Gambro Lundia Ab

Baxter International Inc.

Baxter Healthcare Sa

Roger Nilsson

Bendik Torvin

Olof Jansson

Sture Hobro

Björn Ericson

Par-Olof Hakansson

Annmargret Hakansson

Maria Johnsson

Mattias Holmer

Bjorn Ericson

Olof Ekdahl

Michael Pettersson

Roland Persson

Jonas Alson

Jonas Fors

Henrik Hall

Annmargret Håkansson

Innas Forsal

Jimmie Hansson

Jan P Sternby

Thomas Hertz

Anders Wallenborg

Henrik Lindgren

Oskar Erik Frode Styrbjorn Fallman

Per Ogren

Par Lofgren

Karl Henrik Forsland

Pär Löfgren

Peter Ridell

Par-Olof Håkansson

Oscar Erik Frode Styrbjorn Fallman

Annmargret HÅKANSSON

Pär-Olof HÅKANSSON

A peritoneal dialysis ('PD') system includes a housing; a dialysis fluid pump housed by the housing; a dual lumen patient line extending from the housing; a filter set including a final stage filter located along a first line, and which includes a second line in parallel with the first line, the first line in fluid communication with a first lumen of the dual lumen patient line, and the second line in fluid communication with a second lumen of the dual lumen patient line; a pressure sensor located within the housing and positioned so as to sense a static or substantially static PD fluid pressure in the second lumen while fresh PD fluid is pumped through the first lumen and the final stage filter; and a control unit configured to use the sensed static or substantially static pressure in a pressure control routine for the dialysis fluid pump.

Peritoneal dialysis system and method having intraperitoneal pressure sensing

A peritoneal dialysis system includes a housing; a dialysis fluid pump housed by the housing; a patient line extendable from the housing; and a hose reel located within the housing, the hose reel configured to coil the patient line when disconnected from a patient. The patient line may be a dual lumen patient line, wherein the dual lumen patient line is coiled about the hose reel during a disinfection sequence for disinfecting the dual lumen patient line and the dialysis fluid pump.

Peritoneal dialysis system having disinfection fluid pumping and pathway

A system and a method for renal replacement therapy includes a blood treatment unit connected to a blood circuit and a dialysis fluid circuit, the system further including a control unit configured to control the system according to control instructions during a treatment, so as to determine a system parameter value and an indication of membrane fouling of the membrane, and activate an automatic anti-fouling measure that includes a temporary change of the flow rate in the blood circuit and a temporary decrease of the ultrafiltration rate wherein a timing of the temporary change and a timing of the temporary reduction are synchronized.

System and a method for renal replacement therapy

The exemplary systems and methods may generate treatment records for extracorporeal blood treatments. The treatment records may include a plurality of values of various parameters. The various parameters may include a compulsory set of parameters that are preset, a dependent set of parameters that a dependent on one or more of a selected treatment and a system configuration, and a discretionary set of parameters that are selected by a user.

Patient and treatment records

Graphical user interfaces for use with extracorporeal blood treatment systems may include a plurality of mini settings cards corresponding to a plurality of settings cards. The mini settings cards may display one or more user-interactable settings, and may be selected to display the corresponding settings card. Further, each settings card may be accessed in other ways to selection of mini settings card such as, for example, by selection of a process feature graphical element corresponding the settings card.

Extracorporeal blood treatment system and method including modifiable settings

A control system is configured to implement a method of preparing a blood treatment apparatus () for blood treatment. The method comprises installing, by use of a disposable arrangement, first and second flow circuits (C, C) separated by a semi-permeable membrane (), the first flow circuit (C) being connected for fluid communication with the apparatus () and the second flow circuit (C) being connected to form a closed loop that includes a sterilizing filter () and, optionally, a container (). The method further comprises performing backfiltration to transfer a human-compatible fluid from the first flow circuit (C) to the second flow circuit (C) through the semi-permeable membrane (), and circulating () the human-compatible fluid in the closed loop of second flow circuit (C), to thereby sterilize the human-compatible fluid by the sterilizing filter () and, optionally, collect a resulting sterile fluid in the container () for later use.

Preparing an extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus

A dialysis machine configured to carry out a method and a method for draining an extracorporeal fluid circuit utilizing a dialysis machine, wherein the dialysis machine is connected to a dialyzer and said extracorporeal fluid circuit, said extracorporeal fluid circuit comprising an arterial line connectable to a patient, for drawing blood from the patient and a venous line connectable to the patient for returning blood to the patient, the method comprising: after treatment termination from said extracorporeal fluid circuit draining remaining fluid from said extracorporeal fluid circuit through the dialyzer.

Dialysis machine and method

A medical device system () including a distributed database (to); a plurality of medical devices () operating with the distributed database (to); and a logic implementer () associated with each medical device (), wherein each logic implementer () is programmed to access the distributed database (to), so that each medical device () of system () periodically (i) delivers at least one of prescription input parameters or treatment output data to and (ii) retrieves at least one of prescription input parameters or treatment output data from each of the other medical devices ().

Medical device system and method having a distributed database

Graphical user interfaces for use with extracorporeal blood treatment systems may include a plurality of displayable settings cards. The plurality of settings cards may be grouped or arranged into a card set and a plurality of card subsets. Each of the card set and the plurality of card subsets may be displayable as a stack of settings cards with at least one settings card presented at the forefront of the stack to a user. Further, each settings card of the plurality of settings cards may also be displayed by itself.

Extracorporeal blood treatment system and method including user-interactable settings

Graphical user interfaces for use with extracorporeal blood treatment systems may include a human-shaped graphical element and one or more process feature graphical elements. The human-shaped graphical element may be moved automatically or manually by users with respect to the process feature graphical elements to provide indications with respect to the process features corresponding to the human-shaped graphical element and the process feature graphical elements.

Systems and methods including a human-shaped graphical element

Graphical user interfaces for use with extracorporeal blood treatment systems may include a blood circuit pressure graphical element. The blood circuit pressure graphical element may include a venous portion and an arterial portion. The venous portion may depict, or include, a presently-monitored venous blood circuit pressure value and a graphical representation of previously-monitored venous blood circuit pressure values, and the arterial portion may depict, or include, a presently-monitored arterial blood circuit pressure value and a graphical representation of previously-monitored arterial blood circuit pressure values.

Blood circuit pressure graphical element for medical treatment user interfaces

A normal workflow including a plurality of steps may be defined by exemplary systems and methods for use in preparing a treatment, performing a treatment, and performing post-treatment processes. A user may be guided by one or more workflow affordances to indicate where and how to use a graphical user interface to follow the normal workflow. When a user deviates from the normal workflow, one or more deviation workflow affordances may be displayed on the graphical user interface to guide a user back to the normal workflow.

Normal workflow and deviations therefrom

Graphical user interfaces for use with extracorporeal blood treatment systems may include one or more bar-type parameter adjustment elements. The bar-type parameter adjustment elements may be used to ascertain and adjust one or more parameters related to one or more processes performed by the extracorporeal blood treatment systems. The bar-type parameter adjustment element may be scaled such that midpoint of the bar-type parameter adjustment element is representative of a reference value.

Bar-type parameter adjustment elements

There is provided an apparatus for performing operation steps of a dialysis process. The apparatus comprises a process controller for controlling the apparatus, monitor process progress of the dialysis process and monitor sensor inputs from sensors of the apparatus, and a user interface, UI, comprising a display, an input device and a UI controller. The UI controller is connected to enable presentation of graphical data on the display. The UI controller is connected to enable user interaction with the graphical data and connected to exchange information with the process controller. The UI controller is configured to represent each of the operation steps by step items. The amount of operation guidance information of an operation step item is selectable by the operator during the dialysis process. A method and computer program are also disclosed.

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Roger Nilsson