Patent ID: 11872337
Assignee: NXSTAGE MEDICAL, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  C | IPC A  C

Claim 0:
1. A system for performing peritoneal dialysis, comprising:
a fluid circuit with at least one fluid inlet and a mixing container;
a peritoneal dialysis system having a peritoneal dialysis system controller, valve actuators, one or more pumps, to pump and direct concentrate and water selectively through at least at times and through portions of the fluid circuit to transfer concentrate and water, through the at least one fluid inlet, to the mixing container to form dialysis fluid;
a water supply source with a water pump, the water pump being controlled by a water supply controller, the water supply source having a water outlet which is fluidly connected to the at least one fluid inlet of the fluid circuit by a water line; and
a command interface between the peritoneal dialysis system controller and the water supply controller, wherein
the peritoneal dialysis system controller is configured to transmit one or more commands to the water supply controller through the water line to start and stop the water pump.