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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2013
Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland Gmbh, Bad Homburg, DE;
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Christian Schlaeper, Wehrheim, DE;
Harald Peter, Schweinfurt, DE;
Martin Joseph Crnkovich, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg, DE;
Abstract
This disclosure relates to blood flow reversal valves and related systems and methods. In certain aspects of the invention, a blood flow reversal valve includes a first member having a first passage and a second passage, and a second member having a first passage and a second passage. The first and second members are rotatably fixed relative to one another such that the first passage of the first member is aligned with the first passage of the second member and the second passage of the first member is aligned with the second passage of the second member. A flow directing element is disposed in the cavity and is moveable relative to the first and second members between a first position in which the first passage of the first member and the first passage of the second member are fluidly connected and a second position in which the first passage of the first member and the second passage of the second member are fluidly connected.