Patent ID: 7942842

Claim:
A method for the treatment of blood in a Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy comprising the step of filtering the blood of a patient with a haemofilter disposed on a blood path formed by conduits through which the blood of the patient passes, wherein: the patient is connected to the haemofilter with a femoral catheter, which is connected to a pump, disposed upstream with respect of the haemofilter and which pumps downstream at a flow rate of about 280-300 ml/min; said haemofilter having one output connected to a conduit configured for discharging ultrafiltrate into a collecting tank and a second output connected to the patient; wherein the blood pumped by said pump passes through an oxygenating device comprising an oxygenating membrane located upstream from said haemofilter and downstream from said pump, so that the pumped blood is treated by said oxygenating membrane without intake pressure along the blood path upstream from the blood pump; and wherein the blood treated by the haemofilter returns to the patient without the ultrafiltrate.