Patent ID: 8877063

Claim:
A blood purification control apparatus controlling flow of a fluid in a blood purification circuit that includes a hemofilter purifying blood, a blood removal line connected to a blood inlet of the hemofilter, and a blood return line connected to a blood outlet of the hemofilter, said blood purification control apparatus comprising: a blood return valve for opening and closing the blood return line; a first pump provided on a first line to pump a priming fluid to a part between the hemofilter and the blood return valve on the blood return line; a first control unit configured to cause the priming fluid to enter the hemofilter from the blood outlet of the hemofilter, by closing the blood return valve and activating the first pump; a second pump for (i) pumping the priming fluid to the hemofilter via the blood removal line and (ii) pumping the priming fluid out of the hemofilter via the blood removal line, wherein the first control unit is configured to activate the first pump and the second pump together so that the priming fluid is pumped of the hemofilter; a third pump provided on a second line to pump the priming fluid to the hemofilter via a dialysate inlet of the hemofilter; and a third line connected to the first line and the second line to supply the priming fluid to the first pump and the third pump.