Invention Grant
US08340754B2 Method and a device for determining the hydration and/or nutrition status of a patient
有权
用于确定患者的水合和/或营养状况的方法和装置
- Patent Title: Method and a device for determining the hydration and/or nutrition status of a patient
- Patent Title (中): 用于确定患者的水合和/或营养状况的方法和装置
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Application No.: US11630965Application Date: 2004-12-21
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Publication No.: US08340754B2Publication Date: 2012-12-25
- Inventor: Paul Chamney , Peter Wabel
- Applicant: Paul Chamney , Peter Wabel
- Applicant Address: DE Bad Homburg
- Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
- Current Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Bad Homburg
- Agency: Jacobson Holman PLLC
- Priority: WOPCT/EP2004/007023 20040629
- International Application: PCT/EP2004/014544 WO 20041221
- International Announcement: WO2006/002685 WO 20060112
- Main IPC: A61B5/05
- IPC: A61B5/05
Abstract:
The invention relates to the field of monitoring the hydration and/or nutrition status of a patient. According to the invention a method is provided to determine at least one of a mal-hydration component, an adipose tissue component and a lean tissue component of a patient comprising the steps of determining chemical or physical properties of the patient and deriving the at least one component on the basis of the determined chemical or physical properties of the patient and previously determined values of a mass or volume fraction of water in lean tissue and a mass or volume fraction of water in adipose tissue. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method according to the invention and to a computer program product to be used on such a device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080071147A1 Method and a device for determining the hydration and/or nutrition status of a patient Public/Granted day:2008-03-20
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