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Autonomous vehicle comprising extracorporeal blood treatment machine

  • US 9,128,484 B1
  • Filed: 05/28/2015
  • Issued: 09/08/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An autonomous vehicle comprising an autonomous vehicle control system, a dialysis machine, and an interface providing an electrical communication between the dialysis machine and the autonomous vehicle control system, whereinthe dialysis machine is configured to perform a dialysis treatment on a patient while the autonomous vehicle is under the control of the autonomous vehicle control system,the autonomous vehicle further comprises an engine, an energy source for the engine, an energy source sensor configured to sense the amount of energy, available from the energy source, for the engine, and a dialysis controller for the dialysis machine,the dialysis controller comprises a user interface configured to enable a user to input a prescription therapy to the dialysis machine,the interface between the dialysis machine and the autonomous vehicle control system comprises an electrical communication between the energy source sensor and the dialysis controller,the energy source sensor is configured to send a signal to the dialysis controller indicating the amount of energy available to power the engine, andthe dialysis controller is configured to notify the user if there is insufficient energy available from the energy source to power the engine for the amount of time that would be required to carry out the prescription therapy.

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