# US 2017/0281844 A1 · Dialysis Service Box > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0281844 A1 - Document ID: US20170281844A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/594,355 - Filed: 2017-05-12 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2010-07-09 - Assignees: W.D. Manor Mechanical Contractors, Inc. - Applicants: WD Manor Mechanical Contractors, Inc. - Inventors: Jeff Randall; Bryan DeWitt; Peter DeWitt; Rick Garcia; Don Gustafson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170281844A1 ## CPC - A61M 1/168: {Sterilisation or cleaning before or after use} - A61M 1/1656: {Apparatus for preparing dialysates} - A61M 1/1664: {with temperature control} - A61M 1/1682: {both machine and membrane module, i.e. also the module blood side} - A61M 1/1686: {by heat} - B01D 61/30: Accessories; Auxiliary operation - E03B 7/095: {Component holders or housings, e.g. boundary boxes} - E03C 1/021: {Devices for positioning or connecting of water supply lines (connection to the tap body E03C1/0403)} - E03C 1/04: Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths (valves, faucets, mixing valves, taps F16K) - E03C 1/10: Devices for preventing contamination of drinking-water pipes, e.g. means for aerating self-closing flushing valves (vacuum-breakers in general F16K, F16L) - E03C 1/106: {using two or more check valves} - Y10T 137/0402: Cleaning, repairing, or assembling - Y10T 137/2564: Plural inflows - 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)} - B01D: SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D; by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B; by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges, vortex apparatus B04; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B9/02; treatment of water C02F, e.g. softening by ion-exchange C02F1/42; {arrangements of air intake cleaners in gas turbine plants F02C7/05} ; arrangements or mounting of filters in air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation F24F13/28) - E03B: INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER (drilling wells, obtaining fluids in general from wells E21B; pipe-line systems in general F17D) - E03C: DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER (not connected to either water-supply main or to waste pipe A47K; devices of the kind used in the ground E03B, E03F); SINKS - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A dialysis service box for centralized control and plumbing arrangement of a dialysis machine is disclosed. The dialysis service box includes a plumbing arrangement having a supply inlet for supplying a fluid to the dialysis machine, a backflow preventer for preventing retrograde flow through the plumbing arrangement, a trap primer for maintaining a trap seal designed to prevent waste gases from flowing into the dialysis service box and a waste connection for allowing waste from the dialysis machine to exit. The dialysis service box can be universally installed to operate, control and adjust any dialysis machine that requires supply connection, waste connection, backflow preventer and trap primer, or any combination of the foregoing. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-20 (canceled) ### Claim 21 A dialysis service box comprising: a casing having a top side portion, a bottom side portion, a rear side portion, a left side portion and a right side portion that collectively define an enclosure; a supply inlet configured to communicate with a source of fluid; a waste outlet configured to communicate with a waste disposal; and a dialysis supply and waste management system disposed within the enclosure of the casing, the dialysis supply and waste management system comprising: a plumbing system in fluid flow communication with the supply inlet; a connection port configured to provide fluid to a dialysis machine; a backflow preventer in fluid flow communication with the plumbing system and configured to prevent retrograde fluid flow through the plumbing arrangement; and a trap primer in fluid flow communication with the plumbing arrangement; the dialysis service box further comprising a first adapter associated with the connection port, the first adapter configured to supply fluid to the dialysis machine. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The dialysis service box of claim 21, wherein the first adapter is disposed proximate an outside surface of the casing. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The dialysis service box of claim 21, wherein the first adapter is configured for fluid communication with a second adapter associated with the dialysis machine. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The dialysis service box of claim 23, wherein the first adapter comprises a male adapter and the second adapter comprises a female adapter. ### Claim 25 (depends on 22) The dialysis service box of claim 22, wherein the outside surface of the casing comprises one of the top side portion, the bottom side portion, the rear side portion, the left side portion, and the right side portion. ### Claim 26 (depends on 22) The dialysis service box of claim 22, wherein the casing further includes a door assembly, and further wherein the first adapter is disposed proximate an outside surface of the door assembly. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The dialysis service box of claim 26, wherein the first adapter is connected to an outside surface of the door assembly. ### Claim 28 (depends on 21) The dialysis service box of claim 21, wherein the connection port comprises the first adapter. ### Claim 29 (depends on 23) The dialysis service box of claim 23, further comprising a fluid conduit extending between the casing and the dialysis machine, wherein the first adapter is configured to connect to a first end of the fluid conduit proximate the casing, and the second adapter is configured to connect to a second end of the fluid conduit proximate the dialysis machine. ### Claim 30 A system comprising: a dialysis machine; a dialysis service box in fluid flow communication with the dialysis machine, the dialysis service box comprising: a casing defining an enclosure having a top side portion, a bottom side portion, a rear side portion, a left side portion and a right side portion that collectively define an enclosure, a supply inlet in fluid flow communication with a source of fluid; a waste outlet in fluid flow communication with a waste disposal; and a dialysis supply and waste management system disposed within the enclosure of the casing, the dialysis supply and waste management system comprising: a plumbing arrangement in fluid flow communication with the supply inlet and having a connection port configured for fluid communication with the dialysis machine; a backflow preventer in fluid flow communication with the plumbing arrangement for preventing retrograde fluid flow a through the plumbing arrangement; and a trap primer in fluid flow communication with the plumbing arrangement for allowing the fluid to enter the waste outlet; the dialysis service box further comprising a first adapter associated with the connection port and configured to supply fluid to the dialysis machine. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The dialysis service box of claim 30, wherein the first adapter is disposed proximate an outside surface of the casing. ### Claim 32 (depends on 30) The dialysis service box of claim 30, wherein the first adapter is configured for fluid communication with a second adapter associated with the dialysis machine. ### Claim 33 (depends on 32) The dialysis service box of claim 32, wherein the first adapter comprises a male adapter and the second adapter comprises a female adapter. ### Claim 34 (depends on 30) The dialysis service box of claim 30, wherein the outside surface of the casing comprises one of the top side portion, the bottom side portion, the rear side portion, the left side portion, and the right side portion. ### Claim 35 (depends on 30) The dialysis service box of claim 30, wherein the casing further includes a door assembly, and further wherein the first adapter is disposed proximate an outside surface of the door assembly. ### Claim 36 (depends on 35) The dialysis service box of claim 35, wherein the first adapter is connected to an outside surface of the door assembly. ### Claim 37 (depends on 30) The dialysis service box of claim 30, wherein the connection port comprises the first adapter. ### Claim 38 (depends on 32) The dialysis service box of claim 32, further comprising a fluid conduit extending between the casing and the dialysis machine, wherein the first adapter is configured to connect to a first end of the fluid conduit proximate the casing, and the second adapter is configured to connect to a second end of the fluid conduit proximate the dialysis machine. ### Claim 39 A method of manufacturing a dialysis service box comprising: forming a casing having a top side portion, a bottom side portion, a left side portion, an opposing right side portion, and a rear side portion defining an enclosure; installing a plumbing arrangement within the enclosure, the plumbing arrangement including a supply inlet and a connection port configured to be in fluid flow communication with a dialysis machine; installing a trap primer within the enclosure and in communication with the plumbing arrangement; installing a backflow preventer within the enclosure and in fluid flow communication with the plumbing arrangement; and attaching a first adapter to the connection port and configuring the first adapter to supply fluid to the dialysis machine. ### Claim 40 (depends on 39) The method of claim 39, wherein the casing further includes a door, the method further comprising attaching the first adapter to an outside surface of the casing.