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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2020
Gambro Lundia Ab, Lund, SE;
Dominique Pouchoulin, Tramoyes, FR;
Gambro Lundia AB, Lund, SE;
Abstract
A CRRT apparatus comprising a filtration unit (), a blood circuit (), a blood pump (), a dialysate line () and one or more lines () to transfer a respective solution into blood; a fluid source for each of said one or more lines, wherein said solution comprises at least one buffer agent in the form of bicarbonate or bicarbonate precursor. A control unit () is configured to receive a patient prescription and to determine a parameter (J/BW) indicative of a steady state acid-base balance in the blood of the patient who has to undergo a CRRT blood treatment, wherein said parameter is determined as a function of the concentration of said buffer agent in said fluid source and as a function of the estimated or calculated patient systemic steady state concentration of bicarbonate and/or bicarbonate precursors.