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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland Gmbh, Bad Homburg, DE;
Inventors:
Paul Chamney, Tring, GB;
Peter Wabel, Darmstadt, DE;
Assignee:
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Bad Homburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/50 (2006.01); G01N 33/70 (2006.01); A61B 5/0531 (2021.01); A61B 5/0537 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/70 (2013.01); A61B 5/0531 (2013.01); A61B 5/0537 (2013.01); G01N 2800/347 (2013.01); G01N 2800/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for determining or approximating a patient's glomerular filtration rate or a patient's creatinine clearance are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: determining a serum creatinine concentration of the patient, determining a lean tissue mass of the patient, and determining the glomerular filtration rate of the patient or the creatinine clearance of the patient based on the serum creatinine concentration of the patient and the lean tissue mass of the patient.