Heating device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10646633-B2
Application number	US-201515510788-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 8, 2015
Priority date	Sep 12, 2014
Publication date	May 12, 2020
Grant date	May 12, 2020

Abstract

A heating device for one or more components of an extracorporeal circuit of a blood treatment device, in particular a dialyzer, an adsorber, or a filter, includes at least one reception region for the component, and at least one heating element for heating the component located in the receiver. The heating device has a plurality of layers, with at least one layer being a flexible layer or an elastically deformable layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heating device for a component of an extracorporeal circuit of a blood treatment device, the heating device comprising:
a reception region for receiving the component to be heated;
a heating element for heating the component located in the reception region;
a flexible layer;
an elastically deformable layer; and
a rigid layer,
with the layers being configured such that the rigid layer is an outer side of the heating device, the elastically deformable layer is arranged between the flexible layer and the rigid layer, and the flexible layer is an inner side that contacts the component being heated.

2. The heating device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the rigid layer has a Young's modulus of 700 N/mm 2 or more.

3. The heating device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein a compressive force at 25% compression of the elastically deformable layer is in a range from 0.01 N/mm 2 to 0.7 N/mm 2 .

4. The heating device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the flexible layer has a maximum bending resistance with respect to a width of the flexible layer of 6.75 N/mm 2 /mm or less.

5. The heating device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the elastically deformable layer has a thickness that is greater than a thickness of at least one of the rigid layer and the flexible layer.

6. The heating device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the flexible layer has a material of construction that includes at least one of silicone, polyimide, carbon, and aluminum.

7. The heating device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the elastically deformable layer has a material of construction that includes at least one of rubber and foam.

8. The heating device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the rigid layer has a material of construction that includes at least one of a plastic, aluminum, and a hard foam.

9. The heating device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the component received in the reception region is a dialyzer, a filter, or a tube.

10. The heating device in accordance with claim 9 , wherein an outer dimension of the component corresponds to, or exceeds, an inner dimension of the reception region.

11. The heating device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the heating element is arranged between two of the the flexible layer, the elastically deformable layer, and the rigid layer, or in at least one of the flexible layer, the elastically deformable layer, and the rigid layer.

12. A blood treatment device comprising a heating device in accordance with claim 1 .

13. The heating device according to claim 6 , wherein the flexible layer includes an aluminum film.

14. The heating device according to claim 7 , wherein the elastically deformable layer includes a silicone foam.

15. The heating device according to claim 8 , wherein the plastic of the rigid layer is at least one of a PP and a PET.

16. The heating device according to claim 11 , wherein the heating element is arranged in the flexible layer.

17. The blood treatment device according to claim 12 , wherein the device is a dialysis machine.

Assignees

• Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland Gmbh

Inventors

• Peters Arne
• Oerter Goekhan

Classifications

• H05B2203/021

  Heaters specially adapted for heating liquids · CPC title

• A61M1/367

  Circuit parts not covered by the preceding subgroups of group A61M1/3621 · CPC title

• H05B3/58

  Heating hoses; Heating collars · CPC title

• A61M5/44

  having means for cooling or heating the devices or media · CPC title

• A61M2205/3653

  by Joule effect, i.e. electric resistance · CPC title