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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:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nikolai M. Krivitski, Ithaca, NY (US);
Victor V. Kislukhin, Moscow, RU;
Assignee:
Transonic Systems, Inc., Ithaca, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/36 ; A61M 3/700 ; B01D 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/36 ; A61M 3/700 ; B01D 1/100 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for monitoring and measuring the filter blood volume by dilution techniques in real time, wherein the filter may be in use or off line during the measurements. The system includes a method and apparatus for measuring or monitoring the volume of a blood side of a filter by employing one of a bolus in the blood side upstream of the filter; a change of the filtration rate in the filter; and a bolus on the dialysate side, wherein the filter blood volume is calculated from the obtained data.