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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland Gmbh, Bad Homburg, DE;
Inventor:
Martin Thys, Gärtringen, DE;
Assignee:
Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/36 (2006.01); A61M 5/168 (2006.01); A61M 5/158 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/3653 (2013.01); A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61M 1/3655 (2013.01); A61M 1/3656 (2014.02); A61M 5/158 (2013.01); A61M 5/16836 (2013.01); A61M 2205/13 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3375 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3569 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3592 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus for monitoring a vascular access device, including at least one signal generator for generating vibrations in order to stimulate the vascular access device or a portion thereof to vibrate, at least one signal receiver for detecting vibrations of the vascular access device or of said portion thereof, and at least one evaluation device for evaluating the detected vibrations. Moreover a method for monitoring the vascular access device by using the apparatus of the invention is specified.