SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING STERILIZATION DURING PERITONEAL DIALYSIS

• Main Authors: ZAAFIR KHERANI, DANIELLE WEISS, WILLIAM BOENIG, ANDY KATZ-MAYFIELD, JULIA RASOOLY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 03.04.2013
• Subjects: BABY COMFORTERS; CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICALPURPOSES; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGINGPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL ORADMINISTERING FORMS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE

A device for use in dialysis includes an elongated tubular body having a first end, a second end, and a lumen extending between the first end and the second end, and a first UV source coupled to the elongated tubular body at the second end, wherein the first UV source is configured to direct UV light for sterilizing at least a part of the elongated tubular body, wherein the second end of the elongated tubular body includes an opening in fluid communication with the lumen of the elongated tubular body, and a cover, the cover positionable at a first location to close the opening and at a second location to unblock the opening. Un dispositivo para uso en diálisis incluye un cuerpo tubular alargado que tiene un primer extremo, un segundo extremo y un lumen que se extiende entre el primer extremo y el segundo extremo, y una primera fuente de UV acoplada al cuerpo tubular alargado en el segundo extremo, en donde la primera fuente de UV está configurada para dirigir la luz UV para esterilizar por lo menos una parte del cuerpo tubular alargado, en donde el segundo extremo del cuerpo tubular alargado incluye una abertura en comunicación fluida con el lumen del cuerpo tubular alargado, y una cubierta, la cubierta posicionable en una primera ubicación para cerrar la abertura y en una segunda ubicación para desbloquear la abertura.