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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:
Jul. 16, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
David M Ward, San Diego, CA (US);
Ravindra L Mehta, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514574 ; 514784 ; 514822 ; 514 23 ; 424678 ; 424679 ; 424682 ; 424680 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of preventing blood from clotting in a filter during continuous arteriovenous or venovenous hemodialysis on a patient comprising administering to the blood an amount of citrate sufficient to prevent clotting in the filter. The invention preferably utilizes a dialysate having a sodium and calcium concentration below that of normal blood and an alkali concentration sufficiently low to reduce or prevent alkalosis.