Patent ID: 8293113

Claim:
An arrangement for a continuous renal replacement therapy comprising: a continuous renal replacement monitor including at least one blood pump, and at least one treatment fluid pump; a disposable blood line associated with the monitor for extracorporeally circulating blood moved by the blood pump when connected to the blood line; a fluid distribution circuitry associated with the monitor comprising an effluent fluid line for passing effluent fluid; at least one line for a treatment fluid associated with the monitor for passing the treatment fluid and connectable to the treatment fluid pump to move the treatment fluid through the line, and a filtration unit arranged between the blood line and the fluid distribution circuitry, wherein the fluid distribution circuitry comprises a heat exchanger to be fluidly coupled to the effluent fluid line and disposed in thermal relationship with the at least one treatment fluid line to transfer of heat from the effluent fluid to the treatment fluid.