Abstract: A dialysis apparatus includes a housing; a first electrical contact carried by the housing; a hydrogel material located within the housing; a second electrical contact connected to the hydrogel material, the hydrogel material located so as to be contacted by a liquid flowing through the housing; and wherein the hydrogel material expands as the material absorbs the liquid such that the second electrical contact is moved and eventually engage the first electrical contact.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 20, 2012
Publication date:
March 28, 2013
Applicants:
BAXTER HEALTHCARE S.A., BAXTER INTERNTIONAL INC.