IP Library Granted Patent US 7,837,167
Granted Patent B2
US 7,837,167 · App. 10/670,445 · Granted Nov 23, 2010

Container support device

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Patent No.
US 7,837,167
App. No.
10/670,445
Granted
Nov 23, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A container support device for use in removing and delivering multiple fluids from a patient is disclosed. The container support device includes an attachment member for coupling the container support device to a weight scale, a joint body attached to the attachment member and configured to rotate about a vertical axis thereof, a support body secured to the joint body, and at least one container support extending from the support body.

Claims (8)

1. A hemofiltration system comprising:

a container support device for supporting a fluid container, wherein the container support device comprises:

an attachment member for coupling the container support device to a medical fluid replacement device;

a joint body attached to the attachment member and configured to rotate about a vertical axis thereof, the joint body having a first joint member configured to couple to the attachment member in rotatable relation thereto and a second joint member configured to couple to the first joint member and move along a first arc A 1 ;

a support body movably coupled to the second joint member and configured to move along a second arc A 2 ; and

at least two container supports extending from the support body, wherein the container support is at least one of shaped or oriented to stably support the fluid container.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein arc A 2 is perpendicular to arc Al.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least two container supports are positioned to be equidistant from the vertical axis of the joint body.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2014
From: BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA; BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
To: NIKKISO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032210/0629 →
CHANGE OF ASSIGNEE ADDRESS Recorded Oct 20, 2010
From: BAXTER HEALTHCARE S.A.
To: BAXTER HEALTHCARE S.A.
Reel/Frame 025164/0719 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2009
From: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES A.G.
To: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.; BAXTER HEALTHCARE S.A.
Reel/Frame 023600/0575 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2003
From: HARTWIG, RAINER; HEEKE, GUNTER; GRETZINGER, MATTHIAS
To: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES AG
Reel/Frame 014658/0432 →