# US 10,307,522 B2 · Blood purification apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,307,522 B2 - Document ID: US10307522B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/343,699 - Filed: 2016-11-04 - Published: 2017-03-16 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2014-05-12 - Assignees: Nikkiso Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Nikkiso Company Limited - Inventors: Hiroaki Mochizuki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10307522B2 ## CPC - A61M 1/1603: {Regulation parameters} - A61M 1/14: Dialysis systems; Artificial kidneys; Blood oxygenators (semi-permeable membranes characterised by the material, manufacturing processes therefor B01D71/00){; Reciprocating systems for treatment of body fluids, e.g. single needle systems for hemofiltration or pheresis} - A61M 1/1605: {Physical characteristics of the dialysate fluid} - A61M 1/267: {used for pumping} - A61M 1/3424: {Substitution fluid path} - A61M 1/367: {Circuit parts not covered by the preceding subgroups of group A61M1/3621} - A61M 39/10: Tube connectors or tube couplings - A61M 1/3644: {Mode of operation} - A61M 2205/14: Detection of the presence or absence of a tube, a connector or a container in an apparatus - A61M 2205/18: with alarm - A61M 2205/276: preventing unwanted use - A61M 2205/3569: sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable - A61M 2205/3592: using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission - A61M 2205/50: with microprocessors or computers - A61M 2205/502: User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards - A61M 2205/505: Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches - A61M 2205/52: with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient - A61M 2205/60: with identification means - A61M 2205/6018: providing set-up signals for the apparatus configuration - A61M 2205/6072: Bar codes - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A blood purification apparatus is provided that allows setting work at the time of blood purification treatment or preparation for the treatment to be easily and smoothly performed. The blood purification apparatus includes: a circuit for blood purification having an arterial blood circuit and a venous blood circuit that constitute a blood circuit; a dialyzer for purifying the blood extracorporeally circulated by the blood circuit; and a dialysis device main body, wherein the blood purification apparatus includes an identification means that allows specific information to be identified, the specific information including an operating condition of the circuit for blood purification or the dialyzer at the time of blood purification treatment or preparation for the treatment, a reading means by which the specific information of the identification means is readable, and a control unit that performs blood purification treatment or preparation for the treatment based on the operating condition in the specific information read by the reading means. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A blood purification apparatus comprising: a circuit for blood purification having an arterial blood circuit and a venous blood circuit that constitute a blood circuit for extracorporeally circulating at least blood of a patient; a blood purifier for purifying the blood extracorporeally circulated by the blood circuit; and a device main body provided with various treatment means for performing blood purification treatment in the blood circuit and the blood purifier, wherein the blood purification apparatus includes an identification means that allows specific information to be identified, the specific information including an operating condition of the circuit for blood purification or the blood purifier at the time of blood purification treatment or preparation for the treatment, a reading means by which the specific information of the identification means is readable, and a control unit that performs blood purification treatment or preparation for the treatment based on the operating condition in the specific information read by the reading means; and wherein the blood purifier has a plurality of connecting portions connectable to the circuit for blood purification, respective connection flow paths are extended from the connecting portions of the blood purifier, and the blood purifier and the circuit for blood purification are configured to be connectable via the connection flow paths, the blood purification apparatus comprises a first connector formed by bundling leading ends of the circuit for blood purification, and a second connector formed by bundling leading ends of the connection flow paths, and connection of the first connector and the second connector allows the circuit for blood purification corresponding to the connecting portions of the blood purifier to communicate with each other, and the identification means is formed in the first connector or the second connector. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The blood purification apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the device main body includes a storage unit that stores the specific information which is read by the reading means, and device main body causes the control unit to perform blood purification treatment or preparation for the treatment based on the operating condition in the specific information stored in the storage unit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The blood purification apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the operating condition as the specific information in the identification means includes a parameter indicating a restriction or an acceptable range related to blood purification treatment or preparation for the treatment. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The blood purification apparatus according to claim 3, wherein in addition to the operating condition, the specific information of the identification means includes additional information such as an expiration date of the circuit for blood purification or the blood purifier. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The blood purification apparatus according to claim 2, wherein in addition to the operating condition, the specific information of the identification means includes additional information such as an expiration date of the circuit for blood purification or the blood purifier. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The blood purification apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit of the device main body allows a treatment condition to be restricted based on information identified by the identification means. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The blood purification apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the device main body includes a holding means that allows the first connector and the second connector to be held only in a state where the first connector and the second connector are connected, and the identification means allows to be identified in a state where the first connector and the second connector are held. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The blood purification apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in addition to the operating condition, the specific information of the identification means includes additional information such as an expiration date of the circuit for blood purification or the blood purifier. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The blood purification apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the control unit of the device main body allows a treatment condition to be restricted based on information identified by the identification means. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The blood purification apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the device main body includes a holding means that allows the first connector and the second connector to be held only in a state where the first connector and the second connector are connected, and the identification means allows to be identified in a state where the first connector and the second connector are held. ### Claim 11 A blood purification apparatus comprising: a circuit for blood purification having an arterial blood circuit and a venous blood circuit that constitute a blood circuit for extracorporeally circulating at least blood of a patient; a blood purifier for purifying the blood extracorporeally circulated by the blood circuit; and a device main body provided with various treatment means for performing blood purification treatment in the blood circuit and the blood purifier, wherein the blood purification apparatus includes an identification means that allows specific information to be identified, the specific information including an operating condition of the circuit for blood purification or the blood purifier at the time of blood purification treatment or preparation for the treatment, a reading means by which the specific information of the identification means is readable, and a control unit that performs blood purification treatment or preparation for the treatment based on the operating condition in the specific information read by the reading means, the control unit allowing a treatment condition to be restricted based on information identified by the identification means; and wherein the operating condition as the specific information in the identification means includes a parameter indicating a restriction or an acceptable range related to blood purification treatment or preparation for the treatment. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The blood purification apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the blood purifier has a plurality of connecting portions connectable to the circuit for blood purification, respective connection flow paths are extended from the connecting portions of the blood purifier, and the blood purifier and the circuit for blood purification are configured to be connectable via the connection flow paths, the blood purification apparatus comprises a first connector formed by bundling leading ends of the circuit for blood purification, and a second connector formed by bundling leading ends of the connection flow paths, and connection of the first connector and the second connector allows the circuit for blood purification corresponding to the connecting portions of the blood purifier to communicate with each other, and the identification means is formed in the first connector or the second connector.