Patent ID: 11951240
Assignee: GAMBRO LUNDIA AB
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 23:
24. The CRRT apparatus of claim 16, wherein the control unit is configured to calculate the citrate load according to the following formula:, D
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   ), wherein:
Dcit is a citrate dose,
Ob is a blood flow rate,
Kcit is a filter clearance for the citrate-calcium complexes,
Opwinlet is a plasma water flow rate,
Kcit_met is a patient citrate metabolic clearance,
Op is a plasma flow rate.