Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for sample taking from a fluid-conducting system, wherein the apparatus has at least one adapter which comprises at least one septum and at least one cannula displaceable relative to the septum, wherein the cannula is displaceable such that it penetrates the septum in a sample taking position and does not penetrate the septum in a flushing position; and wherein the adapter has at least one flushing region for a flushing medium which is arranged such that it is in fluid communication with the inner space of the cannula in the flushing position of the cannula; and wherein the apparatus has at least one receiving region having locking means for the fluid-conducting system by which the fluid-conducting system is fixable in a defined position relative to the adapter. The present invention furthermore relates to a blood treatment device and to a method for taking a sample from a fluid-conducting system.

Abstract: A pump housing of a hydraulic assembly of a vehicle brake system has at least one wheel brake cylinder connection for connecting a wheel brake cylinder to the pump housing, and an outlet valve receiving member associated with the individual wheel brake cylinder connection to receive an outlet valve, which is provided for letting brake fluid out of the wheel brake cylinder into the pump housing. The outlet valve has a valve inlet that can be closed by a closing element with an associated closing force. The outlet valve receiving member has an inlet for letting brake fluid from the wheel brake cylinder into the outlet valve. The inlet is adapted for guiding the brake fluid in a flow direction opposite the closing force when letting the brake fluid into the outlet valve, when the outlet valve is received in the outlet valve receiving member.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bypass line for establishing a fluid communication between a dialysis liquid inlet line of a treatment apparatus, by which dialysis liquid is fed out of the interior of the treatment apparatus and into an exterior of the treatment apparatus, and a dialysate outlet line, by which dialysate is fed back from the exterior into the interior of the treatment apparatus. The bypass line has at least a first connector, a second connector and a non-return valve. The first connector is used to connect the bypass line to a connector of the dialysis liquid inlet line to achieve a fluid communication. The second connector is for connecting the bypass line to a connector of the dialysate outlet line while achieving a fluid communication. The non-return valve only allows flow through the bypass line from the first connector towards the second connector.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a port for establishing a fluid communication between at least one fluid line of the medical treatment apparatus, which fluid line is assigned to the interior of a medical treatment apparatus, and a connector of a fluid line of a fluid-guiding disposable, which fluid line is assigned to the exterior of the medical treatment apparatus, wherein the port includes at least a first fluid guide and a second fluid guide. The first fluid guide has at least a first lumen and a first end-side opening, which is provided for receiving and/or guiding a first, medical fluid and for establishing the fluid communication with the connector. The second fluid guide has at least a second lumen and a second end-side opening. The first end-side opening of the first fluid guide is arranged, at least in sections, in the second lumen of the second fluid guide.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a medical treatment apparatus which includes at least one port, a device for closing, a compressed-air source and a control device and/or closed-loop control device. The port serves to establish fluid communication between at least one fluid line of the treatment apparatus associated with the interior of a treatment apparatus and a connector of a fluid line of a disposable associated with the exterior of the treatment apparatus. The sealing device is designed as a rinsing cap and serves to seal an interior of the port with respect to an exterior of the treatment apparatus. The compressed-air source is used to introduce air into the port along at least one sterile-air line. The control device and/or closed-loop control device is programmed to cause the compressed-air source to build-up and/or maintain a predetermined minimum overpressure in the sterile-air line, the compressed-air source and/or inside the port.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a disposable, which includes a fluid line and a connector having a connector lumen, for fluidically connecting the fluid line to a first lumen of a first fluid guide of a port, which further includes a second lumen. It further relates to a system with a disposable according to the present disclosure and with a port for establishing a fluid communication between at least one fluid line of a medical treatment apparatus, which fluid line is assigned to an interior of the medical treatment apparatus, and a connector of a fluid line of a disposable, which fluid line is assigned to an exterior of the medical treatment apparatus.

Abstract: A piston pump for pumping a pressure medium in an electronically slip-controllable vehicle brake system includes a pressure-medium control valve configured to control a throughflow direction in a pressure medium circuit. The pressure-medium control valve has a valve housing, a valve seat, and a valve-closing body that is received in the valve housing in an axially movable and radially guided manner. The valve-closing body is configured to control the valve seat according to the prevailing pressure ratios upstream and downstream of the valve seat. The valve seat is configured as a single component with the valve housing. The pressure-medium control valve is produced by forming in a compact and cost-effective manner. The pressure-medium control valve operates quietly and is configured to be used alternatively as an independent unit that is configured to be tested prior to use.

Abstract: The invention relates to a respiratory air purifier device.

Abstract: A pump housing of a hydraulic assembly of a vehicle brake system has at least one wheel brake cylinder connection for connecting a wheel brake cylinder to the pump housing, and an outlet valve receiving member associated with the individual wheel brake cylinder connection to receive an outlet valve, which is provided for letting brake fluid out of the wheel brake cylinder into the pump housing. The outlet valve has a valve inlet that can be closed by a closing element with an associated closing force. The outlet valve receiving member has an inlet for letting brake fluid from the wheel brake cylinder into the outlet valve. The inlet is adapted for guiding the brake fluid in a flow direction opposite the closing force when letting the brake fluid into the outlet valve, when the outlet valve is received in the outlet valve receiving member.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reinfusion tube system that includes a reinfusion fluid tubing with a pre-pump loop section, a post-pump loop section, and a pump loop section; and one of a check valve positioned at an end or between the ends of the reinfusion fluid tubing such that it is provided to block fluid flow through the check valve in a direction from the post-pump loop section to the pre-pump loop section, and a check valve adapter including a check valve. The check valve adapter can be configured to be connected to an end or to be positioned between the ends of the reinfusion fluid tubing such that the check valve is provided to block fluid flow through the check valve in a direction from the post-pump loop section to the pre-pump loop section.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a disposable, which comprises a fluid line and a connector having a connector lumen, for fluidically connecting the fluid line to a first lumen of a first fluid guide of a port, which further comprises a second lumen. It further relates to a system with a disposable according to the present disclosure and with a port for establishing a fluid communication between at least one fluid line of the treatment apparatus, which fluid line is assigned to the interior of a blood treatment apparatus, and a connector of a fluid line of a disposable, which fluid line is assigned to the exterior of the treatment apparatus.

Abstract: A drive device for a hydraulic pump of a braking system for a motor vehicle includes a housing, a rotor, a rotor shaft mounted in the housing and supporting the rotor, and a commutator arranged in the housing. The commutator includes at least one commutator brush held by a brush holder. The commutator brush cooperates with a commutator ring arranged on the rotor shaft in a non-rotatable manner. The brush holder includes a sealing ring assigned to the commutator which is arranged coaxially to the rotor shaft and interacts with the rotor shaft in a sealing manner.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for dosing a substituate produced by a blood treatment apparatus. Dosing for the present disclosure is via a hydraulic system of the blood treatment apparatus, the hydraulic system having at least one dialysis liquid supply line which leads into a dialyzer and at least one substituate line. Regulating or controlling the size of the share which passes through the second filtration stage is performed by affecting at least one conveying apparatus and/or at least one flow limitation device and/or a flow divider valve, which are each located or which each operate in the dialysis liquid supply line and/or the substituate line and/or in the branch line which connects the dialysis liquid Supply line with the substituate line. The present disclosure further relates to a control device, a blood treatment apparatus, and a medical functional apparatus.

Abstract: An external functional means comprises at least one housing body, at least one chamber integrated into the housing body for receiving medical fluids, at least one passage integrated into the housing body for receiving and/or conducting a medical fluid, and at least one valve means completely or partly integrated into the housing body for controlling or regulating a fluid flowing through the external functional means. The invention further specifies a blood treatment apparatus and methods which may be carried out by means of the external functional means of the invention and by means of the blood treatment apparatus, respectively.

Abstract: A piston pump for pumping a pressure medium in an electronically slip-controllable vehicle brake system includes a pressure-medium control valve configured to control a throughflow direction in a pressure medium circuit. The pressure-medium control valve has a valve housing, a valve seat, and a valve-closing body that is received in the valve housing in an axially movable and radially guided manner. The valve-closing body is configured to control the valve seat according to the prevailing pressure ratios upstream and downstream of the valve seat. The valve seat is configured as a single component with the valve housing. The pressure-medium control valve is produced by forming in a compact and cost-effective manner. The pressure-medium control valve operates quietly and is configured to be used alternatively as an independent unit that is configured to be tested prior to use.

Abstract: The invention relates to a medical fluid cassette and a medical hose set having a medical fluid cassette for receiving and/or carrying a medical fluid. The invention relates in particular to a blood hose set having a medical fluid cassette for the extracorporeal blood treatment. An easily manufactured insert having a clot filter is proposed, this insert being inserted or pushed into a receptacle, for example, a groove, in the interior of a chamber of the housing body of the medical fluid cassette.

Abstract: A drive device for a hydraulic pump of a braking system for a motor vehicle includes a housing, a rotor, a rotor shaft mounted in the housing and supporting the rotor, and a commutator arranged in the housing. The commutator includes at least one commutator brush held by a brush holder. The commutator brush cooperates with a commutator ring arranged on the rotor shaft in a non-rotatable manner. The brush holder includes a sealing ring assigned to the commutator which is arranged coaxially to the rotor shaft and interacts with the rotor shaft in a sealing manner.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for sample taking from a fluid-conducting system, wherein the apparatus has at least one adapter which comprises at least one septum and at least one cannula displaceable relative to the septum, wherein the cannula is displaceable such that it penetrates the septum in a sample taking position and does not penetrate the septum in a flushing position; and wherein the adapter has at least one flushing region for a flushing medium which is arranged such that it is in fluid communication with the inner space of the cannula in the flushing position of the cannula; and wherein the apparatus has at least one receiving region having locking means for the fluid-conducting system by which the fluid-conducting system is fixable in a defined position relative to the adapter. The present invention furthermore relates to a blood treatment device and to a method for taking a sample from a fluid-conducting system.

Abstract: A holding apparatus for holding at least one tube clamp on a medical tube, the tube clamp including at least one, usually two, clamping section(s) for altering a luminal cross-section of a medical tube during use, includes at least one receiving structure for detachably receiving at least one section of the tube clamp. A medical tube with at least one holding apparatus as well as a method for sterilizing a medical tube are also described.

Abstract: A method of rinsing and/or filling a blood treatment device, in particular for priming a blood treatment device, is associated with a blood treatment device that includes a membrane filter, in particular a hollow fiber membrane filter, a first partial circuit, and a second partial circuit. The first and the second partial circuits are separated by the membrane filter in a semipermeable manner, with temporarily the first partial circuit being first filled with a fluid with a uniform and/or a pulsatile first volumetric flow rate, with the volumetric flow rate not exceeding a specified threshold value at which the fluid has not completely wetted and/or soaked the membrane. The second partial circuit is temporarily open towards the atmosphere, air is displaced from the first partial circuit into the second partial circuit via the membrane, and during filling no negative pressure is applied to the first partial circuit.