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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2008
John Bedingfield, Largo, FL (US);
Brian Lauman, Clearwater, FL (US);
John Bedingfield, Largo, FL (US);
Brian Lauman, Clearwater, FL (US);
Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Baxter Healthcare S.A., Glattpark (Opfikon), CH;
Abstract
A dialysis machine having a multiple line voltage heater includes first and second heater elements, first and second switching devices connected electrically to the first and second heating elements, first and second power lines, and a control element configured to provide a first switching device state in which power at a first voltage is supplied via the first and second power lines to both first and second heater elements via both first and second switching devices and a second switching device state in which power at a second voltage is supplied via the first and second power lines to the first heater element only via the first switching device.