Patent ID: 7338461
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: A01N,A61M

Abstract:
1. An organ support system comprising: a hemodialysis recirculation conduit comprising a first end and a second end, and an inlet and an outlet located between the first and second ends; and a hemodialysis device comprising a first port and a second port, and configured to produce dialyzed fluid, wherein: the first end of the conduit is configured to connect to the first port and the second end of the conduit is configured to connect to the second port; a first line carries fluid from a subject to the inlet and a second line carries fluid from the outlet to the subject; and the system is configured so that at least a portion of fluid carried from the subject to the recirculation conduit can be dialyzed more than once by the hemodialysis device before being carried by the second line from the recirculation conduit to the subject.