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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory R. Collins, Monroe, NY (US);
Edward C. Spence, Bronx, NY (US);
Assignee:
Nephros, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 6/124 ; B01D 6/126 ; B01D 6/128 ; B01D 6/132 ; A61M 1/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 6/124 ; B01D 6/126 ; B01D 6/128 ; B01D 6/132 ; A61M 1/34 ;
Abstract
A method of hemodiafiltration including the steps of supplying a blood inflow, diafiltering the blood inflow using a first non-isosmotic dialysate fluid to provide a partially diafiltered blood outflow, mixing the partially diafiltered blood outflow with a substitution fluid to provide a blood/substitution fluid mixture, and diafiltering the blood/substitution fluid mixture using a second non-isosmotic dialysate fluid.