Patent ID: 7077284
Filing Date: 2006-07-18
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A bicarbonate container for one-time use with a hemodialysis apparatus in the form of a rigid plastic container with a two-channel plug-in-connector for connection to the hemodialysis apparatus, said container comprising a bottom part ( 1 ), a cover part ( 2 ) disposed on the bottom part ( 1 ), and a two-channel plug-in connector ( 3 ) formed with one of the bottom part ( 1 ) and the cover part ( 2 ), said bottom part ( 1 ) including a trough ( 11 ) for containing a bicarbonate filling and having a top opening and a flange ( 13 ) extending around the top opening and said cover part ( 2 ) including a complementary flange ( 23 ), said bottom part ( 1 ) and said cover part ( 2 ) being joined via said flanges ( 13 , 23 ), said two flanges ( 13 , 23 ) forming therebetween a conduit channel ( 15 ) separated from the interior of the container and extending from one of the two conductor channels of the plug-in connector ( 3 ) disposed at one end of the container to the opposite end of the container where the conduit channel ( 15 ) is in communication with the trough ( 11 ) of the container, the other of the two channels of the plug-in connector ( 3 ) being in communication with the trough ( 11 ) of the container ( 1 ) adjacent said one end of the container.