Air-powered peritoneal dialysis system with nesting containers
AssigneesBaxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare S.A.
InventorNarendar Venkatachalapathy
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Abstract
A peritoneal dialysis system comprises a cycler including an air pump; a heater housing including a heater and an expandable bladder in fluid communication with the air pump, wherein the heater housing is sized to receive a heater bag between a wall of the housing and the expandable bladder; a plurality of nesting containers configured for fluid communication with the air pump a disposable set operable with the cycler and including the heater bag and a plurality of fluid supply bags for placement within the plurality of nesting containers; and a control unit programmed to control the air pump and the heater.
Claims17
A peritoneal dialysis system comprising:
- a cycler including
- an air pump, and
- a heater housing including a heater and an expandable bladder in pneumatic communication with the air pump, wherein the heater housing is sized to receive a heater bag between a wall of the heater housing and the expandable bladder;
- a plurality of nesting containers configured for pneumatic communication with the air pump;
- a disposable set operable with the cycler and including the heater bag and a plurality of peritoneal dialysis fluid supply bags, each fluid supply bag positioned within one of the nesting containers;
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- a control unit programmed to control the air pump and the heater to pump heated dialysis fluid from the cycler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.