Patent ID: 11904078
Assignee: DIALITY INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A hemodialysis system with variable flow rate comprising:
a machine housing;
an arterial blood line for connecting to a patient's artery for collecting blood from a patient;
a venous blood line for connecting to the patient's vein for returning the blood to the patient;
a dialyzer;
a blood flow path connected to said arterial blood line and said venous blood line for transporting the blood from the patient to said dialyzer and back to the patient;
a reservoir for storing dialysate;
a dialysate flow path, isolated from the blood flow path, connected to said reservoir and said dialyzer for transporting the dialysate from said reservoir to said dialyzer;
at least one dialysate pump for pumping the dialysate through said dialysate flow path;
a blood pump for pumping the blood through said blood flow path;
a dialysate flow sensor in said dialysate flow path which measures a flow rate of the dialysate through said dialysate flow path;
a control processor connected to said dialysate flow sensor and said at least one dialysate pump, said control processor possessing memory for storing a patient treatment plan by which the patient is treated, said patient treatment plan includes a plurality of different dialysate flow rates during a patient's treatment wherein the plurality of different dialysate flow rates decrease over a time period “T(total)” for treating the patient.