Pressure manifold system for dialysis

US9623168B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Paul R. Chapman · Lutz, US
• Robert W. Childers · Holiday, US
• Gideon Hecht · Sanford, US
• Anders Wellings · Newark, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 20, 2015
• Grant date: Apr 18, 2017
• Expiry date: Mar 16, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/86027
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A medical fluid pneumatic manifold system includes a plurality of pump and valve chambers for controlling a flow of medical fluid, a header including a plurality of pneumatic passageways, each passageway in pneumatic communication with one of the pump or valve chambers, a plurality of electrically actuated pneumatic valves, and a plate defining a plurality of pneumatic apertures, wherein the header and the plurality of electrically actuated pneumatic valves are separately attached to the plate, such that each pneumatic aperture in the plate is placed in pneumatic communication with one of the plurality of pneumatic passageways of the header and one of the electrically actuated pneumatic valves.