Dialysis system including downloaded prescription entry

US9050411B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Baxter International Inc. · US
• Baxter Healthcare SA · CH

Inventors

• Thomas D. Kelly · Portland, US
• Robert W. Childers · Holiday, US
• Don Busby · Tampa, US
• Rodolfo Roger · Clearwater, US
• Waleed Mutasem El Sayyid · Land O' Lakes, US
• Shahid Din · Palm Harbor, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 2010
• Grant date: Jun 9, 2015
• Expiry date: Feb 13, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/75
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A dialysis system includes a dialysis fluid cassette-based membrane blood pump; a dialyzer in fluid communication with the blood pump; first and second dialysis fluid cassette-based balance chambers each having (i) a fresh dialysis fluid compartment in fluid communication with the dialyzer and (ii) a spent dialysis fluid compartment; a dialysis fluid cassette-based fresh dialysis fluid membrane pump in fluid communication with the fresh dialysis fluid compartments of the first and second balance chambers; a dialysis fluid cassette-based spent dialysis fluid membrane pump in fluid communication with the dialyzer and the spent dialysis fluid compartments of the first and second balance chambers; and which is configured to receive a data transfer including a prescription entry for the system.