Abstract: A non-invasive device for measuring blood temperature in a circuit for the extracorporeal circulation of blood includes a line in which blood taken from a patient flows. The device also includes a temperature sensor connected to the line and provided with a device for measuring the intensity of an electromagnetic radiation. The measuring device faces a connecting portion or window of the line that is permeable by electromagnetic radiation in a first wave band, and generates a first signal, correlated with the electromagnetic radiation in the first band and therefore with the temperature of the blood flowing in the line.

Abstract: A method of sensing the detachment of the venous needle (13) from a patient (P) during an extracorporeal blood treatment in a dialysis machine (1) having an extracorporeal blood circuit (2), in which an electric current is made to flow along a closed-loop path (P1) of an electrical circuit (37) formed by an electrical line (21, 22, 23) external to the extracorporeal circuit (2), a portion of extracorporeal circuit (2) directly connected to the venous needle (13), and the patient (P); a signal correlated with the electric current along the electrical line (21, 22, 23) is detected; and the signal is compared with a threshold value by means of a control unit (15).