Dialysis station

• US 20040220832A1
• Filed: 03/10/2004
• Published: 11/04/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: B. Braun Medizintechnologie GmbH (B. Braun Holding GmbH & Co. KG)
• Original Assignee: B. Braun Medizintechnologie GmbH (B. Braun Holding GmbH & Co. KG)
• Inventors: Moll, Stefan, Moeller, Dirk, Bock, Gerhard, Dolgos, Sandor
• Granted Patent: US 7,801,746 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/16 with membranes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/1657 with centralised supply of dialysate or constituent thereof for more than one dialysis unit
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3561 local, e.g. within room or hospital
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/505 Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/84 for treating several patients simultaneously
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/903 Radio telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/904 Telephone telemetry

Abstract

A dialysis station including several patient places each of which is provided with a dialyzer and a video terminal. In an internal data network, the video terminals are interlinked with each other and with a server including a data base. At a physician place, the treatment course can be followed for each patient place. If necessary, the physician may intervene and prescribe a new or changed medication appearing on the video terminal of the patient place. After having administered the medicine, the nurse acknowledges the administration of the medicine. The dialogue taking place between physician and nurse is documented in the scope of the treatment course.

Claims

1. A dialysis station implementing a course of treatment for a patient as instructed by a medical personnel and executed by a person, the dialysis station comprising:

at least one patient place having a dialyzer, a video terminal, and an ID input device for identifying the medical personnel and at which an acknowledgment of the execution of a treatment instruction is made in that the executing person acknowledges his or her identity, the at least one patient place receiving as input information on the execution of the instruction;

a central server including a data base; and

at least one physician place equipped with a video terminal,

said video terminals of the at least one patient place and the at least one physician place and the server being interlinked with each other and configured such that information on the course of the treatment at a selected patient place is callable and instructions for a selected patient place are adapted to be input.

2. The dialysis station according to claim 1, wherein information on occurrences can be input at the patient place, and an acknowledgment of the input is effected in that the executing person acknowledges his or her identity in the ID input device.

3. The dialysis station according to claim 1, wherein a patient code can be input which allocates the patient place to a patient.

4. The dialysis station according to claim 1, wherein the video terminal of the patient place is configured as a user interface for setting and changing parameters of the dialyzer, and the setting and change are stored along with the identity of the executing person.

5. The dialysis station according to claim 1, wherein the video terminals of the at least one patient places and the physician place are connected in an internal communication network.

6. The dialysis station according to claim 5, wherein the internal communication network is connected with an external communication network to which a video terminal of an external physician place is connected.

7. The dialysis station according to claim 1, wherein a symbol for calling an instruction input at the physician place can be illustrated on the video terminal of the at least one patient place.

8. The dialysis station according to claim 1, wherein a patient data file stored in the server includes indications on the dialyzer determined for a patient as well as on the settings and operational parameters thereof, and the video terminal of the at least one patient place receives the settings and operational parameters from the server and sets them at the dialyzer.

9. The dialysis station according to claim 1, wherein the input device consists of a data reader reading information on the patient, the operator, or both from a data carrier.

10. The dialysis station according to claim 1, wherein each video terminal comprises a screen with a keyboard and a computer connected with a control portion of the dialyzer.

11. A dialysis station implementing a course of treatment for a patient as instructed by a medical personnel and executed by a person, the dialysis station comprising:

at least one patient place having a dialyzer, a video terminal, and an ID input device for identifying the medical personnel and at which an acknowledgment of the execution of a treatment instruction is made in that the executing person acknowledges his or her identity, the at least one patient place receiving as input information on the execution of the instruction and information on occurrences and an acknowledgment of the input is effected in that the executing person acknowledges his or her identity in the ID input device;

a central server including a data base; and

at least one physician place equipped with a video terminal,

the video terminals and the server being interlinked with each other and configured such that information on the course of the treatment at a selected patient place is callable and instructions for a selected patient place are adapted to be input, a patient code can be input which allocates the at least one patient place to a patient, the video terminal of the at least one patient place is configured as a user interface for setting and changing parameters of the dialyzer, and the setting and change are stored along with the identity of the executing person.

12. The dialysis station according to claim 11, wherein the video terminals of the at least one patient place and the physician place are connected in a n internal communication network, the internal communication network connected with an external communication network to which a video terminal of an external physician place is connected.

13. The dialysis station according to claim 11, wherein a symbol for calling an instruction input at the physician place can be illustrated on the video terminal of the at least one patient place.

14. The dialysis station according to claim 11, wherein a patient data file stored in the server includes indications on the dialyzer determined for a patient as well as on the settings and operational parameters thereof, and the video terminal of the at least one patient place receives the settings and operational parameters from the server and sets them at the dialyzer.

15. The dialysis station according to claim 11, wherein the input device consists of a data reader reading information on the patient, the operator, or both from a data carrier.

16. The dialysis station according to claim 11, wherein each video terminal comprises a screen with a keyboard and a computer connected with a control portion of the dialyzer.

17. A dialysis station implementing a course of treatment for a patient as instructed by a medical personnel and executed by a person, the dialysis station comprising:

at least one patient place having a dialyzer, a video terminal, and an ID input device for identifying the medical personnel and at which an acknowledgment of the execution of a treatment instruction is made in that the executing person acknowledges his or her identity, the at least one patient place receiving as input information on the execution of the instruction and information on occurrences and an acknowledgment of the input is effected in that the executing person acknowledges his or her identity in the ID input device;

a central server having a data base and a patient data file stored in the server, the patient data file including indications on the dialyzer determined for a patient as well as on the settings and operational parameters thereof, and the video terminal of the at least one patient place receives the settings and operational parameters from the server and sets them at the dialyzer; and

at least one physician place equipped with a video terminal, wherein the video terminals of the at least one patient place and the physician place are connected in an internal communication network, the internal communication network connected with an external communication network to which a video terminal of an external physician place is connected,

the video terminals and the server being interlinked with each other and configured such that information on the course of the treatment at a selected patient place is callable and instructions for a selected patient place are adapted to be input, a patient code can be input which allocates the at least one patient place to a patient, the video terminal of the at least one patient place is configured as a user interface for setting and changing parameters of the dialyzer, and the setting and change are stored along with the identity of the executing person.

18. The dialysis station according to claim 17, wherein a symbol for calling an instruction input at the physician place can be illustrated on the video terminal of the at least one patient place.

19. The dialysis station according to claim 17, wherein the input device consists of a data reader reading information on the patient, the operator, or both from a data carrier.

20. The dialysis station according to claim 17, wherein each video terminal comprises a screen with a keyboard and a computer connected with a control portion of the dialyzer.