Patent ID: 9616162
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: A61L,A61M

Claim:
1. A method comprising: Providing a dialysis machine; Providing a reuse machine; Providing at least two patient dialysis sets, each of said patient dialysis sets including at least a blood separation device, a blood inlet line, and a blood outlet line; Coupling a first patient dialysis set of the at least two patient dialysis sets to the dialysis machine; Providing dialysis treatment to a first patient; Configuring the dialysis set to provide a closed blood circuit within the first dialysis set; Removing the first patient dialysis set from the dialysis machine; Coupling the first patient dialysis set to the reuse machine; and Reprocessing the first patient dialysis set for reuse, wherein the dialysis set further includes a manifold, wherein the manifold is attached to the blood separation device, and wherein the configuring step includes coupling a patient end of the inlet blood line and a patient end of the outlet blood line to the manifold.