Blood treatment system

• US 8,485,998 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2007
• Issued: 07/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: B. Braun Avitum AG (B. Braun Holding GmbH & Co. KG)
• Original Assignee: B. Braun Avitum AG (B. Braun Holding GmbH & Co. KG)
• Inventors: Moll, Stefan, Bock, Gerhard, Dolgos, Sndor
• Primary Examiner(s): Wiest, Philip R
• Application Number:
  US11/961,499
• Publication Number:
  US 20080176210A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,035 Days
• Field of Search: 604 401- 504, 604/6.09, 604/28, 604/29, 604/507, 604/508, 604 65- 67, 422 44- 48, 210645-650, 21032171-32175, 128/898, 600/301
• US Class Current: 604/5.01
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/60 for the operation of medical equipment or devices
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A blood treatment system including a computer with a program library containing data sets for the functional processes of blood treatment apparatus. The computer is used to generate data sets with the aid of a catalog of questions to be responded to interactively. In this manner, data sets can be generated corresponding to the individual requirements. The selecting of a data set can also be performed corresponding to the individual needs of the users and patients, respectively.

Claims

1. A blood treatment system for extracorporeal blood treatment, including at least one blood treatment apparatus comprising:

a filter connected to a blood circuit and to a dialysate circuit,

a control device for controlling functional processes,

a user interface comprising a monitor and input devices, wherein the user interface is configured to generate a screen display including a catalog of questions to be interactively answered by the user, and wherein the answers are used to generate a functional process that controls operation of the blood treatment apparatus, which is in the form of data sets, to be transmitted to and stored in a program library of various functional processes, each of which control operation of the blood treatment apparatus, that is remote from the user interface,

wherein respectively one data set can be selected to be activated for a treatment process based on input received via the user interface.

2. The blood treatment system of claim 1, wherein means are provided for graphic representation of the selected data set and its functional process, respectively.

3. The blood treatment system of claim 1, wherein, for each data set, consequential information items are generated and displayed.

4. The blood treatment system of claim 3, wherein the consequential information includes one or more of a preparation time, consumption of liquid and required user reactions.

5. The blood treatment system of claim 1, wherein the data set includes, apart from the functional process, also parameters of the monitor display.

6. The blood treatment system of claim 1, wherein a separate computer is provided which includes the program library and communicates with the control device of the blood treatment apparatus.

7. The blood treatment system of claim 6, wherein a portable data carrier is provided for communication between the program library and the blood treatment apparatus.

8. The blood treatment system of claim 6, wherein said separate computer is connected to a plurality of blood treatment apparatus via a communication network.

9. The blood treatment system of claim 6, wherein said separate computer is operative to run a model of the blood treatment apparatus, which model is adapted for input of parameters thereinto and operative to simulate a functional process with these parameters, and wherein the data sets of individual functional processes can be stored in the program library.

10. The blood treatment system of claim 1, wherein the blood treatment apparatus includes a plurality of data sets for selection among them.

11. The blood treatment system of claim 1, wherein an ID reader is provided for detecting an identification of a user, with the control device receiving a data set in dependence on the detected identification.

12. The blood treatment system of claim 1, wherein an ID reader is provided for detecting an identification of a patient, with the control device receiving a data set in dependence on the detected identification.

13. The blood treatment system of claim 1, wherein a sensor is provided for detecting the presence of a specific consumption article in the blood treatment apparatus, and the type of said article, with the control device selecting one or a plurality of data sets in dependence on the detection result.

14. The blood treatment system of claim 1, wherein means are provided for detecting the setting of a specific type of treatment on the blood treatment apparatus, with the control device selecting one or a plurality of data sets in dependence on the detection result.

15. The blood treatment system of claim 1, wherein the program library is included on a data carrier and, at start-up of the blood treatment apparatus, the contents of said data carrier are input into the control device of the blood treatment apparatus.

16. A method for operating a blood treatment apparatus including a filter connected to a blood circuit and to a dialysate circuit, a control device for controlling functional processes, a user interface comprising a monitor and input devices, the method comprising:

receiving input via the user interface;

generating a functional process in the form of a data set that controls operation of the blood treatment apparatus to be transmitted to and stored in a remote program library of various functional processes, each of which control operation of the blood treatment apparatus, by generating an input screen display at the user interface including a catalog of questions to be interactively answered by the user, wherein the remote program library includes various functional processes, each of which control operation of the blood treatment apparatus, in the form of data sets for the operation of the blood treatment apparatus based on the input, and

implementing a treatment process in accordance with the generated data set.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein said data set and its functional process, respectively, is graphically represented on the monitor.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein, for each data set, consequential information items are generated and displayed.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the consequential information includes one or more of a preparation time, consumption of liquid and required user reactions.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein, apart from the functional process, parameters of the monitor display are also input into said data set.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein the program library is generated in a separate computer adapted to communicate with the control devices of the one or plural blood treatment apparatus.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein said communication is performed using a portable data carrier.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein said separate computer will be connected to a plurality of blood treatment apparatuses via a communication network.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein a model of the blood treatment apparatus is generated in said separate computer, which model is adapted for input of parameters thereinto and operative to simulate a functional process with these parameters, and wherein the data sets of individual functional processes are stored in the program library.

25. The method of claim 16, wherein a plurality of data sets are input into the blood treatment apparatus for selection among them.

26. The method of claim 16, wherein an identification of a user is detected by an ID reader and the control device receives a data set in dependence on the detected identification.

27. The method of claim 16, wherein an identification of a patient is detected by an ID reader and the control device receives a data set in dependence on the detected identification.

28. The method of claim 16, wherein the presence of a specific consumption article in the blood treatment apparatus is detected by a sensor and, in dependence on the detection result, one or a plurality of data sets are selected by the control device.

29. The method of claim 16, wherein the setting of a specific type of treatment on the blood treatment apparatus is detected, and one or a plurality of data sets are selected by the control device in dependence on the detection result.

30. The method of claim 16, wherein, at start-up of the blood treatment apparatus, the program library included on a data carrier is automatically read into the control device of the blood treatment apparatus.