PERITONEAL DIALYSIS APPARATUS, AND ITS CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact, light-weight and portable peritoneal dialysis apparatus capable of automating a dialysis treatment by a patient himself (herself), very clearly and easily understanding its operting method, and detecting not only a closed state but also a fluid empty state, and to provide its control method.;SOLUTION: This peritoneal dialysis apparatus performs dialysis by supplying dialysis fluid into the peritoneal cavity of the patient at a predetermined flow rate and collecting the used dialysis fluid as drainage. The apparatus comprises a dialysis fluid container containing the dialysis fluid, a drainage container for receiving the used dialysis fluid, a fluid supplying means for supplying the dialysis fluid from the dialysis fluid container to the drainage container, an electromagnetic flow rate measuring means for measuring the flow rate of the dialysis fluid supplied by the fluid supplying means while generating a magnetic field, a flow rate control means for controlling the draining amount of the used dialysis fluid, and a fluid supplying state detection means for detecting at least one of fluid empty and closed states on the basis of the output signals of the electromagnetic flow rate measuring means.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT