Patent ID: 9526833
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: A61B,A61M,G01G

Claim Text:
1. A patient hydration system comprising: an infusion subsystem including a pump which infuses a hydration fluid into a patient to hydrate a patient; a urine output measurement subsystem which measures urine output by the patient; a console including a user input for setting a desired fluid balance, the console further including a user input for the user to set a desired bolus amount of the hydration fluid; and a controller associated with the console and responsive to the urine output measurement subsystem and including a balancing function which controls the infusion subsystem pump to administer hydration fluid into the patient to replace fluid lost in urine based on the user set desired fluid balance and the amount of urine output by the patient for a therapy duration; the controller further including a bolus function configured to control the infusion subsystem pump to infuse the user set desired bolus amount of hydration fluid in a prescribed time period in response to a user request, in which the user set desired bolus amount of the hydration fluid infused into the patient is in addition to the desired fluid balance.