Patent ID: 9205247
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A61M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connection port in a dialysis apparatus comprising: a cylindrical outer port to which liquid discharge-side piping is connected; an inner port to which liquid supply-side piping is connected, and which is provided in the outer port; and a lid member which closes the outer port, a liquid from the inner port being flowed through a space formed by the lid member and the outer port and discharged from the outer port when the lid member is in a closed state, the inner port being exposed to the outside when the lid member is in an open state, enabling a liquid passage to be connected to the inner port, wherein the outer port is in the form of a cylinder with a closed bottom and is provided with an opening which is closed by the lid member which has the shape of a cylinder with a closed bottom, the inner port has an end portion which projects outside the opening of the outer port and is fixed to the outer port so as to penetrate the closed bottom of the outer port from the outside to the inside, and further a heater is provided for a portion of the inner port projecting outside the outer port, and when the lid member is in the closed state, the inner port is heated with the heater to sterilize the portion of the inner port exposed to the outside.