Patents Assigned to Nikkiso Company Limited
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Patent number: 9579445Abstract: A dialysate extraction apparatus which can reliably perform cleaning and disinfecting on an inside of a collection port without extending a separate flow route from an on-off device. The dialysate extraction apparatus includes a dialysate extraction device having an inlet and an outlet which can circulate a liquid, and having a collection port which can collect the circulating liquid; and a cap which is attachable to and detachable from the collection port of the dialysate extraction device and which can turn on and off the collection port. When the cap is attached, the collection port defines a guide route which guides the liquid introduced from the inlet to a tip a side of the collection port, and a discharge route which discharges the liquid guided by the guide route to the outlet side.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: NIKKISO COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Tadashi Iwahori, Hiroshi Nimura, Hachiro Edamura, Masahiro Takahashi
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Patent number: 9192708Abstract: To provide a dialysate extraction apparatus which can automate disinfecting work for a collection port or a sealing device of an opening/closing device and can reliably and easily clean the collection port or the sealing device of the opening/closing device. A dialysate extraction apparatus includes a dialysate extraction device that has an introduction port and a discharge port which are connected to a flow route of a liquid and can circulate the liquid and that has a collection port which can collect the circulated liquid; a cap that is attachable to and detachable from the collection port of the dialysate extraction device and can open and close the collection port; a sealing device that is attached to the cap and seals the collection port in a state where the cap is attached to the collection port of the dialysate extraction device; and a heating device that can heat the sealing device of the cap.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2014Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: NIKKISO COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Tadashi Iwahori, Masahiro Takahashi, Kazumi Yokoyama, Hachiro Edamura, Yusuke Nakano, Fumihiko Ishizaki
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Patent number: 8945037Abstract: A blood purification apparatus has a dialyzer (1), an arterial blood circuit (2) with a blood pump 4, a venous blood circuit 3, a dialysate introduction line L1, a dialysate discharge line L2, a substitution line L3, and a substitution pump 9 that supplies the dialysate flowing in the substitution line L3 to the arterial blood circuit 2. A control device (11) estimates or measures the concentration of blood in a dilution channel section A. The control device (11) controls the volume of dialysate supplied by the substitution pump 9 on the basis of the estimated or measured blood concentration.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Nikkiso Company LimitedInventors: Shinya Hasegawa, Masahiro Toyoda
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Patent number: 8900173Abstract: A blood purification apparatus has a dialyzer (1), an arterial blood circuit (2) with a blood pump (4), a venous blood circuit (3), a dialysis fluid introduction line (L1), a dialysis fluid discharge line (L2), a dialysate infusing line (L8), and a dialysate infusing pump (13). A closed circuit is formed in the flow route of the dialysis fluid on the dialysis fluid introduction line (L1) side including a predetermined part where a collection port (11) is formed. A testing process is performed to confirm the connection of the dialysate infusing line (L8) to the collection port (11) by measuring fluid pressure within the closed circuit while driving the dialysate infusing pump (13).Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2012Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Nikkiso Company LimitedInventor: Akira Sugioka
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Patent number: 8858487Abstract: A blood purification apparatus, during priming, has one end of the fluid infusing line L3 connected at the same location as the connected location of the fluid infusing line L3 during the blood purification treatment process. Determining whether either a pre-fluid infusion, where replenishment fluid is supplied to an arterial air trap chamber 5, or a post-fluid infusion, where the replenishment fluid is supplied to a venous air trap chamber 6, will be performed in the blood purification treatment process. The end of an arterial blood circuit 2 and the end of a venous blood circuit 3 are connected together to communicate fluid. In addition, a blood pump 4 is driven in normal rotation or in reverse rotation direction while the replenishment fluid is supplied from the fluid infusing line L3. The replenishment fluid is discharged from an overflow line 6a.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Nikkiso Company LimitedInventor: Tomohiro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20140219829Abstract: A pressure detection device of a liquid flow route is provided which detects a pressure of an arterial blood circuit consisting of a flexible tube, a portion of which is connected to a peristaitically-actuated tube that can cause an internal liquid to flow by being compressed in a radial direction and being peristaltically actuated in a longitudinal direction in a roller of a blood pump, and which enables a predetermined liquid to be circulated. The pressure detection device includes a load sensor that detects radial displacement of the peristaltically-actuated tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Nikkiso Company LimitedInventors: Sumiaki Matsuo, Kazumi Yokoyama, Kunihiko Akita
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Publication number: 20140209519Abstract: A blood purification apparatus which can maintain operability during a normal mode and visibility during a display mode, and which can smoothly and excellently confirm an operation status in any case of the normal mode and the display mode. The blood purification apparatus that performs blood purification treatment by purifying blood of a patient which is extracorporeally circulated includes a display device 2 which performs a display relating to the blood purification treatment. The display device 2 can switch the normal mode where an input operation relating to the blood purification treatment can be performed and a display relating to the blood purification treatment is performed and the display mode where the display relating to the blood purification treatment is exclusively performed. In the display during the display mode, a layout and a form of the display during the normal mode are maintained and enlargedly displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Nikkiso Company LimitedInventors: Tomohiro Furuhashi, Hiroaki Suzuki, Takayuki Hirano, Tomohiro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20140183114Abstract: To provide a dialysate extraction apparatus which can automate disinfecting work for a collection port or a sealing device of an opening/closing device and can reliably and easily clean the collection port or the sealing device of the opening/closing device. A dialysate extraction apparatus includes a dialysate extraction device that has an introduction port and a discharge port which are connected to a flow route of a liquid and can circulate the liquid and that has a collection port which can collect the circulated liquid; a cap that is attachable to and detachable from the collection port of the dialysate extraction device and can open and close the collection port; a sealing device that is attached to the cap and seals the collection port in a state where the cap is attached to the collection port of the dialysate extraction device; and a heating device that can heat the sealing device of the cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Nikkiso Company LimitedInventors: Tadashi Iwahori, Masahiro Takahashi, Kazumi Yokoyama, Hachiro Edamura, Yusuke Nakano, Fumihiko Ishizaki
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Publication number: 20140174997Abstract: The blood purification apparatus has a control device (19) that performs a venous returning blood process S1, an arterial returning blood process S4 and a negative pressure applying process S1a. The returning of the blood is performed by substituting a physiological saline solution for the blood in the blood circuit. The negative pressure applying process S1a releases a negative pressure after applying the negative pressure to a flow route on an upstream side from an arrangement position of a blood pump 4 in the arterial blood circuit (1). The blood pump (4) is in a normal rotation and an electromagnetic valve V3 switches over the physiological saline solution supplying line 8 from a closing state to a circulating state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: NIKKISO COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Hiroshi NIMURA, Kazumi YOKOYAMA, Tomohiro FURUHASHI
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Publication number: 20140138301Abstract: A dialysate extraction apparatus which can reliably perform cleaning and disinfecting on an inside of a collection port without extending a separate flow route from an on-off device. The dialysate extraction apparatus includes a dialysate extraction device having an inlet and an outlet which can circulate a liquid, and having a collection port which can collect the circulating liquid; and a cap which is attachable to and detachable from the collection port of the dialysate extraction device and which can turn on and off the collection port. When the cap is attached, the collection port defines a guide route which guides the liquid introduced from the inlet to a tip a side of the collection port, and a discharge route which discharges the liquid guided by the guide route to the outlet side.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: Nikkiso Company LimitedInventors: Tadashi Iwahori, Hiroshi Nimura, Hachiro Edamura, Masahiro Takahashi
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Publication number: 20140110318Abstract: The blood purification system includes a plurality of monitoring devices (1) with a dialyzer (5) to perform a blood purification treatment on a patient. A dialysate supplying device (2) supplies a dialysate to each of the monitoring devices (1). The plurality of monitoring devices (1) and the dialysate supplying device (2) are connected to each other by a LAN cable a. Predetermined information can be transmitted from the dialysate supplying device (2) to a specified monitoring device (1), out of the plurality of monitoring devices (1). The specified monitoring device (1) can perform an individual operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: NIKKISO COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Masaru KUCHIKI, Hiroaki SUZUKI, Harutoshi OKABE
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Publication number: 20140102959Abstract: A blood purification apparatus which can easily and quickly find a cause for alarm issuing. The blood purification apparatus that performs blood purification treatment by purifying blood of a patient which is extracorporeally circulated and that includes a display device 2 which performs a display relating to the blood purification treatment. The display device 2 can switch and display a plurality of screens including an alarm screen displayed due to alarm issuing. The alarm screen is displayed together with multiple type information items required for finding a cause for the alarm issuing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Nikkiso Company LimitedInventors: Tomohiro Furuhashi, Hiroaki Suzuki, Takayuki Hirano, Tomohiro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20140098627Abstract: A mixing apparatus which can reliably prevent an auxiliary liquid from being unintentionally mixed into a main unit even when a failure occurs in a switching device, and which can prevent the switching device or an auxiliary flow route from being damaged even when a pressurizing device malfunctions due to the failure. The mixing apparatus includes a pipe circulating dilution water; a pipe circulating a disinfecting solution; a pressurizing pump circulating the disinfecting solution in the pipe toward the pipe; and a check valve capable of optionally turning on and off the pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: Nikkiso Company LimitedInventors: Hiroaki Mochizuki, Harutoshi Okabe
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Publication number: 20140083917Abstract: A blood purification system includes a plurality of monitoring devices (1) each attached to a dialyzer (5) to perform a blood purification treatment on a patient. A dialysate supplying device (2) supplies a dialysate to each of the monitoring devices (1). The plurality of monitoring devices (1) and the dialysate supplying device (2) are connected to each other by a LAN cable ?. Thus, predetermined individual information relating to the plurality of monitoring devices (1) is transmitted from each of the monitoring devices (1) to the dialysate supplying device (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: NIKKISO COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Harutoshi OKABE, Hiroaki SUZUKI, Masaru KUCHIKI
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Patent number: 8608680Abstract: A dialysis apparatus has a dialysate infusing line. One end of the dialysate infusing line is connected to the dialysate introducing line or the dialysate discharging line. The other end is branched out at a branch point into two flow routes, respectively, a first branch end and a second branch end. The first branch end is connectable to the arterial blood circuit or the venous blood circuit. The second branch end is connectable to the tip end of the arterial blood circuit during the blood-returning process. A dialysate infusing pump is arranged on the dialysate infusing line at a connection-side of the dialysate infusing line relative to the dialysate introducing line or the dialysate discharging line from the branch point. The dialysate infusing pump supplies the dialysate of the dialysate introducing line or the dialysate discharging line to the first branch end and the second branch end.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2012Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Nikkiso Company LimitedInventors: Shinya Hasegawa, Kensaku Tanaka
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Publication number: 20130150768Abstract: A blood purification apparatus has a blood circuit, a blood pump and a blood purification instrument. A dialysate is introduced into and exits the blood purifying instrument. The blood purification apparatus has a pressure varying mechanism to vary pressure in a closed circuit under a condition where the blood circuit is formed as a closed circuit in a sealed condition connecting the tip end of the arterial blood circuit and the tip end of the venous blood circuit. A liquid leakage detecting mechanism detects liquid leakage in the blood circuit in accordance with pressure variation generated by the pressure varying mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2013Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: Nikkiso Company LimitedInventor: Nikkiso Company Limited
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Publication number: 20130035626Abstract: A blood purification apparatus, during priming, has one end of the fluid infusing line L3 connected at the same location as the connected location of the fluid infusing line L3 during the blood purification treatment process. Determining whether either a pre-fluid infusion, where replenishment fluid is supplied to an arterial air trap chamber 5, or a post-fluid infusion, where the replenishment fluid is supplied to a venous air trap chamber 6, will be performed in the blood purification treatment process. The end of an arterial blood circuit 2 and the end of a venous blood circuit 3 are connected together to communicate fluid. In addition, a blood pump 4 is driven in normal rotation or in reverse rotation direction while the replenishment fluid is supplied from the fluid infusing line L3. The replenishment fluid is discharged from an overflow line 6a.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2012Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: Nikkiso Company LimitedInventor: Tomohiro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20130030347Abstract: A blood purification apparatus has a dialyzer (1), an arterial blood circuit (2) with a blood pump (4), a venous blood circuit (3), a dialysis fluid introduction line (L1), a dialysis fluid discharge line (L2), a dialysate infusing line (L8), and a dialysate infusing pump (13). A closed circuit is formed in the flow route of the dialysis fluid on the dialysis fluid introduction line (L1) side including a predetermined part where a collection port (11) is formed. A testing process is performed to confirm the connection of the dialysate infusing line (L8) to the collection port (11) by measuring fluid pressure within the closed circuit while driving the dialysate infusing pump (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: Nikkiso Company LimitedInventor: Akira Sugioka
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Publication number: 20130023812Abstract: A blood purification apparatus has a dialyzer (1), an arterial blood circuit (2) with a blood pump 4, a venous blood circuit 3, a dialysate introduction line L1, a dialysate discharge line L2, a substitution line L3, and a substitution pump 9 that supplies the dialysate flowing in the substitution line L3 to the arterial blood circuit 2. A control device (11) estimates or measures the concentration of blood in a dilution channel section A. The control device (11) controls the volume of dialysate supplied by the substitution pump 9 on the basis of the estimated or measured blood concentration.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2012Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: Nikkiso Company LimitedInventor: Nikkiso Company Limited
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Publication number: 20120302934Abstract: A dialysis apparatus has a dialysate infusing line. One end of the dialysate infusing line is connected to the dialysate introducing line or the dialysate discharging line. The other end is branched out at a branch point into two flow routes, respectively, a first branch end and a second branch end. The first branch end is connectable to the arterial blood circuit or the venous blood circuit. The second branch end is connectable to the tip end of the arterial blood circuit during the blood-returning process. A dialysate infusing pump is arranged on the dialysate infusing line at a connection-side of the dialysate infusing line relative to the dialysate introducing line or the dialysate discharging line from the branch point. The dialysate infusing pump supplies the dialysate of the dialysate introducing line or the dialysate discharging line to the first branch end and the second branch end.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: Nikkiso Company LimitedInventors: Shinya Hasegawa, Kensaku Tanaka