Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120212434 | TECHNICAL MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING A TOUCHSCREEN AND METHOD - The invention relates to the field of technical medical devices like dialysis machines. The invention is based on the improvement of a technical medical device in such way that operator inputs are more convenient and more reliable via a touchscreen display. The inventive technical medical device therefore comprises a touchscreen having two redundant finger-position sensors. At least one of these sensors may comprise additional piezoelectric elements, which can modify at least partial areas of the touchscreen such that they are differentiated from their surrounding areas by an elevation, a recess, a vibration or a change in the surface roughness sensed, and it also comprises a control unit for doing so. A control unit differentiates intentional and unintentional operating entries, and in the event of failure of the visual display device of the touchscreen display ensures at least a restricted operability of the touchscreen display. | 08-23-2012 |
20130001165 | SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT A BLOOD TREATMENT - The present invention relates to a system for the carrying out of a blood treatment, in particular a dialysis treatment, wherein the system has at least one blood treatment device, in particular a dialyzer, and at least one tank from which treatment fluid, in particular dialysis fluid, is removed during the carrying out of the blood treatment and/or into which consumed treatment fluid, in particular consumed dialysis fluid, is filled during the carrying out of the blood treatment, wherein the tank is an element of at least one mobile apparatus which can be connected to the blood treatment device such that at least one fluid connection can be established between the tank and the blood treatment device. | 01-03-2013 |
20130020250 | FILTER MODULE - The present invention relates to a filter module and to a method of manufacturing a hollow fiber membrane bundle having at least two concentrically arranged filter stages. The present invention furthermore relates to a method of manufacturing a hollow fiber membrane bundle, to a disposable and to a blood treatment apparatus. | 01-24-2013 |
20130110028 | VALVE ARRANGEMENT FOR USE IN AN EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD CIRCUIT AND METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20130112629 | MEDICAL FUNCTIONAL DEVICE, PROCESS FLUID, AND MEDICAL TREATMENT APPARATUS - A medical functional device, provided and designed for single use in a method for extracorporeally treating the blood of a patient, includes at least one process fluid circuit or sections thereof, each provided for receiving a process fluid, at least one first filter device arranged within the process fluid circuit or a section thereof and at least one second filter device arranged within the process fluid circuit or a section thereof. The present invention further relates to a process fluid and a medical treatment apparatus. | 05-09-2013 |
20130280104 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MODULATION OF THE OPERATING POINT OF LIQUID PUMPS IN MEDICAL TREATMENT DEVICES - The invention relates to the field of fluid pumps and medical treatment devices, in particular dialysis machines. The object of the invention is to design methods and devices such that the operating pressures and flow rates of the fluid pumps assume the desired characteristics, in particular constant values or controlled profiles. This object is achieved in that the operating point of a peristaltic hose roller pump is adjusted based on the angle of rotation of the pump rotor or by adjusting the operating point of a centrifugal pump in accordance with a profile. | 10-24-2013 |
20130303964 | APPARATUS FOR EXTRA-CORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT AND METHOD OF DETERMINING A BLOOD FLOW RATE FOR AN EXTRA-CORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS - An apparatus and method of determining the blood flow rate at which, in an extra-corporeal blood circuit of an extra-corporeal blood treatment apparatus, blood is pumped through the arterial blood line into the blood chamber of the dialyser and out of its blood chamber through the venous blood line is described. The method and apparatus provide for the determination of a plurality of parameters characteristic of the extra-corporeal blood treatment, with a given blood flow rate being determined in each case as a function of one of the characteristic parameters. A blood flow rate which is preset for the blood treatment is selected from the plurality of blood flow rates determined on the basis of the characteristic parameters. The blood flow rate to be preset is selected on the basis of a preset algorithm which may be implemented in software installed on a data processing unit or in hardware. | 11-14-2013 |
20130317420 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ENTERING USER INFORMATION INTO MEDICAL DEVICES - The present invention relates to the field of a device and a method for entering user information into medical devices. It is based on the problem of supporting the work of the attending medical personnel in the operation of medical devices and to ensure that unsuitable settings are not made inadvertently or accidentally for the concrete treatment situation in the operation of such medical devices. For this purpose a method and a device are proposed in which a second parameter value characterizing the medical device, entered into an input device is verified and depending on this verification it is ordered that the first or second parameter value or neither the first nor the second parameter value can be or is accepted into a control unit which controls the machine. | 11-28-2013 |
20130327713 | APPARATUS FOR EXTRA-CORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT AND METHOD OF PRESETTING AN INITIAL MODE OF TREATMENT FOR AN EXTRA-CORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS - An apparatus for extra-corporeal blood treatment and a method of presetting an initial mode of treatment in the opening phase of an extra-corporeal blood treatment are controlled based on the opening phase of a haemodiafiltration, in which particularly fast removal of electrolytes such as potassium or of urea occurs. The apparatus has a control and computing unit for presetting an initial mode of treatment, in which over a preset interval of time, substituate is fed to the extra-corporeal blood circuit, dialysis fluid is not fed through the dialyser and instead only ultrafiltrate is withdrawn from the dialyser and, on expiry of the preset interval of time, dialysis fluid is fed through the dialyser. Alternatively, dialysis fluid is provided during the preset interval of time through the dialyser at a dialysis fluid flow rate that is smaller than the dialysis fluid flow rate after the preset interval of time has elapsed. | 12-12-2013 |
20140067416 | APPARATUS FOR QUANTIFYING AND DISPLAYING A PATIENT'S TIME BUFFER, BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus configured to quantify and display a time buffer for at least one patient during a blood treatment session is described. A blood treatment apparatus which includes such an apparatus or is in signal communication therewith, and a method for quantifying and presenting the time buffer for at least one patient at a blood treatment session are also described, as well as a computer program, a computer program product and a digital storage medium. | 03-06-2014 |