EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR SINGLE-NEEDLE TREATMENTS

摘要

An extracorporeal blood circuit (11) cooperating with a single blood pump (30) and having at least one blood chamber (18; 80) in the blood return line but no blood chamber in the blood withdrawal line; and an extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus (1) configured for single needle treatments comprising the extracorporeal blood circuit (11) wherein the apparatus has a control unit (100) configured to control a pneumatic circuit (40) and the blood pump (30) such as to keep pressure in the blood circuit under control during both an arterial and a venous phase of the single needle cycles. A method for controlling the apparatus is also disclosed.