Patent ID: 9597440
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M,B01D,G16Z

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: initiating a blood fluid removal session of a patient with an initial blood fluid removal rate; monitoring an indicator of tissue fluid volume of the patient during the blood fluid removal session; monitoring an indicator of blood fluid volume of the patient during the blood fluid removal session; determining a first indicator of tissue fluid volume and a first indicator of blood fluid volume; acquiring a first set of data regarding the physiological health of the patient; altering the rate of blood fluid removal to a second blood fluid removal rate; determining a second indicator of tissue fluid volume and a second indicator of blood fluid volume; acquiring a second set of data regarding the physiological health of the patient; determining a preferable outcome measure based on the first and second sets of physiological data; and altering the rate of blood fluid removal so that an indicator of tissue fluid volume and an indicator of blood fluid volume are within a pre-determined range of the preferable outcome measure.