Apparatus for patient safety protection in a medical device with

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1996-03-06

1998-04-07

Kim, John

Liquid purification or separation

Electrical insulating or electricity discharging

174 5R, 174 5SG, 210175, 604114, H02H 900

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057360383

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for patient safety protection in a medical device with a heater. A heater configuration for a medical device, such as a haemodialysis machine, is disclosed in which a shock hazard to the patient from the heater elements due to a single fault condition is eliminated. The invention comprises an insulation layer formed between the heater elements and a grounded metal plate. A single fault condition is prevented from creating a shock hazard to the patient (which is considered to be the dialyser fluid) because any break down of the insulation layer which brings the heater elements 14 into contact with the grounded metal plate will result in a large current flowing to ground (rather than to the patient), thereby causing a fuse in the circuit to trip. Tripping of the fuse removes power from the heating elements, thereby preventing any further possibility of contact between the live electrical heater element and the dialyser fluid (i.e. the patient). Both the insulation layer and the ground connection to the grounded metal plate would have to fail (a double fault condition) in order to present a shock hazard to the patient.

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