Patent ID: 8684959
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus, comprising: a blood treatment device having a blood chamber and a fluid chamber separated from one another by a semipermeable membrane; an extracorporeal blood circuit connected to the blood chamber for transporting blood from an individual to the blood chamber and for returning the blood from the blood chamber to the individual; a sensor predisposed in the extracorporeal blood circuit for emitting at least a signal indicating a variation in hematic volume of the individual subjected to extracorporeal blood treatment; a weight loss system for actuating an individual's weight loss during the extracorporeal blood treatment; a control unit configured for performing following operations: receiving an effective weight value of the individual; receiving a desired weight loss value of the individual; determining at least a desired value of a hematic volume change of the individual on a basis of the effective weight value and the desired weight loss value, wherein the operation of determining at least a desired value of a hematic volume change comprises sub-operations of: controlling the weight loss system on a basis of the signal of hematic volume change and the desired value of a parameter of the individual.