CPC A61M 1/282 (2014.02) [A61K 31/7004 (2013.01); A61K 31/718 (2013.01); A61M 1/1656 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0486 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3344 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2230/30 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A method, comprising the steps of:
adjusting an osmotic agent concentration of peritoneal dialysate in the peritoneal cavity of a patient during a cycle by infusing a concentrated osmotic agent solution or by infusing sterile fluid into the peritoneal cavity of the patient by infusing the peritoneal dialysate into the peritoneal cavity of the patient at a beginning of the cycle and adjusting the osmotic agent concentration by selectively flowing fluid from an osmotic agent source or a sterile fluid source into the peritoneal cavity of the patient at a set time after infusing the peritoneal dialysate into the peritoneal cavity of the patient.
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