Patent ID: 8328750

Claim:
A panel assembly configured for manually mounting on an extracorporeal blood therapy apparatus having a blood pump on a first side thereof and a plurality of fluid pumps on a second side thereof, said panel assembly characterized by: a first panel comprising an interior panel surface defining a blood pump space and a blood supply tube mounting space having blood supply tubing secured along and adjacent to the interior panel surface, one or more blood tubing support members comprising tubing support channels adjacent to opposite ends thereof, said one or more blood tubing support members formed on and protruding from the interior panel surface adjacent to said blood pump space, and a plurality of pressure transducers mounted in said blood supply tube mounting space, wherein said blood supply tubing includes a length of first tubing comprising a first outside diameter and lengths of second tubing comprising a second outside diameter, smaller than said first outside diameter, and said blood supply tubing further comprises a first blood inlet tubing segment extending within said blood supply tube mounting space between a first pressure transducer and a second pressure transducer, a second blood inlet tubing segment having at least a portion thereof extending along the interior surface of said first panel between said first pressure transducer to a side edge of said panel, a blood outlet tubing segment having at least a portion thereof extending along the first panel interior surface between a third pressure transducer and a side edge of said panel, and wherein said first blood inlet tubing segment comprises an arched tubing section mounted in said opposite tubing support channels of said blood tube support member and extending therebetween into said blood pump space; a second panel comprising an interior panel surface defining a fluid supply tube mounting space having fluid supply tubing secured along and adjacent to the interior panel surface, said fluid supply tube mounting space including fluid pump space and a plurality of fluid tubing support members comprising tubing support channels adjacent to opposite ends thereof, said fluid tubing support members formed on and protruding from the interior panel surface, wherein said fluid supply tubing comprises first, second and third fluid supply tubing segments, each segment comprising an arched tubing section mounted in said opposite tubing support channels of a different one of said fluid tubing support members and extending therebetween into said fluid pump space; and a third panel flexibly connected to said first panel and said second panel and extending therebetween and configured to support a blood filter cartridge.