Medical treatment system and methods using a plurality of fluid lines
AssigneeDEKA Research & Development
InventorsJacob W. Scarpaci, Simon C. Helmore, Eric J. VanWyk, Matthew J. Finch
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Abstract
A medical treatment system, such as peritoneal dialysis system, may include control and other features to enhance patient comfort and ease of use. For example, a peritoneal dialysis system may include patient line state detector for detecting whether a patient line is primed before it is to be connected to the patient. The patient line state detector can also the ability to detect whether a patient line has been properly mounted for priming. Both patient line presence/absence and fill state can be determined using an optical system, e.g., one that employs a single optical sensor.
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A fluid line detection system comprising:
- a pump arranged to pump a fluid to a patient;
- a fluid line fluidly connected to the pump and arranged to transfer the fluid from the pump to the patient, the fluid line having a distal end connector at a distal end of the fluid line for connection to a patient catheter;
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- a fluid line detector comprising a receptacle arranged to receive and hold the distal end connector and to position a distal end of the fluid line proximal to the distal end connector within a channel of the fluid line detector;
- wherein the fluid line detector is arranged to detect the presence or absence of the fluid line, or whether the fluid line is primed with the fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.