FLOW BALANCING AND SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD, ESPECIALLY FOR CITRATE
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1. A renal failure therapy method comprising:
- pumping blood through a blood circuit of a renal failure therapy machine;
infusing citrate as an anticoagulant; and
controlling a flowrate of the citrate based on a flowrate of the blood automatically so that the flowrates are synchronized.
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Abstract
A renal failure therapy system includes a blood pump; a citrate pump; and a control unit configured to automatically control the blood pump and the citrate pump to achieve a citrate flowrate that is based on a blood flowrate, so that the flowrates are synchronized.
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1. A renal failure therapy method comprising:
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pumping blood through a blood circuit of a renal failure therapy machine; infusing citrate as an anticoagulant; and controlling a flowrate of the citrate based on a flowrate of the blood automatically so that the flowrates are synchronized. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A renal failure therapy system comprising:
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a blood pump; a citrate pump; and a control unit configured to automatically control the blood pump and the citrate pump to achieve a citrate flowrate that is based on a blood flowrate, so that the flowrates are synchronized. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A renal failure therapy method comprising:
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configuring a renal failure therapy machine to perform the equation;
filtrate pump rate=total input rate−
total output rate+prescribed net loss rate, wherein the total input rate includes a flowrate of citrate; andcontrolling a filtrate pump according to the calculated filtrate pump rate. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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