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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Frederick Weitzel, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
H. David Humes, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Emil Presley Paganini, Chesterland, OH (US);
Deborah Ann Buffington, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Angela J. Funke, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 3/700 ; C02F 1/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 3/700 ; C02F 1/44 ;
Abstract
A circuit for extracorporeal treatment of a body fluid, the circuit including in serial fluidic communication an inlet for receiving the body fluid from a patient, a first pump, a first treatment device for processing the body fluid, a second pump, an outlet for returning processed body fluid to the patient; and a shunt. The shunt is upstream from the first pump and downstream from the second pump.