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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2011
Mauro Suffritti, Medolla, IT;
Michela Carpani, San Biagio-San Felice sul Panaro, IT;
Mauro Suffritti, Medolla, IT;
Michela Carpani, San Biagio-San Felice sul Panaro, IT;
Gambro Lundia AB, Lund, SE;
Abstract
An apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment, comprising a treatment unit () having a first chamber () and a second chamber () separated from one another by a semipermeable membrane (), a blood removal line () connected in inlet with the first chamber () and a blood return line () connected in outlet with the first chamber; an infusion line () of a replacement fluid and a fluid evacuation line () connected in outlet from the second chamber. A regulating device () of a transmembrane pressure is active on at least one of the lines and a control unit () is configured to: command the regulating device () by setting a first increase (STMP), determine a value of a control parameter (φ) corresponding to the first increase, compare the value of the control parameter (φ) with a reference value (φ) and, if the value of the control parameter is greater than the reference value, command the regulating device () by setting a second increase (STMP) which is greater than the first increase (STMP).