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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2022
Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland Gmbh, Bad Homburg, DE;
Stefan Müller, Dingolshausen, DE;
Martin Thys, Grettstadt, DE;
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Bad Homburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a medical apparatus designed to receive a detachable fluid-conducting first line portion (). The medical apparatus comprises a second line portion () designed to be connected to the first line portion (), wherein a movable element () is situated in the second line portion (), by means of which movable element the second line portion () is separated into a first sub-portion () and a second sub-portion (). In addition, the medical device comprises: at least a first and a second blocking element () for enclosing a fluid volume in the first line portion () and the second line portion (); and a pump () for generating a vacuum in a first of the two sub-portions () of the second line portion (), as a result of which elastic deformation takes place in and/or on the second of the two sub-portions () and the movable element () is moved; and a controller for controlling the pump (), wherein the controller is programmed, in a disconnection mode, to operate the pump () to generate the vacuum.