Patent ID: 8506885
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A method for centralized heat disinfection control for a dialysis system, comprising: providing a central water processing system, a plurality of dialysis machines having fluid inlets which are fluidly connected to a water supply loop which circulates heated water from the central water processing system to fluid inlets of the dialysis machines and back to the central water processing system; supplying heated water to the loop from the central water processing system; sensing water temperature with temperature sensors at the fluid inlets of the plurality of dialysis machines on the loop; and communicating data on the sensed temperature at the fluid inlets of the dialysis machines to a process controller capable of (i) comparing the sensed temperature to a predetermined value or value range selected for disinfection, and (ii) issuing an alarm or controlling the temperature controller for adjusting water temperature of water at the central water processing system when a sensed inlet water temperature of a dialysis machine does not meet the predetermined value or value range, or both.