Patent ID: 8323482

Claim:
An extracorporeal blood therapy apparatus comprising: a control unit housing comprising a first side having a rotary peristaltic blood pump mounted thereon, a second side having a plurality of rotary peristaltic fluid pumps mounted thereon, and a panel assembly comprising first and second panels removably mounted on said first and said second side of said control unit housing, respectively; said control unit housing having one or more panel engaging and tensioning components secured on or adjacent to said first side and said second side of said control unit housing, each said panel engaging component configured for releasably engaging and tensioning one of said panels against a side of said housing; each said first and second panels configured for releasably engaging one or more of said panel engaging and tensioning components and wherein said first and second panels have arch-shaped tubing segments mounted on the interior side of said respective panels, and wherein each of said arch-shaped tubing segments are held in operational engagement with a different one of said pumps by said panel engaging and tensioning components, and said first and second panels further including tubing support members each formed on and protruding from the interior panel surface adjacent to one of said pumps, each of said tubing support members characterized by inclined tubing support channels at opposite ends thereof.