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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1982
Vernon H Troutner, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Richard A Morrow, Tarpon Springs, FL (US);
Extracorporeal Medical Specialties, Inc., King of Prussia, PA (US);
Abstract
A hemodialysis system capable of operation in either a single needle mode or a double needle mode includes an arterial blood pump which is the sole blood pump in the system during the double needle mode. For single needle mode operation a venous blood pump is employed to return blood to the patient. A pump speed control adjusts the speed of the arterial pump in the double needle mode, and the speeds of both blood pumps in the single needle mode. A controller continuously operates the arterial pump in the double needle mode, and alternately activates the two pumps in the single needle mode. A module for modifying a commercially available double needle system for operation in either of the two modes is also described.