Patent ID: 11957826
Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A treatment apparatus comprising:
at least one extracorporeal blood circuit comprising:
an arterial conduit portion having a conduit interior and an arterial patient tube clamp;
a venous conduit portion having a conduit interior and a venous patient tube clamp;
an arterial needle; and
a venous needle;

at least one conveyor comprising a blood pump arranged at or in the extracorporeal blood circuit and adapted to convey blood within the extracorporeal blood circuit;
at least one second pump adapted to pump at least one liquid into the extracorporeal blood circuit; and
at least one controller configured to concurrently remove blood, via the at least one liquid pumped into the extracorporeal blood circuit while a patient is connected to the treatment apparatus, from both the arterial conduit portion and from the venous conduit portion of the extracorporeal blood circuit and towards the arterial needle and the venous needle, respectively,
wherein, during the removal of blood both from the arterial conduit portion and from the venous conduit portion, both the arterial patient tube clamp and the venous patient tube clamp are in an opened state.