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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1999
Taku Nikaido, Osaka, JP;
Mitsutaka Ueda, Osaka, JP;
Nipro Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A dialysis system which does not need to use a physiological saline in replenishing a solution or cleaning and priming the dialysis system, does not need a troublesome setting operation and can easily and accurately set a flow rate of a replenisher solution. The dialysis system includes a closed type water-removal control apparatus,a dialyzer,a fresh dialysate line,as well as a used dialysate line,a dialysate pressurizing line,a dialysate pressurizing pump,provided in the dialysate pressurizing line,an artery side blood line,a blood pump,provided in the artery side blood line,and a vein side blood line,According to the dialysis system, by pressurizing a dialysate into a communication line of the dialysate, the dialysate is made to flow from a dialysate flow path,into a blood flow path,through a dialysis membrane,of the dialyzer,and the inside of a blood circulation path can be cleaned and primed.