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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2008
Anping Yu, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
James Grayson, Toronto, CA;
Robert W. Childers, Trinity, FL (US);
Anping Yu, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
James Grayson, Toronto, CA;
Robert W. Childers, Trinity, FL (US);
Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Baxter Healthcare S.A., Glattpark (Opfikon), CH;
Abstract
A peritoneal dialysis system includes: an automated peritoneal dialysis ('APD') machine configured to remove ultrafiltrate ('UF') from a patient and record how much UF has been removed; and a logic implementer configured to (i) form a first moving average UF removed trend, (ii) determine a trending range around the first moving average UF removed trend, (iii) determine at least one of an upper and lower UF removed limit from the trending range, (iv) form a second moving average UF removed trend, and (v) alert if the second moving average UF removed trend moves outside of the at least one UF removed limit.