Patent ID: 11896749
Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 18:
19. A blood treatment system comprising:
a blood treatment machine comprising:
a treatment module including a structure for releasably coupling with a dialyzer;
a blood treatment machine console that controls the treatment module; and
one or more sensors operable to determine motion of the blood treatment module in relation to the blood treatment machine console,
wherein the treatment module is movably coupled to the treatment machine console; and

a dialysis treatment apparatus comprising:
a housing;
a bundle of hollow fibers within an interior of the housing, the hollow fibers defining lumens;
an arterial patient line connected to a first end of the housing, the arterial patient line configured to be connected to a vasculature of a patient and communicative with the lumens of the hollow fibers; and
a venous patient line connected to a second end of the housing opposite of the first end, the venous patient line configured to be connected to the vasculature of the patient and communicative with the lumens of the hollow fibers,
wherein the arterial and venous patient lines are each less than a meter in length.