SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING A CHANGE IN FLUID VOLUME IN A PUMPING CHAMBER

Improvements in fluid volume measurement systems are disclosed for a pneumatically actuated diaphragm pump in general, and a peritoneal dialysis cycler using a pump cassette in particular. Pump fluid volume measurements are based on pressure measurements in a pump control chamber and a reference cha...

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Hauptverfasser: SCARPACI Jacob W, DOHERTY David B, DALE James D, RUSHLOW Joseph P, HELMORE Simon C, BEAVERS David A, SPENCER Geoffrey P, GIROUARD Paul G, HIBBARD David J, BOLTON Edgar J, SINGER Daniel B, COLL Andrew S, MCGILL David W, NORRIS Michael G, YOO Jinsun, KAROL Daniel S, KERWIN John M, BRYANT Robert J
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Sprache:eng ; spa
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Zusammenfassung:Improvements in fluid volume measurement systems are disclosed for a pneumatically actuated diaphragm pump in general, and a peritoneal dialysis cycler using a pump cassette in particular. Pump fluid volume measurements are based on pressure measurements in a pump control chamber and a reference chamber in a two-chamber model, with different sections of the apparatus being modeled using a combination of adiabatic, isothermal and polytropic processes. Real time or instantaneous fluid flow measurements in a pump chamber of a diaphragm pump are also disclosed, in this case using a one-chamber ideal gas model and using a high speed processor to obtain and process pump control chamber pressures during fluid flow into or out of the pump chamber. Improved heater control circuitry is also disclosed, to provide added or redundant safety measures, or to reduce current leakage from a heater element during pulse width modulation control of the heater. Improvements are also disclosed in the application of negative pressure during a drain phase in peritoneal dialysis therapy, and to control the amount of intraperitoneal fluid accumulation during a therapy. Improvements in efficiency are also disclosed in the movement of fluid into and out of a two-pump cassette and heater bag of a peritoneal dialysis cycler, and in the synchronization of the operation of two or more pumps in a peritoneal dialysis cycler or other fluid handling devices using a multi-pump arrangement. Se describen mejoras en los sistemas de medición de volumen de fluido para una bomba de diafragma activada neumáticamente en general, y un ciclador de diálisis peritoneal que utiliza un casete de bomba en particular; las mediciones de volumen de fluido de la bomba se basan en las mediciones de presión en una cámara de control de la bomba y una cámara de referencia en un modelo de dos cámaras, con diferentes secciones del aparato estando diseñadas usando una combinación de procesos adiabáticos, isotérmicos y politrópicos; también se describen mediciones de flujo de fluido en tiempo real o instantáneas en una cámara de bomba de una bomba de diafragma, en este caso usando un modelo de gas ideal de una cámara y usando un procesador de alta velocidad para obtener y procesar las presiones de la cámara de control de la bomba durante el flujo de fluido hacia adentro o hacia afuera de la cámara de bomba; también se describe un sistema de circuitos de control del calentador mejorado para proporcionar mediciones de seg