Wave-based patient line blockage detection

• Main Authors: CRAWFORD WILLIAM SCOTT, OHLINE MATTHEW ROBERT
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 21.12.2018
• 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; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE

A dialysis machine (e.g., a peritoneal dialysis (PD) machine) can include a pressure sensor (151A, 151B) mounted at a proximal end of a patient line (130) that provides PD solution to a patient through a catheter. During treatment, an occlusion (1008) can occur at different locations in the patient...