Liquid purification or separation – With alarm – indicator – register – recorder – signal or... – Responsive to fluid flow
Patent
1993-09-14
1996-01-23
Drodge, Joseph W.
Liquid purification or separation
With alarm, indicator, register, recorder, signal or...
Responsive to fluid flow
210 90, 21032165, 210646, 210929, B01D 6134
Patent
active
054862868
ABSTRACT:
A number of improvements relating to methods and apparatuses for kidney dialysis are disclosed. These include checking of dialysate bypass status using flow measurement; using a flow sensor to confirm the absence of ultrafiltration during bypass; automatic testing of ultrafiltration function by removal of a discrete volume from a portion of the dialysate flow path coupled with a pressure test of that part of the flow path; using a touch screen user interface; bar graph profile programming of ultrafiltration, sodium, and bicarbonate parameters; using a RAM card to upload treatment instructions to, and to download treatment data from, the machine; automatic setting of proportioning mode (acetate or bicarbonate) based on connections of concentrate lines; predicting dialysate conductivity values based on brand and formulation of concentrates; minimizing no-flow dead time between dialysate pulses; initiating operation in a timed mode from a machine power-off condition; preserving machine mode during machine power-fail condition; calibration scheduling and reminding; automatic level adjusting; and blood leak flow rate detecting.
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Bedient Robert A.
Connell Mark E.
Elsen Raymond
Hogard Michael E.
Johnson Harley D.
Althin Medical, Inc.
Drodge Joseph W.
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