Renal failure therapy machines and methods including conductive and convective clearance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9216246-B2
Application number	US-201113249582-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2011
Priority date	Nov 5, 2003
Publication date	Dec 22, 2015
Grant date	Dec 22, 2015

Abstract

A renal failure therapy method includes causing therapy fluid to flow to a renal failure therapy filter, directing at least twenty-five percent of the therapy fluid to the renal failure therapy filter to perform conductive clearance, and using the renal therapy failure filter to cause at least a substantial amount of the remaining therapy fluid to perform diffusive clearance.

First claim

The invention is claimed as follows:

1. A renal failure therapy method comprising:
(a) causing therapy fluid to flow to a renal failure therapy filter;
(b) restricting flow to cause the therapy fluid to be pressed through a membrane of the renal failure therapy filter into an extracorporeal circuit so that at least twenty-five percent of the therapy fluid to the renal failure therapy filter performs convective clearance; and
(c) using the renal failure therapy filter to cause…

Assignees

• Kelly Thomas
• Childers Robert W
• Busby Don
• Roger Rodolfo
• El Sayyid Waleed Mutasem
• Din Shahid
• Baxter Int
• Baxter Healthcare Sa

Inventors

• Kelly Thomas
• Childers Robert W
• Busby Don
• Roger Rodolfo
• El Sayyid Waleed Mutasem
• Din Shahid

Classifications

• A61M1/3486

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61M1/3434

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61M1/3458

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61M1/3427

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61M2205/3337

  Human Necessities · mapped topic