Hospal Industrie

Gambro Lundia Ab

Hospal International Marketing Management

Cobe Laboratories, Inc.

Gambro Ab

Jacques Chevallet

Francesco Ribolzi

Dominique Pouchoulin

Massimo Zaccarelli

Claudio Tonelli

Vincenzo Baraldi

Annalisa Delnevo

Jacques Duchamp

Aziz Aberkane

Gabriel Meyssonnier

Bernard Bene

Alain Frugier

Jean-Claude Riquier

Guy Mercier

Thomas Ertl

Hermann Goehl

Thierry Court

Jürgen Dannenmaier

Hiram Rada

Jacques Burtin

Laurent Simard

Jacques Gauckler

Jean-Louis Romarie

Lennart Jönsson

Cyril Meziere

Eddie Nilsson

Keith J Manica

Lennart U Jonsson

Nicholas John Kerry

Nicolas Semenzato

Björn Frederik Seidler

Michael John Dunkley

Jean-Loup Cortial

Jean Louis Fressinet

Olivier Roy

Allan Petersen

Carl-Henry Rndal

Paul Priest

Eric Louvet

Eric Dejaiffe

Juergen Dannenmaier

Yves Audouard

Mehran Monchi

Lennart JÖNSSON

An extracorporeal blood treatment device including a filter having a primary and a secondary chamber separated by a semi-permeable membrane, a withdrawal line connected to the primary chamber and associated to a first pump, a return line at the outlet of the primary chamber, a first pre-infusion line () connected to a citrate container on the withdrawal line (), associated to a second pump, a first post-infusion line connected to a calcium solution container and to the return line, and associated to a third pump, an effluent line from the secondary chamber connected to a drain pipe and associated to a fourth pump, a CPU including first means programmed to receive the signal output by the pumps and second means programmed to control the third post-infusion pump () as a function of the input flow rate, effluent liquid flow rate, and anticoagulation liquid flow rate.

Device and procedure for extracorporeal blood treatment

An integrated blood treatment module comprises a blood treatment device () having a housing () and a first end-cap () and a second end-cap () closing both ends of the housing (). A pump hose () for a peristaltic pump has a first end () that is secured to the housing () and a second end () that is connected to a blood inlet port () of the first end-cap () so as to form a loop. A degassing device () is connected to the second end-cap (). The degassing device (), which, in use, is full of liquid, comprises a hydrophobic membrane through which bubbles and micro-bubbles escape the degassing device.

Integrated blood treatment module

A fluid distribution module () for causing and monitoring the circulation of fluids from and to a patient through an extracorporeal blood treatment device, comprises a degassing device () connected to a connecting structure (). The degassing device () comprises a first chamber () having a lower inlet () for a liquid and a second chamber () having an upper opening () closed by a hydrophobic membrane () and an outlet () for discharging the liquid. The connecting structure () has at least a first and a second conduits () defined therein, wherein the first conduit () comprises a first end for connection to a discharge tube () from the treatment device and a second end connected to the inlet () of the first chamber () of the degassing device (), and the second conduit () comprises a first end connected to the outlet () of the second chamber () of the degassing device () and a second end for connection to a blood return tube () to a patient.

Fluid distribution module and extracorporeal blood circuit including such a module

A degassing device () comprises a first chamber () having an inlet for a liquid, and a second chamber () having an opening () closed by a hydrophobic membrane () and an outlet () for discharging the liquid. The first chamber () has a downstream portion that partially extends within the second chamber () and communicates therewith by a passageway (). The second chamber () has a downstream portion that extends below the passageway () and asymmetrically surrounds the downstream portion of the first chamber ().

Degassing device and end-cap assembly for a filter including such a degassing device

The invention relates to an integrated blood treatment module () comprising a support element () and a fluid distribution circuitry associated thereto; the distribution circuitry comprises at least a blood line (), a portion of which is secured to the support element and defines with the latter at least a U-shaped tube length () designed to cooperate, when in use, with a respective pump (). There are then further fluid lines () fastened to the support element and defining each at least a U-shaped tube length () with respect to said element and each designed to cooperate, when in use, with a respective pump (). The support element has a first zone () in which the portion of the blood line is secured, and at least a second zone () opposite said first zone, to which all the corresponding further tube lengths are fastened.

Integrated blood treatment module and extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus

The invention concerns a medical machine () for transport of liquid, comprising at least one suspension means () intended to receive at least two bags () containing liquid, the suspension means having a suspension body (), at least three fastening means () fixed to the suspension body (), comprising at least two lateral fastening means () and one intermediate fastening means (), the intermediate fastening means () being placed between the two lateral fastening means (), and the intermediate fastening means () being placed vertically lower down than the lateral fastening means (). The first lateral fastening means and the intermediate fastening means are intended to receive a first bag, and the second lateral fastening means and the intermediate fastening means are intended to receive a second bag, so that the two bags are held against one another in a stable manner.

Medical machine comprising a suspension means for suspending liquid bags

The invention relates to an extracorporeal blood treatment machine in which a blood circuit () is equipped with an inlet line leading to a filtration unit () and with an outlet line () from the filtration unit; a fluid circuit comprises an inlet line () leading to the filtration unit and an outlet line () from the filtration unit so as to allow a fluid taken from a primary container () to circulate within the filtration unit, thus enabling the treatment of the patient's blood. There is further an infusion line () acting on the outlet line of the blood circuit, which is supplied by an auxiliary fluid container (). The inlet line of the fluid circuit is equipped with at least an infusion branch () acting on the outlet line of the blood circuit so as to enable the intensive therapy machine to manage therapies with large exchange of fluids.

Extracorporeal blood treatment machine

The invention relates to support element () comprising a main body () having a front wall () and a peripheral wall () projecting away from the front wall. The front wall and the peripheral wall define a housing compartment () designed to receive a fluid distribution circuitry cooperating with a treatment unit for defining an integrated blood treatment module.

Machine for extracorporeal blood treatment coupled to a support element

Integrated blood treatment module having a support element

The support device for bags, applicable in machines for extracorporeal blood treatment or in machines for renal failure treatment, comprises a base body () and a support element () associated to the base body in such a way as to be displaceable with respect to the base body between at least one operative loading position and an operative work position. In particular the support element is telescopically engaged to the base body and is slidable along a predetermined movement direction (). The special configuration of the support device enables an easy loading of the machine and a subsequent optimal control of the machine stability.

Support device for containers in extracorporeal blood treatment machines

The invention relates to a blood treatment device by extracorporeal circulation comprising a filter having a primary chamber and a secondary chamber separated by a semi-permeable membrane; a blood circuit comprising an arterial line intended to come from the patient, the filter's primary chamber and the venous line intended to return to the patient; a dialysate circuit comprising the filter's secondary chamber and at least a drain line for circulating the waste intended to come from the filter and intended to go to a drain; a first bag in fluid communication with the drain line; at least a first gravimetric weighing means linked to the first bag, fluid flow rate adjustment means acting on the drain line; a control unit linked to the first gravimetric weighing means and with the fluid flow rate adjustment means; a second bag in fluid communication with the drain line, the control unit being capable of receiving weight signals from the first gravimetric weighing means and of controlling the fluid flow rate adjustment means to load one of the bags with liquid while the other bag unloads liquid, and vice-versa. The invention also relates to a single-use drain line for use in a treatment device according to the invention.

Extracorporeal treatment device with automatic emptying of waste bag

Device for extracorporeal treatment of bloodintended to operate in a mode with a single needle, comprising:

Device for controlling blood circulation for a single needle circuit

A description is given of a gas separation device for a physiological fluid, comprising a containing body () having at least a first inlet aperture () for a physiological fluid, positioned with a tangential direction of access, at least one outlet aperture () for the said fluid, spaced apart from the said inlet aperture, and a guide element () housed within the said body. The guide element () has a continuous active surface () designed to contact and guide the said fluid and delimits, together with the containing body (), a first annular chamber () into which the first inlet aperture () opens directly.

Gas separation devices

A method for in-line preparation of liquid for an extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus that makes provision for placing a filter in correspondence with each of two successive filtration stations, for carrying out a liquid preparation cycle, for removing the filter, which operates in correspondence with a first filtration station, for placing in correspondence with the first filtration station the filter that operated in correspondence with the second filtration station, for placing a new filter in correspondence with a second filtration station and for launching a new sterile liquid preparation cycle. The invention also provides a device for implementing the described method and an apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment, which incorporates this device.

Device for in-line preparation of liquid for an extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus

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Serezin du Rhone, France

Jacques Chevallet