Method, apparatus and software program for measurement of a parameter relating to a heart-lung system of a mammal
First Claim
1. A method for measuring a parameter relating to the heart-lung system of a mammal connected to blood treatment equipment, said equipment comprising an extracorporeal blood circuit connected to the mammal, said blood circuit including a blood treatment unit having a blood side, a blood inlet, a blood outlet, a treatment fluid side, a treatment fluid inlet, and a treatment fluid outlet, wherein said method comprises the steps of:
- providing a detectable perturbation to at least a measurable blood characteristic in the blood circuit, said detectable perturbation flowing through the heart-lung system and back to said blood circuit;
measuring an integrated change of a corresponding characteristic on the treatment fluid outlet; and
determining a parameter relating to the heart-lung system based on the measurement of said integrated change on the treatment fluid outlet.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and software program for measuring a parameter relating to the heart-lung system of a mammal are described. The method, software and apparatus can be implemented in a dialysis or other blood treatment apparatus comprising an extracorporeal blood circuit connected to a mammal; the circuit comprises a dialyzer, or other treatment unit, having a blood inlet, a blood outlet, a treatment fluid inlet and a treatment fluid outlet. The method comprises the steps of providing a pulse of a detectable substance in the blood circuit, measuring an integrated concentration of the detectable substance on the dialysis fluid outlet, determining the parameter based on the measurements on the dialysis fluid outlet.
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1. A method for measuring a parameter relating to the heart-lung system of a mammal connected to blood treatment equipment, said equipment comprising an extracorporeal blood circuit connected to the mammal, said blood circuit including a blood treatment unit having a blood side, a blood inlet, a blood outlet, a treatment fluid side, a treatment fluid inlet, and a treatment fluid outlet, wherein said method comprises the steps of:
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providing a detectable perturbation to at least a measurable blood characteristic in the blood circuit, said detectable perturbation flowing through the heart-lung system and back to said blood circuit; measuring an integrated change of a corresponding characteristic on the treatment fluid outlet; and determining a parameter relating to the heart-lung system based on the measurement of said integrated change on the treatment fluid outlet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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