A medical apparatus, such as a dialysis machine (e.g. a hemodialysis machine or a peritoneal dialysis machine), includes a plurality of components, one or more sensors corresponding to the components and configured to detect signals, a display and a control unit. The control unit is configured to: receive signals from the one or more sensors, determine, from the signals, a status of the medical apparatus, and determine control commands for the display based on the determined status for status-dependent control of the display. The described apparatus improves the human-machine interface in terms of set-up time, operating time and freedom from errors. Depending upon the determined status, different status-specific menus may be illustrated on the display in order to assist the user when operating the apparatus or advise the user about any errors or subsequent steps.

A dialyzer and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The dialyzer includes a housing, a hydrophilic layer, a fixing layer, a plurality of hollow fiber membranes, and two end caps. The housing has a first opening and a second opening, and is provided with a dialysate inlet and a dialysate outlet, wherein an entire peripheral surface of the housing located between the first opening and the dialysate inlet is a first portion, and an entire peripheral surface of the housing located between the second opening and the dialysate outlet is a second portion. The hydrophilic layer is disposed on the inner wall of the first portion and the second portion, wherein the hydrophilic layer and the housing are different materials. The fixing layer is disposed on the hydrophilic layer and fixes the hollow fiber membranes to the inner wall of the housing.

An end cap of a dialyzer and a fabricating method thereof, and a dialyzer are provided. The end cap includes a main body and a sealing element. The main body has a blood port. The sealing element is integrally connected on an inner wall of the main body.

The present invention relates to an apparatus (1) for holding a disposable medical item, in particular a dialyzer (2), plasma filter or adsorbent, for treating blood, a system (10) comprising such an apparatus, and a method for operating a disposable medical item for treating blood. A bearing device (4) is thereby configured to rotatably support the disposable item, and a drive device (5) is thereby configured to rotate the rotatably mounted disposable item around a longitudinal axis (L) extending substantially in a direction in which the blood flows through the disposable item when the disposable item is in operation. Alternatively or additionally, a sensor device (6) is configured to detect a rotation of the rotatably mounted disposable item around at least one rotational axis (L, Q), in particular around the longitudinal axis (L) and/or around a transverse axis (Q) running perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (L) and output corresponding sensor data. A control device (5) is further configured to control the drive device (5) and/or process the sensor data output by the sensor device (6).

A portable dialysis cabinet for use in dialysis. The portable dialysis cabinet can have a size and weight that facilitates easy movement of the cabinet from one location to another with relative ease. The portable dialysis cabinet can have additional features necessary to facilitate portability, such as wheels and a handle. In general, the portable dialysis cabinet can contain all the necessary components for performing a dialysis session.

This extracorporeal circulation cassette is provided with: a blood circuit (10) comprising a flexible tube and having a blood tube access portion set in a predetermined position in a device; a dialysate circuit (12) comprising a flexible tube and having a dialysate tube access portion set in a predetermined position in the device; a first panel (4) and a second panel (6) that are rigid and that integrate the blood circuit (10) and the dialysate circuit (12) while sandwiching the blood circuit (10) and the dialysate circuit (12) from both sides; and a window portion formed in a part of at least one of the first panel (4) and the second panel (6), disposed in a predetermined position in the device. The blood tube access portion and the dialysate tube access portion are positioned in the window portion.

A blood processing filter comprises an inlet-side flexible container and an outlet-side flexible container that sandwich a filter element, an inlet port, and an outlet port, the filter further comprising: a flow path securing sheet; a first seal portion; and a second seal portion, wherein the flow path securing sheet includes a pair of ribs disposed opposite to each other with the outlet port interposed therebetween, and a slit formed inside of the pair of ribs, and diffusing openings that are disposed outside of the pair of ribs and continuously open from the ribs to the lateral portions of the first seal portion.

A dialysis machine with machine-internal fluidics for dialysis fluid and a housing that at least partially encapsulates the fluidics, wherein the fluidics comprise an input line for fresh dialysis fluid to a dialyzer and an output line for used dialysis fluid from the dialyzer, each line equipped at their end sides with a connection port for a releasably coupling with the dialyzer, wherein the port of the input line and the port of the output line are each formed as a coupling integrated into the housing.

A device for extracorporeal blood treatment, in particular a dialysis device, including an internal fluidic system for a treatment liquid, in particular for a dialysis liquid, the internal fluidic system having at least two liquid connectors for connecting a substantially cylindrical filter element, in particular a dialyzer, to the internal fluidic system for passing a treatment liquid through the filter element, and including a mounting for exchangeably holding the filter element in such a way that the filter element can be connected to the liquid connectors of the internal fluidic system and to an extracorporeal blood line in an intended manner, wherein the mounting for holding the filter element is designed in such a way that a cylinder longitudinal axis of the filter element is substantially horizontally aligned.

A blood circuit assembly for a dialysis unit may include an organizing tray, a pair of pneumatic pumps mounted to the organizing tray for circulating blood received from a patient through a circuit including a dialyzer unit and returned to the patient, an air trap mounted to the organizing tray arranged to remove air from blood circulating in the circuit, a pair of dialyzer connections arranged to connect to the inlet and outlet of a dialyzer unit, and a pair of blood line connectors, one inlet blood line connector for receiving blood from the patient and providing blood to the pneumatic pumps and the other outlet blood line connector for returning blood to the patient.