purification device confirms whether a specific peak is provided by e.g. an ultrafiltration pump, to concentrate the blood or not and also accurately measures a blood re-circulation with a minimum of parameters providing a ratio of re-circulating blood. The ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7378024 | Methods for improving filtration performance of hollow fiber membranes In accordance with the present invention, there are provided methods for improving performance of hollow fiber filtration membrane modules. Invention methods comprise a unique backwashing technique wherein the hollow fiber membranes within the module are pressurized... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7371319 | Production of water for injection using reverse osmosis A method and system for providing Water for Injection using reverse osmosis. Water for Injection can be produced by reverse osmosis and the reverse osmosis membrane can be kept in a constantly self-sanitizing condition. One way of obtaining a constantly self-sanitiz... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7356366 | Device for monitoring fluid status A technique for determining a patient's hematocrit by an electrical impedance measurement is described. An implantable device may be configured to utilize the technique in order to assess a cardiac patient's fluid status. In order to determine the hematocrit, the el... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7338595 | Flow-through tank for water treatment A fluid treatment system includes at least one flow-through tank, a treatment device configured for treating at least one of an untreated fluid and a treated fluid and providing the treated fluid to the at least one flow-through tank and at least one sensing device ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329545 | Methods for sampling a liquid flow In a method for sampling a continuous liquid flow, the liquid flow is supplied to a surface along an input flow path. The liquid flow is sampled by forming a sample droplet from a portion of the liquid flow. The sample droplet is moved along an analysis flow path to... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322534 | Spraying device The present invention relates to a spraying device suitable for spraying cleaning compositions and rinse water onto hard surfaces, More particularly the spraying device may be attached to a hose, for example a conventional garden hose, so that the cleaning compositi... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7303667 | Blood dialysis apparatus having convenient controlling unit A hemodialysis apparatus that carries out hemodialysis treatment by controlling dialysis conditions, wherein the hemodialysis treatment is carried out under dialysis conditions determined by defining the course of said chronological target blood indication level as ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303683 | Microorganism-removing filter medium having high isoelectric material and low melt index binder A filter medium capable of removing microorganisms from a fluid such as water. The filter medium includes particles of activated carbon, particles of a substantially insoluble inorganic material having an isoelectric point greater than the fluid being filtered. A lo... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7285106 | Hemodiafiltration/hemofiltration cartridges A hemodiafiltration/hemofiltration cartridge is preferably formed of a single cartridge providing multi-stage hemofiltration and hemodiafiltration defined by a first hemodiafiltration stage having first filtering elements and a second hemofiltration stage having sec... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277628 | Heater for aircraft potable water tank A heater (10) for installation on a potable water tank (12). The heater (10) comprises a blanket (14) including an electrical resistance heating element (16) and a connection pad (18) for electrically connecting the heating ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267658 | Renal replacement therapy device for controlling fluid balance of treated patient 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 extracorporeal fluid circuit. The first and second panels are oriented in a flui... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264737 | Control of water treatment system with low level boron detection A water treatment system and method including a membrane-based boron removal unit includes a boron analyzer for detecting the concentration of boron in a treatment stream. The boron removal unit can be a reverse osmosis (RO) or electrodeionization (EDI) treatment un... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7245039 | Apparatus and method for generating hydrogen gas through the use of wind power This invention teaches an apparatus, method, means, and computer readable media to address the problem of the inconsistent, unreliable nature of wind, and in particular low-wind speeds, through utilizing a blower and/or startup assist to aid in turning an electricit... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241378 | Hemodialysis apparatus A hemodialysis apparatus includes means for measuring or calculating a blood volume or a blood volume change as a blood index level, a hemodialysis means, and a controlling means that controls hemodialysis conditions of the hemodialysis means according to the blood ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7235169 | Method and apparatus for purging and disinfecting water An alkaline electrolyte solution is electrolyzed by a diaphragm-less electrolyzer to provide electrolytic water as purging and disinfecting water. The alkaline electrolyte solution is a mixture of at least one alkaline electrolyte selected from caustic sodium carbon... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7230687 | Blood leak detector for extracorporeal treatment system A blood leak detector is disclosed having a light source projecting a beam along an optical path, wherein the beam has a wavelength in a range of about 800 to 930 nm; a light detector receiving the beam through an aperture having a diameter in a range of 30 to 60 th... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7191933 | Automatic fare paying device for vehicles and method A compact fare paying device has a housing for receiving a monetary member and at least one verifier unit in the housing for determining the authenticity of the monetary member. A storage device such as a safe can receive the monetary member or a return device can r... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192517 | Coal-bed-methane water treatment system A water treatment system for treating coal-bed-methane (CBM) water. The CBM water treatment system includes a pump system for pumping CBM water from one or many CBM wells into a common reservoir and a solid-based sulfurous generator that produces aqueous sulfurous a... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182858 | Multiple barrier filter apparatus A filter apparatus is provided which includes a first filter membrane element (40a), and a second bacterial filter membrane element. The first viral filter element (40a) is capable of treating water at a first second flow rate and is adap... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7172694 | Filter assembly The filter assembly is adapted for use in filtering fluid flow in turbomachinery. The filter assembly includes a cylindrical housing, and a filter element disposed within the housing. The housing is adapted for fluid connection to a turbomachine. The filter element ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7070695 | Ultrafiltration and microfiltration module and system A method and apparatus of purifying feedwater to remove impurities including suspended solids therefrom, the method suitable for using in-line water pressure to permeate water through hollow fiber membranes and to backflush the membranes to remove solids collected o... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7052599 | Method and apparatus for reuse of abrasive fluid used in the manufacture of semiconductors An apparatus and method recycles the abrasive fluid or slurry effluent used in the polishing step in the manufacture of semiconductors. Agglomerations of abrasive grains built up in the slurry effluent are crushed using a mill, ultrasonic oscillation, or pressurized... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052582 | Wave powered evaporation desalination system A wave powered evaporation desalination system for removing fresh water from salt water by extraction of water vapor from a negative pressure container using wave motion for power. The wave powered evaporation desalination system includes a first vessel that accepts... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7005109 | System for handling liquid samples A system for handling liquid samples, comprising at least two superposed and interconnected planar elements between which a well for a liquid sample is formed which extends between an outwardly leading mouth to receive and/or deliver a liquid sample and an outwardly... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6947131 | Blood leak detector for extracorporeal treatment system A blood leak detector is disclosed having a light source projecting a beam along an optical path, wherein the beam has a wavelength in a range of about 800 nm to 930 nm; a light detector receiving the beam; a housing with a slot to receive a transparent tube between... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6929777 | Pneumatically actuated integrated life support system A fluid pump used to circulate and oxygenate blood, the fluid pump having an electrical or pneumatic motor having a motor shaft, a gas exchange assembly connected to one end of the motor shaft, and a hollow venturi that defines a venturi inlet opening, a venturi exh... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6916424 | Method and apparatus for a hemodiafiltration delivery module This invention provides a method and apparatus for a hemodiafiltration delivery module that is used in conjunction with a UF controlled dialysis machine to enable hemodiafiltration therapy to be performed. The advantage is that one can fully utilize a current functi... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6911132 | Apparatus for manipulating droplets by electrowetting-based techniques An apparatus is provided for manipulating droplets. The apparatus is a single-sided electrode design in which all conductive elements are contained on one surface on which droplets are manipulated. An additional surface can be provided parallel with the first surfac... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908546 | Apparatus and method for producing purified water having microbiological purity A process is provided to produce water that will meet the specifications of the United States Pharmacopeia Inc. for Purified Water and Water for Injection, and water for dialysis as circumscribed by the American Association for Advancement of Medical Instrumentation... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6881344 | Method for setting up a dialysis treatment in a dialysis machine A method of setting up a dialysis treatment in a dialysis machine (1) provided with a device (6) for setting up the dialysis treatment, possessing a microprocessor (11), a data input (12, 13) and a screen (13), comprises the steps ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6830693 | Method for setting up a dialysis treatment in a dialysis machine A method of setting up a dialysis treatment in a dialysis machine may include the steps of determining conditions of a dialysis treatment adapted to a specific patient, determining a first function (U(t)) of a first quantity (U) characterizing the dialysis treatment... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6821432 | Measuring apparatus and a measuring method for the determination of parameters of medical fluids A measuring apparatus for the determination of parameters of medical fluids with a measured region which including a measuring chamber device for receiving a disposable cassette with at least one measuring chamber through which the fluid to be measured is guided, an... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6811707 | Dialysis machine and method of checking the functionality of a dialysis machine A dialysis machine may include a main control unit provided with a memory that stores the parameters of a dialysis treatment carried out on a patient and a plurality of slave control units interacting with the main control unit. The slave control unit may provide th... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6780322 | Hemofiltration system A multipurpose hemofiltration system (10) and method are disclosed for the removal of fluid and/or soluble waste from the blood of a patient. The system (10) continuously monitors the flow rates of drained fluid, blood, and infusate. When necessary, th... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6733661 | Ultrapure water producing apparatus It is an object of the present invention to provide an ultrapure water producing apparatus with reduced problems resulting from impurities generated after replacement of unit apparatuses. A TOC-UV (1), a CP (2) and a UF film (3) are provi... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6623442 | Dialysis apparatus for independently controlling the concentration of at least two ionic substances inside a patient's body A dialysis apparatus includes a dialysis liquid circuit for circulating sodium chloride and sodium bicarbonate through a haemodialyzer and a circuit for infusing a patient with at least one solution containing at least one ionic substance "A" absent from ... | 09/23/2003 |
