SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DATA COLLECTION OF TWENTY-FOUR HOUR ULTRAFILTRATION AND OTHER PATIENT PARAMETERS USING WIRED OR WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY

An intermediate data transfer unit apparatus (90) is described. The apparatus comprises: a housing separate from a housing of a first dialysis machine (10) and a housing of a second dialysis machine (10); an input device (92); a port (25) carried by the intermediate data transfer unit housing and connectable individually to a first memory device (85) and a second memory device (85) to enable data transfer with the first dialysis machine, which is configured to communicate with the first memory device, and the second dialysis machine, which is configured to communicate with the second memory device; and an interface (15) for wirelessly receiving data from at least one of a weight sensor (80), a blood pressure sensor (80), or a remote exchange device (80). The intermediate data transfer unit is programmed to: receive the data, via the interface, from at least one of the weight sensor, the blood pressure sensor, or the remote exchange device for a patient, store the data to the first or second memory device when the first or second memory device is connected to the port such that the data is communicated to the respective first or second dialysis machine after the first or second memory device is moved from the port to the respective first or second dialysis machine, communicate the data for the patient to the first dialysis machine via the first memory device, and erase the data for the patient and enable accepting of new data after the input device (92) is pressed. Also described is a dialysis data storage method.