Patent ID: 9539379
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A61M

Claim:
1. An enclosure for a portable hemodialysis apparatus comprising: a housing having a dialysate circuit section separated from a blood circuit section by a front panel, a blood circuit side of the front panel including pneumatic connections for one or more pneumatically actuated blood pumps and fluidic connections for a dialyzer, the front panel configured to allow a dialyzer and one or more blood pumps to be mounted thereon; the dialysate circuit section including a source of dialysate, one or more pneumatically actuated dialysate pumps, and electronic and pneumatic controls for operating the blood and dialysate pumps; the apparatus further comprising a power unit separable from the housing and having a compressor, a positive pressure supply tank and a negative pressure supply tank arranged to provide positive or negative pneumatic pressure to the pumps; wherein the power unit includes a handle configured to connect the power unit to the housing and the housing includes a connector to provide a disengageable pneumatic connection between the power unit and the housing to provide positive and negative pneumatic pressure to the pneumatic controls of the hemodialysis apparatus.