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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
May. 24, 2016
Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Baxter Healthcare S.a., Glattpark (Opfikon), CH;
Thomas Kelly, Highland Park, IL (US);
Robert W. Childers, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Don Busby, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Rodolfo Roger, Clearwater, FL (US);
Waleed Mutasem El Sayyid, Dover, NJ (US);
Shahid Din, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Baxter Healthcare SA, Glattpark (Opfikon), CH;
Abstract
A method for priming a hemodialysis treatment includes: providing a disposable cassette including at least a portion of a dialysate circuit and at least a portion of a blood circuit; placing a dialyzer in fluid communication with the dialysate circuit via a to-dialyzer dialysate line and a from-dialyzer dialysate line; placing the dialyzer in fluid communication with the blood circuit via an arterial blood line and a venous blood line; placing a source of dialysis fluid in fluid communication with the dialyzer; priming the dialysate circuit with dialysis fluid from the source while both the to-dialyzer dialysate line and the from-dialyzer dialysate line are connected at their dialyzer ends to the dialyzer; and priming the blood circuit with dialysis fluid from the source by actuating at least one valve provided by the disposable cassette.