Abstract: A hemodialysis patient data acquisition and management system resides on a host computer which receives information from one or more non-invasive, optical blood monitors associated with a hemodialysis system. When a patient is undergoing hemodialysis treatment, a sensor assembly monitors the patient's blood flowing through the hemodialysis system and a controller for the blood monitor generates data which includes at least an identification code for the patient undergoing the treatment on the respective system, and non-invasively determined blood data taken at the onset of the scheduled treatment, such as initial Hgb, HCT, and SAT values. A host computer communicates with the one or more optical blood monitors, preferably via a wireless network, and the patient's session commencement data is downloaded to the host computer.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 5, 2008
Publication date:
May 6, 2010
Applicant:
Hema Metrics, LLC
Inventors:
Louis LeeGrande Barrett, David Wayne Peterson, Brian Harris Nathanson, Michael Jack Germain, Michael K. Black