Apparatus and method for filling solution bags for dialysis

US11964085B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Peter Wabel · Darmstadt, DE
• Marcus Breuninger · Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, DE
• Robert Berlich · Namborn, DE
• Birgit Staude · Pfungstadt, DE
• Matthias Rau · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Zdenek Cerman · Idstein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 14, 2019
• Grant date: Apr 23, 2024
• Expiry date: Jun 22, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B2210/08
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and to a method for filling a solution bag for dialysis with a liquid, wherein the apparatus comprises a needle for introduction into a filling line or filling opening of the bag, wherein the needle is a double wall needle having a preferably thermally conductive outer wall and having an inner wall, with a thermal insulation being present between the outer wall and the inner wall; and with a heating element being provided that is configured to heat the outer side of the outer wall to a temperature above the temperature of the inner side of the inner wall.