US 11,925,739 B2
Artificial kidney
Thomas Y. Chang, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Assigned to SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Fremont, CA (US)
Filed by Seagate Technology LLC, Fremont, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/076,610.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/984,886, filed on Mar. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/925,077, filed on Oct. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0121619 A1, Apr. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 1/34 (2006.01); A61M 1/16 (2006.01); A61M 1/30 (2006.01); B01D 61/28 (2006.01); B01D 63/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 1/34 (2013.01) [A61M 1/1631 (2014.02); A61M 1/1633 (2014.02); A61M 1/1654 (2013.01); A61M 1/1678 (2013.01); A61M 1/301 (2014.02); A61M 1/3417 (2014.02); B01D 61/28 (2013.01); B01D 63/082 (2013.01); B01D 63/084 (2013.01); B01D 63/085 (2013.01); B01D 63/087 (2013.01); A61M 2205/04 (2013.01); A61M 2205/75 (2013.01); A61M 2206/10 (2013.01); A61M 2206/16 (2013.01); A61M 2209/088 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1082 (2013.01); B01D 2313/205 (2022.08)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
9. An artificial kidney comprising:
an annular hemofilter having a circular or oval shape, the annular hemofilter having an inner diameter and an outer diameter; and
an enclosure having a shape corresponding to the hemofilter, the enclosure having a thickness, a diameter, and an interior volume for receiving and enclosing the hemofilter therein, with the enclosure thickness less than the enclosure diameter, the enclosure having a blood inlet, and a blood outlet proximate a central axis;
the artificial kidney having a radial blood flow path across the annular hemofilter from the inner diameter to the outer diameter.