BLOOD TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• Main Authors: Ballantyne, Todd A, Grant, Kevin L, Yee, Brian K, Rosse, Jonathan P, Van der Merwe, Dirk, Flynn, Catharine N, Wilt, Michael J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.09.2016
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICS

A dialysis system, comprising: a chamber including a membrane that is movable in the chamber and that fluidly separates a first portion of the chamber from a second portion of the chamber, the chamber including a first inlet to the first portion and a second inlet to the second portion; and a blood leak sensor associated with the chamber and arranged to detect blood in the first portion of the chamber, wherein the blood leak sensor is arranged to measure a first level in the first portion and a second level in the second portion for comparison of the first and second levels to each other to determine whether blood is present in the first portion.