Wireless monitoring of hemodialysis treatment data in real-time via a blood monitor network

A system for monitoring hemodialysis treatment data, comprising;

• a blood monitor network comprising a plurality of optical blood monitoring systems, wherein each optical blood monitoring system of the plurality of optical blood monitoring systems comprises:
• an optical blood monitor comprising:
• an emitter configured to emit light through a blood chamber through which extracorporeal blood from a patient is circulated during a hemodialysis treatment for the patient, a detector configured to receive the light emitted from the emitter after the light has passed through the blood chamber, and a controller configured to obtain signals from the detector and to generate hemodialysis treatment session data corresponding to the patient, wherein the hemodialysis treatment session data includes hematocrit, hemoglobin, or oxygen saturation data;
• and
• an end user radio connected to the optical blood monitor, wherein the end user radio is configured to transmit the hemodialysis treatment session data from the optical blood monitor;
• and
• a host computer, comprising:
• a hub radio configured to receive respective hemodialysis treatment session data corresponding to respective patients from respective optical blood monitoring systems of the plurality of optical blood monitoring systems;
• a display configured to display the received hemodialysis treatment session data;
• and
• a database configured to store the received hemodialysis treatment session data;
• wherein the host computer is configured to:
• poll or ping the blood monitor network to determine which optical blood monitors of the blood monitor network are active;
• receive a user request to obtain additional data from the blood monitor network;
• and
• in response to the received user request, interrogate the blood monitor network to download the additional data from the blood monitor network.

A system for monitoring hemodialysis treatment data, comprising;

• a blood monitor network comprising a plurality of optical blood monitoring systems, wherein each optical blood monitoring system of the plurality of optical blood monitoring systems comprises:
• an optical blood monitor comprising:
• an emitter configured to emit light through a blood chamber through which extracorporeal blood from a patient is circulated during a hemodialysis treatment for the patient, a detector configured to receive the light emitted from the emitter after the light has passed through the blood chamber, and a controller configured to obtain signals from the detector and to generate hemodialysis treatment session data corresponding to the patient, wherein the hemodialysis treatment session data includes hematocrit, hemoglobin, or oxygen saturation data;
• and
• an end user radio connected to the optical blood monitor, wherein the end user radio is configured to transmit the hemodialysis treatment session data from the optical blood monitor;
• and
• a host computer, comprising:
• a hub radio configured to receive respective hemodialysis treatment session data corresponding to respective patients from respective optical blood monitoring systems of the plurality of optical blood monitoring systems;
• a display configured to display the received hemodialysis treatment session data;
• and
• a database configured to store the received hemodialysis treatment session data;
• wherein the host computer is configured to:
• receive a user request to obtain additional data from the blood monitor network;
• in response to the received user request, interrogate the blood monitor network to download the additional data from the blood monitor network;
• and
• broadcast messages to the blood monitor network, wherein a respective message comprises a serial number for a respective optical blood monitor.