Electrical plug for a dialysis machine
AssigneeFresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
InventorsMartin Joseph Crnkovich, Colin Weaver, David Yuds
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Abstract
A dialysis machine comprising: a power supply for providing power to the dialysis machine, the power supply including a power supply cable that includes a first ground wire electrically connected to a first ground prong; and a hydraulics system for making dialysate, supplying the dialysate to a dialysate circuit, and draining spent dialysate from the dialysate circuit, the hydraulics system including a hydraulics grounding cable that includes a second ground wire electrically connected to a second ground prong.
Claims19
A plug that is configured to plug into an AC power outlet, the plug comprising:
- a power supply cable that includes a first ground wire electrically connected to a first ground prong of the plug, the power supply cable for providing power to a medical device;
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- a grounding cable for providing a grounding connection to a treatment system of the medical device, the grounding cable including a second ground wire electrically connected to a second ground prong of the plug, wherein the treatment system is configured to physically or electrically connect to a patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.