METHOD OF DETECTING RECIRCULATION IN AN ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT DURING ONGOING HEMODIALYSIS AND DIALYSIS SYSTEM

• Main Authors: WEYER, SOREN, STROHHOFER, CHRISTOF, KRAUSE, SILVIE, AHRENS, JORN, CASTELLARNAU, ALEX
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 01.10.2014
• Subjects: 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; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; SURGERY

Control methods of a dialysis machine for allowing the dialysate-side detection of a recirculation in an arteriovenous shunt of a patient during ongoing hemodialysis are described. A sensor is arranged downstream of a dialyser and detects a change of a physicochemical parameter PD of outflowing dialysis fluid. Control elements are provided to guide the dialysis fluid in a selected manner through the dialyser or pass it by. Recirculation may be determined by passing the dialysis fluid by the dialyser so that the dialysis fluid is guided unchanged along the sensor for calibration, switching the control elements after optional sensor calibration such that the dialysis fluid flows through the dialyser, and adjusting a desired first blood flow value BF1 in the blood-side extracorporeal circulatory branch so that between an inlet of the extracorporeal circulatory branch and an outlet a recirculation R and, a first clearance K1 are adjusted and the parameter detected by the sensor adopts a corresponding value PD1, c