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User interface for blood treatment device

  • US 6,773,412 B2
  • Filed: 04/13/2001
  • Issued: 08/10/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method to assist an operator in identifying a fault in a fluid path of a renal replacement therapy device comprising the steps of:

  • a. drawing blood from a patient into the fluid path, passing the blood through the path in the device, and returning the blood from the fluid path into the patient;

    b. detecting a fault in the fluid path;

    c. displaying a pictorial diagram of the fluid path on the machine graphic display, wherein said diagram further comprises a plurality of fluid path diagram segments, and d. accentuating one segment of said plurality of fluid path diagram segments, wherein said one segment accentuated corresponds to a segment of the fluid path where said fault is detected, and wherein at least one other segment of said plurality of fluid path diagram segments is not accentuated.

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