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Apparatus and methods for early stage peritonitis detection including self-cleaning effluent chamber

  • US 8,728,023 B2
  • Filed: 01/25/2008
  • Issued: 05/20/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for testing peritoneal dialysis (PD) effluent in a flow path, comprising:

  • A) a chamber defining at least part of the flow path for the peritoneal dialysis effluent,B) an illumination source that illuminates peritoneal effluent flowing through the chamber,C) a detector that detects illuminant any of reflected and scattered (collectively, “

    scattered”

    ) by the effluent flowing through the chamber,D) the chamber inducing lamellar flow in the effluent; and

    E) the chamber including a deflector disposed in the flow path, the deflector effecting a turbulent flow of fluid in the chamber that at least partially cleans inner walls thereof.

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