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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
May. 21, 2009
Hiroyuki Hamada, Fukuoka, JP;
Masahiro Okamoto, Iizuka, JP;
Hiroyuki Hamada, Fukuoka, JP;
Masahiro Okamoto, Iizuka, JP;
JMS Co., Ltd., Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is a peritoneal function testing method characterized by using a ratio MTAC/MTACcalculated using MTACand MTACas an index for a peritoneal function test, where MTACis an overall mass transfer-area coefficient for urea nitrogen and MTACis an overall mass transfer-area coefficient for creatinine. The use of MTAC/of the present invention in this way enables 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 Pyle-Popovich model. In addition, the peritoneal function testing method may further calculate a permeability coefficient for cell pores (LS) and an overall permeability coefficient (LS) from Three-Pore Theory model while obtaining a ratio LS/LS calculated using the LSand the LS, and may use the LS/LS ratio and the MTAC/MTACratio as indexes for the peritoneal function test.