APPARATUS FOR QUANTIFYING AND DISPLAYING A PATIENT'S TIME BUFFER, BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD
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1. An apparatus adapted to quantify and display a time buffer or a need for urgency in a treatment of at least one patient during a blood treatment session, the apparatus comprising:
- a device adapted for reading in or importing a treatment duration;
a device adapted for reading in or importing, at least once, a target end time for the blood treatment session;
a device adapted for calculating, identifying or classifying the time buffer or the need for urgency, at least once, on a basis of at least a current time, the treatment duration and the end time; and
a device adapted for outputting or displaying, at least once, a signal which indicates or codes for the time buffer or the need for urgency.
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Abstract
An apparatus configured to quantify and display a time buffer for at least one patient during a blood treatment session is described. A blood treatment apparatus which includes such an apparatus or is in signal communication therewith, and a method for quantifying and presenting the time buffer for at least one patient at a blood treatment session are also described, as well as a computer program, a computer program product and a digital storage medium.
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16 Claims
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1. An apparatus adapted to quantify and display a time buffer or a need for urgency in a treatment of at least one patient during a blood treatment session, the apparatus comprising:
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a device adapted for reading in or importing a treatment duration; a device adapted for reading in or importing, at least once, a target end time for the blood treatment session; a device adapted for calculating, identifying or classifying the time buffer or the need for urgency, at least once, on a basis of at least a current time, the treatment duration and the end time; and a device adapted for outputting or displaying, at least once, a signal which indicates or codes for the time buffer or the need for urgency. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for quantifying and displaying a time buffer or a need for urgency of at least one patient during a blood treatment session, whereby the method is carried out by a correspondingly configured apparatus, the method comprising:
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reading in or importing a treatment duration using the apparatus; reading in or importing, at least once, an end time for the blood treatment session using the apparatus; calculating, identifying or classifying, at least once, the time buffer or the need for urgency, via the apparatus, on a basis of a current time, the treatment duration and the end time; and at least once outputting a signal which specifies or codes for the time buffer or the need for urgency. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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