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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2017
Gambro Lundia Ab, Lund, SE;
Helena Jeppsson, Hörby, SE;
Jan Sternby, Lund, SE;
Thomas Hertz, Lund, SE;
Olof Jansson, Vellinge, SE;
Sture Hobro, Lund, SE;
Evi Martinson, Södra Sandby, SE;
Gambro Lundia AB, Lund, SE;
Abstract
Dialysis machines comprising a feed arrangement () to supply a dialysis fluid to a dialyzer () during dialysis treatment and a return arrangement () to remove the dialysis fluid from the dialyzer during dialysis treatment and forward it to an exit (); a feed recirculation circuit () to allow a fluid of the feed arrangement to be re-circulated in a fluid loop path comprising, at least a portion of, the feed arrangement and the feed recirculation circuit and a return recirculation circuit () to allow a fluid of the return arrangement to re-circulate in an auxiliary fluid loop path comprising, at least a portion of, the return arrangement and the return recirculation circuit. A controller () configured to perform disinfection by re-circulating a disinfectant and/or a heated fluid through said fluid loop path and/or through said auxiliary fluid loop path. The dialysis machine () further comprises a feed forward arrangement () connected to the fluid loop path and arranged to enable a fluid of the feed arrangement () to be forwarded to the exit () by-passing the auxiliary fluid loop path.