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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2015
Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland Gmbh, Bad Homburg, DE;
Anselm Fabig, Zeuthen, DE;
Ulrich Tschulena, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Sonja Steppan, Neu-Isenburg, DE;
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Bad Homburg, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus for the extracorporeal removal of protein-bound toxins from blood comprising at least one blood purification apparatus, in particular at least one dialysis machine, hemofilter or adsorber, as well as at least one means for generating a field in the blood purification apparatus and/or in an element in flow communication with the blood purification apparatus, in particular in a line section connected to the blood purification apparatus, wherein the means comprises at least two strip conductors which are arranged on at least two preferably oppositely disposed sides of the blood purification apparatus or of the element such that the field is preferably predominantly generated within the blood purification apparatus or preferably predominantly within the element.