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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2001
James Summerton, Hillsdale, NJ (US);
Gregory R. Collins, Monroe, NY (US);
Edward Spence, Bronx, NY (US);
James Summerton, Hillsdale, NJ (US);
Gregory R. Collins, Monroe, NY (US);
Edward Spence, Bronx, NY (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 having 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 discharges 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 hemofilter () including a second blood compartment () having a second blood inlet which receives the blood/substitution fluid mixture and a second blood outlet which discharges filtered blood and a second permeate compartment () having a second permeate outlet.