Patient hydration system and method
First Claim
1. A patient hydration system comprising:
- an infusion subsystem including a pump which infuses an infusion fluid into a patient;
a urine output measurement subsystem which measures urine output by the patient and including a urine collection chamber for collecting the urine output by the patient;
a console including an input for setting a desired fluid balance, the console further including a priming input;
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; and
a priming adapter configured to connect the infusion subsystem to the urine output measurement subsystem;
the controller configured, in response to the priming input, to automatically control the pump to drive infusion fluid from the infusion subsystem through the priming adapter and into the urine collection chamber to test the operation of the infusion subsystem and the urine output measurement subsystem and to verify the amount of infusion fluid pumped matches the amount of infusion fluid entering the urine collection chamber within a predetermined range.
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Abstract
A patient hydration system including an infusion device for administering hydration fluid to a patient, and a hydration fluid measurement device responsive to a source of hydration fluid, a patient urine output measurement device. A controller is responsive to the hydration fluid measurement device and the patient urine output measurement device. The controller operates the infusion device, in response to the patient urine output measurement device and the hydration fluid measurement device, to hydrate the patient based on the patient'"'"'s urine output. The controller also monitors the operation history of the infusion device thereby providing redundancy in the measurement of the amount of hydration fluid administered to the patient.
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22 Claims
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1. A patient hydration system comprising:
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an infusion subsystem including a pump which infuses an infusion fluid into a patient; a urine output measurement subsystem which measures urine output by the patient and including a urine collection chamber for collecting the urine output by the patient; a console including an input for setting a desired fluid balance, the console further including a priming input; 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; and a priming adapter configured to connect the infusion subsystem to the urine output measurement subsystem; the controller configured, in response to the priming input, to automatically control the pump to drive infusion fluid from the infusion subsystem through the priming adapter and into the urine collection chamber to test the operation of the infusion subsystem and the urine output measurement subsystem and to verify the amount of infusion fluid pumped matches the amount of infusion fluid entering the urine collection chamber within a predetermined range. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A patient hydration system comprising:
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an infusion subsystem including a pump which infuses an infusion fluid into a patient via infusion tubing connected to the patient in a balancing configuration; a urine output measurement subsystem which measures urine output by the patient and including a urine collection chamber for collecting the urine output by the patient and connected to the patient via urine collection tubing in the balancing configuration; a console including an input for setting a desired fluid balance, the console further including a priming input; a priming adapter configured to connect the infusion tubing to the urine collection tubing in a priming configuration; a controller configured, in response to the priming input and in the priming configuration, to automatically control the pump to drive infusion fluid through the infusion tubing, through the priming adapter and the urine collection tubing, and into the urine collection chamber; and the controller configured, in response to the set desired fluid balance and in the balancing configuration, to automatically control the infusion subsystem to administer infusion fluid into the patient based on the set desired fluid balance and the amount of urine output by the patient, wherein the amount of urine output includes the amount of infusion fluid present in the urine collection tubing following the priming step which is driven into the urine collection chamber once the patient begins to expel urine.
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22. A patient hydration method comprising:
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connecting an infusion subsystem including infusion tubing to urine collection tubing connected to a urine collection chamber; priming including driving infusion fluid through the infusion tubing, the urine collection tubing, and into the urine collection chamber; disconnecting the infusion tubing from the urine collection tubing; connecting the infusion tubing to the patient; connecting the urine collection tubing to the patient; determining the amount of urine output by the patient, wherein the amount of urine output includes the amount of infusion fluid present in the urine collection tubing following the priming step which is driven into the urine collection chamber once the patient begins to expel urine; and automatically infusing fluid into the patient as a function of the determined amount of urine output by the patient and a desired fluid balance.
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