Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve a simply-structured and highly-reliable connectivity in connection between a hemodialysis part and a line connector.SOLUTION: The blood line connector 202 for a blood circuit includes a patient access connection end 202b including a tube connection end 202a that engages with a blood circuit tube to be sealed, a male screw patient access part, and a member 202c having a female screw part that conducts fluid-tight connection. Further, the connector 202 includes a pair of locking arms 202d extending backward toward the tube connection end 202a from the member 202c, wherein each of the arms 202d has finger recess parts and thorny projection parts. The pair of locking arms 202d are configured to engage the patient access connection end 202b by locking it using a fitting connector of the hemodialysis part and the thorny projection parts when press-fit connection is conducted, and engagement of the thorny projection part with the fitting connector is released when each of the finger recess parts are biased.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve highly reliable connectability between a hemodialysis part and a line connector with simple configuration.SOLUTION: An three-prongs reagent supply connector system includes a connector (491) comprising three parallel prongs: first and second outer prongs arranged in a common plane; and a center prong arranged above the common plane. The first prong is provided to be connected in fluid communication with an outlet of a first container (28) for a first reagent via a first supply line (492); the second prong is provided to be connected in fluid communication with a second container for a second reagent via a second supply line (494); and the center prong is provided to be connected in fluid communication with an inlet of the first container (28) via a center supply line (493). The three parallel prongs of the connector (491) are provided so that: the connector may help prevent the improper connection to a connection point of the hemodialysis unit; and connection in only one direction of the connector (491) to corresponding receiving holes of the connection point can be made.
Abstract:
An enclosure for containing a hemodialysis unit includes a housing suitable to support components for performing hemodialysis including a dialyzer, one or more pumps to circulate blood through the dialyzer, a source of dialysate, and one or more pumps to circulate the dialysate through the dialyzer. The housing may have a front panel at which blood circuit connections and dialysate fluidic connections are located, e.g., blood line connections for patient blood access, connections for a reagent supply, dialyzer connections for both blood flow and dialysate, etc. The enclosure may also include a pair of vertical, side-by-side doors hingedly mounted to the housing. With the doors in the closed position, access to the patient access and dialysate fluidic connections may be blocked, and the doors may allow for the retention of heat in the housing suitable for disinfection during a disinfection cycle.
Abstract:
The invention relates to hemodialysis systems able to treat blood or other bodily fluids extracorporeally with improved ease and efficiency by means of a blood circuit assembly for a dialysis unit. The unit includes a pair of dialyzer connections, a pair of blood line connectors and an organizing tray with an air trap and a pair of pneumatic pumps for circulating blood received from a patient through a circuit including a dialyzer and return to the patient. Each pump has a rigid chamber with a flexible diaphragm dividing the chamber into pumping and control compartments, the latter including a pneumatic control port exposed on the rigid chamber and arranged for alignment and meeting with a corresponding port located on a panel of the dialysis unit so that pneumatic control can be applied by the dialysis unit to the pneumatic control port to control operation of the pneumatic pump.
Abstract:
An enclosure for containing a portable hemodialysis unit, which includes suitable components for performing hemodialysis including a dialyzer, one or more pumps to circulate blood through the dialyzer, a source of dialysate, and one or more pumps to circulate the dialysate through the dialyzer, the enclosure comprising a housing supporting the components, the housing having a front panel at which blood circuit connections and dialysate fluidic connections are located and a pair of vertical, side-by-side doors hingedly mounted to the housing at opposite sides of the front panel, the doors being movable between open and closed positions, the open position allowing access to the blood circuit connections and dialysate fluidic connections, the closed position being suitable to block access to the blood circuit and dialysate fluidic connections and to retain suitable heat in the housing for disinfection during a disinfection cycle.
Abstract:
An apparatus comprising a hemodialysis system and a control interface configured to allow user control of the hemodialysis system. The hemodialysis system comprises a housing that includes a dialyzer, one or more pumps to circulate blood through the dialyzer, a source of dialysate, and one or more pumps to circulate the dialysate through the dialyzer. The housing includes side-by-side doors that when opened provide access to a front panel for connecting the dialyzer and for making patient blood connections to the hemodialysis system. The doors are closable to block access to the front panel. The control interface includes a display screen with a touch sensitive overlay to allow interaction with a graphical user interface presented on the screen. The control interface is configured to be hung on a hook of one of the doors.
Abstract:
A water vapor distillation system. The system includes a water vapor distillation device configured to receive a volume of source water from a fluid source and produce distillate, the device comprising: a concentrate flow path comprising a concentrate output; a distillate flow path comprising a distillate output; at least one source proportioning valve; a first heat exchanger comprising at least a portion of the distillate flow path; a second heat exchanger including at least a portion of the concentrate flow path, wherein the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger in fluid flow communication with the fluid source; a distillate sensor assembly in communication with the distillate flow path and located downstream the first heat exchanger, the distillate sensor assembly configured to generate a distillate temperature measurement; and a controller configured to control the source proportioning valves, the controller configured to: receive the distillate temperature measurement; determine the difference between a first target temperature and the distillate temperature measurement; and split the source water from the fluid source between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger based on the difference between the first target temperature and the distillate temperature measurement.
Abstract:
An enclosure for containing a hemodialysis unit includes a housing suitable to support components for performing hemodialysis including a dialyzer, one or more pumps to circulate blood through the dialyzer, a source of dialysate, and one or more pumps to circulate the dialysate through the dialyzer. The housing may have a front panel at which blood circuit connections and dialysate fluidic connections are located, e.g., blood line connections for patient blood access, connections for a reagent supply, dialyzer connections for both blood flow and dialysate, etc. The enclosure may also include a pair of vertical, side-by-side doors hingedly mounted to the housing. With the doors in the closed position, access to the patient access and dialysate fluidic connections may be blocked, and the doors may allow for the retention of heat in the housing suitable for disinfection during a disinfection cycle.
Abstract:
An enclosure for containing a hemodialysis unit includes a housing (51) suitable to support components for performing hemodialysis including a dialyzer (14), one or more pumps to circulate blood through the dialyzer, a source of dialysate, and one or more pumps to circulate the dialysate through the dialyzer. The housing may have a front panel (511) at which blood circuit connections and dialysate fluidic connections are located, e.g., blood line connections for patient blood access, connections for a reagent supply, dialyzer connections for both blood flow and dialysate, etc. The enclosure may also include a pair of vertical, side-by-side doors (53) hingedly mounted to the housing. With the doors in the closed position, access to the patient access and dialysate fluidic connections may be blocked, and the doors may allow for the retention of heat in the housing suitable for disinfection during a disinfection cycle.
Abstract:
There is provided a hemodialysis and similar dialysis system. The system includes a method for removing air or other undissolved gas from a flow of blood in a dialysis unit, comprising providing an air trap in a blood flow circuit of a dialysis unit, the air trap having a container with an inlet port located at a top of the container and an outlet port at a bottom of the container, the air trap being arranged to remove air from blood flowing from the inlet port to the outlet port and introducing blood into the container via the inlet port of the air trap such that the blood flows from the inlet port to the outlet port of the container and further removing air from blood flowing in the air trap and trapping the air in the air trap and causing flow of fluid from the outlet port to the inlet port of the air trap so as to remove the trapped air from the container.