Patent Document ID: 10076283
Application ID: 14539437
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising the steps of: obtaining one or more parameters correlated for fluid removal from a patient connected to a first medical device configured to obtain the one or more parameters; transferring data for the one or more parameters to a medical device processor wherein the medical device processor utilizes the one or more parameters in a forward algorithm to generate a recommended fluid level, the medical device processor determining the recommended fluid level; and adjusting fluid removal via a second medical device from the patient based on the recommended fluid level; wherein the forward algorithm is presented by the equation: DFL = ∑ i = 1 n ⁢ Wi * Sx ⁡ ( Pi , Ci , Ki ) where Wi is a weighting coefficient predetermined according to a level of impact on fluid removal by a corresponding parameter (Pi), Ci is an off-set coefficient predetermined when a corresponding parameter Pi indicates no recommended change in fluid level, Ki is a scaling coefficient predetermined according to a slope of change in fluid removal by a corresponding parameter Pi, and where Sx is one of S1, S2, and S3, S1 is a function with an output between 0and 1 and increases from 0 to 1 as Pi increases in value, S2 is a function with an output between 0 and 1 and deceases from 1 to 0 as Pi increases in value, S3 is a function with an output between 0 and 1 and increases from 0 to 1 as Pi varies in value from a set point, Sx is S 1 when Pi is positively correlated to fluid removal, Sx is S2 when Pi is negatively correlated to fluid removal, Sx is S3 when Pi correlates to fluid removal as it deviates from the set point.