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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2016
Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland Gmbh, Bad Homburg, DE;
Reiner Spickermann, Wasserlosen-Burghausen, DE;
Gerhard Wiesen, Bad Homburg, DE;
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Bad Homburg, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for checking a dialyzer for the presence of a leak in the semipermeable membrane of the dialyzer, wherein the membrane divides the inner dialyzer space into a least one blood chamber and into at least one dialyzate chamber, wherein the blood chamber is flowed through by blood in the operation of the dialyzer and is in fluid communication with a blood-side line system and the vascular system of the patient, and wherein the dialyzate chamber is flowed through by dialysis fluid in the operation of the dialyzer and is in fluid communication with a dialyzate-side line system, wherein the method comprises the following steps: