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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2007
Robert W. Childers, Trinity, FL (US);
Bruce E. Huitt, Odessa, FL (US);
Robert W. Childers, Trinity, FL (US);
Bruce E. Huitt, Odessa, FL (US);
Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Baxter Healthcare S.A., Glattpark (Opfikon), CH;
Abstract
A dialysis fluid flow control system includes a pumping cassette interface including a pump area operable with a pump chamber of a disposable cassette; the cassette interface further including a volumetric reference chamber used in a volumetric control of a dialysis fluid pumped pneumatically into and out of the pump chamber of the disposable cassette; a heater connected operably to the cassette interface; and a controller connected operably to the heater so as to cause the heater to heat at least a portion of the cassette interface to a desired temperature.