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Patient hydration system with taper down function

  • US 20100280445A1
  • Filed: 05/20/2010
  • Published: 11/04/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A patient hydration system comprising:

  • an infusion subsystem which infuses an infusion fluid into a patient;

    a urine output measurement subsystem which measures urine output by the patient;

    a console including an input for setting a desired fluid balance, the console further including a taper down input; and

    a controller associated with the console and responsive to the urine output measurement subsystem and including a balancing function which controls the infusion subsystem to administer infusion fluid into the patient based on the input desired fluid balance and the amount of urine output by the patient;

    the controller further including a taper down function, the taper down function, in response to a taper down input, automatically controlling the infusion subsystem to automatically administer increasingly lesser amounts of infusion fluid into the patient.

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