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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2000
Gregory R. Collins, Monroe, NY (US);
Edward C. Spence, Bronx, NY (US);
James Summerton, Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Nephros, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
In a blood dialysis system including a source of substitution fluid and a blood dialysis machine, a hemodiafiltration system comprises a first dialyzer including a first blood compartment having a first blood inlet which receives blood to be cleaned and a first blood outlet which expels partially diafiltered blood and a first dialysate compartment having a first dialysate inlet and a first dialysate outlet, means for mixing the partially diafiltered blood with substitution fluid from the source to obtain a blood/substitution fluid mixture, and a second dialyzer including a second blood compartment having a second blood inlet which receives the blood/substitution fluid mixture and a second blood outlet which expels diafiltered blood and a second dialysate compartment having a second dialysate inlet and a second dialysate outlet.