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Early stage peritonitis detection apparatus and methods

  • US 20080045884A1
  • Filed: 07/23/2007
  • Published: 02/21/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus for testing peritoneal dialysis (PD) effluent in a flow path, comprising A. an illumination source that illuminates peritoneal effluent in the flow path, B. a detector that detects illuminant any of reflected and scattered (collectively, “

  • scattered”

    ) by the effluent, and C. the detector detects that scattered illuminant at a cellular scale of resolution such that at least selected separate cellular-sized components in the effluent can be distinguished from one another based on illuminant that is scattered therefrom and that is detected by the detector.

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