US 12,138,373 B2
Thermal protection system for a dialysate container
Eric Bergman, Waltham, MA (US)
Assigned to Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US)
Filed by Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/123,667.
Prior Publication US 2022/0184285 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 1/16 (2006.01); A61M 1/28 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 1/1668 (2014.02) [A61M 1/1664 (2014.02); A61M 1/28 (2013.01); A61M 2205/27 (2013.01); A61M 2205/584 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dialysate container, comprising:
a reservoir arranged and configured to store dialysate;
an exit port arranged and configured in fluid communication with the reservoir and arranged and configured to couple to tubing so that dialysate can flow from the reservoir to the tubing; and
a circular hollow ring positioned within the exit port of the dialysate container, the circular hollow ring arranged and configured in operative communication with the exit port so that dialysate may flow from the reservoir through the circular hollow ring to the tubing, the circular hollow ring being arranged and configured so that when the dialysate container is subjected to a temperature greater than a predetermined temperature, the circular hollow ring melts upon reaching the predetermined temperature to block a borehole of the circular hollow ring to prevent the dialysate from flowing through the exit port and into the tubing.