Patent ID: 8500676
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A device for carrying out a tidal peritoneal dialysis treatment of a patient in a plurality of cycles, each cycle including a fill period (F), a dwell period (Dw) and a drain period (Dr), the device comprising: A processor; A cycler connected to the processor and adapted to fill the abdominal cavity of the patient with dialysis fluid, and to drain the abdominal cavity; and A sensor connected to the processor and adapted to sense during the draining a variable related to the draining of the dialysis fluid from the abdominal cavity, said variable being a pressure in the abdominal cavity of the patient during the drain period, The processor being adapted to initiate an interruption of the draining, at least for most of the cycles of the treatment, when the variable reaches a breakpoint at which the variable is radically changed, thereby leaving a residual volume of the dialysis fluid in the abdominal cavity.