Patent ID: 11918721
Assignee: BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  B  G | IPC A  B  G

Claim 11:
12. A peritoneal dialysis system comprising:
at least one pump;
a memory device configured to store:
ultrafiltration (“UF”) therapy prescriptions including a first UF therapy prescription, second UF therapy prescription, and a third UF therapy prescription,
a schedule indicative as to which of the UF therapy prescription performed on specified dates, and, an alarm threshold of permissible UF therapy prescription changes for a given week or month; and
a logic implementer communicatively coupled to the memory device and configured to:
determine or identify a current date;
use the schedule stored in the memory device to select one of the first, second, or third UF therapy prescription based on the current date;
receive an input from a patient regarding a selection of one of the first, second, or third UF therapy prescription for the current date that is changed from the UF therapy prescription specified by the schedule;
control the at least one pump based on the patient selected UF therapy prescription instead of the UF therapy prescription specified by the schedule to perform a peritoneal dialysis therapy;
increment a counter regarding a number of times that the patient selected UF therapy prescription was used instead of the UF therapy prescription specified by the schedule for a current week or month;
determine whether the counter meets or exceeds the alarm threshold; and when the counter meets or exceeds the alarm threshold,
transmit an alarm message via a network to a clinician computer or a server, the alarm message indicative of the alarm threshold being met or exceeded.