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7371223 Electroactive polymer actuated heart-lung bypass pumps  
A pump apparatus, which comprises: (a) a tubular portion comprising an electroactive polymer actuator that expands and contracts an inner volume of the tubular portion based upon received control...
7364657 Integrated system for on-site cell acquisition, processing, and delivery  
Numerous embodiments of a system and method for treating cardiac tissue are described. In one embodiment, bone marrow cells are extracted from a patient. The cells are then processed to isolate...
7363072 Method and apparatus to remove substances from vessels of the heart and other parts of the body to minimize or avoid renal or other harm or dysfunction  
To accomplish isolation and removal of a substance from a vasculature, a catheter is employed to occlude a vessel of the vasculature. The substance is thus isolated in the vasculature and can be...
7347849 Modular medical treatment replaceable component  
A first flow path is defined within a first panel that forms a part of an extracorporeal fluid circuit. A second flow path is defined within a second panel that also forms a part of the...
7344512 Protector and blood pump system  
A protector effectively suppresses infections. The protector protects a tube entry part, where a tube passes through the skin of a living body, from infections, and includes a sticking part that is...
7338521 Low profile inlet for an implantable blood pump  
A low profile pump inlet for an implantable blood pump is disclosed. The low profile pump inlet has an inflow diffuser for attachment to a conduit bearing an inflow of a fluid such as blood and an...
7314554 Extracorporeal blood treatment machine  
The invention relates to an extracorporeal blood treatment machine in which a blood circuit ( 3 ) is equipped with an inlet line leading to a filtration unit ( 2 ) and with an outlet line ( 3 b )...
7309323 Wearable continuous renal replacement therapy device  
A continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) device adapted to be worn on a portion of the body of a patient. The CRRT device is worn by the patient and operates on rechargeable batteries for more...
7300413 Blood processing machine and system using fluid circuit cartridge  
A first flow path is defined within a first panel that forms a part of an extracorporeal fluid circuit. A second flow path is defined within a second panel that also forms a part of the...
7291269 Apparatus and process for extracorporeal treatment of blood with selective extraction of solutes  
A device and method for an extracorporeal blood treatment is described. The device comprising at least one exchanger equipped with at least one first inlet for the blood to be treated, a first...
7291123 Joint for fluid transport lines for medical use  
The joint ( 36 ) comprises a tubular body ( 37 ) having two connecting zones ( 38, 39 ) each connected by an end to a tubular element ( 40 ) of a fluid transport line, giving continuity to passage...
7291122 Hemofiltration methods for treatment of diseases in a mammal  
A hemofiltration system and method to treat an Inflammatory Mediator Related Disease in a mammal, including chronic and acute diseases, include a hemofilter and an adsorptive device. The hemofilter...
7285105 Automatic dialyzer and dialyzing method  
An automatic dialyzer for purifying blood brought into contact with a dialysate via a semi-impermeable membrane. The dialyzer includes at least a blood circulating system and a dialysate...
7278981 Disposable cartridge for a blood perfusion system  
A disposable cartridge for use in extracorporeal blood perfusions systems that have a control unit for controlling the flow of fluids. The cartridge has a housing defining a plurality of internal...
7273465 Device and methods for body fluid flow control in extracorporeal fluid treatments  
Disclosed are devices and methods for the control of body fluid flow in the extracorporeal treatment of body fluid. Body fluid flow through on of a body fluid flow circuit ( 10, 50, 60, 100 or ...
7264607 Circuit for extracorporeal blood circulation  
A circuit for extracorporeal blood circulation, which is used for a single-needle dialysis, comprises a blood withdrawal line ( 2 ) having an arterial pump portion ( 23 ), and a blood return line (...
7264606 Circulatory support system  
A method for providing at least partial bypass of the heart to supplement the pumping function of the heart to thereby enable the surgeon to perform various surgical procedures thereon includes...
7247146 Support element for an integrated blood treatment module, integrated blood treatment module and extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus equipped with said integrated module  
The invention relates to support element ( 4 ) comprising a main body ( 6 ) having a front wall ( 25 ) and a peripheral wall ( 32 ) projecting away from the front wall. The front wall and the...
7238165 Fluid pump  
A pumping system 10 provides a physiological pulsatile flow and includes controller 121 , a pump drive head 50 coupled to a motor 12 and a fluid housing 52 having at least one port 60 ....
7238164 Systems, methods and apparatuses for pumping cassette-based therapies  
The present invention provides systems, methods and apparatuses for medical fluid delivery systems that employ a pumping cassette. In particular, the present invention provides systems, methods and...
7232418 Support element, an integrated module for extracorporeal blood treatment comprising the support element, an apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment equipped with the integrated module, and an assembly process for an integrated module for extracorporeal blood treatment  
An integrated module for extracorporeal blood treatment has a flat-shaped support element which exhibits on an internal face thereof a complex of fluid distribution lines and on an external face...
7223336 Integrated blood treatment module and extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus  
The invention relates to an integrated blood treatment module ( 1 ) comprising a support element ( 4 ) and a fluid distribution circuitry associated thereto; the distribution circuitry comprises at...
7223253 Blood aspiration system and methods of use  
The present invention is directed to a blood aspiration system that is configured to enable various types of aspiration through a working lumen of a catheter. The blood aspiration system...
7220236 Method for eliminating HIV in human blood and a device for treating AIDS with non-pharmacotherapy  
The invention provides a method for eliminating HIV in human blood and a device for treating AIDS with non-pharmacotherapy. The method includes (1) pumping the blood containing HIV virus into a...
7195607 Programmable, fluid pressure actuated blood processing systems and methods  
Programmable, fluid pressure actuated blood processing systems and methods are used in association a blood separation device. The systems and methods employ a cassette, which contains several...
7186342 Method for filling and washing a filter for a dialysis machine  
A dialysis machine is provided with a dialysate circuit, a blood circuit and a filter having a dialysate compartment connected to the dialysate circuit, a blood compartment connected to the blood...
7186231 Blood component collection method  
An object is to provide a blood component collection system capable of collecting a desired blood component of high quality. A blood component collection system 1 comprises a centrifugal...
7175809 Feedback control of ultrafiltration to prevent hypotension  
A method and system for the extracorporeal treatment of blood to remove fluid from the fluid overloaded patient is disclosed that non-invasively measures an oxygen level in the venous blood. The...
7175588 Method and system for detecting ventricular collapse  
A pump system includes an implantable pump including a motor having a rotor and a stator. The stator includes a plurality of stator windings, and a motor controller is coupled to the motor to...
7172570 Apparatus and method for monitoring a vascular access of a patient subjected to an extracorporeal blood treatment  
In the apparatus and method for monitoring a vascular access ( 6 ) of an extracorporeal circuit ( 5; 10 ) of a patient, a control and calculation unit ( 17 ) varies a flow rate of a blood pump ( 9...
7169352 Extracorporeal blood processing methods and apparatus  
This invention provides a method for controlling a fluid separation system, preferably a blood apheresis system having a leukocyte reduction chamber. The method utilizes a three-level alarm system....
7153286 Automated dialysis system  
The present invention provides automated peritoneal dialysis systems, methods of operating the systems and devices for performing same. A typical therapy performed by the present invention begins...
7131957 Safety device for a blood treatment machine and a method of increasing the safety of a blood treatment machine  
A device and method for increasing the safety of an extracorporeal blood treatment machine are based on monitoring transmembrane pressure. The transmembrane pressure measured by a measuring device...
7131956 Dialysis machine and method of controlling it  
A dialysis machine comprises: means for calculating ( 60 ) a filtration factor (FF) as a function of the ultrafiltration rate (UFR) and of a plasma flow rate (Q p ); first comparison means ( 65 )...
7115205 Method of simultaneous blood collection and separation using a continuous flow centrifuge having a separation channel  
A system for automatically collecting and separating whole blood into its components is described. The system includes a console, which contains all motors, pumps, sensors, valves and control...
7083587 Blood transfusion system  
The present invention provides a blood transfusion system having valve circuit, for transfusion of blood to a patient, said system comprising a Y-Shaped connector comprising of three arm [ 7, 16 (...
7067061 Method and a device for preparing a medical liquid  
A method for preparing a medical liquid from a liquid, such as water, and two concentrated solutions comprises the following steps: circulating the liquid in a conduit ( 15 ), at a flowrate...
7041076 Blood separation systems and methods using a multiple function pump station to perform different on-line processing tasks  
A multiple function pump station performs different on-line processing tasks. The pump station can be operated in one mode to draw blood from a donor can, in another mode, be operated to return...
RE39075 Heater for physiological fluids  
A self-contained portable unit for heating physiological fluids is disclosed. A heat exchanger is disposable to ensure sterility, and the hot exchanger is attached to a heating system by inserting...
7022284 Extracorporeal blood handling system with integrated heat exchanger  
Apparatus for oxygenating and pumping blood includes a housing defining a blood flow path including, in series, a gas collection plenum, a pump space and a blood oxygenation element. A pump...
7022100 Guidable intravascular blood pump and related methods  
An improved intravascular blood pump system ( 10 ) and related methods involving the broad inventive concept of equipping the intravascular blood pump ( 12 ) with guiding features such that the...
7001513 Automated processing of a biological component  
A biological fluid processing device includes a multiple biological fraction container enclosing a liquid biological fraction. A rigid cassette contains at least one biological fluid processing...
7001354 Perfusion system for off-pump coronary artery bypass  
A perfusion system for off-pump coronary artery bypass is provided in order to make the off-pump coronary artery bypass easier and safer and to restrict the amount of bleeding to a degree for not...
6984218 Systems and methods for control of pumps employing electrical field sensing  
Systems and related methods pump fluid through a pump. The pump comprises a pump chamber, which is responsive to applied pressures to convey fluid. The systems and methods place an electrode in...
6966979 Device and method for controlling infusion of a liquid in an extracorporeal blood circuit  
An infusion control device controls infusion of a liquid in an extracorporeal blood circuit having an arterial pipe connected to an inlet of a blood compartment of a filter and a venous pipe...
6960322 Integrated blood handling system having active gas removal system and methods of use  
Apparatus and methods for pumping and oxygenating blood are provided that include a gas removal system. An integrated blood processing unit is provided in which a gas removal/blood filter, pump and...
6955655 Hemofiltration system  
A hemofiltration system and method is provided that allows for high flow rate, accurate determination of net fluid withdrawal from or addition to a patient, and simple and reliable home operation....
6949220 Artificial heart-lung apparatus  
An integrated, artificial heart-lung machine and method for performing extracorporeal blood oxygenation and circulation. The heart-lung machine is a single unit in which a cylindrical artificial...
6949078 Apparatus and method for selective reduction of segmental intracellular and extracellular edema  
Segmental edema is treated by inserting a plasma extraction filter device in a major vein of a body segment or servicing the body segment containing the edemic tissues, and inserting a return...
6945948 Extra-corporeal dual stage blood processing method and apparatus  
Methods and apparatus particularly involving the separation of blood into blood components and the collection of such components are disclosed. In one aspect, an extra-corporeal method for the...
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