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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2015
Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Baxter Healthcare S.a., Glattpark, CH;
Gino Cicchello, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Christian Bernard, McHenry, IL (US);
Robert W. Childers, Trinity, FL (US);
Anthony Simiele, Clearwater, FL (US);
Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Baxter Healthcare SA, Glattpark (Opfikon), CH;
Abstract
A method for a hybrid blood and peritoneal dialysis ('PD') machine comprising: (i) determining whether a previous treatment left a last fill of dialysate in a patient's peritoneum; (ii) if a next treatment is a PD treatment, and if the previous treatment did not leave the last fill of dialysate, causing a PD treatment in which a first cycle is a fill cycle to be initiated; (iii) if the next treatment is a PD treatment, and if the previous treatment did leave the last fill of dialysate, causing a PD treatment in which a first cycle is a last fill drain cycle to be initiated; and (iv) if the next treatment is a blood treatment and if the previous treatment did leave the last fill of dialysate, causing a blood treatment including a last fill drain cycle to be initiated.