AUTOMATED DIALYSIS SYSTEM INCLUDING TOUCH SCREEN CONTROLLED MECHANICALLY AND PNEUMATICALLY ACTUATED PUMPING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide simplified and lower cost automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) systems which are easier for patients to use and operate and less costly to operate.SOLUTION: A specific therapy performed in an automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) system 10 begins by draining dialysis so...

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Hauptverfasser:	CHILDERS ROBERT, DIN SHAHID, BUSBY DONALD, HOPPING PETER, RICHARDSON IAN, BOWMAN JOSEPH H JR, KIENMAN RICK, EU BRUCE MIND-DA, LAUMAN BRIAN, LUNDTVETT LOREN M, ALVARO JOSE, SHANG SHERWIN
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
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Zusammenfassung:	PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide simplified and lower cost automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) systems which are easier for patients to use and operate and less costly to operate.SOLUTION: A specific therapy performed in an automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) system 10 begins by draining dialysis solution that is already in the patient's peritoneal cavity 12. The system 10 pumps fresh dialysate from one of a plurality of supply bags 14 through an in-line heater 16 to the patient or the patient's peritoneal cavity 12. After a certain dwell period in the peritoneal cavity 12, the spent dialysate in the cavity is pumped out of the patient or the peritoneal cavity 12 to a drain container 18 or other disposal means. The system then pumps fresh dialysate from the supply bags 14 to the patient or the peritoneal cavity 12, and the procedure is repeated as defined in the therapy protocol.