Patent ID: 8475399

Claim:
A portable dialysis system for conducting a dialysis treatment, wherein said portable dialysis system comprises: a. first housing having a display and having a dialyzer, plurality of pumps and fluid flow paths for conducting said dialysis treatment; b. a second housing having water reservoir, a scale and a bar code reader, wherein the first housing is adapted to physically attach to, and sit on top of, the second housing and wherein a fluid flow path places water in said water reservoir in fluid communication with at least one of the fluid flow paths in the first housing; and c. a memory, located in the first housing, for storing a plurality of programmatic instructions wherein, upon execution, said instructions generate: i. a first graphical user interface for presentation on said display, wherein said first graphical user interface displays each additive required for use in the dialysis treatment; ii. a second graphical user interface for presentation on said display, wherein said second graphical user interface prompts a user of said system to submit a plurality of additives to scanning using said bar code scanner; and iii. a third graphical user interface for presentation on said display, wherein said third graphical user interface prompts a user of said system to submit a plurality of additives to measurement using said scale.