摘要 |
Device ( 5 ) for filtering blood including a filter unit ( 7 ) having a blood filter, an inlet ( 8 ) for blood to be filtered and being connectable to an artery of a patient and a blood outlet ( 9 ) for filtered blood and being connectable to a vein of the patient, and having a filtrate container ( 6,14 ), that encloses the filter unit ( 7 ), for receiving filtrate ( 12 ) passing through the blood filter during a filtering process and that the filtrate container ( 6,14 ) is a closed container, which in a filled state is arranged to establish a counter-pressure over the blood filter, whereby the filtering process is interrupted. The invention also concerns a system including the above device. |