Method and device for filling and/or emptying a dialysis machine
AssigneeFresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
InventorsThomas Weilhoefer, Georg Zehner
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Abstract
An apparatus for the filling of a dialyzer with a dialysis liquid and/or for the draining of dialysis liquid from a dialyzer is mobile. The apparatus has at least one liquid container for the reception of a liquid, preferably of RO water, at least one concentrate receptacle for the reception of concentrate and/or a concentrate connection for the connection of a container holding concentrate as well as at least one preparation unit which is arranged and configured such that liquid from the liquid container can be mixed with concentrate from the concentrate receptacle and/or from the container holding the concentrate in the preparation unit.
Claims29
An apparatus for filling a batch-type dialysis machine (D1) with a dialysis liquid, said apparatus comprising:
- at least one liquid container for reception of a liquid;
- at least one of a concentrate receptacle for reception of a concentrate and a concentrate connection for connection of a container holding the concentrate;
- and
- at least one preparation unit arranged and configured such that the liquid from the liquid container is mixed with the concentrate from at least one of the concentrate receptacle and the container holding the concentrate,
- said apparatus being separate from the batch-type dialysis machine, and mobile independently of the batch-type dialysis machine.
A method of filling a batch-type dialysis machine (D1) with a dialysis liquid, comprising:
- providing an apparatus that includes at least one liquid container for reception of a liquid, at least one of a concentrate receptacle for reception of a concentrate and a concentrate connection for connection of a container holding the concentrate, and at least one preparation unit arranged and configured such that the liquid from the liquid container is mixed with the concentrate from at least one of the concentrate receptacle and the container holding the concentrate, the apparatus being separate from, and mobile independently of, the batch-type dialysis machine (D1);
- producing the dialysis liquid in the apparatus;
- and
- dispensing the dialysis liquid to the batch-type dialysis machine (D1) with the apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.