Patent ID: 9623164
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A61M

Claim:
1. A system for performing any one of hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration, hemofiltration, comprising: a controlled compliant flow path comprising a dialyzer; a single control pump in fluid communication with the controlled compliant flow path the control pump for selectively metering in and metering out fluid from the controlled compliant flow path; and a common reservoir in fluid communication with the control pump, wherein the control pump is a bidirectional pump, wherein the common reservoir contains any one of a dialysate, a filtrate, a volume of a physiologically compatible priming solution, a volume of a physiologically compatible solution to provide a bolus of fluid to a subject receiving treatment, a volume of physiologically compatible solution to provide solution for return of blood from an extracorporeal flow path to a subject receiving treatment, a volume of solution returned to the common reservoir from an extracorporeal flow path when blood from a subject is introduced to the extracorporeal flow path, and combinations thereof.