Patent ID: 8293114

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 fluid by means of the blood pump; a fluid distribution circuitry associated with the monitor comprising a line for passing effluent fluid, optionally by means of the effluent fluid pump; at least one line for a treatment fluid associated with the monitor for passing treatment fluid being moved by the treatment fluid pump, where the treatment fluid is prepared in advance and ready to use, and a filtration unit arranged between the blood line and the fluid processing circuit characterized in that the fluid distribution circuitry comprises a heat exchanger that is configured to be fluidly coupled to the effluent fluid line and disposed in thermal relationship with the blood line so as to provide for transfer of heat from the effluent fluid to the blood fluid.