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Device and method for determining and controlling the concentration of at least one solute in a fluid circuit

US8764987B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

Malte Gross · Schweinfurt, DE
Andreas Maierhofer · Schweinfurt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 31, 2010
Grant date	Jul 1, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 11, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2230/65
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for the determination and regulation of the concentration of at least one dissolved substance in a fluid circuit, in which the fluid circuit includes at least two partial circuits separated by a filter in a semi-permeable manner, includes a detection unit for determining a concentration difference of at least one first dissolved substance, a determination unit for determining the influence of at least one second dissolved substance which is not identical to the at least one first dissolved substance, and a regulation unit for regulating the concentration of the at least one dissolved substance in the fluid circuit.

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