Dialysis machine, and method of determining the calcification in a dialysis machine

    公开(公告)号:US10155077B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-18

    申请号:US14542947

    申请日:2014-11-17

    IPC分类号: A61M1/16

    摘要: A dialysis machine has at least one filter for the filtration of dialysis liquid and a device for determining calcification of the dialysis machine. The device has one or more sensors configured and arranged to detect either downstream, or upstream and downstream, of the at least one filter an ion concentration or a parameter representative of the ion concentration or of its change of the dialysis liquid, of a solution serving the decalcification or of another measuring solution. The device for determining the calcification of the dialysis machine has an evaluation or calcification unit configured to determine the calcification of the dialysis machine based on the ion concentration or parameter value detected by the sensor or sensors.

    Device For Identifying The Direction Of Liquid Flow Through A Dialyser

    公开(公告)号:US20170209634A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-27

    申请号:US15328691

    申请日:2015-07-20

    IPC分类号: A61M1/16

    摘要: The invention relates to a device and a method for detecting the direction of fluid flow through a dialyser 1 which comprises a blood chamber 4, through which blood flows, and a dialysate chamber 3, through which dialysate flows, which are separated from one another by a semi-permeable membrane 2. In addition, the invention relates to an extracorporeal blood treatment device comprising a device for detecting the flow direction. A first aspect of the invention is to measure the clearance in order to detect the flow direction and to compare the measured clearance with a specified limit value, a flow direction in countercurrent flow being concluded if the clearance is greater than the specified limit value. This aspect is based on the finding that in the case of blood treatment in practice with operation of the dialyser in co-current flow, clearance values above a certain limit value can no longer be achieved. A second aspect of the invention is to measure the clearance to detect the flow direction and to change the flow rate of the dialysate. Checking the flow direction according to the second aspect is based on the comparison of the measured change in clearance with a calculated expected value of the change in clearance for operation of the dialyser in both countercurrent flow and co-current flow. The invention according to the second aspect is based on the finding that the amount of the relative change in clearance in the event of a change in dialysate rate is always greater in the case of operation in co-current flow than in countercurrent flow.

    Device for extracorporeal blood treatment having an evaluation and control unit

    公开(公告)号:US11529450B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-20

    申请号:US15998566

    申请日:2017-02-15

    IPC分类号: A61M1/36

    摘要: The invention relates to a blood treatment device having an extracorporeal blood circuit which comprises an arterial line, a blood pump, a blood treatment unit and a venous line, wherein the arterial and venous lines can be connected to a blood vessel of a patient, and wherein the blood treatment device has an evaluation and control unit, wherein the evaluation and control unit is configured to carry out the following steps: (a1) determining the blood recirculation in a blood vessel of the patient connected to the extracorporeal blood circuit; and (b) calculating the blood flow in the blood vessel using the blood recirculation determined in accordance with (a1) and using a provided value or a value likewise previously determined for the cardiac output of the patient.