Patent ID: 6823881
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A dialyzer header cleaning device comprising:a housing having opposed first and second ends and delimiting a single passage that extends in a flow direction only between the first and second ends; a connecting element disposed at said first end of said housing for connection to the header; and a flow directing element having a fluid inlet end retained in said passage and a fluid outlet end, said flow directing element being movable by fluid flowing to said fluid inlet into a cleaning position in which said fluid outlet end extends into the header when said first end of said housing is connected to the header and in which fluid can flow through said passage only in one direction toward said first end of said housing, wherein said flow directing element is constructed to rotate about an axis that extends in the flow direction in response to a flow of liquid between said fluid inlet end and said fluid outlet end, and to eject at least one liquid stream from said fluid outlet end in a direction transverse to the flow direction.