Abstract: An apparatus for extracorporeal treatment of fluid and a process of setting up a medical apparatus for the delivery or collection of fluids are disclosed. According to the apparatus and the process, a control unit (10) is configured calculate set values of two or more of the fluid flow rates by imposing that an emptying time of containers of fresh fluid (16, 20, 21, 26) and/or a filling time of a waste container is substantially same as, or multiple of, the emptying time of one or more of the other containers of fresh fluid.

Abstract: An apparatus for extracorporeal treatment of fluid and a process of setting up a medical apparatus for the delivery or collection of fluids are disclosed. According to the apparatus and the process, a control unit (10) is configured calculate set values of two or more of the fluid flow rates by imposing that an emptying time of containers of fresh fluid (16, 20, 21, 26) and/or a filling time of a waste container is substantially same as, or multiple of, the emptying time of one or more of the other containers of fresh fluid.

Abstract: An apparatus for extracorporeal treatment of fluid and a process of setting up a medical apparatus for the delivery or collection of fluids are disclosed. According to the apparatus and the process, a control unit (10) is configured calculate set values of two or more of the fluid flow rates by imposing that an emptying time of containers of fresh fluid (16, 20, 21, 26) and/or a filling time of a waste container is substantially same as, or multiple of, the emptying time of one or more of the other containers of fresh fluid.

Abstract: An apparatus for extracorporeal treatment of fluid and a process of setting up a medical apparatus for the delivery or collection of fluids are disclosed. According to the apparatus and the process, a control unit (10) is configured calculate set values of two or more of the fluid flow rates by imposing that an emptying time of containers of fresh fluid (16, 20, 21, 26) and/or a filling time of a waste container is substantially same as, or multiple of, the emptying time of one or more of the other containers of fresh fluid.

Abstract: An extracorporeal circuit has been conceived including: lines (16) which include passages for blood or a medical liquid; a connector (38, 40) at a free end of each of the lines (16); a cassette (18) supporting the lines, and dummy connectors (42, 44) attached to the cassette (18) and each adapted to form a mating connection with a respective one of the connectors (38, 40) at the free ends of the lines (16), wherein the connectors (38, 40) are arranged in accordance with a sequence in which the lines (16) are attached for a blood treatment session or are grouped in accordance with types of liquids to flow through the lines (16) during the blood treatment session. The extracorporeal circuit may be a circuit for dialysis and the circuit includes a hemodialyzer. Further, the connectors (38, 40) and dummy connectors (42, 44) may each be one of a male or female luer lock connector, and the dummy connectors (42, 44) may include both male and female connectors.

Abstract: Extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus and methods including a main treatment unit and an auxiliary treatment unit, along with one or more sensors for determining a parameter related to a pressure drop across the auxiliary treatment unit, and a control unit configured to control a flow regulator at least based on the parameter value.

Abstract: Connector for a fluid transport line of a medical device, comprising: a first body having a first access port for a fluid, a second access port for a fluid, and a first fluid path extending in the first body and directly connecting, for fluid transport, the first access port and second access port, at least a second body, mountable to the first body, having at least a third access port for a fluid, the second body being movable with respect to the first body at least between: a main operating position in which the first fluid path is interrupted and in which a second fluid path is defined and enabled, for fluid transport, from the first access port to the third access port, and an auxiliary operating position in which the first fluid path is enabled and in which the second fluid path is interrupted.

Abstract: An extracorporeal circuit has been conceived including: lines (16) which include passages for blood or a medical liquid; a connector (38, 40) at a free end of each of the lines (16); a cassette (18) supporting the lines, and dummy connectors (42, 44) attached to the cassette (18) and each adapted to form a mating connection with a respective one of the connectors (38, 40) at the free ends of the lines (16), wherein the connectors (38, 40) are arranged in accordance with a sequence in which the lines (16) are attached for a blood treatment session or are grouped in accordance with types of liquids to flow through the lines (16) during the blood treatment session. The extracorporeal circuit may be a circuit for dialysis and the circuit includes a hemodialyzer. Further, the connectors (38, 40) and dummy connectors (42, 44) may each be one of a male or female luer lock connector, and the dummy connectors (42, 44) may include both male and female connectors.

Abstract: A blood treatment system is primed with a replacement liquid that flows directly into the access line of the blood circuit. The replacement liquid may be replacement fluid or blood stored in the replacement bag or the pre-blood pump (PBP) bag. These replacement liquids from the replacement and PBP bags are also used during blood treatment. These replacement liquids are blood or a replacement fluid and, particularly, have electrolyte levels the same as or similar to the electrolyte levels in the vascular blood of the patient.

Abstract: In a single needle extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus, an ultrafiltration pump (10) performs a pure ultrafiltration of ultrafiltrate from an hemofilter (4). The blood may be continuously circulated through the hemofilter using a first pump (5), which alternates an higher flow rate during the arterial phase and a lower flow rate during the venous phase, and a second pump (6) which is maintained at a flow rate intermediate between said higher and lower flow rate. The apparatus may be used for treatment of Congestive Heart Failure.

Abstract: An apparatus for extracorporeal treatment of fluid and a process of setting up a medical apparatus for the delivery or collection of fluids are disclosed. According to the apparatus and the process, a control unit (10) is configured calculate set values of two or more of the fluid flow rates by imposing that an emptying time of containers of fresh fluid (16, 20, 21, 26) and/or a filling time of a waste container is substantially same as, or multiple of the emptying time of one or more of the other containers of fresh fluid.

Abstract: A connector for a fluid transport line of a medical device including: a first body having a first access port, a second access port, and a first fluid path extending through the first body and directly connecting, for fluid transport, the first access port and second access port; a second body, mountable to the first body, having a third access port, the second body being movable with respect to the first body between (i) a main operating position in which the first fluid path is interrupted and in which a second fluid path is defined and enabled from the first access port to the third access port, and (ii) an auxiliary operating position in which the first fluid path is enabled and in which the second fluid path is interrupted.

Abstract: The invention relates to a medical device for providing a plurality of extracorporeal blood or plasma treatments, apt to receive at least one disposable article that can be connected to extracorporeal circuit, each disposable article being equipped with storage means containing information about the disposable article, the device comprising a first receiving station (2) for disposable articles (100) with a first reading means (3) for the associated article, a second receiving station (3) for disposable articles (100) with a second reading means (3) for the associated article, a memory comprising information concerning at least one treatment protocol designed to be executed by the device, and information concerning a configuration of the disposable articles necessary for each treatment protocol at each receiving station, a control unit (10) for comparing the stored configuration of articles concerning a treatment protocol with the configuration of articles once it is installed.

Abstract: In a single needle extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus, an ultrafiltration pump (10) performs a pure ultrafiltration of ultrafiltrate from an hemofilter (4). The blood may be continuously circulated through the hemofilter using a first pump (5), which alternates an higher flow rate during the arterial phase and a lower flow rate during the venous phase, and a second pump (6) which is maintained at a flow rate intermediate between said higher and lower flow rate. The apparatus may be used for treatment of Congestive Heart Failure.

Abstract: A blood treatment system is primed with a replacement liquid that flows directly into the access line of the blood circuit. The replacement liquid may be replacement fluid or blood stored in the replacement bag or the pre-blood pump (PBP) bag. These replacement liquids from the replacement and PBP bags are also used during blood treatment. These replacement liquids are blood or a replacement fluid and, particularly, have electrolyte levels the same as or similar to the electrolyte levels in the vascular blood of the patient.

Abstract: Extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus and methods including a main treatment unit and an auxiliary treatment unit, along with one or more sensors for determining a parameter related to a pressure drop across the auxiliary treatment unit, and a control unit configured to control a flow regulator at least based on the parameter value.

Abstract: In a single needle extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus, an ultrafiltration pump (10) performs a pure ultrafiltration of ultrafiltrate from an hemofilter (4). The blood may be continuously circulated through the hemofilter using a first pump (5), which alternates an higher flow rate during the arterial phase and a lower flow rate during the venous phase, and a second pump (6) which is maintained at a flow rate intermediate between said higher and lower flow rate. The apparatus may be used for treatment of Congestive Heart Failure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a medical device for providing a plurality of extracorporeal blood or plasma treatments, apt to receive at least one disposable article that can be connected to extracorporeal circuit, each disposable article being equipped with storage means containing information about the disposable article, the device comprising a first receiving station (2) for disposable articles (100) with a first reading means (3) for the associated article, a second receiving station (3) for disposable articles (100) with a second reading means (3) for the associated article, a memory comprising information concerning at least one treatment protocol designed to be executed by the device, and information concerning a configuration of the disposable articles necessary for each treatment protocol at each receiving station, a control unit (10) for comparing the stored configuration of articles concerning a treatment protocol with the configuration of articles once it is installed.

Abstract: A device and method for an extracorporeal blood treatment is described. The device comprising at least one exchanger equipped with at least one first inlet for the blood to be treated, a first fluid outlet and a second fluid outlet, an input line for blood to be treated connected to the first inlet of the exchanger, a blood output line (or venous line) connected to the first outlet of the exchanger, at least one treatment unit comprising at least one first fluid inlet and at least one first fluid outlet, the second outlet of the exchanger being in fluid communication with the first inlet of the treatment unit, where the first outlet from the treatment unit is in fluid communication with the input line and the second outlet of the treatment unit is in fluid communication with a first waste liquid discharge line.

Abstract: A device for the extracorporeal treatment of blood comprising at least one exchanger (1) comprising a semi-permeable membrane (6) dividing said exchanger into a first chamber (7) and a second chamber (8), at least one first inlet (2) for blood to be treated being in fluid communication with the first chamber (7) of the exchanger, a first fluid outlet (4) being in fluid communication with the first chamber (7) of the exchanger and a second fluid outlet (5) being in fluid communication with the second chamber (8) of the exchanger, an input line (10) for blood to be treated connected to the first inlet (2) of the exchanger (1), a blood output line (11) connected to the first outlet (4) of the exchanger (1), at least one treatment unit (21) comprising a semi-permeable membrane (26) dividing the treatment unit (21) into a first chamber (27) and a second chamber (28), at least one first fluid inlet (22) being in fluid communication with the second chamber (28) of the treatment unit (21) and at least one first fluid