Patent ID: 11944732
Assignee: GAMBRO LUNDIA AB
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 19:
20. An extracorporeal therapy disinfection method for a dialysis fluid circuit including dialysis fluid preparation structure configured to prepare a dialysis fluid for an extracorporeal therapy treatment, the dialysis fluid circuit including at least one filter for purifying the dialysis fluid, the method comprising:
disinfecting at least substantially all of the dialysis fluid circuit using a first disinfecting fluid;
rinsing the first disinfecting fluid to drain and filling at least substantially all of the dialysis fluid circuit with purified water;
causing a dose of a second disinfecting fluid sufficient to fill the at least one purifying filter to enter the dialysis fluid circuit;
using purified water to push the dose past at least one component of the dialysis fluid circuit for which it is desired to be free of the second disinfecting fluid, so as to deliver the dose to, and locate the dose at, an area of the dialysis fluid circuit having the at least one purifying filter; and
rinsing the second disinfecting fluid to drain.