System and method for detecting a concentrate container connected to a blood treatment device
AssigneeFresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
InventorsFlorian WOHLFEIL, Alfred GAGEL, Sebastian PFEIFER, Philippe LAFFAY
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a blood treatment device, comprising a housing, a connection means configured to fluidically and/or mechanically connect the blood treatment device to a container, wherein the container comprises a closing element fluidically closing the container against the outside, and at least one sensor configured to detect the presence of a container connected to the connection means and further configured to detect an integrity status of the closing element of the container.
Claims20
A blood treatment device, comprising
- a housing,
- a connection means configured to fluidically and/or mechanically connect the blood treatment device to a container, wherein the container comprises a closing element fluidically closing the container against the outside, and
- at least one sensor configured to detect the presence of a container connected to the connection means and further configured to detect an integrity status of the closing element of the container.
A container for concentrate, comprising:
- a hollow body for containing concentrate,
- a container connection element configured to fluidically and/or mechanically connect the container to a blood treatment device, wherein
- the container connection element comprises an inspection window configured to allow an optical sensor of a blood treatment device in a field of inspection an optical inspection of a closing element fluidically closing the container, in a position in that the container is connected to the blood treatment device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.