Patent ID: 8400298

Claim:
A medical device for providing a plurality of extracorporeal blood or plasma treatments in a filtration unit having a primary compartment and a secondary compartment, which are separated by a semipermeable membrane, the primary compartment being able to be connected to a primary extracorporeal blood circuit, the secondary compartment being able to be connected to a secondary circuit, the primary circuit and the secondary circuit defining an extracorporeal circuit, the device being apt to receive at least one disposable article that can be connected to the extracorporeal circuit, each disposable article being equipped with storage means containing information about the disposable article, the device comprising: a first receiving station for disposable articles, which is able to collect a first disposable article, a first reading means associated to the first station for identifying a disposable article received at the first station, at least a second station for receiving disposable articles, which is able to collect a second similar disposable article, at least a second reading means associated to the second station for identifying a disposable article received at the second station, a device storage means for storing: information concerning at least one treatment protocol designed to be executed by the device, information concerning a configuration of the disposable articles necessary for each treatment protocol at each receiving station, a control unit connected to the device storage means, comprising: means for receiving information concerning the treatment protocols to be executed, means for receiving information read by at least one of the reading means, and means for checking, as a function of this information, whether the configuration of the disposable article or articles received complies with the stored configuration for the treatment to be executed.