Patents by Inventor Michael Kulz

Michael Kulz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and device for determining the transmembrane pressure in an extracorporeal blood treatment
    Patent number: 8676512
    Abstract: A method and device are provided for determining the transmembrane pressure during an extracorporeal blood treatment in which blood flows at a defined blood flow rate through an arterial blood conduit of an extracorporeal blood circuit into the inlet of a first chamber of a dialyzer, which is divided by a semipermeable membrane into the first chamber and a second chamber, and flows through a venous blood conduit from the outlet of the first chamber of the dialyzer, while dialysis liquid flows through a dialysis liquid supply conduit into the inlet of the second chamber of the dialyzer and flows through a dialaysis liquid discharge conduit from the outlet of the second chamber of the dialyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutchland GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Balschat, Alfred Gagel, Michael Kulz, Reiner Spickermann
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURE IN AN EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20100280761
    Abstract: A method and device are provided for determining the transmembrane pressure during an extracorporeal blood treatment in which blood flows at a defined blood flow rate through an arterial blood conduit of an extracorporeal blood circuit into the inlet of a first chamber of a dialyzer, which is divided by a semipermeable membrane into the first chamber and a second chamber, and flows through a venous blood conduit from the outlet of the first chamber of the dialyzer, while dialysis liquid flows through a dialysis liquid supply conduit into the inlet of the second chamber of the dialyzer and flows through a dialaysis liquid discharge conduit from the outlet of the second chamber of the dialyzer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Klaus Balschat, Alfred Gagel, Michael Külz, Rainer Spickermann