Patent ID: 8403875

Claim:
An extracorporeal blood therapy apparatus comprising: a control unit including a plurality of peristaltic pumps mounted in a control unit housing assembly; a panel assembly comprising a plurality of panels removably mounted on said housing assembly and having blood tubing and fluid tubing secured on said panels and cooperating with said peristaltic pumps for directing blood and fluid therein; one or more fluid holding bags in fluid communication with said fluid tubing; one or more load sensors mounted on said control unit each having a coupler connected thereto and configured for hanging a fluid holding bag; a bag hanger assembly characterized by one or more links freely and movably hanging from said coupler; and a bag hanger comprising an elongated rod, an upwardly extending hook secured at the center of said elongated rod, and a plurality of downwardly extending hooks of substantially identical weight extending in the same direction from said rod and secured to said rod along the length thereof, whereby said bag hanger removably hangs from said one or more links via said upwardly extending hook with said elongated rod extending substantially horizontally therefrom, said downwardly extending hooks configured for hanging a fluid holding bag thereon, and whereby said fluid holding bag and said bag hanger are independently movable relative to said coupler via said link.