Gambro Lundia Ab

Gambio Lundia Ab

Katty Ferrari

Paolo Rovatti

An extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus comprises: a blood treatment device () comprising a blood chamber () and a fluid chamber () separated from one another by a semipermeable membrane (); an extracorporeal blood circuit () comprising a blood withdrawal line () connected to an inlet port () of the blood chamber () and a blood return line () connected to an outlet port () of the blood chamber (); a blood pump () configured to be coupled to the blood withdrawal line (); a hydraulic circuit () connectable to the fluid chamber (), wherein the hydraulic circuit () comprises a fluid preparation device () connected to a water network () and configured to dilute concentrates in water to prepare a treatment fluid; a control unit () connected to the preparation device () and to the blood pump (). The control unit () is configured to execute the following procedure: setting the hydraulic circuit () so that the fluid preparation device () bypasses the fluid chamber (); controlling the fluid preparation device () to prepare the treatment fluid while bypassing the fluid chamber (); and simultaneously controlling the blood pump () to perform pure ultrafiltration of a patient (P) connected to the extracorporeal blood circuit ().

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Finale Emilia, Italy

Katty Ferrari