Patent ID: 9533087
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A61M,B01D

Claim:
1. An apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment, comprising: at least one treatment unit having at least one first chamber and at least one second chamber which are separated from one another by a semipermeable membrane; at least one blood removal line connected with an inlet port of the first chamber and configured to remove blood from a patient; at least one blood return line connected to an outlet port of the first chamber and configured to return treated blood to the patient; at least one infusion line of a replacement fluid, the at least one infusion line connected to one of said blood removal line and blood return line; at least one fluid evacuation line connected to an outlet port of the second chamber in order to receive at least one fluid that has been filtered across the semipermeable membrane; a regulating device of a transmembrane pressure between the first chamber and the second chamber of the treatment unit, the regulating device being active on at least one of the lines; and a control unit connected with the regulating device and configured such as to perform a setting sequence of the transmembrane pressure, the setting sequence comprising: