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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8066658 | Method and composition for removing uremic toxins in dialysis processes Methods and devices for providing dialysis treatment are provided. The device includes a resin bed including zirconium phosphate, zirconium oxide, and urease. ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8029454 | High convection home hemodialysis/hemofiltration and sorbent system A system, method and apparatus for performing a renal replacement therapy is provided. In one embodiment, two small high flux dialyzers are connected in series. A restriction is placed between the two dialyzers in the dialysate flow path. The restriction is variable... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8002726 | Method and composition for removing uremic toxins in dialysis processes Methods and devices for providing dialysis treatment are provided. The device includes a resin bed including zirconium phosphate, zirconium oxide, and urease. ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7955290 | Method and composition for removing uremic toxins in dialysis processes Methods and devices for providing dialysis treatment are provided. The device includes a resin bed including zirconium phosphate, zirconium oxide, and urease. ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7862530 | High citrate dialysate and uses thereof The dose of dialysis in terms of urea clearance is marginal in many hemodialysis patients, and metabolic acidosis as determined by the pre-dialysis serum HCO3 level is common. A dialysate that included citric acid rather than acetic acid as acidifying age... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7854717 | Method and compositions for treatment of cancers A method to treat cancer uses ultrapheresis, refined to remove compounds of less than 120,000 daltons molecular weight, followed by administration of replacement fluid, to stimulate the patient's immune system to attack solid tumors. In the preferred embodiment, the... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7815588 | Method and device for reversing lines in the procedure of hemodialysis A device and method for selectively controlling the direction of blood flow to and from the patient during hemodialysis is provided. Specifically, the device and method reverse flow between four fluid lines without changing connections between a patient and a hemodi... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7776001 | Registration of fluid circuit components 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 extracorporeal fluid circuit. The first and second panels are oriented in a flui... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7771380 | Pressure sensing A biological fluid device (703) comprises a pressure sensor (702), which is arranged on the device. The pressure sensor comprises a compressible container, the compression of which is indicative of the pressure, and is capable of wireless communication... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7758532 | Blood purification device A blood purification device that does not require measurement of a patient's blood concentration performed ahead of time and that allows treatment time to be reduced, thus reducing the burden on the patient, and allows monitoring of problems in the internal elements... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7615028 | Extracorporeal blood treatment and system having reversible blood pumps An extracorporeal blood treatment system including: a blood circuit having a first blood passage coupled at a first end to a first end of a blood treatment device and a second blood passage coupled at a first end to a second end of the treatment device, wherein the ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7563240 | Haemodialysis device A blood purification device has a blood purification element divided into two chambers by a semipermeable membrane, with a first chamber as part of a dialysis fluid loop and a second chamber as part of an extracorporeal blood loop. By virtue of an analysis unit oper... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7534221 | Devices and methods for protecting against distal embolisms Endovascular intervention methods entail creating a temporary capillary block in the vasculature of at least a portion of a patient's organ, such as a hemisphere of the patient's brain, the capillary block essentially blocking blood flow through capillaries in the p... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7510540 | Autotransfusion device An autotransfusion device having: a first line and a first pump, the first line being connected to the inlet of a blood centrifugation cell, and branches of the first line being (i) connected to a red blood cell container, (ii) provided with a coupling, and (iii) be... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7435235 | Blood treatment equipment, method, and software program for controlling infusion in blood treatment equipment A method and blood treatment equipment for controlling infusion are described. The equipment comprising: an extracorporeal blood circuit, a pre-infusion line connected to the blood circuit upstream a blood treatment unit, a post-infusion line connected to the blood ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7425304 | Processing set and methods for processing and treating a biological fluid Apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed for treating a biological fluid with light. A container of biological fluid is introduced into a fluid treatment chamber where it is contacted with light provided by one or more light sources in proximity to the fluid tre... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7408045 | Adsorbent of high-mobility-group protein and body fluid-purification column An adsorbent of high-mobility-group proteins (HMG protein) which can remove HMG protein in body fluid is disclosed. The adsorbent according to the present invention has a water-insoluble carrier on which (a) substance(s) having (a) hydrogen-bondable functional group... | 08/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7361267 | Dialysis machine blood circulating circuit fitting A fitting (1) for a blood circulating circuit (4) of a dialysis machine has a first ans a second mouth (8, 9) for connecting the fitting (1) to a first ans a second portion (2, 3) of the blood circulating circuit (4) respect... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363072 | Method and apparatus to remove substances from vessels of the heart and other parts of the body to minimize or avoid renal or other harm or dysfunction To accomplish isolation and removal of a substance from a vasculature, a catheter is employed to occlude a vessel of the vasculature. The substance is thus isolated in the vasculature and can be removed. In this way, the substance is removed before entering other pa... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 or more continuous, cohesive, elongated filaments embedded in the fibe... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354415 | Extra-corporeal blood processing method and apparatus based on donor characteristics Methods and apparatus particularly involving the separation of blood into blood components and the collection of such components are disclosed. In one aspect, an extra-corporeal method for the collection of plasma and red blood cells is provided, wherein the collect... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351218 | Device and process for extracorporeal treatment by citrate anticoagulant A device for treating blood by extracorporeal circulation comprising a filter having a first chamber and a second chamber separated by a semi-permeable membrane. The device has an arterial line connected to the first chamber of the filter, a venous line issuing from... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351340 | Methods for providing kidney dialysis equipment and services A number of improvements relating to methods and apparatuses for kidney dialysis are disclosed. These include a method providing an apparatus for dialyzing to a consumer, with the apparatus including a controller for controlling a dialysate parameter, a delivery sys... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347849 | Modular medical treatment replaceable component 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... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341568 | Method and device for determining blood volume during an extracorporeal blood treatment The invention relates to a method for determining blood volume during extracorporeal blood circulation, which is based on measuring the propagation rate or propagation time of the pulse waves propagating in the extracorporeal circulation system. The invention prefer... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341843 | toxin A peptides and methods of predicting and reducing immunoresistance to toxin therapy The present invention provides BoNT/A peptides as well as methods of predicting or determining immunoresistance to botulinum toxin therapy in an individual using BoNT/A peptides. ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338461 | Modified organ support devices Methods and devices are provided that improve the function of organ support devices, and also provided are improved methods of treating conditions associated with hemodynamic instability. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338460 | Blood processing machine fluid circuit cartridge 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... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 conserve volume, to reduce setup and change out times, to eliminate a venous... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327045 | Fuel delivery system and method providing regulated electrical output In a mobile fuel delivery vehicle, providing bulk aircraft fuel from a pressurized fuel reservoir to an aircraft, a method of regulating electrical output of an electrical power source, includes the steps of: (a) receiving, in a fluid path, the bulk aircraft fuel fr... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318892 | 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 confirm the absence of ultrafiltration during bypass; automatic testing o... | 01/15/2008 |
| 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 (3b) from the filtration unit; a fluid circuit compris... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312023 | Devices, systems, and methods for reducing levels of pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators in the blood, generated as a result of extracorporeal blood processing Devices, systems, and methods reduce levels of pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators in blood by selective adsorption. The devices, systems, and methods are useful in situations where abnormal levels of or unregulated or excessive interactio... | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 than 5 hours. Dialysate is used to remove impurities from the blood.... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309488 | Adsorbents for dilated cardiomyopathy An adsorbent which comprises a water-insoluble carrier and a compound, which is immobilized on said carrier, having a binding affinity for an antibody against β1-adrenoceptor and/or an antibody against M2 muscarinic receptor exhibits a remarkably large adsorptive c... | 12/18/2007 |
| 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 includes a controllable pinch valve member (110) that is plac... | 12/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7300413 | Blood processing machine and system using fluid circuit cartridge 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... | 11/27/2007 |
