Patent ID: 7918818
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A micro-dialysis probe comprising: a proximal probe opening providing access to a supply line and a drainage line; a distal probe tip for introducing the probe into tissue; a supply line having a dialysis opening in the vicinity of the probe tip; two drainage lines formed within a hollow fiber, the hollow fiber being exposed to surrounding tissue in the vicinity of the probe tip; a dialysis section being formed between the supply line and the two drainage lines in the area of the supply line dialysis opening and the exposure of the hollow fiber to surrounding tissue, wherein a solution flowing through the supply line experiences an inversion in the area of the dialysis section and between the supply line and the two drainage lines, the supply line and two drainage lines together forming a probe shaft, the supply line and the two drainage lines being arranged as separate hollow channels of the probe shaft.