Percutaneous terminal for hemodialysis and individualized hemodialysis system

    公开(公告)号:US12016989B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-25

    申请号:US17255083

    申请日:2019-07-01

    CPC classification number: A61M1/3661 A61M1/3639 A61M1/38 A61M2205/3334

    Abstract: According to the present invention, blood access formed by a percutaneous terminal for hemodialysis is performed, the percutaneous terminal provided with: a contact body comprising a biocompatible member that comes into contact with skin tissue inside and outside a living body; a tubular body having one end connected to an artery and the other end connected to a vein; a blood removal tubular body having one end connected to a side surface of the tubular body and supplying blood to an external blood circuit; and a retransfusing tubular body having one end connected to the vein and the other end connected to a retransfusing portion of the blood circuit, wherein the other end of the blood removal tubular body and the retransfusing tubular body are located at a central portion of the contact body. Furthermore, provided is a hemodialysis system that is less burdensome for a patient and enables stable blood access.

    Hemodialysis system with variable dialysate flow rate

    公开(公告)号:US11904078B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-20

    申请号:US17334393

    申请日:2021-05-28

    Applicant: DIALITY INC.

    Abstract: A portable hemodialysis system is provided including a dialyzer, a closed loop blood flow path which transports blood from a patient through the dialyzer and back to the patient, and a closed loop dialysate flow path which transports dialysate through the dialyzer. Preferably, the hemodialysis system includes a sorbent filter in the dialysate flow path. Furthermore, the hemodialysis machine includes a blood pump, and a pair of dialysate pumps. A processor controls the flow of blood through the blood flow path, and the processor controls the flow of dialysate through the dialysate flow path. In addition, the processor stores a patient treatment plan wherein the flow rate of the dialysate through the dialysate flow path reduces throughout the patient's treatment to maximize the amount of urea removed by the sorbent filter.

    Blood component separation device

    公开(公告)号:US11623033B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-11

    申请号:US16680819

    申请日:2019-11-12

    Inventor: Shigeyuki Kimura

    Abstract: A blood component separation device for separating a plurality of blood components from blood sampled from a blood donor, and collecting platelets, includes: an operation unit that calculates a predicted platelet recovery rate from a hematocrit value of the blood and a platelet concentration of the blood, and calculates a recommended processing amount of the blood recommended for collecting a target number of units of platelets on the basis of the calculated predicted platelet recovery rate, wherein the operating unit sets the predicted platelet recovery rate calculated from any the hematocrit value and any the platelet concentration to be smaller by a predetermined value a when the blood donor is female than that when the blood donor is male.

    CUSTOM DATA FIELDS FOR AUTOMATED APHERESIS PROCEDURES

    公开(公告)号:US20220305188A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-29

    申请号:US17838902

    申请日:2022-06-13

    Applicant: Fenwal, Inc.

    Abstract: A method and automated system for processing blood in which the automated system includes a programmable controller, a database, and an interactive display screen for displaying information and receiving operator input. The programmable controller is configured to automatically control the system to perform the method. Upon activation of the system, the screen displays a listing of different blood processing procedures that may be performed using the system. The operator may then input into the controller an identification of a specified blood processing procedure that is to be performed, such that an initial list of parameters that are associated with the specified blood processing procedure are displayed on the screen. The operator may then input into the controller an identification of the parameters that are to populate the display screen during performance of the procedure and indicate a format in which the selected parameters are to be presented on the display screen. The controller then creates a display for the specified blood processing procedure. Current values of the selected parameters in the selected format are displayed on the screen during performance of the specified procedure. The controller automatically saves an image of the display screen periodically during performance of the specified blood processing procedure, and transfers information from the saved images of the display screens to a procedure record form.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INACTIVATIVING VIRUSES AND PATHOGENS IN CONVALESCENT PLASMA UNITS FROM RECOVERED COVID-19 PATIENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20220110972A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-14

    申请号:US17499792

    申请日:2021-10-12

    Abstract: The novel coronavirus COVID-19 has caused a worldwide pandemic of enormous proportions resulting in significant levels of morbidity and mortality, tremendous pressures on the healthcare system, personal freedoms and society, and an unprecedented impact on the economies of the United States and the world. There are still significant unknowns about this very contagious and deadly virus, and these unknowns are coupled with no natural immunity. A promising therapeutic strategy is the utilization/transfusion of convalescent plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients. There are, however, risks involved in such transfusions from residual virus and other adventitious viruses and bacteria. These risks can be minimized by the pathogen clearance of convalescent plasma units in a hospital setting. There is an immediate need for the rapid pathogen inactivation/clearance of convalescent plasma units from recovered COVID-19 patients.
    The present invention is a physical pathogen reduction and inactivation apparatus and method for controlling or eliminating transfusion-transmittable infections in convalescent plasma from recovered COVID-19 donors. The invention inactivates both nonenveloped and enveloped viruses as well as pathogenic bacteria and parasites in units of human plasma, while retaining the potency of natural biologically-active proteinaceous products in the pathogen-reduced plasma. The invention uses critical, near-critical or supercritical fluids for viral and pathogen reduction of units of donor blood plasma in blood bags. The apparatus is in the form of a transportable mobile unit, where it can be used in hospitals, blood banks, and medical facilities.

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