US 11,701,456 B2
Resource-generating dialysis system
Roger Caluya, Fremont, CA (US); Martin Joseph Crnkovich, Walnut Creek, CA (US); Bert D. Egley, Walnut Creek, CA (US); David Charles Griffith, Jr., Pittsburg, CA (US); Roland Levin, San Ramon, CA (US); Houssein Nasseri, Elk Grove, CA (US); Kulwinder S. Plahey, Martinez, CA (US); and David Yuds, Hudson, NH (US)
Assigned to Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US)
Filed by Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/820,153.
Application 16/820,153 is a continuation of application No. 15/284,664, filed on Oct. 4, 2016, granted, now 10,632,242.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/273,724, filed on Dec. 31, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0222611 A1, Jul. 16, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 1/16 (2006.01); A61M 1/28 (2006.01); H02S 10/10 (2014.01); H02S 40/38 (2014.01); B01D 5/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/35 (2006.01); E03B 3/28 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 1/1656 (2013.01) [A61M 1/16 (2013.01); A61M 1/166 (2014.02); A61M 1/167 (2014.02); A61M 1/1666 (2014.02); A61M 1/1668 (2014.02); A61M 1/28 (2013.01); B01D 5/0006 (2013.01); H02J 7/35 (2013.01); H02S 10/10 (2014.12); H02S 40/38 (2014.12); A61M 2205/3606 (2013.01); A61M 2205/825 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8275 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8293 (2013.01); E03B 3/28 (2013.01); Y02A 20/00 (2018.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A hemodialysis machine comprising:
a blood pump configured to pump blood to and from a patient;
an electrical interface;
a power source configured to connect to the electrical interface and provide electricity;
an atmospheric water generator configured to be powered by the generated electricity and configured to extract water from ambient air and pump a first portion of the extracted water to a mixing chamber;
the mixing chamber configured to mix one or more substances with the first portion of the extracted water to generate dialysate; and
a dialyzer configured to receive the blood and the dialysate, remove toxins from the blood, and provide filtered blood to the patient,
wherein in a first configuration, the hemodialysis machine operates in an emergency mode using the power source, the atmospheric water generator, and the mixing chamber, and
wherein in a second configuration, the hemodialysis machine operates in a clinic mode in which the power source, the atmospheric water generator, and the mixing chamber are removed and in which the electrical interface is connected to a power outlet, and the dialyzer receives the dialysate from a dialysate supply line.