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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
May. 10, 2011
Hiroyuki Hamada, Fukuoka, JP;
Masahiro Okamoto, Iizuka, JP;
Hiroyuki Hamada, Fukuoka, JP;
Masahiro Okamoto, Iizuka, JP;
JMS Co., Ltd., Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A peritoneal function testing method uses a ratio of MTAC/MTAC, calculated using MTACand MTAC, as an index for a peritoneal function test, wherein MTACis an overall mass transfer-area coefficient for urea nitrogen and MTACis an overall mass transfer-area coefficient for creatinine. The use of MTAC/MTACenables examination of the future peritoneal function of a patient (a mechanism of deterioration in peritoneal function). To be specific, MTACand MTACcan be obtained by computing a Pyle-Popovich model. In addition, the peritoneal function testing method further calculates a permeability coefficient for cell pores (LS) and an overall permeability coefficient (LS) from a Three-Pore Theory model while obtaining a ratio of LS/LS calculated using the LSand the LS. The LS/LS ratio and the MTAC/MTACratio can be used as indexes for the peritoneal function test.