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Device for filling a filter, and method therefor

US8875748B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

Josef Beden · Mainz, DE
Itka Bado · Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, DE
Georg Verch · Wiesbaden, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 2, 2009
Grant date	Nov 4, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 11, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01D2313/16
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for the filling of a medical filter has at least one first space and one second space which are semipermeably separated by one or more membranes, with the spaces each having at least one inflow and outflow. The apparatus includes a detection unit having a first element and a second element, with a liquid discharge from at least one of the first and second spaces being detectable by the first element, and the state of the filling of the filter being determinable by the second element with reference to the detected liquid discharge. A method of filling a medical filter employs the apparatus.

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