Renal Therapy Fluid Verification for Correct Container Placement

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing renal insufficiency treatment systems face errors in selecting and positioning the correct fluid containers, leading to potential treatment inadequacy or patient harm due to incorrect fluid placement and connection.

Innovation Solution

A renal insufficiency treatment system that includes machine-readable indicators on solution containers and supports, coupled with a sensor and computing apparatus to verify compatibility and alert for incorrect setups, ensuring proper container placement and connection.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual container selection and placement is used in renal insufficiency treatment systems, then the system setup process is simple, but errors in container selection and placement occur leading to treatment inadequacy or patient harm

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontainer selection accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual mechanical container selection and placement with an automated optical identification system. Machine-readable indicators (barcodes) on containers are scanned by sensors, and computing apparatus automatically verify container-solution compatibility and guide proper placement, eliminating manual errors while maintaining system usability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses machine-readable indicators (barcodes) as information copies of container identity and contents. Instead of manually reading container labels, the system scans these coded representations to automatically identify containers, verify their compatibility with selected treatments, and ensure proper placement, significantly improving reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

2Object-affected harmful factors

If verification systems are implemented to ensure correct container placement, then treatment safety is improved, but the setup process becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepatient harm riskVSAvoidsetup ease

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The verification system performs automated self-checks of container-solution compatibility and proper placement without requiring operator intervention. The computing apparatus automatically scans container indicators, verifies compatibility with the selected treatment, and confirms proper container-support associations, reducing patient harm risk while maintaining ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides immediate feedback through the sensor and computing apparatus when containers are incorrectly placed or incompatible with the selected treatment. The machine-readable indicators enable real-time verification, alerting operators to errors and guiding correct setup, thereby improving safety without significantly complicating the操作流程.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS20260048185A1Solution verification prior to therapy in renal insufficiency treatment

Publication Date: 2026.02.19 GAMBRO LUNDIA AB

AI summary

Systems and methods for renal insufficiency treatment that include identifying and associating a solution container with a container support in the systems and methods are described herein. The systems and methods may associate an identified solution with an identified container support and verify compatibility of that combination with a selected treatment to reduce the likelihood for errors during setup and use of the systems and methods.