Patent ID: 8617393

Claim:
A method for supplying a dialyser of a dialysis unit with a dialysing fluid, the method comprising: making available at least one dialysing fluid concentrate in at least one receiving unit; making available water for diluting the at least one dialysing fluid concentrate; mixing the at least one dialysing fluid concentrate and the water in a first pre-set volumetric ratio to prepare the dialysing fluid; and setting a dialysing fluid flow rate Qd b over a pre-set treatment time T B at a value, which depends upon the presence of a pre-set volume of the at least one dialysing fluid concentrate at a commencement of a dialysis treatment time, the first pre-set volumetric ratio, and the pre-set treatment time T B during the dialysis treatment, such that at the end of the dialysis treatment time the at least one receiving unit is either empty or contains a pre-set residual volume of the at least one dialysing fluid concentrate, wherein the at least one receiving unit contains only said at least one dialysing fluid concentrate.