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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2013
Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland Gmbh, Bad Homburg, DE;
Paul Chamney, Herts, GB;
Ulrich Moissl, Karben, DE;
Peter Wabel, Darmstadt, DE;
Sebastian Wieskotten, Erfelden, DE;
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Bad Homburg, DE;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for detecting a change of the fluid status or determining the fluid status of an individual are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: determining a change of the body parameter (ΔRBV) of the individual during a first treatment session (); determining a first fluid status of the individual (); calibrating the determined change of the body parameter (ΔRBV) based on the first fluid status (); determining the change of the body parameter (ΔRBV) of the individual during at least one further treatment session (); and deriving a fluid status or a change of fluid status individual from the change of the body parameter (ΔRBV) ().