摘要 |
An extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus comprises at least a main treatment unit (1) comprising a first compartment (2) and a second compartment (3) separated by 5 a semipermeable membrane (4), a blood withdrawal line (5), a blood return line (7), at least an auxiliary treatment unit (9) comprising at least one fluid inlet (10) and at least one fluid outlet (11), a first fluid line (12) having a first end connected to an outlet (13) of the 10 second compartment (3) and a second end connected to the fluid inlet (10) of the auxiliary treatment unit (9), a second fluid line (14) having a first end connected to the fluid outlet (11) and a second end connected to said extracorporeal blood circuit, a fluid flow regulator (15) 15 on one of said first and second fluid lines (12, 14), a sensor (18; 17; 34) for determining a parameter related to a pressure drop across the auxiliary treatment unit, and a control unit (16) configured to execute a control procedure comprising receiving the pressure signal and 20 determining a corresponding parameter value, and for controlling the flow regulator (15) at least based on said parameter value. [Fig. 1] 2910035_1 (GHMatters) P88640.AU 25/10/11 1/57- _ Kr m~ *MN Fl 00_ l L_ __ _ __ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ __ _ |