Dialysis system including disposable cassette

US9168333B2 · 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: Oct 10, 2014
• Grant date: Oct 27, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 10, 2034

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 machine having a pump actuator, a valve actuator and a sorbent device, and a disposable cassette including (i) a housing having a dialyzer inlet port, a dialyzer outlet port, a pump portion configured to operate with the pump actuator, a valve portion configured to operate with the valve actuator, a venous port, and an arterial port, (ii) at least one dialyzer in fluid communication with the housing, the at least one dialyzer including a dialysate inlet, and a dialysate outlet; (iii) an arterial line for connecting to a patient, the arterial line connected to and extending externally from the arterial port of the housing; (iv) a venous line for connecting to a patient, the venous line connected to and extending externally from the venous port of the housing; and (v) first and second dialysate fluid connections in fluid communication with the sorbent device.