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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2019
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Barry Neil Fulkerson, Longmont, CO (US);
Alec Huang, Irvine, CA (US);
Brian Thomas Kelly, Anaheim Hills, CA (US);
Tam Nolan, Oceanside, CA (US);
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
The specification discloses a portable dialysis machine having a detachable controller unit and base unit with an improved reservoir heating system. The controller unit includes a door having an interior face, a housing with a panel, where the housing and panel define a recessed region configured to receive the interior face of the door, and a manifold receiver fixedly attached to the panel. The base unit has a reservoir with an internal pan and external pan, separated by a space that holds a heating element. The heating element is electrically coupled to electrical contacts attached to the external surface of the external pan.