Patent ID: 11883573
Assignee: GAMBRO LUNDIA AB
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A cleaning method for a renal failure therapy machine, the method comprising:
pumping purified water and a physiological cleaning, disinfecting, and/or decalcifying substance to form a mixture;
pumping the mixture to at least one of clean, disinfect or decalcify at least a portion of a dialysis fluid circuit;
draining a first portion of the mixture from the dialysis fluid circuit without using a rinse with fresh water to replace the mixture in the dialysis fluid circuit, thereby leaving a second portion of the mixture within the dialysis fluid circuit; and
starting a subsequent treatment with the second portion of the mixture within the dialysis fluid circuit,
wherein starting the subsequent treatment includes priming the dialysis fluid circuit with a fluid that causes at least some of the second portion of the mixture to drain from the dialysis fluid circuit.