Patents by Inventor Thore Heinemann

Thore Heinemann 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).

  • Patent number: 10398823
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: B. Braun Avitum AG
    Inventor: Thore Heinemann
  • Publication number: 20170014564
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventor: THORE HEINEMANN
  • Patent number: 9440015
    Abstract: A machine for extracorporeal blood treatment comprising a machine-side fluid circuit is disclosed. The machine comprises a heat exchanger for heating cold purification fluid freshly supplied on its intake side, for which purpose used still warm purification fluid flows past its opposite discharge side for a heat exchange, and a circulation valve for changing over between a blood purification mode in which the used purification fluid is disposed of in an open fluid circuit through the discharge side of the heat exchanger into a drain and a disinfection mode in which hot disinfectant is circulated in a closed circuit. The circulation valve is connected downstream of the heat exchanger with respect to the discharge side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: B. BRAUN AVITUM AG
    Inventors: Kai-Uwe Ritter, Thore Heinemann, Guenter Niemetz
  • Publication number: 20140174698
    Abstract: A machine for extracorporeal blood treatment comprising a machine-side fluid circuit is disclosed. The machine comprises a heat exchanger for heating cold purification fluid freshly supplied on its intake side, for which purpose used still warm purification fluid flows past its opposite discharge side for a heat exchange, and a circulation valve for changing over between a blood purification mode in which the used purification fluid is disposed of in an open fluid circuit through the discharge side of the heat exchanger into a drain and a disinfection mode in which hot disinfectant is circulated in a closed circuit. The circulation valve is connected downstream of the heat exchanger with respect to the discharge side thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Kai-Uwe Ritter, Thore Heinemann, Guenter Niemetz