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Dialysis machine having multiple line voltage heater

US8027572B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24References

20Claims

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Assignees

Baxter International Inc. · US
Baxter Healthcare SA · CH

Inventors

John Bedingfield · Largo, US
Brian Lauman · Clearwater, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 22, 2008
Grant date	Sep 27, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 2, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF24H1/101
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A dialysis machine having a multiple line voltage heater includes first and second heater elements, first and second switching devices connected electrically to the first and second heating elements, first and second power lines, and a control element configured to provide a first switching device state in which power at a first voltage is supplied via the first and second power lines to both first and second heater elements via both first and second switching devices and a second switching device state in which power at a second voltage is supplied via the first and second power lines to the first heater element only via the first switching device.

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