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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:
Oct. 11, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph A Guzman, Atlanta, GA (US);
Miguel P Cosio, Piso, MX;
Assignee:
Biocontrol Technology, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604113 ; 604-4 ; 604-6 ;
Abstract
A method for extracorporeal blood treatment which utilizes a hemodialysis machine capable of heating the dialysis fluids to 48.degree. C., a hollow-fiber, high efficiency hemodialyzer, and a tubular heat exchanger--in addition to various probes and catheters and heated anterior and posterior blankets for the patient--to effect extracorporeal treatment without adverse effect on blood physiology and without the need for general anesthesia.