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US 12,109,385 B2Granted
Line holder
AssigneeNxStage Medical, Inc.
InventorsJoseph A. Hoell, Jr., Eric Zoglio, M. Dominika Kulinski, Kenneth E. Buckler
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Abstract
A line mount includes a treatment machine having a housing and one or more magnets or ferromagnetic elements mounted thereon, a line holder having at least one complementary one of magnets and ferromagnetic elements such as to cause the line holder to be attachable magnetically to the housing. The one or more magnets or ferromagnetic elements being numbered and arranged to permit the line holder to be supported thereby in multiple positions and orientations relative to the housing.
Claims16
A fluid line mount system, comprising:
- a medical treatment machine having a housing, the housing having an outer surface and a plurality of first magnets or ferromagnetic elements directly mounted to the outer surface of the housing;
- and
- a line holder having at least two complementary magnets or ferromagnetic elements such that the line holder is attachable magnetically to the housing when the at least two complementary magnets or ferromagnetic elements come into contact with at least two of the plurality of the first magnets or ferromagnetic elements;
- and,
- wherein the plurality of the first magnets or ferromagnetic elements includes at least three magnets or ferromagnetic elements, and
- the at least three magnets or ferromagnetic elements have positions that enable the line holder to be magnetically attached to the housing in multiple positions and orientations relative to the housing, each of the multiple positions and orientations corresponding to a respective pair of the first magnets or ferromagnetic elements.
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A method of using a medical treatment device that supports a fluid line, the method comprising:
- providing the medical treatment device, the medical treatment device having a housing that includes a plurality of first magnets or ferromagnetic elements directly mounted on an outer surface of the housing, the plurality including at least three magnets or ferromagnetic elements;
- providing a line holder having at least two complementary magnets or ferromagnetic elements such that the line holder is attachable magnetically to the housing when the at least two complementary magnets or ferromagnetic elements come into contact with at least two of the plurality of the first magnets or ferromagnetic elements;
- removing the line holder from a first position on the housing, the first position corresponding to the line holder being held by a first pair of the first magnets or ferromagnetic elements;
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- attaching the line holder to a second position on the housing, the second position corresponding to a second pair of the first magnets of ferromagnetic elements, different from the first pair, such that the line holder is held in the second position by magnetic attraction between the at least two complementary magnets or ferromagnetic elements and the second pair of the plurality of the first magnets or ferromagnetic elements.
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A method of supporting a medical treatment fluid line of a medical treatment machine, comprising:
- providing the medical treatment machine, the medical treatment machine including a housing, the housing having a plurality of first magnets or ferromagnetic elements mounted on an outer surface of the housing, the plurality including at least three magnets or ferromagnetic elements;
- providing a line holder having at least two complementary magnets or ferromagnetic elements such that the line holder is attachable magnetically to the housing when the at least two complementary magnets or ferromagnetic elements come into contact with at least two of the plurality of the first magnets or ferromagnetic elements;
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- moving the line holder from a first position on the housing to a second position on the housing, the first position corresponding to a first pair of the first magnets or ferromagnetic elements and the second position corresponding to a second pair, different from the first pair, of the first magnets or ferromagnetic elements,
- wherein the line holder is held in the first position by a magnetic attraction between the at least two complementary magnets or ferromagnetic elements and the first pair, and
- the line holder is held in the second position by a magnetic attraction between the at least two complementary magnets or ferromagnetic elements and the second pair.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.