Patient distress monitoring with a peritoneal dialysis cycler
AssigneesBaxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare S.A.
InventorLalu KRISHNAN
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Abstract
A peritoneal dialysis system includes a control unit configured to (i) store a sleep state pattern for the patient, (ii) begin a patient drain followed by a patient fill when at least one sensor indicates that the patient is in a deep sleep state, (iii) extend a dwell period if the sleep state pattern indicates that the patient will enter a subsequent deep sleep state within a first time duration after a programmed dwell period, and (iv) shorten the dwell period if the sleep state pattern indicates that the patient will leave the deep sleep state within a second time duration after an end of the programmed dwell period. The system alternatively or additionally assesses or records a stress level of and/or a fluid/caloric intake by the patient and takes actions accordingly.
Claims20
A peritoneal dialysis (“PD”) system comprising:
- a PD machine including a control unit storing a treatment prescription that provides at least one parameter for performing a PD treatment using the PD machine;
- a sensor having an output indicative of a PD patient stress level;
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- logic configured to determine the patient stress level based on the output, the patient stress level used for at least one of (i) comparing against a non-stressed patient baseline, (ii) developing a patient stress level trend, (iii) updating the non-stressed patient baseline, or (iv) determining if the treatment prescription needs updating.
A peritoneal dialysis (“PD”) system comprising:
- a PD machine including a control unit storing a treatment prescription that provides at least one parameter for performing a PD treatment using the PD machine;
- a first sensor having a first output indicative of a PD patient stress level;
- a second sensor having a second output indicative of a PD patient stress level;
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- logic configured to determine the patient stress level based on the first output and the second output.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.