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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 09, 2008
Applicants:

Anping Yu, Safety Harbor, FL (US);

Edward F. Vonesh, Libertyville, IL (US);

Benjamin Kellam, Dunedin, FL (US);

Robert W. Childers, Trinity, FL (US);

Borut Cizman, Highwood, IL (US);

Inventors:

Anping Yu, Safety Harbor, FL (US);

Edward F. Vonesh, Libertyville, IL (US);

Benjamin Kellam, Dunedin, FL (US);

Robert W. Childers, Trinity, FL (US);

Borut Cizman, Highwood, IL (US);

Assignees:

Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);

Baxter Healthcare S.A., Glattpark (Opfikon), CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); A61M 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/3481 (2013.01); A61M 1/28 (2013.01); A61M 2205/12 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3553 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3592 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); G06F 19/327 (2013.01); G06F 19/3437 (2013.01); G06F 19/3487 (2013.01);
Abstract

An ultrafiltration ('UF') evaluation method includes: (i) determining an amount of UF removed from a patient over a first dwell time; (ii) determine an amount of UF removed from the patient over a second, different dwell time; (iii) determining an amount of UF removed from the patient over a third, different dwell time; and (iv) fitting a curve to the UF removal amounts for the first, second and third dwell time. A peritoneal dialysis therapy generation method using the curve determined according to the 'UF' evaluation method to generate at least one peritoneal dialysis therapy regimen.


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