Abstract: A dialysis bloodline set includes an arterial chamber with upper, lower and central portions, in which the central portion forms a vertical riser tube having a maximum section area less than that of the lower portion. The lower portion has a shoulder which is positioned to deflect blood entering the lower portion to flow across the aperture at the lower end of the riser tube. The bloodline is prepared by filling the arterial chamber with a priming liquid which extends to a level part way up the riser tube and which is partially displaced by the blood to leave a plug of priming liquid within the base of the riser tube above the blood. The plug of priming liquid separates the blood from a gas in the upper part of the arterial chamber while the blood flowing across the aperture forms a dynamic interface.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 6, 2016
Date of Patent:
May 14, 2019
Assignee:
OXYLESS LIMITED
Inventors:
Franz Ferdinand Becker, William Kilgallon, Amelia Jane Fairburn-Beech
Abstract: A dialysis bloodline set includes an arterial chamber with upper, lower and central portions, in which the maximum section area of the upper and central portions is less than that of the lower portion. The venous chamber may be completely filled with blood in use. The reduced volume of air within the bloodline provides, ceteris paribus, more rapid sensing of fault conditions during dialysis, while the smaller upper portion of the arterial chamber provides a useful medication point and makes manufacture easier.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 2, 2016
Date of Patent:
July 10, 2018
Assignee:
OXYLESS LIMITED
Inventors:
Steven Caffall Finch, Franz Ferdinand Becker
Abstract: A dialysis bloodline set includes an arterial chamber with upper, lower and central portions, in which the central portion forms a vertical riser tube having a maximum section area less than that of the lower portion. The lower portion has a shoulder which is positioned to deflect blood entering the lower portion to flow across the aperture at the lower end of the riser tube. The bloodline is prepared by filling the arterial chamber with a priming liquid which extends to a level part way up the riser tube and which is partially displaced by the blood to leave a plug of priming liquid within the base of the riser tube above the blood. The plug of priming liquid separates the blood from a gas in the upper part of the arterial chamber while the blood flowing across the aperture forms a dynamic interface.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 6, 2016
Publication date:
June 14, 2018
Applicant:
Oxyless Limited
Inventors:
Franz Ferdinand Becker, William Kilgallon, Amelia Jane Fairburn-Beech