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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2022
Gambro Lundia Ab, Lund, SE;
Alain Frugier, Chazay d'Azergues, FR;
Gambro Lundia AB, Lund, SE;
Abstract
An extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus () and a method for checking the connection of a soft bag () in the apparatus (). The apparatus () comprises a blood treatment device (), an extracorporeal blood circuit () and a fluid circuit (). A control unit () is configured to check the connection of a soft bag () to the extracorporeal blood circuit () or to the fluid circuit () through the following procedure: sucking a medium from a connecting zone () through a blood pump () or a fluid pump () of the apparatus (); measuring at least a pressure trend (P1, P1-P2, P2-P1, Pwdr, Pwdr-Pret, Pret-Pwdr) over time in the extracorporeal blood circuit () or in the fluid circuit () through at least a pressure sensor (); establishing from said measured pressure trend (P1, P1-P2, P2-P1, Pwdr, Pwdr-Pret, Pret-Pwdr) if the soft bag () is connected to the extracorporeal blood circuit () or to the fluid circuit () at the connecting zone ().