Patent ID: 6736789
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: A61B,A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
A blood treatment device for extracorporeal blood treatment comprising:a) an extracorporeal blood path connecting a subject to the blood treatment device, the blood treatment device having an inlet and an outlet, the extracorporeal blood path carrying blood from the subject to the blood treatment device inlet and from the blood treatment device outlet back to the subject; b) a measurement device connected to the subject for continuously measuring a value selected from the group consisting of a pulse wave velocity and a pulse wave transit time; c) a correlation device connected to the measurement device, the correlation device adapted to determine a correlative value correlating a blood pressure value to the measured value; d) a comparison device connected to the correlation device, the comparison device adapted to compare the correlative value with a predetermined limit and generate a signal when the correlative value is outside the limit; and e) a control unit connected to the comparison device, the control unit adapted to selectively initiate, based on a user preference, one of a plurality of changes in the subject's extracorporeal blood treatment in response to the signal.