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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Eric Bergman, Newton, MA (US);
Lynn E. Jensen, Syracuse, UT (US);
Assignee:
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/16 (2006.01); A61M 1/26 (2006.01); A61M 1/36 (2006.01); B01D 61/30 (2006.01); B01D 61/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/1603 (2014.02); A61M 1/262 (2014.02); A61M 1/3656 (2014.02); B01D 61/30 (2013.01); B01D 61/32 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3306 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3327 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to a blood treatment system including a blood treatment machine, a dialyzer configured to be coupled to the blood treatment machine, a blood line having a first end configured to be connected to the dialyzer and a second end configured to be connected to a needle for insertion into a patient, and one or more sensors operable to transmit, to the blood treatment machine, data related to tension along the blood line. The blood treatment machine is configured to take action in response to the data received from the one or more sensors.