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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2011
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, Gulfport, FL (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, Gulfport, FL (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., Deerfield, IL (US);
Baxter Healthcare S.A., Glattpark (Opfikon), CH;
Abstract
A peritoneal dialysis system includes a disposable cassette including a flexible sheet; a hardware unit including (i) at least one pump actuator and piston head moved by the pump actuator, (ii) at least one valve actuator, (iii) at least one sensor, and (iv) a disposable cassette interface for interfacing with the disposable cassette, the disposable cassette interface including: (a) at least one pump aperture, the at least one piston head moveable out of and retractable into the at least one pump aperture to move a corresponding pumping portion of the flexible sheet of the disposable cassette, the piston head moving within a vacuum chamber, the vacuum chamber enabling a vacuum to be pulled around the piston head to the flexible sheet of the disposable cassette; (b) at least one valve aperture, at least a portion of the at least one valve actuator located in the valve aperture to move a valve portion of the flexible sheet of the disposable cassette; and (c) at least one sensor aperture, the at least one sensor located in the at least one sensor aperture, the at least one sensor operable with a sensor portion of the flexible sheet of the disposable cassette.