MODULAR HEMOFILTRATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC CRRT

摘要

An apparatus configured for carrying out CRRT on patients weighing up to 20 kg incorporates a control unit having a blood pump and a plurality of fluid pumps, and a controller configured for operating the blood pump and fluid pumps, and an interactive operator control system including an operator interface screen connected to the controller, the controller including software configured to operate the apparatus in response to operator input selections. The interactive operator control system includes inputs for setting patient weight, blood pump flow rate and fluid pump flow rates and is configured to calculate and display maximum allowable fluid gain or loss based on patient weight settings between 0-20 kg and trigger warnings and alarms for selected or calculated levels of patient fluid gam or loss and stop operation of the pumps or termination of CRRT in response to patient fluid gain or loss exceeding the maximum.