Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090127193 | Dialysis Systems and Methods - This disclosure generally relates to dialysis systems and related methods. In one aspect of the invention, a dialysis system includes a device configured so that a medical fluid can pass therethrough, and the device is adapted to remove one or more substances from the medical fluid as the medical fluid passes through the device. The dialysis system can also include a sodium control system adapted to alter a sodium concentration of the medical fluid. | 05-21-2009 |
20110004143 | Drug Delivery Devices And Related Systems And Methods - This disclosure relates to drug delivery devices and related systems and methods. In certain aspects, a drug delivery device includes a pump extending from a surface of the drug delivery device and a door that includes a spring-loaded member exposed along its inner surface. The fluid line can be compressed between the spring-loaded member and the pump in a manner such that the fluid line is occluded in at least one location. | 01-06-2011 |
20110004144 | Drug Delivery Devices And Related Systems And Methods - This disclosure relates to drug delivery devices and related systems and methods. In some aspects, a drug delivery device includes a drug vial holder and a mechanism configured to compress a drug vial between upper and lower members of the drug vial holder. | 01-06-2011 |
20110004145 | Drug Vial Spikes, Fluid Line Sets, And Related Systems - This disclosure relates to drug vial spikes, fluid line sets, and related systems. In some aspects, a fluid line set includes a frame, multiple spikes extending from the frame, and multiple fluid lines connected to the frame. The frame is configured to hold the fluid lines in a spaced apart configuration. | 01-06-2011 |
20110004187 | Drug Delivery Methods And Related Products - This disclosure relates to drug delivery methods and related products. In some aspects, a method includes selecting a drug vial combination by comparing a prescribed drug dosage to a dosing schedule, and delivering substantially all of the first drug from each of the selected drug vials to a patient by operating a pump of a drug delivery device to which the drug vials are connected. | 01-06-2011 |
20110017665 | Dialysis Systems and Methods - This disclosure generally relates to dialysis systems and related methods. In one aspect of the invention, a dialysis system includes a device configured so that a medical fluid can pass therethrough, and the device is adapted to remove one or more substances from the medical fluid as the medical fluid passes through the device. The dialysis system can also include a sodium control system adapted to alter a sodium concentration of the medical fluid. | 01-27-2011 |
20110160637 | Detecting Blood Flow Degradation - A method for detecting blood flow degradation in a dialysis system. The method includes measuring a flow rate of blood in a blood line, calculating a current impedance value based on the measured flow rate, and comparing the current impedance value to a baseline impedance value. | 06-30-2011 |
20110220562 | Dialysis System Venting Devices and Related Systems and Methods - This disclosure relates to dialysis venting devices and related methods. In some aspects, a dialysis system includes a fluid inlet line, a venting device in fluid communication with the fluid inlet line, and a fluid outlet line in fluid communication with the venting device. The venting device can include a housing defining a fluid chamber, a valve member disposed above the fluid chamber between a lower seat and an upper seat, and a pump that is operable to draw fluid into the fluid chamber from the fluid inlet line and to force fluid out of the fluid chamber into the fluid outlet line. | 09-15-2011 |
20120248017 | DIALYSIS SYSTEMS, COMPONENTS, AND METHODS - A dialysis system including a housing, a dialysate pump disposed in the housing, and a dialysate line configured to be operatively connected to the dialysate pump such that the dialysate pump can pump dialysate through the dialysate line when the dialysate line is in fluid communication with a dialysate source. | 10-04-2012 |
20120258545 | MEASURING CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF A SAMPLE FLUID IN DIALYSIS SYSTEMS - In one aspect of the invention, a method includes determining an amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in dialysate flowing through a dialysis system using a CO2 sensor associated with the dialysis system, determining, using a pH sensor associated with the dialysis system, a pH level of the dialysate, and calculating a level of bicarbonate in the dialysate based at least in part on the determined amount of CO2 measured in the gas and the determined pH level of the dialysate. | 10-11-2012 |
20130211332 | Drug Vial Spikes, Fluid Line Sets, And Related Systems - This disclosure relates to drug vial spikes, fluid line sets, and related systems. In some aspects, a fluid line set includes a frame, multiple spikes extending from the frame, and multiple fluid lines connected to the frame. The frame is configured to hold the fluid lines in a spaced apart configuration. | 08-15-2013 |
20130218123 | Drug Vial Spikes, Fluid Line Sets, And Related Systems - This disclosure relates to drug vial spikes, fluid line sets, and related systems. In some aspects, a fluid line set includes a frame, multiple spikes extending from the frame, and multiple fluid lines connected to the frame. The frame is configured to hold the fluid lines in a spaced apart configuration. | 08-22-2013 |
20130331774 | MEDICAL FLUID CASSETTES AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - This disclosure relates to medical fluid cassettes and related systems and methods. In certain aspects, a medical fluid cassette includes a base having a first region and a second region, a first membrane overlying the first region of the base, and a second membrane overlying the second region of the base. The second membrane is configured to rebound away from the base when a force used to press the second membrane toward the base is released. | 12-12-2013 |