Flow balancing and synchronization system
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1. A blood filtration system comprising:
- a blood filtration machine including;
(i) a blood filter;
(ii) a blood filtration machine controller housed within the blood filtration machine; and
(iii) a blood pump housed within the blood filtration machine;
a blood circuit in fluid communication with the blood filter and the blood pump; and
a drug delivery device including a substitution solution pump and a substitution solution pump controller, the drug delivery device housed external to the blood filtration machine, wherein the substitution solution pump is positioned and arranged to pump at least one medical fluid from a substitution solution fluid source into the blood circuit, whereinthe blood filtration machine controller is operable with the substitution solution pump controller to cause the substitution solution pump controller to automatically prevent the substitution solution pump from operating if the blood filtration machine controller determines that the blood pump is not running.
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Abstract
A renal failure therapy system includes a blood circuit with a blood pump and a drug delivery pump. A control unit is operable with the blood pump and the drug delivery pump to control the drug delivery pump based upon the status of the blood pump.
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18 Claims
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1. A blood filtration system comprising:
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a blood filtration machine including; (i) a blood filter; (ii) a blood filtration machine controller housed within the blood filtration machine; and (iii) a blood pump housed within the blood filtration machine; a blood circuit in fluid communication with the blood filter and the blood pump; and a drug delivery device including a substitution solution pump and a substitution solution pump controller, the drug delivery device housed external to the blood filtration machine, wherein the substitution solution pump is positioned and arranged to pump at least one medical fluid from a substitution solution fluid source into the blood circuit, wherein the blood filtration machine controller is operable with the substitution solution pump controller to cause the substitution solution pump controller to automatically prevent the substitution solution pump from operating if the blood filtration machine controller determines that the blood pump is not running. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A blood filtration system comprising:
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a blood filtration machine including a blood filter, a blood filtration machine controller, and a blood pump, wherein the blood filter, the blood filtration machine controller and the blood pump are housed within the blood filtration machine; a blood circuit in fluid communication with the blood filter and the blood pump; a plurality of substitution fluid pumps external to the blood filtration machine, wherein the plurality of external substitution fluid pumps are each positioned and arranged to pump a substitution fluid into the blood circuit; and a plurality of substitution fluid pump controllers, each substitution fluid pump controller associated with one of the respective substitution fluid pumps, wherein the blood filtration machine controller is operable to;
(i) determine if the blood pump is running, and (ii) if the blood pump is running, cause at least one of the plurality of substitution fluid pump controllers to enable the associated external substitution fluid pump(s) to be operated. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A blood filtration system comprising:
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a blood filtration machine including a blood filter, a blood filtration machine controller and a blood pump, wherein the blood filter, the blood filtration machine controller and the blood pump are housed within the blood filtration machine; a blood circuit in fluid communication with the blood filter and the blood pump; and a drug delivery device including a substitution solution pump and a substitution solution pump controller, the drug delivery device housed external to the blood filtration machine, wherein the substitution solution pump is positioned and arranged to pump at least one medical fluid from a substitution solution fluid source into the blood circuit, wherein the blood filtration machine controller is operable with the substitution solution pump controller to cause the substitution solution pump controller to only allow the substitution solution pump to operate when the blood filtration machine controller determines that the blood pump is operating.
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10. A blood filtration system comprising:
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a blood filtration machine including a blood filter, a blood filtration machine controller, and a blood pump configured to pump blood from a patient at a blood flowrate, wherein the blood filter, the blood filtration machine controller and the blood pump are housed within the blood filtration machine; a blood circuit in fluid communication with the blood filter and the blood pump; and a drug delivery device including a substitution solution pump and a substitution solution pump controller, the drug delivery device housed external to the blood filtration machine, wherein the substitution solution pump is positioned and arranged to pump at least one substitution solution from the drug delivery device into the blood circuit at a substitution solution flowrate, wherein, the blood filtration machine controller is operable with the substitution solution pump controller to cause the substitution solution pump controller to automatically adjust the substitution solution flowrate based upon the blood flowrate. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A blood filtration system comprising:
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a blood filtration machine including a blood filter, a blood filtration machine controller, and a blood pump configured to pump blood from a patient at a blood flowrate, wherein the blood filter, the blood filtration machine controller and the blood pump are housed within the blood filtration machine; a blood circuit in fluid communication with the blood filter and the blood pump; a plurality of substitution fluid pumps external to the blood filtration machine, wherein each of the plurality of external substitution fluid pumps is configured to pump a substitution fluid into the blood circuit at a substitution fluid flowrate; and a plurality of substitution fluid pump controllers, each substitution fluid pump controller associated with one of the respective substitution fluid pumps, wherein the blood filtration machine controller is operable with each of the plurality of substitution fluid pump controllers to;
(i) cause the blood filtration machine controller to determine the blood flowrate, and (ii) cause at least one of the plurality of substitution fluid pump controllers to adjust the substitution fluid flowrate of at least one of the substitution fluid pumps based upon the blood flowrate. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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