Patent ID: 11944734
Assignee: NIKKISO COMPANY LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. The blood purification apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a dialysate introduction line through which dialysate is introduced into the blood purification unit;
a drain-liquid discharge line into which drain liquid from the blood purification unit is discharged; and
a bypass line connected to and communicating with the dialysate introduction line and the drain-liquid discharge line and through which the dialysate in the dialysate introduction line is allowed to bypass the blood purification unit and flow into the drain-liquid discharge line,
wherein the substitution line is connected to the dialysate introduction line and to the blood circuit in such a manner as to allow the dialysate in the dialysate introduction line to be introduced as the substitution fluid into the blood circuit, and wherein when the drug introduction mode is executed, the control unit executes a bypassing step in which the control unit causes the dialysate to flow through the bypass line by closing flow routes that allow the dialysate to be introduced into the blood purification unit through the dialysate introduction line and discharged from the blood purification unit into the drain-liquid discharge line.