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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2010
Reinhold Reiter, Crema, IT;
Massimo Fini, Mirandola, IT;
Alain Veneroni, Spino d'Adda, IT;
Johannes Bartholomaeus, Aachen, DE;
Gerhard Wiesen, Bad Homburg, DE;
Reinhold Reiter, Crema, IT;
Massimo Fini, Mirandola, IT;
Alain Veneroni, Spino d'Adda, IT;
Johannes Bartholomaeus, Aachen, DE;
Gerhard Wiesen, Bad Homburg, DE;
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Bad Homburg, DE;
Abstract
A tubing set suitable for use in co-operation with a hemodialysis machine includes an out-tube for supplying the blood from the patient to a filter of the machine, an in-tube for supplying the blood from the filter back to the patient, a drip chamber placed along one of the tubes, adapted to let the blood drip through an air buffer, and a vial gate for the connection of vials containing drugs to be delivered into the blood. The vial gate includes a delivery lumen, suitable for delivering the drug from the vial to the drip chamber, and a vent lumen, suitable for providing air inside the vial in order to replace the delivered drug.