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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2012
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland, Gmbh, Bad Homburg, DE;
Nathan W. Levin, New York, NY (US);
Fansan Zhu, Flushing, NY (US);
Peter Kotanko, New York, NY (US);
Peter Wabel, Darmstadt, DE;
Ciro Tetta, Mirandola, IT;
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC., Waltham, MA (US);
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND, GMBH, Bad Homburg, DE;
Abstract
In an embodiment, the invention relates to methods, apparatus, computer programs and computer program products for estimating a dry weight of a dialysis patient comprising the steps of determining a first fluid status of the patient between treatment sessions in a first stage, determining a second fluid status of the patient during treatment sessions in a second stage and estimating the dry weight based on the second fluid status.