Gambro Lundia Ab

Baxter International Inc.

Vantive Health Gmbh

Vantive US Healthcare LLC

Mauro Gusella

Mauro Suffritti

Stefano Ganzerli

Fabrizio Molducci

Paola Crivellari

Alfonso Vollono

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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Castelvetro di Modena, Italy

Mauro Gusella