Title:
CATHETER AND PERITONEUM HEALTH MONITORING
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/031711
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention relates to systems and methods for monitoring the long term health of the peritoneum and catheter in a patient undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD) treatment. The systems and methods include processors and sensors for determining changes in the peritoneum health or catheter of a PD patient to support analysis, replacement, and possible medical intervention. The method can include receiving a prior history of a patient; storing the prior history in a machine-readable storage medium, which when executed performs the steps of trending the one or more fluid parameters from the prior history; and determining a change in peritoneum health or catheter patency from the trended prior history. The system can include a peritoneal dialysis cycler having an infusion line and an effluent line; at least one sensor positioned in the infusion line, the effluent line, or combinations thereof; and a processor in communication with the sensor.
Inventors:
GERBER MARTIN T (US)
HOBOT CHRISTOPHER M (US)
HOBOT CHRISTOPHER M (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2017/046199
Publication Date:
March 22, 2018
Filing Date:
August 10, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MEDTRONIC INC (US)
International Classes:
A61M1/28
Foreign References:
| US20140018727A1 | 2014-01-16 | |||
| US20090149776A1 | 2009-06-11 | |||
| US20100010425A1 | 2010-01-14 | |||
| AU2008286252B2 | 2014-05-01 | |||
| US20160143774A1 | 2016-05-26 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
COLLIER, Kenneth et al. (US)
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