APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR HEMODIALYSIS

• Main Authors: COLLINS, DAVID E, PRESCOTT, SHANNON, MARCEK, GEOFFREY A, BODWELL, JESSE T, DEMERS, JASON A, CHAWAN, ARUN D, DALE, JAMES D, WILT, MICHAEL J, KAMEN, DEAN, GRANT, KEVIN L
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 23.04.2009
• Subjects: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE

An apparatus comprising a hemodialysis system and a control interface configured to allow user control of the hemodialysis system. The hemodialysis system comprises a housing that includes a dialyzer, one or more pumps to circulate blood through the dialyzer, a source of dialysate, and one or more pumps to circulate the dialysate through the dialyzer. The housing includes side-by-side doors that when opened provide access to a front panel for connecting the dialyzer and for making patient blood connections to the hemodialysis system. The doors are closable to block access to the front panel. The control interface includes a display screen with a touch sensitive overlay to allow interaction with a graphical user interface presented on the screen. The control interface is configured to be hung on a hook of one of the doors.