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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Nxstage Medical, Inc., Lawrence, MA (US);
Inventors:
James M. Brugger, Newburyport, MA (US);
David Desouza, Essex, MA (US);
Assignee:
NxStage Medical, Inc., Lawrence, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/36 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/3643 (2013.01); A61M 1/3629 (2014.02); A61M 1/3644 (2014.02); A61M 1/3646 (2014.02); A61M 1/3652 (2014.02); A61M 1/3672 (2013.01); A61M 39/10 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3331 (2013.01); A61M 2205/702 (2013.01); A61M 2205/705 (2013.01); A61M 2205/707 (2013.01);
Abstract
Simple-to-use systems, methods, and devices for priming replacement blood treatment devices, for swapping the blood treatment devices out, for replacing swapped-out blood treatment devices, and other related operations are described. In embodiments, a blood treatment device can be primed while a therapy is still running. When the replacement blood treatment device is needed, the therapy can be stopped momentarily (less than a minute) for the rapid and safe swap of the blood treatment device. Blood loss can be minimized. The down time from therapy can be minimized.