device for the control of the water balance of a patient during the hemodialysis treatment

摘要

A device for controlling the water balance of patients undergoing haemodialysis, the device comprising a dialyser, the input of which is connected to a first vessel containing a given quantity of clean dialysing fluid, and the output of which is connected to a second vessel for receiving the contaminated dialysing fluid; the main characteristic of the present invention consisting in the fact that it comprises first weighing means for weighing the first and second vessels and so determining the change in weight of the same during operation.