BLOOD TREATMENT AIR PURGING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• Main Authors: Maliekkal, Shincy J, Bernardo, Angelito A, Hogard, Michael E, Muller, Matthew R, Burns, William P, Minkus, Marc S, Kelly, Thomas D, Rohde, Justin B, Childers, Robert W
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.09.2020
• 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

A blood treatment air purging system and method includes a level detector positioned and arranged to detect a low fluid level in a blood circuit indicating a high amount of air in the blood circuit; a blood pump operable with the blood circuit; a venous patient line of the blood circuit; and at leas...