The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2003
Michio Mineshima, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Akiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Masuda, Osaka, JP;
Susumu Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Michio Mineshima, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Akiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Masuda, Osaka, JP;
Susumu Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Nipro Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A peritoneal dialyzer including: a catheter capable of injecting and discharging peritoneal dialysate in an abdominal cavity of a patient; a peritoneal dialysate circuit connected to the catheter; and a dialyzer provided in the peritoneal dialysate circuit, the dialyzer including a hemodialysate circuit connected so that peritoneal dialysate passing through the inside can come into contact with a hemodialysate via a hollow fiber membrane, characterized in that means capable of measuring an osmotic agent concentration in the peritoneal dialysate is provided on the peritoneal dialysate circuit on the side of the end at which the catheter is connected with respect to the dialyzer, and a mechanism for dehydrating the peritoneal dialysate according to the osmotic agent concentration measured by the aforementioned means is provided on the hemodialysate circuit, and a method of peritoneal dialysis using the peritoneal dialyzer.