Device and method for monitoring a patient's vascular access, having a woven moisture sensor with a monitoring section
AssigneeFresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
InventorJohn HEPPE
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Abstract
The present invention proposes another woven moisture sensor having at least one printed conductor for monitoring a patient's vascular access for blood loss to the surroundings, in particular for use in an extracorporeal blood treatment. The inventive moisture sensor has a monitoring section of the printed conductor which is produced by weaving, which is a high-resistance terminating resistor in a first embodiment and in a second embodiment is a tongue of the moisture sensor, which is provided and configured for cutting out the moisture sensor.
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A woven moisture sensor for monitoring a patient's vascular access having at least one printed conductor produced by weaving, having a monitoring section of the printed conductor which is produced by weaving for function-testing the printed conductor.
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