Patent ID: 8803044
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A dialysis fluid heating system comprising: a plurality of conductive tubes; first and second end caps located at first and second ends of the tubes, respectively, the first end cap including a dialysis fluid inlet and a dialysis fluid outlet, the end caps and the plurality of conductive tubes configured such that dialysis fluid can flow from the fluid inlet of the first end cap, through at least one first tube of the plurality of conductive tubes to the second end cap, and through at least one second tube of the plurality of conductive tubes back to the first end cap; a conductive wire wound around an outside of each of the plurality of conductive tubes along at least a portion of a length of the plurality of conductive tubes extending between the first and second end caps; and electronics configured to supply power to the conductive wire, the wire forming a primary coil of a transformer, the plurality of conductive tubes forming a secondary coil of the transformer.