Patent ID: 8192387
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: A61L,A61M,B01D

Abstract:
1. A method for supplying sterile fluid to a blood treatment machine, the blood treatment machine consuming said sterile fluid in performing a specified blood treatment on a patient, the fluid being required to be sterile, including an endotoxin level below 0.03 EU/ml, as consumed by the treatment process according to specified requirements of the specified blood treatment, the method comprising: providing a container of sterile fluid with an endotoxin level below 0.03 EU/ml, the fluid in the container thereby being suitable, without further sterilization, for use by the blood treatment machine in performing the specified blood treatment; connecting a connector of a fluid line of the blood treatment machine to the container, the connector being such that sterile fluid flowing through the connector is susceptible to contamination by said connecting; and, flowing the sterile fluid from the container through the connector and then through a filter in said fluid line to the blood treatment machine, said filter being effective to remove any contamination generated by said connecting such that in the event of a touch contamination resulting from the connecting, the fluid flowing into the blood treatment machine is restored to an endotoxin level below 0.03 EU/ml.