Abstract: A device for measuring at least one measurand is disclosed which comprises a sensor device with at least one sensor and, via at least one medium-carrying detection path, can be connected to at least one of a plurality of devices outputting at least one flow of a medium to be captured. The at least one sensor is arranged to selectively detect at least one measurand with respect to at least one medium flow output by one of said plurality of devices. A system which includes the sensor device in a centralized way further comprises at least one device outputting the flow of the medium to be measured at least one outlet, wherein one of the devices can be selectively selected and can be connected to the sensor device for a predetermined period of time if several devices outputting a medium flow are connected to the sensor device for measuring at least one measurand.

Abstract: A reel changing device is described for reeling fiber bundles from a fiber strand exiting a spinning device, including at least a first reel carrier and a second reel carrier on each of which a reel suited for winding up the fiber strand is arranged and which are movably received and guided in at least a first reel guide and a second reel guide so that the reels are adapted to be positioned one after another in an exit direction of the fiber strand so as to enable, in the case of a reel change, the fiber strand to be directly transferred from the first reel arranged on the first reel carrier to the second reel arranged on the second reel carrier. Moreover, a reel changing method in such reel changing device is described.

Abstract: A locking state detector comprises a magnet disposed at a first portion of a casing which has an opening that is lockable with an opening locking means. A detector is disposed at a second portion of the casing, the second portion being spaced apart from the first portion such that a clearance between the first and second portions is formed. An interfering component is fixed to an interfering component pivoting means, which is disposed in the opening locking means and arranged to pivot into the clearance and out of the clearance when the interfering component pivoting means is rotated. The detector is arranged to detect a locked state and a non-locked state of the opening locking means in cooperation with the magnet and the interfering component, and to indicate the detected state for subsequent processing.

Abstract: A coupling for fluid-tight connection of two fluid-guiding portions in medical applications. The coupling is an axially lockable quick-connect coupling and comprises a male coupling portion having a continuous first passage and a female coupling portion adapted to be slipped over the male coupling portion and having a continuous second passage. A preferably circumferential radial sealing is provided on the outer periphery of the male coupling portion and/or on the inner periphery of the female coupling portion.

Abstract: A sieve-like filter unit, especially for a cartridge-shaped receptacle, which is arranged on a connecting port/connector of the receptacle and is designed to withhold undissolved powder and/or solid particles present in the receptacle, comprising at least two openings each being composed of at least two connected part recesses, wherein each individual opening in its entirety is formed to be extending in a non-linear manner.

Abstract: An extracorporeal alarm suppression method is arranged to be carried out in a continuous renal replacement therapy and/or chronic hemodialysis device and includes the steps of monitoring vascular access pressure, including arterial and/or venous pressure, of a patient using a vascular access pressure monitoring means; detecting an access pressure alarm situation if the arterial or venous pressure is out of predetermined alarm limits; when a first access pressure alarm situation is detected, setting the device to an alarm suppression state reducing the blood flow and therapy flows using an alarm suppression state setting means; detecting that a predetermined alarm suppression state condition is met using a predetermined alarm suppression state condition detecting means, the predetermined alarm suppression state condition including at least a predetermined waiting time having passed or a parameter threshold having been reached after the first access pressure alarm situation has been detected; and when a further

Abstract: An apparatus for sterilizing a dialyzer for extracorporeal blood treatment includes a pulsed electric field generator arranged for generating a pulsed electric field penetrating the dialyzer received between a first electrode and a second electrode, when a pulsed electric voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode of the generator. A method of sterilizing a dialyzer for extracorporeal blood treatment adapted to be executed using the apparatus incorporates, in a process for preparing or manufacturing the dialyzer, at least the steps of generating a pulsed electric field using a predetermined number of electric pulses of defined electric voltage, defined pulse duration and defined pulse-off time between the pulses, and applying the pulsed electric field to the dialyzer.

Abstract: A centrifuge plate is disclosed which is intended for casting housing ends of hollow fiber filter modules and can be rotated around a centrifuge axis. The centrifuge plate includes at least two bearing elements arranged diametrically with respect to the centrifuge axis and provided for supporting a housing of a hollow fiber filter module to be cast, wherein each bearing element is rotatably supported on the centrifuge plate around a bearing axle which is parallel to the centrifuge axis.

Abstract: A membrane for the purification of blood, or a dialysis membrane, in hollow-fiber membrane or flat membrane geometry, made of a composite assembled from at least a base membrane based on at least one polysulfone or a polyphenylsulfone with at least one pore-forming hydrophilic additive and at least one functional layer arranged on the base membrane, whereby the functional layer is formed from at least one polymeric polycationic bonding agent and at least one polymeric polyanion, whereby the base membrane is made of a material which is selected from: a polysulfone [PSU], a sulfonated polysulfone [SPSU], a polyethersulfone [PES], a sulfonated polyethersulfone [SPES], a polyphenylsulfone [PPSU], a sulfonated polyphenylsulfone [SPPSU]; and mixtures of these.

Abstract: A method of draining a device for extracorporeal blood treatment, wherein the device comprises a dialyzer which is divided by means of a membrane into a first chamber and a second chamber, an arterial line connected to a blood inlet of the first chamber, a venous line connected to a blood outlet of the first chamber, a dialysis fluid line for fresh dialysis fluid connected to a dialysis fluid inlet of the second chamber and a dialysis fluid line for used dialysis fluid connected to a dialysis fluid outlet of the second chamber, a blood pump disposed in the arterial line, a venous expansion chamber disposed in the venous line and an air detector unit downstream of the venous expansion chamber, and wherein the method comprises the following steps of: connecting a patient-side port of the arterial line to a patient-side port of the venous line; generating a negative pressure in the second chamber; operating the blood pump in a first direction and draining the arterial and venous lines in the first direction via

Abstract: A concentrate container for an extracorporeal blood treatment machine with a fluid inlet at a first end of the concentrate container and a fluid outlet at a second end of the concentrate container as well as at least one connector to hold a coupling fitting of a fluid conduit, wherein at least one connector is concave in shape and is positioned inside the container. A system for use with this concentrate container, in which the coupling fittings are convex in shape. A connection piece provides for disinfection of the system.

Abstract: A dialysis machine comprising internal fluidics, wherein the internal fluidics includes a dialysis fluid pump for pumping dialysis fluid from a dialysis fluid reservoir through a dialysis fluid feed line to a dialyzer and from the dialyzer through a dialysis fluid drain line to a waste reservoir, a substitution fluid pump for supplying dialysis fluid through a substitution fluid feed line as substitution fluid to an extracorporeal hose system including ports on the patient side and coupling means for connecting the extracorporeal hose system to the internal fluidics is disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a medical apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment, comprising an antimicrobial surface coating, wherein the antimicrobial surface coating is a powder coating. It further relates to a method for controlling microbes and microorganisms on a surface of a medical apparatus, wherein a powder coating contains components, in particular additives, with an antimicrobial effect.

Abstract: An extracorporeal blood purification system with at least one extracorporeal blood purification apparatus, preferably dialysis machine, which is prepared to go through a centrally controlled disinfection process for a blood purification process, as well as with an internal fluid line system which is disinfected at least during the disinfection process by a disinfectant, including an internal or external disinfecting or cleaning case which is at least during the disinfection process via at least one case connection connected to the internal fluid conduit system to receive disinfectant.

Abstract: A water treatment system is provided, including a raw water tank connected to a water supply, a reverse osmosis unit arranged to produce purified water from water input from the raw water tank via a raw water supply line, at least one water treatment facility alongside the raw water supply line downstream of the raw water tank and upstream of the reverse osmosis unit, and a reuse water feedback line arranged to feed waste water and/or grey water collected from the reverse osmosis unit and/or the at least one water treatment facility back to the raw water tank for reuse. In a water treatment method in such a water treatment system, waste water and/or grey water collected from the reverse osmosis unit and/or the at least one water treatment facility is fed back to the raw water tank for reuse.

Abstract: A medical sterile packaging unit for a sterile-packaged medical product, in particular for a filter module, including a primary packaging with at least one sterile-packaged and hermetically sealed medical product inside it, at least one nestable tray, with a plurality of inserts for each of the medical products packaged in the primary packaging, and at least one sleeve which wraps around the at least one tray with the primary-packaged medical products contained in it.

Abstract: A system for acquiring or measuring information relating to a state of dialysance, identifying a dialyzer apparatus, or identifying a membrane filter device during the operation of the dialyzer apparatus in a dialysis treatment of a patient. The dialyzer apparatus includes a housing having an internal volume portion and a membrane filter device arranged within the internal volume portion. The housing allows transmission of radiation. A sensor device connected to the housing of the dialyzer apparatus includes a signal receiving device designed to receive a radiation signal from the housing, the signal characteristic of the state or the identification of the dialyzer apparatus or of the membrane filter unit of the dialyzer apparatus.

Abstract: Devices for determining the absorption capacity of a metal-based oxygen absorber, preferably in the form of a sachet, comprising: a detector for detecting an electromagnetic field while the metal-based oxygen absorber is placed therein or moved relative thereto, preferably in uniform manner; and an evaluation unit which, on the basis of the measurement signal detected by the detector, determines the absorption capacity of the metal-based oxygen absorber, wherein the device further comprises a position and/or orientation sensing device which detects a position and/or an orientation of the metal-based oxygen absorber relative to the electromagnetic field; and wherein the evaluation unit corrects the measurement signal on the basis of the detected position and/or orientation of the metal-based oxygen absorber. In addition, a method for determining the absorption capacity of a metal-based oxygen absorber is disclosed.

Abstract: A medical sterile packaging unit for a sterile-packaged medical product, in particular for a filter module, including a primary packaging with at least one sterile-packaged and hermetically sealed medical product inside it, at least one nestable tray, with a plurality of inserts for each of the medical products packaged in the primary packaging, and at least one sleeve which wraps around the at least one tray with the primary-packaged medical products contained in it.

Abstract: Devices and methods for the prognosis of intradialytic parameters such as a blood pressure are described, wherein at least one learning algorithm and/or at least one neural network is/are provided. A memory device stores patient-individual intradialytic parameters, laboratory parameters, and/or machine parameters, which can be used in the prognosis of patient-specific parameter progress during a dialysis treatment.