Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland Gmbh

Klewinghaus, Juergen

Pusinelli, Thomas

Beden, Josef

Werner, Pascal

Kessel-deynet, Olaf

Pascal Werner

Josef Beden

Juergen Klewinghaus

Thomas Pusinelli

Sabine Kipp

Torsten Hochrein

Olaf Kessel-Deynet

The invention relates to the monitoring of the fluid flow in an apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment. The device according to the invention and the method according to the invention are based on the fact that, in order to monitor the fluid flow, the change in weight of a collection container is monitored, in which a rinsing fluid is collected during a filling or rinsing phase. The monitoring of the fluid flow according to the invention permits continuous monitoring of the fluid flow both in a treatment mode, in which the blood treatment is carried out, as well as in a filling or rinsing mode, in which the fluid system is filled or rinsed with a fluid.

Apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment and method for monitoring the fluid flow of an extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus

The present invention relates to a method for priming a line for adding a medical solution, the line branching off a return line of an extracorporeal blood circuit, in particular a calcium line, a control device for controlling or regulating the method according to the present invention and a blood or plasma treatment apparatus with at least the control device according to the present invention. It further relates to a digital storage medium, a computer program product as well as a computer program.

Method as well as apparatuses for retrograde filling of at least one calcium line of an extracorporeal blood circuit

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Uechtelhausen, Germany

Pascal Werner