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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
May. 09, 2019
Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Baxter Healthcare SA, Glattpark, CH;
Per-Ola Wictor, Stehag, SE;
Carl-Henry Örndal, Eslöv, SE;
Henrik Lindgren, Genarp, SE;
Anders Wellings, Bellair Beach, FL (US);
Edward Szpara, Saint Charles, IL (US);
Gambro Lundia AB, Lund, SE;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for evaluating a condition of a water purification system () comprising a water purification apparatus () arranged to output purified water through an outlet () and through at least one sterilizing grade filter () of a line set () fluidly connected to the outlet (), the method comprises: monitoring a flow rate (S) correlated with the flow rate of the purified water flowing through the at least one sterilizing grade filter (70); monitoring a pressure (S) correlated with the pressure of the purified water flowing to the at least one sterilizing grade filter (); and evaluating (S) a condition of the water purification system based on a relationship between the monitored flow rate and the monitored pressure.