Patents by Inventor Peter KLOFFEL
Peter KLOFFEL 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).
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Publication number: 20250041500Abstract: The invention relates to a flushing connection 2 for a medical treatment device, in particular an extracorporeal blood treatment device, for connecting a connector 14 of a fluid system 15 to be flushed, in particular an extracorporeal blood tubing system, for draining flushing liquid from the fluid system 15 to the medical treatment device. The inventive flushing connection 2 has a housing body 9 comprising a cavity 11 open on a front housing part 9A of the housing body 9 for receiving a flushing liquid, the housing body 9 having a connection part 13 at the front opening 12 embodied for connecting the connector 14 of the fluid system 15 to be flushed or a closure part 13 for liquid-tight closing of the opening 12 of the cavity 11, wherein the housing body 9 has a discharge connection piece 5 for connecting a discharge line 7 of the fluid system 1 of the medical treatment device, which is in fluid connection with the cavity 11.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventor: Peter KLOFFEL
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Publication number: 20240139390Abstract: The present invention relates to a dialysis machine comprising a balancing system that has at least one balancing chamber for a volumetrically exact supply and removal of dialysis solution to and from a dialyzer fluidically connected to the balancing system in operation; a water inlet system connected to the balancing system for the supply of fresh dialysis liquid, with the water inlet system having an apparatus for degassing water that is connected to an air separator of the dialysis machine, with a first subsection of the air separator serving as a mixing chamber and being connectable to at least one concentrate source via at least one concentrate line and being in fluid communication with the balancing system via at least one dialysate line, wherein the filling volume of a balancing chamber corresponds to or exceeds the sum of the volume of the mixing chamber and the inner volume of the dialysate line.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbHInventors: Peter KLÖFFEL, Tilman STÄBLEIN, Andreas SYFONIOS, Dirk HÜMMER, Tobias IRRGANG, Benedict GLASER
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Patent number: 11931494Abstract: The invention relates to a dialysis machine having a fluid system that has an inflow line for providing fresh dialyzing solution to a dialyzer and an outflow line for removing used dialyzing solution from the dialyzer, wherein the fluid system has a balancing system arranged between the inflow and outflow lines to balance the fluid volumes flowing through the lines, and wherein the fluid system has an ultrafiltration line that branches off from the outflow line between the dialyzer and the balancing system and has an ultrafiltration pump to be able to remove a defined volume of used dialyzing solution from the balance, and wherein an additional balancing chamber is provided that is arranged in a section of the inflow line disposed between the balancing system and the dialyzer or in a section of the outflow line disposed between the dialyzer and the branching of the ultrafiltration line.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Tobias Irrgang, Benedict Glaser, Peter Klöffel
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Patent number: 11883572Abstract: The present invention relates to a dialysis machine that is configured to be equipped with an extracorporeal blood system comprising a dialysis solution system that is configured to be equipped with a dialyzer, wherein a mixing region, in particular a mixing chamber, is provided in which the fresh dialysis solution or a component thereof is located in the operation of the dialysis machine, with a concentrate line being in fluid communication with the mixing region, through which concentrate line concentrate can be conducted from a concentrate container into the mixing region, wherein at least two electrically conductive elements are arranged spaced apart from one another in or at the concentrate line or lines; that a measuring device is provided which is electrically connected to the conductive elements and which is configured to measure the conductance or a value correlated therewith between them; and that a control unit is provided which is configured to compare the measured value with a desired value, withType: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Tobias Irrgang, Tilman Stäblein, Alfred Gagel, Peter Klöffel
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Patent number: 11839710Abstract: A dialysis machine has a balancing system with a balancing chamber for a volumetrically exact supply and removal of dialysis solution to and from a dialyzer fluidically connected to the balancing system in operation; a water inlet system connected to the balancing system for the supply of fresh dialysis liquid, with the water inlet system having an apparatus for degassing water that is connected to an air separator of the dialysis machine, with a first subsection of the air separator serving as a mixing chamber and being connectable to at least one concentrate source via at least one concentrate line and being in fluid communication with the balancing system via at least one dialysate line, wherein the filling volume of a balancing chamber corresponds to or exceeds the sum of the volume of the mixing chamber and the inner volume of the dialysate line.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Peter Klöffel, Tilman Stäblein, Andreas Syfonios, Dirk Hümmer, Tobias Irrgang, Benedict Glaser
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Publication number: 20220387683Abstract: The invention relates to a dialysis machine having a fluid system that has an inflow line for providing fresh dialyzing solution to a dialyzer and an outflow line for removing used dialyzing solution from the dialyzer, wherein the fluid system has a balancing system arranged between the inflow and outflow lines to balance the fluid volumes flowing through the lines, and wherein the fluid system has an ultrafiltration line that branches off from the outflow line between the dialyzer and the balancing system and has an ultrafiltration pump to be able to remove a defined volume of used dialyzing solution from the balance, and wherein an additional balancing chamber is provided that is arranged in a section of the inflow line disposed between the balancing system and the dialyzer or in a section of the outflow line disposed between the dialyzer and the branching of the ultrafiltration line.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Tobias IRRGANG, Benedict GLASER, Peter KLÖFFEL
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Patent number: 11305043Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and system for regulating and/or monitoring a heating device for heating a fluid, which has flowed in an in-flow section of a dialysis fluid circuit. The dialysis fluid circuit is part of a blood treatment apparatus, which comprises a container for receiving the fluid and a heating container for heating the fluid. The method encompasses the step of starting a heating process for heating the fluid in the heating container. The fluid is in fluid communication with the container when the filling level of the container reaches a pre-determined filling level value by means of direct or indirect flow from the inlet.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbHInventors: Peter Klöffel, Helmuth Ender, Michael Schlereth, Christoph Bardorz, Walter Ehrenberger
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Publication number: 20210170086Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and system for regulating and/or monitoring a heating device for heating a fluid, which has flowed in an in-flow section of a dialysis fluid circuit. The dialysis fluid circuit is part of a blood treatment apparatus, which comprises a container for receiving the fluid and a heating container for heating the fluid. The method encompasses the step of starting a heating process for heating the fluid in the heating container. The fluid is in fluid communication with the container when the filling level of the container reaches a pre-determined filling level value by means of direct or indirect flow from the inlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2017Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Peter Klöffel, Helmuth Ender, Michael Schlereth, Christoph Bardorz, Walter Ehrenberger
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Publication number: 20210146027Abstract: The present invention relates to a dialysis machine comprising a balancing system that has at least one balancing chamber for a volumetrically exact supply and removal of dialysis solution to and from a dialyzer fluidically connected to the balancing system in operation; a water inlet system connected to the balancing system for the supply of fresh dialysis liquid, with the water inlet system having an apparatus for degassing water that is connected to an air separator of the dialysis machine, with a first subsection of the air separator serving as a mixing chamber and being connectable to at least one concentrate source via at least one concentrate line and being in fluid communication with the balancing system via at least one dialysate line, wherein the filling volume of a balancing chamber corresponds to or exceeds the sum of the volume of the mixing chamber and the inner volume of the dialysate line.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2019Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbHInventors: Peter KLÖFFEL, Tilman STÄBLEIN, Andreas SYFONIOS, Dirk HÜMMER, Tobias IRRGANG, Benedict GLASER
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Publication number: 20210138134Abstract: The present invention relates to a dialysis machine that is configured to be equipped with an extracorporeal blood system comprising a dialysis solution system that is configured to be equipped with a dialyzer, wherein a mixing region, in particular a mixing chamber, is provided in which the fresh dialysis solution or a component thereof is located in the operation of the dialysis machine, with a concentrate line being in fluid communication with the mixing region, through which concentrate line concentrate can be conducted from a concentrate container into the mixing region, wherein at least two electrically conductive elements are arranged spaced apart from one another in or at the concentrate line or lines; that a measuring device is provided which is electrically connected to the conductive elements and which is configured to measure the conductance or a value correlated therewith between them; and that a control unit is provided which is configured to compare the measured value with a desired value, withType: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2019Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbHInventors: Tobias IRRGANG, Tilman STÄBLEIN, Alfred GAGEL, Peter KLÖFFEL
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Publication number: 20100130905Abstract: This invention relates to a method for checking the correct coupling of an adding device to a therapeutic appliance, which includes an extracorporeal circuit with which the adding device is connected such that a drug can be introduced into the extracorporeal circuit by means of the adding device during operation of the therapeutic appliance, wherein the adding device is coupled to the extracorporeal circuit on the suction side of a pump disposed in the extracorporeal circuit, wherein a portion in the region of negative pressure of the extracorporeal circuit in connection with a portion of the adding device is closed with respect to the other parts of the extracorporeal circuit, and wherein the pressure in this closed portion is varied and measured.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2008Publication date: May 27, 2010Inventors: Thomas Nürnberger, Marco Blasek, Peter Klöffel