Home dialysis machine network including walk-up service centers
AssigneesFresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Fresenius Medical Care AG
InventorsStacy L. Blasberg, Zdenek Cerman
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Abstract
A home dialysis machine network is provided that includes a home dialysis machine and one or more walk-up service centers. The walk-up service center can be equipped with a diagnostic tool, parts, or supplies for the home dialysis machine. Methods of maintaining a home dialysis machine are also provided as are service centers equipped with a transportation service or office, a diagnostics department, an education and training department, a consultation department, an exercise and spa department, an entertainment department, a sales department, a repair shop, a new technologies department, a pharmacy, and a doctor's office.
Claims18
A home dialysis machine system network comprising a home dialysis machine, and one or more walk-up service centers, wherein
- at least one of the one or more walk-up service centers comprises a pharmacy and the pharmacy comprises
- at least one of dialysate, concentrated dialysate, powdered dialysate, and packets of electrolytes formulated to mix with water to form dialysate,
- a prescription verification system comprising a pharmacy computer processor that comprises a receiver, and
- a prescription delivery system to deliver the prescription for dialysate to a user for whom the prescription for dialysate has been prescribed;
- the at least one of the one or more walk-up service centers comprises an interface that comprises a physician computer processor;
- the home dialysis machine comprises a processor, a transmitter, and a receiver;
- the processor of the home dialysis machine is configured to generate a patient information signal pertaining to one or more patient parameters resulting from a treatment of a patient with the home dialysis machine;
- the transmitter of the home dialysis machine is configured to wirelessly transmit the patient information signal to the physician computer processor;
- the physician computer processor comprises a receiver for receiving the patient information signal and a transmitter for transmitting a prescription for dialysate to be used with the home dialysis machine, the prescription being based on the patient information signal, to the pharmacy computer processor;
- the receiver of the pharmacy computer processor is configured for receiving the prescription from the physician computer processor,
- the pharmacy computer processor is configured to verify the prescription,
- the interface is configured to enable a user to receive the prescription for dialysate to be used with the home dialysis machine, and
- the processor of the home dialysis machine is configured to generate course-of-action instructions to input the prescription into the home dialysis machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.