Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dialyzer having an improved dialyzate perfusion to fiber bundles. SOLUTION: A dialyzer is provided comprising a casing defining an interior and including a dialysate inlet 30 and a dialysate outlet. A plurality of fibers are located in the interior of the casing and define a fiber bundle 26. A dialysate inlet fluid channel is provided in fluid communication with the dialysate inlet and includes a plurality of flutes 50 that extend into a portion of the fiber bundles 20, the flutes 50 define an opening for allowing dialysate to flow from the inlet fluid channel into the interior of the casing. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
Systems and methods for performing hemodialysis to remove metabolic waste from the blood of a patient are disclosed. The systems and methods preferably comprise at (east one blood processing apparatus that receives whole blood from a patient. Cellular blood components are removed from the whole blood by hemoftitration, to provide filtered plasma comprising metabolic waste that is substantially reduced of blood cells. The cellular blood components may be returned to the patient. The filtered plasma comprising waste may be removed from the blood processing apparatus through a waste path for further processing in a separate apparatus, or in the same apparatus in a second stage processing procedure to remove metabolic waste components and excess water from the plasma by hemodialysis. At least one of the hemofiltration and hemodialysis processing apparatus comprises a Taylor vortex-enhanced separation apparatus.
Abstract:
An emission control system for a fluid composition comprised of volatile constituents used to clean a hollow fiber filter or capillary flow dialyzer including a housing having a chamber for receiving the dialyzer, a control system is used for establishing a desired environment in the chamber, the dialyzer and the fibers, a separator operatively associated with the chamber for separating gas and liquid components of the fluid composition, a stripper connected to the separator for fractionating lower boiling point volatiles from the gas to return the higher boiling point volatiles to the fluid phase and yield a stripped or solvent humidified gas and a delivery system for routing the stripped gas to the chamber dialyzer and fibers as a drying agent.
Abstract:
A method for maintaining a flammable solvent in a nonflammable environment involves covering the flammable solvent with a nonflammable vapor blanket provided by a nonflammable solvent, such that vapors from the flammable and nonflammable solvents form a nonflammable gaseous mixture in the blanket. Such a method is used in removal of both oil-based and polar contaminants to control the flammability potential of an alcohol solvent. An aparatus (10) for cleaning articles using fluorocarbon and alcohol solvents includes a chamber (20) having a plurality of compartments (26, 28, 30) for containing the solvents and a bounded vapor space (24). At least one of the compartments contains liquid fluorocarbon and at least one other will contain liquid alcohol. The solvents volatilize into the bounded vapor space (24) to provide a nonflammable vapor blanket over the alcohol-containing compartment (28). Volatilized alcohol is mixed with the volatilized fluorocarbon to form a nonflammable mixture which is purified and separated, and the recovered fluorocarbon can be reused in subsequent cleaning operations.
Abstract:
A method for maintaining a flammable solvent in a nonflammable environment involves covering the flammable solvent with a nonflammable vapor blanket provided by a nonflammable solvent, such that vapors from the flammable and nonflammable solvents form a nonflammable gaseous mixture in the blanket. Such a method is used in removal of both oil-based and polar contaminants to control the flammability potential of an alcohol solvent. An apparatus for cleaning articles using fluorocarbon and alcohol solvents includes a chamber having a plurality of compartments for containing the solvents and a bounded vapor space. At least one of the compartments contains liquid fluorocarbon and at least one other will contain liquid alcohol. The solvents voltalize into the bounded vapor space to provide a nonflammable vapor blanket over the alcohol-containing compartment. Volatilized alcohol is mixed with the volatilized fluorocarbon to form a nonflammable mixture which is purified and separated, and the recovered fluorocarbon can be reused in subsequent cleaning operations.
Abstract:
Se describen sistemas y métodos para realizar hemodiálisis para remover desecho metabólico de la sangre de un paciente. Los sistemas y métodos comprenden de preferencia al menos un aparato procesador de sangre que recibe sangre entera de un paciente. Componentes sanguíneos celulares son removidos de la sangre entera mediante hemofiltración, para proporcionar plasma filtrado comprendiendo desecho metabólico que es substancialmente reducido de células sanguíneas. Los componentes sanguíneos celulares pueden ser regresados al paciente. El plasma filtrado comprendiendo desecho puede ser removido del aparato de procesamiento de sangre a través de una trayectoria de desecho para procesamiento adicional en un aparato separado, o en el mismo aparato en un procedimiento de procesamiento de segunda etapa para remover componentes de desecho metabólico y exceso de agua del plasma mediante hemodiálisis. Al menos uno del aparato de procesamiento de hemofiltración y hemodiálisis comprende un aparato de separación intensificado con vórtice de Taylor.