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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2002
Robert W. Childers, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Richard Avoy, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
John Booras, Wildwood, IL (US);
Joseph H. Bowman, Jr., Lake Villa, IL (US);
Paul Grippo, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Andrew D. Hopping, Largo, FL (US);
David Howard, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Jeffrey W. Jerrell, Clearwater, FL (US);
Benjamin Kellam, Clearwater, FL (US);
Brian Lauman, Clearwater, FL (US);
Sherwin Shang, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
David Vescovi, Pinellas Park, FL (US);
Tahua Yang, Woodridge, IL (US);
Alex Yu, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Robert W. Childers, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Richard Avoy, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
John Booras, Wildwood, IL (US);
Joseph H. Bowman, Jr., Lake Villa, IL (US);
Paul Grippo, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Andrew D. Hopping, Largo, FL (US);
David Howard, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Jeffrey W. Jerrell, Clearwater, FL (US);
Benjamin Kellam, Clearwater, FL (US);
Brian Lauman, Clearwater, FL (US);
Sherwin Shang, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
David Vescovi, Pinellas Park, FL (US);
Tahua Yang, Woodridge, IL (US);
Alex Yu, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Baxter International Inc., Derrfield, IL (US);
Baxter Healthcare S.A., Zurich, CH;
Abstract
The present invention provides systems, methods and apparatuses for medical fluid delivery systems that employ a pumping cassette. In particular, the present invention provides systems, methods and apparatuses for cassette-based dialysis therapies including hemodialysis, hemofiltration, APD (including tidal modalities) and CFPD. The embodiments described include a combined pump/valve housing, a fail safe pump/valve arrangement, a cassette auto-alignment feature, a pumping membrane material, a multiplexing valve arrangement, an expert fluid pumping management system, an integral port vent and an in-line air separation chamber and combinations of each of these.