US 11,925,742 B2
Cannulation time tracking
Stefan Wegner, Verneck (DE); Reiner Spickermann, Wasserlosen-Burghausen (DE); and Klaus Balschat, Schwebheim (DE)
Assigned to Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg (DE)
Filed by Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg (DE)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/173,011.
Claims priority of application No. 102020110112.0 (DE), filed on Apr. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0316059 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 1/36 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 1/3661 (2014.02) [A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6072 (2013.01); A61M 2205/609 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories having processor-executable instructions stored thereon;
wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, facilitate performance of the following by the system:
determining a time point with regard to puncturing a vessel of a patient in preparation for treating the patient via the punctured vessel using a blood treatment apparatus;
determining whether an amount of time that has elapsed since the determined time point exceeds a maximum permissible time period between puncturing the vessel and starting a blood treatment provided via the punctured vessel; and
in response to determining that the amount of time that has elapsed since the determined time point exceeds the maximum permissible time period between puncturing the vessel and starting the blood treatment via the punctured vessel, blocking, at least temporarily, execution of at least one function of the blood treatment apparatus.