| 摘要 |
The invention consists of a cartridge for a peritoneal dialysis (PD) system, comprising: a) a pressure-sealed cartridge containing a mixing chamber, an entrance chamber and a ballast chamber; b) one or more inlet/outlet ports in said entrance chamber, said ports being fully pressure-sealed when closed; c) a pressure-sensing region in the entrance chamber, capable of measuring total pressure and pressure fluctuations within the cartridge; and d) an outlet from the mixing chamber to a patient line, wherein said pressure sensing region enables measurement of pressure changes in said cartridge. The invention further consists of a peritoneal dialysis system using the aforementioned cartridge, and a method of performing peritoneal dialysis using the aforementioned system or cartridge. |
