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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1997
Rodney S Kenley, Libertyville, IL (US);
Dawn Matthews, Grayslake, IL (US);
Dennis M Treu, Gurnee, IL (US);
Aksys, Ltd., Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
Water treatment and pretreatment methods and processes for use in a dialysate preparation machine are described. In one aspect, water is passed through a first filter having chlorine removal properties and then passed into a line. Water is removed from the line at a sample location. The removed water is periodically sampled for the presence of chlorine or chloramines. The presence of chlorine or chloramines indicates that the filtration capacity for chlorine of the first filter is substantially exhausted. The method further includes the step of filtering the water downstream from the sample location in a second filter having chlorine removal properties, and replacing the first filter if chlorine or chlorine is detected during the sampling step. Water pretreatment may be provided by mixing hot and cold water from a source with a temperature-controlled mixing valve and passing the water through the first filter, so as to provide warm, filtered water to the dialysate preparation machine.