Patent ID: 9713665
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: A61M,B01D

Claim:
1. A degassing system for use in dialysis, comprising: a degassing vessel having a fluid inlet, and a fluid outlet; a degas flow restrictor fluidly connected to the inlet of the degassing vessel; a fluid pump fluidly connected to the degassing vessel and located downstream of the degassing vessel, for pulling fluid into the degassing vessel through the fluid inlet and out of the degassing vessel through the fluid outlet; and a vacuum pump attached to the degassing vessel for removing gas from the degassing vessel; wherein the degasser is positioned in a degassing flow loop, and wherein the degassing flow loop is fluidly connected to a dialysate flow loop and is parallel to the dialysate flow loop; and wherein the flow rate of the fluid in the degassing flow loop is operated independently of the flow rate of the fluid in the dialysate flow loop.