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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Philip Scott James, Orinda, CA (US);
Kulwinder S. Plahey, Martinez, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/28 (2006.01); A61M 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/282 (2014.02); A61M 1/166 (2014.02); A61M 1/28 (2013.01); A61M 1/287 (2013.01); A61M 2205/14 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3327 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3372 (2013.01); A61M 2205/36 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3653 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6018 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, a peritoneal dialysis (PD) machine can be used to detect a heater bag filled with dialysate. The PD machine has a heater tray that includes a temperature sensor and also has a processor that determines a status of the heater bag based on data received from the temperature sensor. For example, the status may be presence of the heater bag on the heater tray and/or correct positioning of the heater bag on the heater tray.