Dialysis system having optical flowrate detection

Details Dialysis system having optical flowrate detection Dialysis system having optical flowrate detection

2011-08-16

2011-08-16

Stigell, Theodore J (Department: 3767)

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

C417S477200, C137S002000, C604S029000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07998115

ABSTRACT:
A medical fluid machine includes an enclosure; a disposable unit accepted by the enclosure, the disposable unit including a conduit through which a medical fluid can flow, the conduit including a viewing portion; a light source configured and arranged to emit light onto the viewing portion of the conduit; a camera focused on the viewing portion of the conduit; and a processor configured to determine a speed of a particle entrained in the medical fluid based on at least two images of the particle in the viewing area taken by the camera.

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