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Method and apparatus for monitoring a treatment of a patient, preferably for monitoring hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration, and/or peritoneal dialysis

US9215985B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

Malte Gross · Schweinfurt, DE
Pascal Kopperschmidt · Dittelbrunn, DE
Andreas Maierhofer · Schweinfurt, DE
Alfred Gagel · Litzendorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 10, 2012
Grant date	Dec 22, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 10, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2021/6491
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of monitoring a treatment of a patient, preferably for monitoring hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration and/or peritoneal dialysis, that includes the steps of irradiating a sample of a dialysis liquid used in the treatment with irradiation light of at least a first irradiation wavelength, detecting light emitted by the irradiated sample in at least a first detection wavelength, the detection wavelength being different from the first irradiation wavelength, and determining the presence and/or concentration of at least one analyte in the sample on the basis of the detected light.

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