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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2020
Gambro Lundia Ab, Lund, SE;
Mauro Suffritti, Medolla, IT;
Mauro Gusella, Castelvetro di Modena, IT;
Stefano Ganzerli, Medolla, IT;
Fabrizio Molducci, San Felice sul Panaro, IT;
Paola Crivellari, Casumaro, IT;
Alfonso Vollono, Medolla, IT;
Marisa Torrini, San Felice sul Panaro, IT;
Sonja Bellini, San Felice sul Panaro, IT;
Gambro Lundia AB, Lund, SE;
Abstract
An apparatus () for extracorporeal blood treatment comprises a filtration unit () having a primary chamber () and a secondary chamber () separated by a semi-permeable membrane (), a blood circuit () comprising at least a blood withdrawal line () and a blood return line (), a fluid circuit () comprising a fluid supply source () for providing a sterile fluid, and at least one gas inlet () to allow gas to enter into the blood circuit (). The apparatus further comprises a control unit configured to perform a blood restitution procedure towards the patient for ending an extracorporeal blood treatment and before disconnecting the patient, said blood restitution procedure comprising the steps of infusing a predetermined amount of sterile fluid from the supply source () into the blood circuit () and causing a predetermined amount of gas to enter into the blood circuit () from the gas inlet ().