Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland Gmbh

Ansgar Erlenkoetter

Franz Kugelmann

Claus Haupert

Thorsten Fehr

Nicole Simon

Lukas Utzig

The present invention relates to a device () and a corresponding method for determining residual blood in a dialyzer () comprising a holding device () configured to accommodate a dialyzer (), an image capturing device () configured to capture at least one image of a dialyzer () accommodated by the holding device (), in particular a filter () located in the dialyzer (), and generate corresponding image data having a plurality of image points, each of which assigned at least one respective intensity value, in particular a color value, and a control device () configured to determine residual blood information characterizing the presence and/or content of residual blood in the dialyzer () on the basis of a statistical frequency of at least a portion of the intensity values in the at least one image. The invention further relates to a dialysis system having such a device ().

Device and method for determining residual blood in a dialyzer and dialysis system

The invention concerns the use of a sterilization agent comprising HOor a derivative thereof, capable of generating HOas the sterilising component under sterilization conditions, for enhancing the hemocompatibility of objects.

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St. Wendel, Germany

Ansgar Erlenkoetter