Patent ID: 6887214
Filing Date: 2005-05-03
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A disposable cartridge for mounting an extracorporeal blood passage on a pump device comprising: a. a first cartridge housing supporting said blood passage, wherein said first cartridge housing is configured to seat in a first recess of the pump device, wherein said blood passage has a blood inlet connectable to a vascular system of a patient and a blood outlet connectable to the vascular system such that blood flows through the blood passage; b. a blood pump coupling loop of the blood passage attached to the first cartridge housing and extending outwardly from said housing, wherein a blood pump of the device engages the pump coupling loop when said first cartridge housing is seated on the blood pump device; c. a second cartridge housing supporting said blood passage and a filtrate passage, wherein said second cartridge housing is distinct and separate from said first cartridge housing, wherein said second cartridge housing is configured to seat in a second recess of the blood pump device, and d. a filtrate pump coupling loop of the filtrate passage extending outwardly from said second cartridge housing, wherein a filtrate pump of the device engages the filtrate pump coupling loop when said cartridge housing is seat on the pump device, wherein through said filtrate passage flows filtrate withdraw from blood in the blood passage.