Gambro Lundia Ab

Alfonso Vollono

Mauro Suffritti

Stefano Ganzerli

Fabrizio Molducci

Mauro Gusella

Paola Crivellari

Sonja Bellini

Marisa Torrini

An apparatus () for extracorporeal blood treatment comprises a filtration unit () having a primary chamber () and a secondary chamber () separated by a semi-permeable membrane (), a blood circuit () comprising at least a blood withdrawal line () and a blood return line (), a fluid circuit () comprising a fluid supply source () for providing a sterile fluid, and at least one gas inlet () to allow gas to enter into the blood circuit (). The apparatus further comprises a control unit configured to perform a blood restitution procedure towards the patient for ending an extracorporeal blood treatment and before disconnecting the patient, said blood restitution procedure comprising the steps of infusing a predetermined amount of sterile fluid from the supply source () into the blood circuit () and causing a predetermined amount of gas to enter into the blood circuit () from the gas inlet ().

Apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment

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Medolla, Italy

Alfonso Vollono