US 12,076,473 B2
Dialysis machine and arrangement and method for heating a dialysis solution
Bernd Priessnitz, Muerr (DE); Peter Wabel, Darmstadt (DE); Manuel Hassler, Frankfurt am Main (DE); and Klaus Wolf, Muedesheim (DE)
Assigned to FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Bad Homburg (DE)
Appl. No. 16/636,049
Filed by Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 3, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/071205
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 3, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/025623, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2017 117 734.5 (DE), filed on Aug. 4, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0222612 A1, Jul. 16, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 1/28 (2006.01); A61M 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 1/287 (2013.01) [A61M 1/1664 (2014.02); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3626 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dialysis machine comprising:
an assembly including a positionable container containing a dialysis solution that is to be heated and a heating device for heating the container, the heating device including a plurality of regions and a control unit, and the container being positioned in an asymmetrical arrangement relative to the heating device; and
a receiver for receiving the container, with at least one of the heating device and the receiver being inclined with respect to the horizontal,
the control unit being configured to operate the plurality of regions of the heating device at different levels of power so as to transfer different quantities of heat,
such that the heating of the dialysis solution by the heating device takes place non-uniformly at points throughout the dialysis solution so as to provide a temporary temperature gradient in the dialysis solution.