Extracorporeal blood treatment machine comprising leakage detection and method of detecting leakages in dialysis fluid systems
AssigneeB. Braun Avitum AG
InventorsKai-Uwe Ritter, Oliver Schulz
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Abstract
The invention relates to an extracorporeal blood treatment machine, such as a dialysis machine, comprising leakage detection as well as to a method of detecting leakages in the dialysis fluid circuit of a dialysis machine, wherein at least part of the dialysis fluid system to be monitored in terms of leakage is accommodated in a hermetically sealed housing and the housing is or can be ventilated in a controlled manner, and wherein a parameter, such as the air humidity of the air flowing into the housing is compared to a corresponding parameter, preferably air humidity of the air flowing out of the housing.
Claims11
An extracorporeal blood treatment machine comprising:
- a housing having at least one first ventilation aperture and at least one second ventilation aperture, wherein the housing with the exception of the ventilation apertures is configured to be hermetically sealed;
- a defined self-contained air flow path within the housing connecting the at least one first ventilation aperture to the at least one second ventilation aperture such that air flowing through the housing is conveyed along the defined self-contained air flow path between the ventilation apertures;
- a dialysis fluid system to be detected or to be monitored for leakage, wherein at least part of the dialysis fluid system is accommodated in the housing;
- at least one blower configured to convey the air flowing through the housing from the at least one first ventilation aperture or the at least one second ventilation aperture to the other at least one ventilation aperture through the defined self-contained air flow path within the housing;
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- at least one measuring device configured to determine humidity of at least one of input air flowing into the housing or output air flowing out of the housing via the ventilation apertures.
An extracorporeal blood treatment machine comprising:
- a housing having at least one first ventilation aperture and at least one second ventilation aperture, wherein the housing with the exception of the ventilation apertures is configured to be hermetically sealed;
- a dialysis fluid system to be detected or to be monitored for leakage, wherein at least part of the dialysis fluid system is accommodated in the housing;
- at least one vent configured to convey ambient air from the at least one first ventilation aperture or the at least one second ventilation aperture through the housing to the other at least one ventilation aperture, wherein the at least one vent is operable via a control at staggered intervals to convey the ambient air in two opposite directions through the housing;
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- at least one measuring device configured to determine humidity of at least one of the ambient air flowing into the housing or the ambient air flowing out of the housing via the ventilation apertures.
An extracorporeal blood treatment machine comprising:
- a housing having at least one first ventilation aperture and at least one second ventilation aperture, wherein the housing with the exception of the ventilation apertures is configured to be hermetically sealed;
- a dialysis fluid system to be detected or to be monitored for leakage, wherein at least part of the dialysis fluid system is accommodated in the housing;
- at least one vent configured to convey ambient air from the at least one first ventilation aperture or the at least one second ventilation aperture through the housing to the other at least one ventilation aperture;
- at least one measuring device configured to determine humidity of at least one of the ambient air flowing into the housing or the ambient air flowing out of the housing via the ventilation apertures;
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- a further vent in the housing arranged to direct and distribute the ambient air flowing through the housing to positions where fluid escaped from the dialysis fluid system in the case of leakage would accumulate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.