Patent ID: 11925742
Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 19:
20. A method, comprising:
determining, by a system, a time point with regard to puncturing a vessel of a patient in preparation for treating the patient via the punctured vessel using a blood treatment apparatus;
determining, by the system, whether an amount of time that has elapsed since the determined time point exceeds a maximum permissible time period between puncturing the vessel and starting a blood treatment provided via the punctured vessel; and
in response to determining that the amount of time that has elapsed since the determined time point exceeds the maximum permissible time period between puncturing the vessel and starting the blood treatment via the punctured vessel, blocking, by the system, at least temporarily, execution of at least one function of the blood treatment apparatus.