Hybrid blood and peritoneal dialysis treatment systems and methods
First Claim
1. A method for a hybrid blood treatment and peritoneal dialysis (“
- PD”
) machine comprising;
(i) determining whether a previous treatment left a last fill of dialysate in a patient'"'"'s peritoneum;
(ii) if a next treatment is a PD treatment, and if the previous treatment did not leave the last fill of dialysate in the patient'"'"'s peritoneum, initiating a PD treatment in which a first cycle is a fill cycle;
(iii) if the next treatment is a PD treatment, and if the previous treatment did leave the last fill of dialysate in the patient'"'"'s peritoneum, initiating a PD treatment in which a first cycle is a last fill drain cycle; and
(iv) if the next treatment is a blood treatment, and if the previous treatment did leave the last fill of dialysate in the patient'"'"'s peritoneum, initiating a blood treatment including a last fill drain cycle.
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Abstract
A method for a hybrid blood and peritoneal dialysis (“PD”) machine comprising: (i) determining whether a previous treatment left a last fill of dialysate in a patient'"'"'s peritoneum; (ii) if a next treatment is a PD treatment, and if the previous treatment did not leave the last fill of dialysate, causing a PD treatment in which a first cycle is a fill cycle to be initiated; (iii) if the next treatment is a PD treatment, and if the previous treatment did leave the last fill of dialysate, causing a PD treatment in which a first cycle is a last fill drain cycle to be initiated; and (iv) if the next treatment is a blood treatment and if the previous treatment did leave the last fill of dialysate, causing a blood treatment including a last fill drain cycle to be initiated.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for a hybrid blood treatment and peritoneal dialysis (“
- PD”
) machine comprising;(i) determining whether a previous treatment left a last fill of dialysate in a patient'"'"'s peritoneum; (ii) if a next treatment is a PD treatment, and if the previous treatment did not leave the last fill of dialysate in the patient'"'"'s peritoneum, initiating a PD treatment in which a first cycle is a fill cycle; (iii) if the next treatment is a PD treatment, and if the previous treatment did leave the last fill of dialysate in the patient'"'"'s peritoneum, initiating a PD treatment in which a first cycle is a last fill drain cycle; and (iv) if the next treatment is a blood treatment, and if the previous treatment did leave the last fill of dialysate in the patient'"'"'s peritoneum, initiating a blood treatment including a last fill drain cycle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for a hybrid blood treatment and peritoneal dialysis (“
- PD”
) machine comprising;(i) determining whether a next treatment is a PD treatment or a blood treatment; (ii) if the next treatment is a blood treatment, providing a blood treatment setup procedure; (iii) if the next treatment is a PD treatment, determining whether a subsequent treatment to the PD treatment is a PD treatment or a blood treatment; (iv) if the subsequent treatment is a PD treatment, configuring the next PD treatment to include a last fill of PD fluid that is to remain in a patient'"'"'s peritoneum after completion of the next PD treatment; and (v) if the subsequent treatment is a blood treatment, configuring the next PD treatment so as not to include the last fill of PD fluid. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A hybrid blood treatment and peritoneal dialysis (“
- PD”
) system comprising;at least one processor and memory programmed to (i) determine whether a previous treatment left a last fill of dialysate in a patient'"'"'s peritoneum; (ii) if a next treatment is a PD treatment and if the previous treatment did not leave the last fill of dialysate in the patient'"'"'s peritoneum, cause a PD treatment in which a first cycle is a fill cycle to be initiated; (iii) if the next treatment is a PD treatment and if the previous treatment did leave the last fill of dialysate in the patient'"'"'s peritoneum, cause a PD treatment in which a first cycle is a last fill drain cycle to be initiated; and (iv) if the next treatment is a blood treatment and if the previous treatment did leave the last fill of dialysate in the patient'"'"'s peritoneum, cause a blood treatment including a last fill drain cycle to be initiated.
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