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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160106778 | A MULTIPART FLUID SYSTEM AND A SYSTEM FOR CITRATE ANTICOAGUALATION IN AN EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD CIRCUIT - The present invention concerns a multipart fluid system for dialysis therapy, wherein the multipart fluid system comprises an anticoagulation fluid and at least one treatment fluid from the group consisting of dialysis fluid and infusion fluids. According to the invention the anticoagulation fluid comprises 15-40 mM citrate; and the at least one treatment fluid comprises 1.5-8 mM citrate and ≧10 mM bicarbonate. The present invention further concerns a system for citrate anticoagulation in an extracorporeal blood circuit. | 04-21-2016 |
20160067278 | DIALYSIS FORMULATION - The invention relates to a dialysis formulation, optionally a citrate containing dialysis formulation, comprising selenium (Se), optionally in combination with further trace elements selected from rubidium (Rb), cobalt (Co), molybdenum (Mo), and zinc (Zn). The dialysis formulation is intended to be used in dialysis treatment. | 03-10-2016 |
20150353214 | METHOD FOR PACKING, PACKAGING MACHINE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND PACKAGE - A method for packing a container is disclosed. The method comprises feeding ( | 12-10-2015 |
20150306294 | CASSETTE FOR PUMPING A TREATMENT SOLUTION THROUGH A DIALYZER - A cassette is provided for installation in a dialysis monitor to pump a treatment solution through a dialyzer. The cassette is a unitary component with a hydraulic manifold ( | 10-29-2015 |
20150273400 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - The present invention concerns a semipermeable hollow fiber membrane having an outer wall surface, an inner wall surface and an interior lumen extending along the length thereof and having the selective layer on the outer wall surface with a surface roughness below 10 nm. According to the invention the membrane has the smallest pore size on the outer wall surface, and has an outer wall surface which is smooth, continuous and homogeneous in a nanoscopic scale and four to five distinct layers of different pore size and density. Further the present invention concerns a prone:is for manufacturing thereof and the use thereof. | 10-01-2015 |
20150224241 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT - An apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment comprises a sensor ( | 08-13-2015 |
20150111194 | SEPARATION MATERIAL COMPRISING SACCHARIDE LIGANDS - A separation material includes a saccharide bound via a linker to a matrix for enabling the separation from a liquid of substances that selectively bind to saccharide moieties. A method for preparing the material, a method for separating from a liquid substances that selective bind to saccharides, and a device including the separation material are also disclosed. | 04-23-2015 |
20150060372 | LOW CUT-OFF ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES - Porous hollow fiber membranes having a low molecular weight cut-off, processes for their production, and their use for separation tasks in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceutical technology and food processing. | 03-05-2015 |
20150060362 | APPARATUS FOR EXTRACORPOREAL TREATMENT OF BLOOD - An apparatus for extracorporeal treatment of blood ( | 03-05-2015 |
20150034557 | APPARATUS FOR EXTRACORPOREAL TREATMENT OF BLOOD AND PROCESS OF CALCULATING SET FLOW RATES IN A MEDICAL APPARATUS FOR DELIVERY OR COLLECTION OF FLUIDS - An apparatus for extracorporeal treatment of fluid and a process of setting up a medical apparatus for the delivery or collection of fluids are disclosed. According to the apparatus and the process, a control unit ( | 02-05-2015 |
20150034536 | MEDICAL APPARATUS FOR EXTRACORPOREAL TREATMENT OF FLUID AND A PROCESS OF CALCULATING SET FLOW RATES IN A MEDICAL APPARATUS FOR DELIVERY OR COLLECTION OF FLUIDS - An apparatus for extracorporeal treatment of fluid and a process of setting up a medical apparatus for the delivery or collection of fluids are disclosed. According to the apparatus and the process, a control unit ( | 02-05-2015 |
20150019170 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING A TIME-DEPENDENT MEASUREMENT SIGNAL - A monitoring device is arranged to receive a time-dependent measurement signal from a pressure sensor in a fluid containing system, which is associated with a first pulse generator and a second pulse generator. The pressure sensor is arranged in the fluid containing system to detect a first pulse originating from the first pulse generator and a second pulse originating from the second pulse generator. The monitoring device is configured to process the measurement signal to remove the first pulse. In this process, the monitoring device receives the measurement signal, obtains a first pulse profile which is a predicted temporal signal profile of the first pulse, and filters the measurement signal in the time-domain, using the first pulse profile, to essentially eliminate the first pulse while retaining the second pulse. The fluid containing system may include an extracorporeal blood flow circuit and a blood circuit of a human patient. | 01-15-2015 |
20140377376 | DIALYSIS PRECURSOR COMPOSITION - The present invention concerns a dialysis acid precursor composition for use during preparation of a dialysis acid concentrate solution and for mixing with water, a sodium containing concentrate, and a bicarbonate containing concentrate into a ready-for-use dialysis solution. Said dialysis acid precursor composition consists of powder components comprising glucose, at least one dry acid and at least one calcium salt, and optionally potassium salt, and magnesium salt. According to the invention said glucose and said at least one calcium salt, are present as anhydrous components in said dialysis acid precursor composition. | 12-25-2014 |
20140319150 | CONTAINER WITH SUB-CHAMBERS SEPARATED BY PEELABLE SEAL - A container including a first side wall and a second side wall that are permanently joined by at least one seam such that a chamber is formed between the side walls. A peelable seal separates the chamber into a first sub-chamber and a second sub-chamber that are capable of receiving liquid contents, which may be mixed if the peelable seal is opened. The seam includes a protrusion that extends into the chamber, and the peelable seal extends over the protrusion. | 10-30-2014 |
20140298891 | DETECTING BLOOD PATH DISRUPTION IN EXTRACORPREAL BLOOD PROCESSING - A device monitors a blood path from a blood vessel access of a human subject through an extracorporeal blood processing apparatus and back to the blood vessel access. A pumping device in the blood path is operable to pump blood through the blood path from the blood withdrawal device to the blood return device. The monitoring device obtains pressure data from a pressure sensor arranged upstream of the pumping device in the blood path, and processes the pressure data for detection of a disruption of the blood path downstream of the pumping device, e.g. caused by VND (Venous Needle Dislodgement). The disruption is detected by evaluating presence/absence of cross-talk pulses at the pressure sensor, where the cross-talk pulses originate from one or more pulse generators in the extracorporeal blood processing apparatus and have propagated on a propagation path in a direction downstream of the pumping device through the blood return device, the blood vessel access and the blood withdrawal device to the pressure sensor. | 10-09-2014 |
20140248600 | BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS ADAPTED TO PRESERVE PARTS THEREOF - A blood treatment apparatus adapted to preserve a blood treatment unit between blood treatment sessions. The blood treatment apparatus is configured to i) perform a blood treatment session and thereby use the blood treatment unit, ii) fill the blood treatment unit with a preservation fluid comprising at least one treatment fluid concentrate of a type that is used to prepare the treatment fluid, iii) maintain the preservation fluid in the blood treatment unit until a next blood treatment session is prepared, iv) dispatch the preservation fluid from the blood treatment unit in preparation of a next blood treatment session, and v) perform a next blood treatment session and thereby extend the use of the blood treatment unit. A related method is also described. | 09-04-2014 |
20140241943 | INFUSION SITE FOR IMPROVED MIXING OF FLUIDS - The invention relates to a blood line ( | 08-28-2014 |
20140231319 | FILTERING OF A TIME-DEPENDENT PRESSURE SIGNAL - A device removes first pulses in a pressure signal of a pressure sensor which is arranged in a fluid containing system to detect the first pulses, which originate from a first pulse generator, and second pulses, which originate from a second pulse generator. The first pulse generator operates in a sequence of pulse cycles, each pulse cycle resulting in at least one first pulse. The device repetitively obtains a current data sample, calculates a corresponding reference value and subtracts the reference value from the current data sample. The reference value is calculated as a function of other data sample(s) in the same pressure signal. The fluid containing system may include an extracorporeal blood flow circuit, e.g. as part of a dialysis machine, and a cardiovascular system of a human patient. | 08-21-2014 |
20140230657 | AIR SEPARATOR FOR EXTRACORPOREAL FLUID TREATMENT SETS - An air separator ( | 08-21-2014 |
20140174542 | DISPOSABLES FOR BLOOD TREATMENT, AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME - A disposable for use in blood treatment including a blood treatment unit and two membrane pumps connected in parallel on one side of the blood treatment unit. The disposable is operable in a single-needle mode, in which the pumps generate a pulsatile flow of blood through the blood treatment unit, and in a double-needle mode, in which the pumps generate an essentially continuous flow of blood through the blood treatment unit. The pumps connect to a supply of treatment fluid such that alternating flows of treatment fluid causes the pumps to generate the desired flows of blood in the single-needle and double-needle modes. The treatment fluid may be used as motive fluid for displacing the blood in the membrane pumps and/or as control fluid for controlling opening and/or closing of upstream and downstream commutation valves in the membrane pumps. | 06-26-2014 |
20140166580 | SEPARATION MATERIAL - A separation material includes a matrix that is bound to a saccharide, enabling the separation from a liquid of substances that selectively bind the saccharide. A method for preparing the separation material and a method for separating substances from a liquid that selectively bind a saccharide of the separation material are also described. A device employs the separation material for separating from a liquid substances that selectively bind to the saccharide of the separation material. | 06-19-2014 |
20140165733 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING CONFIGURATIONS OF EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD CIRCUIT, APPARATUS COMPRISING DETECTING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method for detecting a property of an extracorporeal line set in an apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment. The extracorporeal line set is arranged to be connected to a patient. The method includes: measuring a first pressure in a flow path, measuring a second pressure in the flow path, comparing the first and second pressures, and determining a detected extracorporeal line set property based on the pressure comparison. | 06-19-2014 |
20140115101 | METHOD, CONTROL MODULE, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING DATA - A method, control module and extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus are provided for transferring data from said extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus. Data is retrieved pertaining to an operation of the apparatus, the data is encoded into a machine readable graphical representation for decoding at a remote server to recover the retrieved data and displaying the machine readable graphical representation as an image on the display to allow capture of the displayed image with an image capturing device and transmission of the image from the image capturing device to a remote server over a communication channel. | 04-24-2014 |
20140100549 | FOLLOW-UP OF THE VASCULAR ACCESS OF A DIALYZED PATIENT - The invention relates to a calculation and control system for the determination of the state of a vascular access of a patient intended to follow successive sessions of extracorporeal blood treatment by extraction and return of the blood via the vascular access, the system comprising: means for determining the value of at least one hemodynamic extracorporeal parameter of the patient for at least two sessions; means for determining the value of the purification effectiveness of the treatment for at least two sessions; programmed means for determining a risk score relating to the state of the vascular access of the patient as a function of at least two values of the hemodynamic extracorporeal parameter and of at least two determined values of the purification effectiveness. | 04-10-2014 |
20140091018 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR FILTERING BLOOD | 04-03-2014 |
20140088483 | APPARATUS FOR EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT - An apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment is described, including a treatment unit, an extracorporeal blood circuit, an infusion line of a replacement fluid, a dialysis line connected in inlet to the second chamber, and a fluid evacuation line; sensors for determining a first parameter relating to a patient's blood volume (BV %) a second parameter relating to an ultrafiltration flow rate (UFR) or to a patient's weight loss rate (WLR), a third parameter (Cd, Na) relating to a conductivity or concentration of a liquid crossing the dialysis line and/or the infusion line, and a fourth parameter relating to an infusion flow rate (Q | 03-27-2014 |
20140079342 | PACKAGE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PACKAGE, AND USE OF SUCH PACKAGE - A package including at least a first and a second side wall bonded to each other along at least one seam line forming a bond. The bond is peelable along at least a portion of the seam line. A first grip portion is formed on the first side wall, formed by a first folded-over portion of the first side wall folded along a first fold line and a second fold line. The first folded-over portion includes three layers of the first side wall, and all layers in the first folded-over portion are included in the bond. | 03-20-2014 |
20140074008 | APPARATUS FOR EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT - An apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment including a treatment unit; an extracorporeal blood circuit; an infusion line of a replacement fluid; a dialysis line connected in inlet to the second chamber; a fluid evacuation line; sensors for determining a first parameter relating to a patient's blood volume (BV %), a second parameter relating to an ultrafiltration flow rate (UFR) or to a patient's weight loss rate (WLR), a third parameter (Cd, Na) relating to a conductivity or concentration of a liquid crossing the dialysis line and/or the infusion line, and a fourth parameter relating to an infusion flow rate (Q | 03-13-2014 |
20140061132 | METHOD TO TREAT BLOOD BY CONTROLLING BLOOD PUMPS WITH FLUID PUMPS - A washer press apparatus for washing and dewatering a wide range of solids concentrations of pulp in liquid suspensions includes multiple distinct displacement wash zones about a drum with multiple nips. | 03-06-2014 |
20140048161 | FLOW REVERSING DEVICE AND FLUID TREATMENT APPARATUS - The invention relates to a multi-ports extracorporeal medical device ( | 02-20-2014 |
20140001115 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | 01-02-2014 |
20130338560 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING ACCESS FLOW - A method and apparatus for determining a fluid flow rate in a blood access having an upstream position and a downstream position using a dialysis system. The dialysis system includes a dialyzer having a semi permeable membrane delimiting a first chamber through which blood removed from said blood access passes, and a second chamber through which dialysis liquid passes. In addition, an arterial line and a venous line are connected to an inlet and an outlet of the first chamber, respectively. | 12-19-2013 |
20130319920 | BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS WITH FLOW DIVIDER FOR LIMITING AN ELECTRICAL CURRENT - A blood treatment apparatus comprising: a blood treatment unit; a blood line configured to extract blood from a blood source, pass the blood through the blood treatment unit and deliver treated blood to a target vessel; and a fluid line configured pass treatment fluid through the blood treatment unit and deliver used treatment fluid to a fluid sink. A flow divider is arranged in the fluid line separates treatment fluid into to a first fluid section and a second fluid section, thereby electrically isolating the fluid sections such that electrical current flowing in the fluid line between the fluid sections is limited. Related manufacturing and verification methods are also described. | 12-05-2013 |
20130319917 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRIMING AN EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD CIRCUIT - A method and apparatus for priming an extracorporeal blood circuit, in which the patient end of an arterial line ( | 12-05-2013 |
20130317850 | APPARATUS, PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A PLURALITY OF PATIENTS AFFECTED BY KIDNEY FAILURE - An apparatus, a process and a system for monitoring a plurality of patients (P) affected by kidney failure over a time frame (T) are disclosed. The system includes blood treatment units, laboratory storage units, at least one hub module, and client units. The system collects values (VM) of a plurality of session parameters, set values (VS) of a plurality of prescription parameters, values (VL) of a plurality of laboratory parameters and the hub module stores values (KPVi) of selected parameters (KPi) which are a subclass of the collected values (VM, VS, VL) and which are transferred to the client units. Each client unit may define, for each of said patients, a number of indicators (IDk) based on the values (KPVi,k) taken by a respective subclass (KPi,k) of said selected parameters (KPi) and to operate the respective display according to various display modes. | 11-28-2013 |
20130315801 | CARTRIDGE FOR A BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS - A cartridge configured to be connected to a blood treatment apparatus, the cartridge including a cartridge inlet, a cartridge outlet and chambers each of which is configured to hold a concentrate in powder form. A flow controller is configured to provide a flow passage from the cartridge inlet to a single selected chamber of the chambers and from the single selected chamber to the cartridge outlet. The flow controller is movable between a plurality of positions, such that a position of the flow controller defines which of the plurality of chambers is the single selected chamber. | 11-28-2013 |
20130299399 | APPARATUS FOR EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT - An apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment, comprising a treatment unit ( | 11-14-2013 |
20130274644 | OBTAINING CONTROL SETTINGS FOR A DIALYSIS MACHINE - Prior to each treatment session for an individual patient, a machine controller in a dialysis machine obtains from a logic device a set of current control settings of the machine-related parameters to be applied in the treatment session. In generating the control settings, the logic device obtains a set of therapeutic targets comprising a target value that represents part of a desired status of the patient after the treatment session, in terms of one or more physiological parameters for the patient. The logic device also obtains status data that represents the current status of the patient prior to the treatment session, and computes the set of current control settings of the machine-related parameters, as a function of the set of therapeutic targets and the status data and at least partly based on a predictive model, which estimates the physiological response of the patient to the machine-related parameters during the treatment session. | 10-17-2013 |
20130274570 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF RAPID SYMPTOMATIC BLOOD PRESSURE DECREASE - A monitoring arrangement | 10-17-2013 |
20130248446 | EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS WITH MULTIPLE TREATMENT SOLUTION RESERVOIRS - The blood treatment apparatus described herein include a plurality of treatment solution reservoirs connected to a junction which feeds an output controller through an output line. The reservoirs feed the junction through one or more liquid-gas separation filters that limit or prevent air from passing. One or more of the reservoirs can typically be emptied during a treatment session without drawing air into the system. | 09-26-2013 |
20130248426 | APPARATUS FOR EXTRACORPOREAL TREATMENT OF BLOOD - An apparatus for extracorporeal treatment of blood including a filtration unit, a blood withdrawal line, a blood return line, an effluent fluid line, a dilution fluid line connected to the blood withdrawal line, and a dialysis fluid line. Pumps act on the fluid lines for regulating the flow of fluid. A control unit sets initial values for a fluid flow rate(s) through the lines and periodically executes a flow rate update procedure to adjust the fluid flow rate(s) to deliver a set dose (Dset) in a reference time interval. | 09-26-2013 |
20130228516 | AMBULATORY ULTRAFILTRATION DEVICE, RELATED METHODS AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An ambulatory ultrafiltration device includes a blood filter that has a blood side or fluid communication with the vascular system of the subject, an ultrafiltrate side, and a semipermeable membrane disposed between the blood side and the ultrafiltrate side. The ambulatory ultrafiltration also includes a buffer vessel in fluid communication with the blood side of the blood filter, and a blood pump. The blood pump is controlled to alternate between a withdrawal phase and a return phase. In the withdrawal phase, blood is withdrawn on a blood path from the subject via the blood filter to the buffer vessel. In the return phase, blood is returned from the buffer vessel to the subject on the blood path. The blood filter is arranged to remove ultrafiltrate from the blood during at least one of the withdrawal and return phases. | 09-05-2013 |
20130205873 | DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR TESTING HOLLOW FIBRE MEMBRANE FILTERS - A process and a device for testing a hollow fiber membrane filter comprises two compartments separated by a porous membrane. A specific amount of testing liquid is provided via a line from a testing liquid reservoir. | 08-15-2013 |
20130205407 | USER INTERFACE, MACHINE AND METHOD - A user interface ( | 08-08-2013 |
20130204542 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE INTEGRITY OF A CONNECTION SYSTEM - A device is configured to monitor the integrity of a connection system between first and second fluid containing systems comprising first and second pulse generators. A pressure sensor is arranged in the first fluid containing system to detect first pulses originating from the first pulse generator and second pulses originating from the second pulse generator. The device operates a monitoring method, by generating ( | 08-08-2013 |
20130190681 | PREPARATION OF MEDICAL SOLUTIONS FROM POWDERY MATERIAL - A package has a transport/storage state for storing powdery material which is to be mixed with a solvent to form a medical solution. The package includes a compartment which is at least partially defined by two opposing wall portions, and a connector. In the transport/storage state, the compartment contains the powdery material in the form of at least two distinct sets of powdery material of different compositions, where the opposing wall portions are brought into engagement with the powdery material so as to immobilize the sets of powdery material. When used for preparation of the medical solution, a fluid is selectively admitted into the package via the connector so as to expand the compartment and enable mixing of the sets of powdery material with the solvent in the compartment. | 07-25-2013 |
20130189376 | DIALYSIS PRECURSOR COMPOSITION - The present invention concerns a dialysis acid precursor composition for use during preparation of a dialysis acid concentrate solution and for mixing with water, a sodium containing concentrate, and a bicarbonate containing concentrate into a ready-for-use dialysis solution. Said dialysis acid precursor composition consists of powder components comprising glucose, at least one dry acid and at least one magnesium salt, and optionally potassium salt, and calcium salt. According to the invention said glucose and said at least one magnesium salt, are present as anhydrous components in said dialysis acid precursor composition. | 07-25-2013 |
20130183389 | DIALYSIS PRECURSOR COMPOSITION - The present invention concerns a dialysis acid precursor composition for use during preparation of a dialysis acid concentrate solution and for mixing with water and a bicarbonate containing concentrate into a ready-for-use dialysis solution. Said dialysis acid precursor composition consist of powder components comprising sodium chloride, at least one dry acid and at least one magnesium salt, and optionally potassium salt, calcium salt, and glucose. According to the invention said at least one magnesium salt and said optional glucose, are present as anhydrous components in said dialysis acid precursor composition. | 07-18-2013 |
20130178781 | EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS - In a single needle extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus, an ultrafiltration pump ( | 07-11-2013 |
20130172803 | CONTROLLING AN APPARATUS FOR FLUID TRANSFER TO AND/OR FROM A SUBJECT - A control system ( | 07-04-2013 |
20130150766 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING A CONFIGURATION OF WITHDRAWAL AND RETURN DEVICES - A device is arranged to detect a configuration of withdrawal and return devices ( | 06-13-2013 |
20130137784 | GRAFT COPOLYMERS - Graft copolymers of hydrophobic polymers and hydrophilic polymers, a method for their preparation, and their use in membranes for medical treatments such as hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration and hemofiltration, in membranes for water purification, and in membranes for bioprocessing. | 05-30-2013 |
20130116650 | DIALYSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DIALYSIS APPARATUS - Dialysis apparatus including a blood treatment unit having a dialysate chamber and a blood chamber separated by a semipermeable membrane, a dialysate circuit presenting a supply line and a discharge line connected to the blood treatment unit, a preparation device for preparing a dialysate containing a substance present in the blood too and a regulator regulating the concentration of the substance in the dialysate. A blood circuit to circulate extracorporeal blood through the blood chamber; a controller that determines a value representative of the concentration of the substance in the blood and are programmed for driving the regulator as a function of the determined value representative of the substance concentration in the blood such that the substance concentration in the dialysate tends towards the substance concentration in the blood. | 05-09-2013 |
20130116629 | CONNECTOR FOR A FLUID TRANSPORT LINE OF A MEDICAL DEVICE - A connector for a fluid transport line of a medical device including: a first body having a first access port, a second access port, and a first fluid path extending through the first body and directly connecting, for fluid transport, the first access port and second access port; a second body, mountable to the first body, having a third access port, the second body being movable with respect to the first body between (i) a main operating position in which the first fluid path is interrupted and in which a second fluid path is defined and enabled from the first access port to the third access port, and (ii) an auxiliary operating position in which the first fluid path is enabled and in which the second fluid path is interrupted. | 05-09-2013 |
20130116587 | DETECTION OF DRASTIC BLOOD PRESSURE CHANGES - A cardiac-activity based prediction of a rapid drop in a patient's blood pressure during extracorporeal blood treatment is disclosed. A proposed alarm apparatus includes a primary beat morphology analysis unit bank of secondary analysis units and an alarm generating unit. The primary beat morphology analysis unit discriminates heart beats in a received basic electrocardiogram signal, classifies each beat into one out of at least two different beat categories, and associates each segment of the signal with relevant event-type data. The event-type data and the basic electrocardiogram signal together form an enhanced electrocardiogram signal, based upon which the primary beat morphology analysis unit determines whether one or more secondary signal analyses should be performed. Depending on the enhanced electrocardiogram signal's properties, the bank of secondary analysis units performs none, one or more of up to at least two different types of secondary analyses, and for each analysis performed produces a respective test signal. The alarm generating unit receives the test signals, and triggers an alarm signal indicative of an estimated rapid blood pressure decrease, if at least one alarm criterion is fulfilled. | 05-09-2013 |
20130096402 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF RAPID SYMPTOMATIC BLOOD PRESSURE DECREASE - A monitoring arrangement | 04-18-2013 |
20130062404 | FLUID PROCESSING MEDICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING-UP A FLUID PROCESSING MEDICAL APPARATUS - The invention relates to a method for setting up a fluid treatment apparatus using a single, and always accessible, reader of information relating to replaceable components which are to be mounted on the apparatus to perform the fluid treatment. It is also disclosed a fluid treatment apparatus having the always accessible reader. The reader can also be relied on to enter information other that those relating to the replaceable components, such as commands for the apparatus, patients' related information, etcetera. | 03-14-2013 |
20130023776 | MONITORING A PROPERTY OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM OF A SUBJECT - A device is configured to monitor a cardiovascular property of a subject. The device obtains measurement data from a primary pressure wave sensor arranged to detect pressure waves in an extracorporeal fluid circuit in fluid communication with the cardiovascular system of the subject. The device has a signal processor configured to generate a time-dependent monitoring signal based on the measurement data, such that the monitoring signal comprises a sequence of heart pulses, wherein each heart pulse represents a pressure wave originating from a heart beat in the subject; determine beat classification data for each heart pulse in the monitoring signal; and calculate, based at least partly on the beat classification data, a parameter value indicative of the cardiovascular property. The beat classification data may distinguish between heart pulses originating from normal heart beats and heart pulses originating from ectopic heart beats. The cardiovascular property may be an arterial status of the cardiovascular system, a degree of calcification in the cardiovascular system, a status of a blood vessel access used for connecting the extracorporeal fluid circuit to the cardiovascular system, a heart rate variability, a heart rate, a heart rate turbulence, an ectopic beat count, or an origin of ectopic beats. The device may be attached to or part of a dialysis machine. | 01-24-2013 |
20130006130 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A FLUID FLOW RATE IN A CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM - A device in an apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment is configured to monitor a fluid flow rate (Q) of a cardiovascular system of a subject. The apparatus comprises an extracorporeal blood circuit and a connection (C) for connecting the extracorporeal blood circuit to the cardiovascular system. The device comprises an input for obtaining a time-dependent measurement signal (d(n)) from a pressure sensor in the extracorporeal blood circuit. The pressure sensor is arranged to detect a subject pulse originating from a subject pulse generator in the cardiovascular system of the subject, wherein the system further comprises a signal processor connected to the input. The signal processor is configured to process the measurement signal to obtain a pulse profile (e(n)) which is a temporal signal profile of the subject pulse, and to calculate a fluid flow rate (Q) based at least partly on the temporal signal profile. | 01-03-2013 |
20130006128 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF RAPID SYMPTOMATIC BLOOD PRESSURE DECREASE - A monitoring device is included in a medical system to implement a method for prediction of a rapid symptomatic drop in a subject's blood pressure, e.g. during a medical treatment such as dialysis. To this aim, a pulse shape parameter (pPS) with respect to a pulse generator of the subject is registered by means of a pressure sensor arranged in an extracorporeal blood flow circuit coupled to a cardiovascular system of the subject (P). The pressure sensor is configured to detect pressure variations in blood vessels of the subject (P). It is investigated, during measurement period, whether or not one or more of the pulse shape parameters fulfil a decision criterion. An output signal (a) is generated if the decision criterion is found to be fulfilled, to indicate a predicted rapid symptomatic blood pressure decrease in the subject (P). The decision criterion may operate on pulse magnitude measures calculated for the received pulse shape parameters (pPS), or statistical dispersion measures calculated based on the thus-calculated pulse magnitude measures. | 01-03-2013 |
20120318740 | APPARATUS FOR EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT AND METHOD OF OPERATION - Systems and methods for monitoring the presence of blood in an extracorporeal blood circuit are disclosed. A control unit, which is connected to a blood detector and to one or several pressure sensors, determines whether blood is present in the membrane device based on the differential pressure there over and generates a signal if the presence of blood as detected by the blood detector and the presence of blood as determined based on the differential pressure value do not coincide with each other. | 12-20-2012 |
20120305487 | Method for Treating Anemia in Hemodialysis Patients - The present invention relates to a method of treating anemia especially in an EPO resistant hemodialysis patient, comprising hemodialysis with a high cut-off dialysis membrane, wherein the hemodialysis membrane is characterized in that it has a molecular weight cut-off in water, based on dextran sieving coefficients, of between 90 and 200 kD and a molecular weight retention onset in water, based on dextran sieving coefficients, of between 10 and 20 kD, and a ΔMW of between 90 and 170 kD. The invention further relates to a high cut-off hemodialysis membrane for the treatment of anemia in hemodialysis patients, especially EPO resistant hemodialysis patients. | 12-06-2012 |
20120305486 | HIGH CUT-OFF HEMODIALYSIS MEMBRANE FOR USE IN LIVER DIALYSIS - A system for liver dialysis makes use of a high cut-off hemodialysis membrane for removing water-soluble and protein-bound toxins from the blood of a person in need. A high cut-off hollow fiber hemodialysis membrane has improved potential to remove albumin-bound toxins and inflammatory mediators. | 12-06-2012 |
20120305090 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A FLUID FLOW RATE IN A FLUID TRANSPORT LINE OF A MEDICAL DEVICE - An apparatus for controlling a fluid flow rate in a fluid transport line of a medical device, including at least a first pump, at least a chamber for collecting the fluid, at least a sensor for providing a first value correlated to the amount of fluid in the chamber, and a control device configured for receiving a second value representative of the fluid flow rate through the first pump and for correlating the second value with the first value to obtain an accuracy check of the second value. A method for controlling a fluid flow rate in a fluid transport line of a medical device including pumping a fluid, collecting the fluid in a chamber, sensing a first value correlated to the amount of fluid in the chamber, and detecting and sending a second value representative of the fluid flow rate through the first pump to a control device, sending the first value to the control device and correlating the second value with the first value to obtain an accuracy check. | 12-06-2012 |
20120283581 | DEVICES, A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND A METHOD FOR DATA EXTRACTION - A monitoring device receives a measurement signal obtained by a pressure sensor in an extracorporeal fluid system, such as an extracorporeal blood circuit for a dialysis machine which is in contact with a vascular system of a subject via a fluid connection. The monitoring device processes the measurement signal to identify pressure data that represents pulses originating from a first physiological phenomenon in the subject, excluding the heart of the subject. The first physiological phenomenon may be any of reflexes, voluntary muscle contractions, non-voluntary muscle contractions, a breathing system of the subject, an autonomous system of the subject for blood pressure regulation, or an autonomous system of the subject for body temperature regulation. The monitoring device may detect, present, track or predict a disordered condition of the subject using the pressure data, or monitor the integrity of the fluid connection based on the pressure data. | 11-08-2012 |
20120265117 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRIMING AN EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD CIRCUIT - A method and apparatus for priming an extracorporeal blood circuit, in which the patient end of an arterial line ( | 10-18-2012 |
20120208256 | ENZYME-FUNCTIONALIZED SUPPORTS - An immobilized enzyme comprises a solid support, an enzyme linked to the solid support and a spacer for coupling the enzyme to the solid support. A method for the production of immobilized enzymes comprises: providing a solid support having amino-functional groups coupled to the support surface; covalently coupling the amino-functional groups with a thermally labile radical initiator; and, contacting the support surface with a solution of polymerizable monomers. The polymerizable monomers comprise functional groups which do not take part in radical polymerization, under conditions where thermally initiated graft copolymerization of the monomers takes place, to form polymer chains on the surface of the support. If the polymer chains do not already comprise primary amino-functional groups, the method further comprises transforming the functional groups in the polymer chains into groups comprising primary amino-functional groups. The method further comprises coupling the enzyme to amino-functional groups of the polymer chains. | 08-16-2012 |
20120160771 | Separation Material - A separating material formed by a solid substrate having a substrate surface, primary or secondary amines coupled to the substrate surface, and a graft polymer formed on the substrate by covalently coupling the primary or secondary amines with a thermally labile radical initiator and subsequently contacting the substrate surface with a solution of one or more polymerizable monomers. Methods for the extracorporeal treatment of blood, blood plasma or blood serum employing the separating material, for affinity adsorption, ion-exchange adsorption, hydrophobic adsorption, or hydrophilic adsorption employing the separating material, and a separating column employing the separating material are also disclosed. | 06-28-2012 |
20120152842 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PRIMING AND RESTITUTION LIQUIDS FOR AN EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT - A blood treatment system is primed with a replacement liquid that flows directly into the access line of the blood circuit. The replacement liquid may be replacement fluid or blood stored in the replacement bag or the pre-blood pump (PBP) bag. These replacement liquids from the replacement and PBP bags are also used during blood treatment. These replacement liquids are blood or a replacement fluid and, particularly, have electrolyte levels the same as or similar to the electrolyte levels in the vascular blood of the patient. | 06-21-2012 |
20120145631 | Perm Selective Asymmetric Hollow Fibre Membrane for the Separation of Toxic Mediators From Blood - A permselective asymmetric hollow fiber membrane for the separation of toxic mediators from blood, a process for the preparation of such a membrane, and the use of such a membrane in hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration, and hemofiltration for treatment of toxic mediator-related diseases. | 06-14-2012 |
20120145626 | DEVICE FOR RENAL CELL EXPANSION - A device for culturing, storing and expanding adherent renal cells. The device permits the adhesion and proliferation of the cells and the surface characteristics of the membrane material used in said device further permit the cellular matrix components (EMC). A method for expanding adherent renal cells and methods of using particular membranes for culturing, storing and expanding adherent renal cells. The membranes comprise a copolymer of acrylonitrile and sodium methallyl sulfonate as well as polyethylenimine. | 06-14-2012 |
20120139734 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR CLIP FOR MEDICAL SENSORS - A connector clip for medical sensors, including a first main body having two main tip contacts in electrical contact with electrical wires connectable to an instrument and a second main body mounted on the first main body and movable with respect to the first main body between an open position and a closed position. Two auxiliary tip contacts and an electric/electronic circuit provided with two connecting leads each electrically connected to one of the two auxiliary tip contacts are positioned in first or second main body. When a disposable sensor tab is correctly located and clamped each of two contacts is in contact with one of the main tip contacts and one of the auxiliary tip contacts and the electric circuit is connected in parallel with an electrical circuit defined by the sensor | 06-07-2012 |
20120095381 | MACHINE FOR EXTRACORPOREAL TREATMENT OF BLOOD - A machine ( | 04-19-2012 |
20120074064 | MEMBRANES HAVING IMPROVED PERFORMANCE - Permselective asymmetric membranes suitable e.g. for hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration and hemofiltration of blood, and having improved performance, including improved sieving characteristics, providing enhanced removal of middle molecular weight substances, e.g. inflammatory mediators having a molecular weight between 20 and 40 kDa. The improved sieving characteristics are due to a narrow pore size distribution of the membranes created in the production process. Processes for the preparation of these membranes, devices comprising these membranes, and the use of these membranes in hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration and hemofiltration of blood, as well as in bioprocessing, plasma fractionation and the preparation of protein solutions. | 03-29-2012 |
20120074063 | MEMBRANES HAVING IMPROVED PERFORMANCE - Permselective asymmetric membranes suitable e.g. for hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration and hemofiltration of blood, and having improved sieving characteristics providing enhanced removal of middle molecular weight substances, e.g. inflammatory mediators having a molecular weight between 20 and 40 kDa. The membranes comprise polyethersulfone and polyvinylpyrrolidone and are coated with hyaluronic acid or copolymers of 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphoryl choline and other vinyl polymerizable monomers. Processes for the preparation of these membranes, devices comprising these membranes, and the use of these membranes in hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration and hemofiltration of blood, as well as in bioprocessing, plasma fractionation and the preparation of protein solutions. | 03-29-2012 |
20120067815 | HYBRID BIOARTIFICIAL KIDNEY - A bioartificial kidney equivalent and a process for producing the bioartificial kidney equivalent. The hybrid bioartificial kidney comprises human proximal and distal renal tubule cells grown on particular synthetic membranes. | 03-22-2012 |
20120035553 | CLAMP FOR CLOSING FLEXIBLE TUBING BELONGING TO MEDICAL EQUIPMENT - A clamp for closing flexible tubing including a first arm having a first anchoring element, a second arm, a first connecting portion elastically connecting the first arm to the second arm, a second connecting portion connected to the second arm opposite the first connecting portion, extending towards the free end of the first arm, a second anchoring element positioned on the second connecting portion, a first projection integral to the first arm and facing the second arm, a second projection integral to the second arm and facing the first projection. The first and the second arms are movable between an open position, wherein the projections are in a spaced position, and a closed position, wherein the first anchoring element and the second anchoring element are coupled and the projections are in a close position squeezing a tubing. | 02-09-2012 |
20120028275 | BIOMIMETIC MEMBRANE FOR CELL EXPANSION - The invention relates to a membrane which can be used for cultivating adherent or suspension cells, in particular adherent cells, wherein said membrane allows for the adhesion and proliferation of the cells due to modification of the membrane surface with a combination of at least one extracellular matrix protein, at least one extracellular matrix (proteo-) glycan, and at least one heparin-binding growth factor. The invention further relates to a method for preparing said modified or coated membrane which can be used for the cultivation of cells, in particular adherent cells, and to methods of using such membrane for the cultivation of cells, in particular adherent cells. | 02-02-2012 |
20120022423 | MULTIPART FLUID SYSTEM AND A SYSTEM FOR REGIONAL CITRATE ANTICOAGULATION IN AN EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD CIRCUIT - The present invention concerns a multipart fluid system for use in CRRT, wherein the multipart fluid system comprises an anticoagulation fluid and at least one fluid from the group consisting of a dialysis fluid and an infusion fluid. According to the invention the anticoagulation fluid comprises at least 8 mM citrate, and the dialysis fluid and/or infusion fluid comprises 2-8 mM citrate and 1-5 mM total calcium. The present invention further concerns a system for regional citrate anticoagulation in an extracorporeal blood circuit. | 01-26-2012 |
20110269167 | MEDICAL APPARATUS FOR EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A BLOOD PARAMETER VALUE IN A MEDICAL APPARATUS THEREOF - A medical apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment and a method for determining blood parameter value have been provided. The medical apparatus has a control unit ( | 11-03-2011 |
20110263022 | IRRADIATED MEMBRANE FOR CELL EXPANSION - A membrane for cultivating adherent or suspension cells, in particular adherent cells. The membrane permits adhesion and proliferation of the cells due to the irradiation of the wet or dry membrane with gamma or beta rays or an electron beam in a dose of from 12.5 to 175 kGy in the presence of oxygen. The resulting membrane may be used without any pre-treatment with surface-modifying substances. A method for preparing such an irradiated membrane for cultivating adherent or suspension cells. Methods of using such a membrane for cultivating adherent or suspension cells. | 10-27-2011 |
20110263020 | MEMBRANE FOR CELL EXPANSION - A membrane which can be used for cultivating cells, in particular adherent cells. The membrane permits the adhesion and proliferation of the cells based on its specific composition comprising polyurethane. The resulting surface characteristics further permit the membrane to be used without any pre-treatment with surface modifying substances. A method for preparing a membrane which can be used for cultivating cells, in particular adherent cells. Methods of using the membrane for cultivating cells, in particular adherent cells. | 10-27-2011 |
20110233216 | LEAK TESTING OF A PRESSURE VESSEL - An end cap for a pressure vessel has at least one part for connecting the end cap to a housing. The at least one part comprises a number of recesses. The recesses are arranged to form at least one fluid passage between an inside and an outside of the end cap when the end cap is plugged on the housing. A housing for a pressure vessel has at least one counterpart for connecting an end cap to the housing by engaging a part of the end cap. The at least one counterpart comprises a number of recesses. The recesses are arranged to form at least one fluid passage between an inside and an outside of the housing when the end cap is plugged on the housing. A method for leak testing a pressure vessel and a method for checking a connection between at least one end cap and a housing of a pressure vessel for leak tightness are also described. | 09-29-2011 |
20110226680 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD FOR HEAT EXCHANGING - A method for exchanging heat between an effluent fluid and a blood fluid and a heat exchanger for heat exchange. The heat exchanger comprises a first and a second fluid circuit extending through the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger further comprises a stack of fluid plates and a membrane arranged between each of the fluid plates where one interspace is formed between each fluid plate and membrane. The first and the second fluid circuit is each constituted by a passage extending through the fluid plates and membranes and along the fluid plates and membranes in at least two interspaces According to the method for heat exchanging an effluent fluid is passed through the first fluid circuit and a blood fluid is passed through the second fluid circuit such that the effluent fluid is passed along one side of a membrane and simultaneously the blood fluid is passed along the other side of the membrane. Heat is thus exchanged between the effluent fluid and the blood fluid over the membrane. | 09-22-2011 |
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 treatment unit, a pair of blood pumps configured to extract untreated blood from a blood source, pass extracted blood through the blood treatment unit and deliver treated blood to a target vessel, each blood pump including a pump chamber and a flexible member separating the pumping chamber into a first blood accumulating container and a second working fluid accumulating container where the flexible member is configured to vary a volume relationship between the first and the second accumulation containers. A control unit and a measuring device are configured to emit a feedback signal indicative of the amount of working fluid received into, or discharged from at least one of the second accumulation containers whereby the pumped mass or volume of working fluid is determined by the control unit at an arbitrary position of the flexible member. | 08-18-2011 |
20110198289 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD FOR HEAT EXCHANGING - A method for exchanging heat between an effluent fluid and a treatment fluid and a heat exchanger for heat exchange as well as an arrangement and a kit comprising a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger comprises a first and a second fluid circuit extending through the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger further comprises a stack of fluid plates and a membrane arranged between each of the fluid plates where one interspace is formed between each fluid plate and membrane. The first and the second fluid circuit is each constituted by a passage extending through the fluid plates and membranes and along the fluid plates and membranes in at least two interspaces. According to the method for heat exchanging an effluent fluid is passed through the first fluid circuit and a treatment fluid is passed through the second fluid circuit such that the effluent fluid is passed along one side of a membrane and simultaneously the treatment fluid is passed along the other side of the membrane. Heat is thus exchanged between the effluent fluid and the treatment fluid over the membrane. | 08-18-2011 |
20110168614 | DEVICE AND PROCEDURE FOR EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT - An extracorporeal blood treatment device including a filter having a primary and a secondary chamber separated by a semi-permeable membrane, a withdrawal line connected to the primary chamber and associated to a first pump, a return line at the outlet of the primary chamber, a first pre-infusion line ( | 07-14-2011 |
20110152739 | EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS - In an extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus, a user interface ( | 06-23-2011 |
20110137294 | MEDICAL CONNECTOR - A medical connector, of a female luer type, comprises an external tubular body ( | 06-09-2011 |
20110120932 | DIFFUSION AND/OR FILTRATION DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a diffusion and/or filtration device, such as a dialyser, hemofilter, or ultra-filter, having improved flow characteristics. The invention also relates to an end cap for the device. | 05-26-2011 |
20110118647 | EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS - An extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus comprises a sensor ( | 05-19-2011 |
20110107251 | USER INTERFACE FOR MONITORING THE STATUS OF MEDICAL MACHINES - A user interface for monitoring the status of medical machines includes a display which shows data coming from a processing unit relating to parameters of the machines. The processing unit comprises means for establishing to which operating status of the medical machines the data belongs to. The processing unit determines if a medical machine is in correct functioning status; if a medical machine is in a warning status; or if a machine is in critical status. Means generate synthetic data characterised using colours according to whether the medical machine is in the correct functioning, the warning or the critical status. | 05-05-2011 |
20110105981 | DIALYSIS DEVICE - The present invention relates to dialysis devices comprising peristaltic pumps of linear build with piezoelectric actuators. | 05-05-2011 |
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 ( | 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 between the spiral wall and the gas bubble outlet. The spiral wall forces inward liquid entering the housing through the inlet into a spiral flow along the spiral flow path, and causes an upward flow of the gas bubbles toward the hydrophobic membrane. A method for degassing gas bubbles out of a liquid, e.g., blood, e.g., during hemodialysis, hemofiltration and hemodiafiltration, and use of such a degassing device in an extracorporeal circuit for degassing gas bubbles out of liquid, e.g., blood, e.g., during hemodialysis, hemofiltration and hemodiafiltration, are disclosed. | 04-21-2011 |
20110087187 | HYDROPHOBIC DEAERATION MEMBRANE - An optimized deaeration membrane has a biocompatible coating composition. Methods for preparing the membrane and the use of the membrane in medical devices for separating air from liquid that are administered to a living subject, e. g., blood processing devices used in dialysis and the like, are also described. | 04-14-2011 |
20110066693 | MEDICAL MACHINE FOR FLUID TREATMENT - A medical machine for fluid treatment comprises a module ( | 03-17-2011 |
20110064612 | MEDICAL FLUID CIRCUIT COMPRISING A LOW LEVEL DETECTOR 1 - In an infusion circuit ( | 03-17-2011 |
20110028882 | MEDICAL APPARATUS - A medical apparatus comprises a machine ( | 02-03-2011 |
20110028881 | MEDICAL APPARATUS COMPRISING A MACHINE FOR TREATMENT OF FLUIDS - A medical apparatus comprises a machine for treatment of fluids provided with means ( | 02-03-2011 |
20100329926 | EXTRACORPOREAL FLUID CIRCUIT - An extracorporeal blood circuit defines a blood course comprising a first conduit ( | 12-30-2010 |
20100315231 | DEVICE FOR THE TREATMENT AND EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION OF BLOOD OR BLOOD COMPONENTS - The invention relates to a medical device for providing a plurality of extracorporeal blood or plasma treatments, apt to receive at least one disposable article that can be connected to extracorporeal circuit, each disposable article being equipped with storage means containing information about the disposable article, the device comprising a first receiving station ( | 12-16-2010 |
20100300945 | MEDICAL APPARATUS FOR EXTRACORPOREAL TREATMENT - A medical apparatus ( | 12-02-2010 |
20100292657 | DISPOSABLE EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD CIRCUIT AND APPARATUS FOR THE EXTRACORPOREAL TREATMENT OF BLOOD - A rigid tubular piece ( | 11-18-2010 |
20100292627 | AIR SEPARATOR FOR EXTRACORPOREAL FLUID TREATMENT SETS - An air separator ( | 11-18-2010 |
20100288761 | EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD CHAMBER - An extracorporeal blood chamber ( | 11-18-2010 |
20100282834 | FLUID PROCESSING MEDICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING-UP A FLUID PROCESSING MEDICAL APPARATUS - The invention relates to a method for setting up a fluid treatment apparatus using a single, and always accessible, reader of information relating to replaceable components which are to be mounted on the apparatus to perform the fluid treatment. It is also disclosed a fluid treatment apparatus having the always accessible reader. The reader can also be relied on to enter information other that those relating to the replaceable components, such as commands for the apparatus, patients' related information, etcetera. | 11-11-2010 |
20100280430 | INFUSION APPARATUS - In an infusion apparatus, an infusion line ( | 11-04-2010 |
20100274171 | EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD CIRCUIT - An extracorporeal blood circuit, comprising an expansion chamber for air-blood separation, wherein a filter ( | 10-28-2010 |
20100268145 | MEDICAL FLUID CIRCUIT UNIT - A medical fluid circuit comprises a fluid transport unit connected to a source of a medical fluid for infusion into an extracorporeal blood circuit. A support element for the transport line exhibits three engaging projections predisposed for mounting the unit to an external apparatus. A first and a second projection each comprise a first and a second tubular extension ( | 10-21-2010 |
20100243543 | MEDICAL CONNECTOR ABLE TO CONNECT SPECIFIC MEDICAL TUBE AND INPUT PORT - A medical connector ( | 09-30-2010 |
20100241044 | HEMO(DIA) FILTRATION APPARATUS - An apparatus for hemo(dia)filtration comprises an extracorporeal blood circuit and a supply line of a replacement fluid to the extracorporeal blood circuit. The supply line has a bifurcation which divides a main branch ( | 09-23-2010 |
20100219129 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A BLOOD TREATMENT EQUIPMENT - A controller for blood treatment equipment comprising a treatment unit including a semipermeable membrane separating the treatment unit into a first compartment for the circulation of blood and a second compartment for the circulation of a treatment liquid is enclosed. The controller is adapted to receive one or more entries of information measured during the course of a treatment procedure, to calculate from said measured information a value of a significant parameter indicative of the progress of an extracorporeal blood treatment carried out by the equipment. The controller is also adapted to compare the calculated significant parameter to a prescribed reference value for the same parameter and to generate at least one output control signal responsive to said comparison for automatically controlling one or more operations performed by the equipment. Equipment comprising the controller and a control method the controller can be programmed to carry out are also disclosed. | 09-02-2010 |
20100198129 | FLOW REVERSING DEVICE AND FLUID TREATMENT APPARATUS - The invention relates to a multi-ports extracorporeal medical device ( | 08-05-2010 |
20100181235 | DEVICE FOR CONNECTING TO A LIQUID SOURCE - A connecting device comprises a buffer chamber ( | 07-22-2010 |
20100168643 | INFUSION SITE FOR IMPROVED MIXING OF FLUIDS - The invention relates to a blood line ( | 07-01-2010 |
20100145250 | FOLLOW-UP OF THE VASCULAR ACCESS OF A DIALYZED PATIENT - The invention relates to a calculation and control system for the determination of the state of a vascular access of a patient intended to follow successive sessions of extracorporeal blood treatment by extraction and return of the blood via the vascular access, the system comprising: means for determining the value of at least one hemodynamic extracorporeal parameter of the patient for at least two sessions; means for determining the value of the purification effectiveness of the treatment for at least two sessions; programmed means for determining a risk score relating to the state of the vascular access of the patient as a function of at least two values of the hemodynamic extracorporeal parameter and of at least two determined values of the purification effectiveness. | 06-10-2010 |
20100137840 | MEDICAL PRODUCT, AND A METHOD OF HANDLING A MEDICAL SYSTEM - A medical product configured for use in a medical system and a method of handling a medical system comprising a first subsystem and a second subsystem containing a medical fluid are provided. A connector connects the first and second subsystems for transport of the medical fluid from one of the subsystems to the other subsystem. The connector comprises a valve device, a first connection pipe connectable to the first subsystem, and a second connection pipe connectable to the second subsystem. The valve device comprises a first part and a second part, which are movable in relation to each other to permit an opening movement from a closed position, preventing a fluid communication between the first and second connection pipes, and an open position permitting the fluid communication. The medical product comprises a blocking member preventing, in a blocking state, the opening movement, and permitting changing of the blocking state to a non-blocking state permitting the opening movement. | 06-03-2010 |
20100114005 | APPARATUS FOR EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT - In an apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment, an extracorporeal circuit ( | 05-06-2010 |
20100106071 | BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS - A blood treatment apparatus ( | 04-29-2010 |
20100105990 | METHOD OF MONITORING HYPERTENSIVE HAEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS - The invention relates to a calculation and control system for determining whether a patient intended to follow several sessions of hemodialysis treatment falls or not within one group among several groups of hypertension-affected patients, the system comprising:
| 04-29-2010 |
20100016802 | MEDICAL-USE BANDAGE - The invention relates to a medical-use bandage ( | 01-21-2010 |
20100010412 | APPARATUS FOR EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT - An apparatus ( | 01-14-2010 |
20090314063 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ACCESS RECIRCULATION - A switch valve for use in an extracorporeal blood flow circuit comprises a valve housing having a chamber, four openings communicating with the chamber, and a valve member located in the valve chamber. A first opening is to be connected to a patient via an arterial cannula, a second opening is to be connected to a patient via an venous cannula, a third opening is to be connected to a first inlet/outlet of a blood treatment device, and a fourth opening is to be connected to a second inlet/outlet of a blood treatment device. The valve member is movable within the valve housing to fluidly connect the first opening to either the third or the fourth opening and to fluidly connect the second opening to either the third or the fourth opening. The width of the valve member is smaller than a peripheral dimension of the openings. | 12-24-2009 |
20090284108 | BLOOD PROCESSING APPARATUS - The invention relates to blood processing apparatus comprising a cabinet ( | 11-19-2009 |
20090272678 | Prediction of Rapid Symptomatic Blood Pressure Decrease - The invention relates to prediction of a rapid symptomatic drop in a subject's blood pressure, e.g. during a medical treatment or when operating an aircraft. To this aim, a pulse shape parameter (Pps) with respect to a peripheral body part ( | 11-05-2009 |
20090206038 | USE OF A COLLOIDAL SUSPENSION OF A CATIONIC POLYMER TO TREAT A SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL USE - The invention concerns a composite support comprising a base support for the treatment of a biological fluid, in which: “the base support is essentially-constituted by a first polymer carrying anionic or anionizable groups;” at least a part of the surface of the base support is coated with a second polymer ionically bonded to the first polymer, the second polymer carrying the cationic or cationizable groups which are capable of forming an ionic bond with the anionic or anionizable groups of the first polymer; in which the second polymer is in the colloidal form and in mixture with a polyacid during application to the support, allowing the composite membrane to adsorb at least one entity containing anionic or anionizable groups by bonding with cationic or cationizable groups of the second polymer. | 08-20-2009 |
20090171261 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING FLUID FLOW RATE - A switch valve for use in an extracorporeal blood flow circuit comprises a valve housing having a chamber, four openings communicating with the chamber, and a valve member located in the valve chamber. A first opening is to be connected to a patient via an arterial cannula, a second opening is to be connected to a patient via an venous cannula, a third opening is to be connected to a first inlet/outlet of a blood treatment device, and a fourth opening is to be connected to a second inlet/outlet of a blood treatment device. The valve member is movable within the valve housing to fluidly connect the first opening to either the third or the fourth opening and to fluidly connect the second opening to either the third or the fourth opening. The width of the valve member is smaller than a peripheral dimension of the openings. | 07-02-2009 |
20090134284 | MEDICAL MACHINE COMPRISING A SUSPENSION MEANS FOR SUSPENDING LIQUID BAGS - The invention concerns a medical machine ( | 05-28-2009 |
20090082684 | DETECTION OF DRASTIC BLOOD PRESSURE CHANGES - The invention relates to cardiac-activity based prediction of a rapid drop in a patient's blood pressure during hemodialysis. A proposed alarm apparatus includes an input interface, primary and secondary analysis units and an alarm-generating unit. An electrocardiogram signal (H | 03-26-2009 |
20090069792 | CATHETER FOR VASCULAR ACCESS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | 03-12-2009 |
20090001718 | Hydraulic Connector and a Hydraulic Circuit Incorporating the Connector - A hydraulic connector made entirely of an elastomeric material connects tubes or other hydraulic circuit components used in machines for extracorporeal blood treatment. The hydraulic connector comprises a main body ( | 01-01-2009 |
20080307353 | Medical Apparatus and User Interface for a Medical Apparatus - A medical apparatus comprises a user interface ( | 12-11-2008 |
20080275377 | Apparatus for Controlling Blood Flow in an Extracorporeal Circuit - The apparatus for blood flow control in an extracorporeal circuit comprises: a user interface for setting a desired blood flow value (q | 11-06-2008 |
20080249377 | Medical Apparatus - A medical apparatus ( | 10-09-2008 |
20080237128 | Process and an Apparatus for Filling and/or Rinsing an Extracorporeal Blood Circuit - A patient end of a venous blood line ( | 10-02-2008 |
20080221496 | Machine for Extracorporeal Blood Treatment - In a machine for extracorporeal blood treatment, a syringe pump ( | 09-11-2008 |
20080214981 | Extracorporeal Blood Set - A blood set comprises an arterial line having a patient end provided with a multiport connector ( | 09-04-2008 |
20080209357 | Medical Apparatus and Method for Setting Up a Medical Apparatus - A medical apparatus comprises a user interface for setting parameters and includes: a screen for visualizing values of said parameters, a main control unit connected to the interface, a first memory and a video memory both connected to the main control unit for storing data corresponding to images on screen; the main control unit allows setting of a new value for a parameter, displays the new value on a screen region, stores the new value in the first memory, captures from the video memory data representative of said screen region, verifies from said representative data if the displayed value corresponds to the value in the first memory. A method for setting up a medical apparatus is also disclosed. | 08-28-2008 |