EP2026858A1

EP2026858A1 - Device for use in an arrangement for monitoring an access to a patient, and method for monitoring a patient access, in particular a vascular access in extracorporeal blood treatment

Info

Publication number: EP2026858A1
Application number: EP07764574A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Wolfgang Kleinekofort; Jörg Jonas
Original assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
Current assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
Priority date: 2006-06-10
Filing date: 2007-06-06
Publication date: 2009-02-25
Also published as: CN101466420B; JP5237269B2; DE102006027054A1; WO2007140994A1; JP2009539514A; CN101466420A; US20090198171A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for use in an arrangement for monitoring a patient access, in particular a vascular access in extracorporeal blood treatment, which device is used to establish a connection between the arterial and venous tubes (6, 7) or the arterial and venous puncture needles (5, 8; 37, 38), wherein the needles (37, 38) are oriented substantially parallel to each other. If the venous needle (38) slips out of the vascular access, the arterial cannula (37) is forcibly withdrawn. This incident is reliably detected by the known protection systems which, in order to monitor the correct fit of the arterial needle, monitor the pressure in the arterial tube (6) and/or an air intake. In addition, the invention relates to an extracorporeal blood treatment device and to a method for monitoring a patient access, wherein the venous and arterial tubes or the puncture needles are connected to each other.

Description

Device for a device for monitoring a

Access to a patient and method for monitoring patient access, especially vascular access in extracorporeal blood treatment

The invention relates to a device for a device for monitoring access to a patient, with a first tubing having a first patient port, a liquid taken from the patient and a second tubing, which has a second patient port, the liquid the Patient is supplied again, in particular for a device for monitoring a vascular access in an extracorporeal blood treatment. In addition, the invention relates to a blood treatment device with an extracorporeal blood circuit comprising an arterial tubing with an arterial puncture cannula and a venous tubing with a venous puncture cannula, and with a device for monitoring the vascular access. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for monitoring access to a patient, in particular for monitoring the vessel access in an extracorporeal blood treatment.

In the field of medical technology, a variety of devices are known, which can be taken with a patient via a tubing fluids or liquids supplied to the patient. In this case access to the patient generally takes place with a catheter for insertion into body organs and a cannula for puncturing vessels. During the examination or treatment, proper access to the patient must be ensured. Therefore, it is necessary to monitor patient access.

In methods of chronic blood purification therapy, such as hemodialysis, hemofiltration and hemodiafiltration, blood is flown up to a maximum of 600 ml / min passed through an extracorporeal circuit. Arteriovenous fistulas, vascular grafts or catheters are used to access the patient's vascular system. Typical flows within the vascular access are in the range of 1100 ml / min. The connection of the patient with the extracorporeal circulation is usually via dialysis needles, with which the fistula or the vascular implant is punctured.

If, during treatment, the patient connection between the extracorporeal blood circulation and the vascular system loosens or a blood leak occurs in the extracorporeal circulation, bleeding of the patient can only be prevented if the extracorporeal blood flow is stopped within a few seconds. Therefore, extracorporeal blood circuits are usually equipped with protection systems that permanently monitor the arterial and venous pressure (P ₃ Tt or P _v en) within the system as well as the entry of air into the extracorporeal circuit. In the event of an alarm, the blood pump is stopped, the venous clamp is closed and an audible or visual warning signal is triggered.

The known hemodialysis machines generally have a device for monitoring the vascular access, which is based on a measurement of the arterial or venous pressure in the extracorporeal circuit. The known protection systems generally respond when the arterial or venous pressure changes by more than ± 60 torr. Here, the alarm limits are selected so that a change in position of the patient does not trigger an alarm.

If the port between the patient and the dialysis machine loosens at the arterial connection, that is, at the cannula that produces blood flow from the patient to the extracorporeal circuit, the pressure-based machine-side protection system responds quickly, as explained below. The arterial puncture cannula provides the highest flow resistance in the extracorporeal circuit. When air is drawn in via the cannula into the arterial vacuum system of the extracorporeal circuit, the arterial negative pressure in the extracorporeal circuit suddenly collapses. By the following arterial Pressure alarm, the blood pump is stopped and the venous clamp closed, so that bleeding of the patient is excluded.

In the event that the venous puncture cannula separates from the vascular access, the response of the pressure-based protection system is not guaranteed. On the venous side, the purified blood is supplied to the patient with overpressure, the venous overpressure being proportional to the flow rate of the blood pump and to the flow resistance of the venous branch of the extracorporeal circuit. Penetration of air through the cannula in the extracorporeal circulation - as would be the case on the arterial vacuum side - is thus excluded. Therefore, the flow resistance of the venous cannula does not change and the venous machine side pressure only decreases by the amount of pressure in the patient's vascular access. Here, the arterial pressure in the vascular access in intact fistulas is about 30 Torr and in intact vascular grafts (PTFE graft) about 50 Torr. The venous pressure is about 25 Torr (fistula) or about 40 Torr (graft). Thus, the venous pressure change in the extracorporeal circuit is usually too small to trigger a response of the pressure-based protection system. Only in the case that the venous cannula after slipping out of the Gefaßzugang well below the fistula, the additional hydrostatic pressure difference between venous pressure sensor and cannula can trigger a machine alarm. Usually, however, no alarm is triggered so that the patient bleeds within a very short time.

From US 2004/0186415 Al (WO 2004/084972 A2) a method for monitoring a vascular access in an extracorporeal blood treatment is known. US 2004/0186415 A1 proposes that the venous and arterial puncture needles are combined to form a double-lumen cannula in which the arterial cannula concentrically surrounds the venous cannula. Both cannulas end in a common connector for the arterial and venous blood line. This should combine the advantages of the so-called single-needle dialysis with regard to patient safety with the advantages of the continuous blood flow of a double-needle dialysis. Disadvantages of such a double-lumen cannula in The connection with the proposed connector is on the one hand the size of the puncture site on the patient and on the other hand the high recirculation rates during the blood treatment, because the arterial inlet and the venous outlet are by design only a few millimeters apart. In addition, due to their high costs, double-lumen cannulas have not been successful on the market so far. The use of a dual lumen cannula also limits the possible treatment procedures.

In the described double-lumen cannula, since slipping of the venous cannula inevitably results in disengagement of the arterial cannula, venous access to the patient can be monitored by monitoring patient arterial access with the standard air-detection systems. For a dialysis treatment with a separate arterial and venous needle, i. with two separate puncture sites, which is preferably used due to the higher blood flows, the known system is not applicable.

WO 02/072179 A1 proposes a different approach than US 2004/0186415 A1 in order to solve the problem of improper patient access. WO 02/072179 A1 proposes to connect the arterial and venous puncture cannula with a connecting element which is designed such that both cannulas point in opposite directions. Preferably, the cannulas should include an angle of at least 30 °, in particular at least 45 °. As a result, the needles should find better support and a violent ripping out, for example, in confused patients, can be prevented. However, there is a risk that one of the cannulas is pressed uncontrollably into the puncture site, inflicting pain on the patient or even injuring or puncturing the opposite vessel wall.

The invention is based on the object to provide a device that allows to increase the security of facilities for monitoring access to a patient without much effort. Moreover, it is an object of the invention to provide a blood treatment device with a Provide facility for monitoring patient access with increased safety. It is a further object of the invention to provide a method for increasing the security of patient access monitoring devices that include both first and second patient ports.

The solution of these objects is achieved with the features of claims 1, 12 and 14. Preferred embodiments are subject of the dependent claims.

The device according to the invention, with which the safety of the known devices for monitoring a patient access can be increased, comprises means for detachably connecting the first patient connection or the first tubing to the second patient connection or the second tubing, wherein the connection means are designed such that the Patient connections or tubing in a substantially parallel orientation of the patient terminals are detachably connected to each other. It is crucial that the patient connections, in particular the puncture cannulas in the extracorporeal blood treatment do not show in different directions. For this purpose, either the patient connections themselves or the hose lines can be connected to one another. However, it is also possible to connect the first patient connection with the second tubing or the second patient connection with the first tubing. In any case, the connection of the tubing should be in the vicinity of the puncture cannulas to keep the cannulas in parallel alignment.

The connecting means can be designed differently. But it is crucial that the connection is detachable, so that only the puncture needles pierced and then the puncture needles or tubing can be connected together. It is also advantageous for correcting the fit of the puncture needles that the connection is detachable. Because of the connection of puncture cannulas or tubing, slipping out of the venous puncture cannula inevitably leads to loosening of the arterial puncture cannula. Since the puncture cannulas are aligned substantially parallel to each other, the arterial puncture cannula can easily slip out when the venous puncture cannula slips out, but without being pushed into the puncture site or even damage or puncture the opposite wall of the blood vessel can. This will ensure that, as the venous puncture cannula is withdrawn, the patient access monitor will be responsive to monitoring the proper fit of the arterial puncture cannula. In this case, air is sucked in via the arterial line, which can be reliably detected with the standard monitoring devices according to the known methods. For example, a standard existing arterial pressure alarm device can respond. Also, a standard existing air detector can detect air into the arterial line. Regardless of this, even in the event of a malfunction of the arterial pressure measurement, the blood treatment device will always trigger an alarm because the extraction of the puncturing cannula causes a standard fill level control device to trigger the drip chamber alarm.

If the puncture cannula slips out, the arterial pressure measurement will respond to the sudden pressure change and the blood pressure pump will be stopped by the following pressure alarm and the venous tube clamp will be closed. In addition, in the device according to the invention, the air sucked into the arterial line can be detected with the standard air detector and the blood pump stopped by the following alarm and the venous clamp closed.

Irrespective of the triggering of the alarm, with the device according to the invention in a disconnection there is no danger of bleeding for the patient because both the venous and the arterial cannula are removed from the patient be disconnected, so the patient is disconnected from the extracorporeal bloodstream. Thus, the dreaded emptying of the patient can be excluded.

In principle, it would be possible to design the device according to the invention in such a way that only the arterial cannula is pulled out before the venous cannula has been completely pulled out. This has the advantage that an alarm is given even before the blood of the patient is lost. The extraction of the arterial cannula in front of the venous cannula is preferably achieved by forming a tube section of the venous tubing between the venous cannula and the connecting element according to the invention in the form of a loop so that the loop can contract when the venous tubing is subjected to tension , As a result, when pulled, the loop first contracts, thereby preventing the pulling force from being transmitted immediately to the cannula. For this purpose, the device according to the invention can have fixing means with which the hose line section can be placed in a loop. For example, the fixing means may be formed as a clip or the like.

In a preferred embodiment of the device according to the invention, the connecting means have a first fastening element for attachment to the first patient connection or the first hose line and a second fastening element for attachment to the second patient connection or the second hose line.

In a first alternative embodiment, at least one of the two fastening elements is designed such that the fastening element can be detachably fastened to the patient connection or the hose line. Preferably, the at least one fastening element is designed such that the fastening element can be fixed in a clamping manner on the hose line. For example, the fastening element may be formed as a clip or the like. Of course, both fasteners for preferably be formed clamping fixing. This makes it possible to easily connect the hose lines together and to solve again. In this case, the fastening means may be intended for use as a single use disposable article or for repeated use.

In a second alternative Ausruhrungsform the fastening elements are designed such that the fastening elements are detachably connected to each other. In this alternative embodiment, the fastening elements can be firmly connected to the patient connection or the hose line. Preferably, the fasteners are releasably connected to one another with a latching closure, wherein the latching closure is preferably designed as a push button. But it is also possible any other type of connection. What is decisive is that the substantially parallel alignment of the puncture needles is ensured.

In a further preferred embodiment, the patient ports each have a puncture cannula and two laterally protruding from the cannula wings, which are connected to the puncture cannula about its axis pivotally connected to the cannula. Such patient connections are also known as puncture wings. A particularly preferred embodiment provides in the known puncture wings to releasably connect the free ends of the wings together. In this case, the wings are designed such that the wings are collapsible to form an eyelet, with a hose line is clamped fixable. Preferably, the free ends of the wings are connected to one another with a latching closure, which is preferably designed as a push button.

This embodiment has the advantage that the connecting means is an integral part of the two puncturing wings. Consequently, the connecting means can not be lost, but are provided with the puncture wing as it were. However, the disadvantage is that a subsequent connection of conventional patient connections is not possible. In the blood treatment device according to the invention, which has an extracorporeal blood circulation, the arterial tubing or the arterial puncture cannula with the venous tubing or the venous puncture cannula are releasably connected to each other, so that when the venous puncture cannula slips out, the arterial puncture cannula is inevitably pulled out.

In principle, both cannulas can also be releasably connected to one another with an adhesive tape or the like. However, a preferred embodiment of the invention provides a connection with the device according to the invention.

The method according to the invention provides for a connection of the patient connections or hose lines in order to inevitably also pull out the other patient connection when one patient connection is released.

In the following, various embodiments of the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the drawings.

Show it:

Figure 1 The essential components of a

Hemodialysis device together with a device for monitoring patient access in a highly simplified schematic representation,

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a first exemplary embodiment of the device according to the invention;

Figure 3 shows a second embodiment of the device according to the invention in perspective Presentation,

Figure 4 a and Figure 4 b shows a further embodiment of the device according to the invention and

Figure 5 shows the section along the line V-V of Figure 4b.

Figure 1 shows the essential components of a hemodialysis apparatus having a device for monitoring arterial and venous access to the vessels. The hemodialysis apparatus has a dialyzer 1, which is subdivided by a semipermeable membrane 2 into a blood chamber 3 and a dialysis fluid chamber 4. An arterial tubing 6, which leads to the inlet of the blood chamber 3 of the dialyzer, is connected to an artery of the patient by means of an arterial puncture cannula 5. From the outlet of the blood chamber 3 of the dialyzer, a venous tubing 7, which is connected by means of a venous puncture cannula 8 to a vein of the patient. The arterial tube 6 is inserted into an occluding blood pump 9, which promotes the blood in extracorporeal blood circulation I.

The dialysis fluid circuit II of the hemodialysis apparatus comprises a dialysis fluid source 10, to which a dialysis fluid supply line 11 is connected, which leads to the inlet of the dialysis fluid chamber 4 of the dialyzer. From the outlet of the dialysis fluid chamber 4 of the dialyzer 1, a dialysis fluid discharge line 12 departs, which leads to an outlet 13. In the Dialysierflüssigkeitsabführieitung 12 a dialysis fluid pump 14 is connected.

The control of the dialysis device takes over a central control unit 15 which controls the blood and Dialysierflüssigkeitspumpe 9, 14 via control lines 16, 17. The central control unit 15 is connected via a data line 18 to an alarm unit 19, which gives an optical and / or audible alarm in the event of a malfunction. Downstream of the blood chamber 3 of the dialyzer 1 is located on the venous tubing 7, an electromagnetically actuated hose clamp 20 which is closed by a further control line 21 from the central control unit 15, when the venous puncture needle (needle) should slip out of the vascular access. In addition, after the cannula slips out, the control unit 15 stops the blood pump 9.

For monitoring the arterial and venous vascular access, the dialysis apparatus has a monitoring device 22, which is connected via a data line 23 to a pressure sensor 24 and / or air detector, which measures the pressure in the arterial tubing 7 and / or detects an air inlet into the tubing. The monitoring device 22 communicates with the central control unit 15 via a further data line 25.

FIG. 2 shows a first exemplary embodiment of the device according to the invention for connecting the hose lines of the dialysis device described with reference to FIG. 1 together with the arterial and venous tubing 6, 7 and the arterial and venous puncture cannula 5, 8.

The device according to the invention is a connection means 26, with which the arterial hose line 6 can be detachably connected to the venous hose line 7. The connecting means is designed in the manner of a clip closure. The clip closure has a symmetrical construction. It is an injection-molded plastic part with two cylindrical recesses 27, 28, whose axes are parallel to each other. The recesses 27, 28 have a diameter which is slightly smaller than the diameter of the hose lines 6, 7, so that the hose lines are connected by clamping with the connecting means.

At the top, the connecting means 26 has two slots 29, 30, through which the hose lines 6, 7 in the recesses 27, 28 press or pull out. The distance between the inner legs 31, 33 and the outer legs 32, 34 is dimensioned such that the hose lines slightly compress when pushed in or pulled out.

The preferred embodiment of FIG. 2 provides the known puncture wings 35, 36 as patient accesses. The arterial puncture wings 35 and the venous puncture wings 36 each have an arterial or venous puncture cannula 37 and 38, respectively, which are fixedly connected to the arterial tubing 6 or the venous tubing 7 by a substantially cylindrical connecting piece 39, 40. On the cylindrical connecting pieces 39, 40 wings 43, 44 are each formed by means of film hinges 41, 42, which protrude laterally from the connecting pieces. For piercing the puncture needles 37, 38, the wings 43, 44 are pivoted upward, so that the free ends of the wings lie with their inner sides together. The wings form a handle that is held with thumb and forefinger during insertion of the cannulas.

For piercing the cannulas, the tubing with the connector 26 are not connected. First, the needles 37, 38 are inserted. Then, the parallel hose lines are connected to each other with the connecting means 26 according to the invention by the hose lines are pressed into the connecting means, so that the hose lines and the cannulas are aligned parallel to each other.

If, for example, the venous cannula 38 should slip out of the venous tubing 7 due to inadvertent pulling, the arterial cannula 37 will inevitably be pulled out as well. In this case, air is drawn into the arterial tubing 6 via the arterial cannula so that the arterial negative pressure in the extracorporeal circuit collapses abruptly. Then, the arterial pressure measured with the arterial pressure sensor 24 drops below a predetermined threshold, which is the pressure monitoring device 22 is detected. The

Pressure monitoring device can also grout via an air detector, which detects an air inlet. The pressure monitoring device 22, which communicates with the control unit 15, then initiates an audible and / or visual alarm, which the alarm unit 19 outputs.

Figure 3 shows a second exemplary embodiment of the connecting means according to the invention together with the hose lines 6, 7 and the puncture wings 35, 36, wherein the same reference numerals are used for the same parts.

The connecting means 45 differs from the connecting means 26 by the two-part embodiment. The connecting means 45 consists of an arterial connection part 46 and a venous connection part 47, which are firmly connected to the arterial and venous tubing 6, 7. Both connecting parts 46, 47 have a, the respective hose 6, 7 enclosing portion 48, 49, wherein the hose lines 6, 7 firmly seated in corresponding holes 50, 51 of these sections. The sections 48, 49, which enclose the tubing pass over into flat leaking portion 52, 53, which are provided with a latching closure 54. The latching shutter 54 is formed in the manner of a push button. The push button 54 includes a rectangular protrusion 54a on the underside of the inwardly facing portion 53 of the venous connection part 47 and a rectangular recess 54b on the top of the inwardly facing portion 52 of the arterial connection part 46. The protrusion 54a and the recess 54b are so in FIG formed the type of a push button, that the projection can be pressed into the recess latching, so that both connecting parts are rotatably connected to each other in a parallel orientation of the hose assemblies 6, 7 and cannulas 37, 38. Also in this embodiment slipping out of the venous cannula inevitably leads to withdrawal of the arterial cannula again. Figures 4a and 4b show a further embodiment of the invention. This exemplary embodiment differs from the embodiment described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 in that the hose lines 6, 7 are not connected to one another, but the puncture wing 36 of the venous patient connection is connected to the arterial hose line 6. It is also possible to connect the arterial puncture wing with the venous tubing. The same parts are again provided with the same reference numerals.

The wings 44 of the venous puncture cannula 36 are designed such that the wings can be folded together under clamping fixation of the arterial tube 6 upwards. FIG. 4 a shows the venous puncture wing 36 before its wings 44 are folded, while FIG. 4 b shows the puncture wing 36, which clampingly fixes the arterial tubing 6. At the free ends of the wings 44, a latching closure 55 is provided, with which the wings can be interconnected. The latching shutter 55 is again formed in the manner of a push button having a circular projection 55a on the inside of the one wing 44, which is pressed into a circular recess 55b on the opposite inside of the other wing latching.

The two wings 44 of the puncture cannula 36 should have sufficient flexibility to be able to rest against the cross section of the arterial tubing 6 while clamping the same. But it is also possible to form the wings slightly arcuate in order to facilitate the application to the hose line. In this case, the wings may have less flexibility.

When the puncture cannula is connected to the tubing, the axes of the tubing or cannulas are again parallel to each other. Pulling out the venous cannula again causes the arterial cannula to slip out, triggering an alarm.

Claims

claims

1. A device for a device for monitoring access to a patient, wherein with a first tubing (6) having a first patient port, a fluid taken from the patient and via a second tubing (7) having a second patient port, the Fluid is returned to the patient, and the pressure in the first tubing and / or an air intake is monitored and in case of a change in pressure and / or air ingress, an improper patient access is closed, in particular for monitoring vascular access in an extracorporeal blood treatment, in the blood of a patient via an arterial tubing (6) having an arterial patient port with an arterial puncture cannula (5) taken from the patient and via a venous tubing (7) having a venous patient port with a venous puncture cannula (8) , the Patients are fed back,

the apparatus comprising means (26, 45) for releasably connecting the first patient port or tubing to the second patient port or the second tubing,

characterized in that the connecting means (26, 45) are formed such that the patient terminals or tubing in a substantially parallel orientation of the patient's, in particular the puncture needles (5, 8), are detachably connectable to each other.

2. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the

Connecting means (26, 45) comprises a first fastening element (27, 28, 46, 47) for fastening the connecting means to the first patient connection or the first hose line and a second fastening element (27, 28, 46, 47) for attaching the connecting means to the second patient port or the second tubing.

3. A device according to claim 2, characterized in that at least one of the two fastening elements (27, 28) is designed for releasable attachment to the patient port or the hose line.

4. The device according to claim 3, characterized in that the at least one fastening element (27, 28) are formed such that the fastening element is fixed by clamping on the hose line.

5. Apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that the fastening elements (27, 28) are designed such that the fastening elements are releasably connectable to each other.

6. Apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that the fastening elements (46, 47) with a latching closure (54) are releasably connectable to each other.

7. Apparatus according to claim 6, characterized in that the latching closure is designed as a push button (54).

8. Device according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the patient ports each have a puncturing cannula (37, 38) and two of the cannula laterally projecting wings (43, 44) pivotally connected to the puncture cannula about its axis with the Cannula are connected.

9. Apparatus according to claim 8, characterized in that the free ends of the laterally projecting wings (43, 44) are releasably connectable to each other, wherein the wings are formed such that the wings are collapsible to form an eye, with a hose line is clamped fixable.

10. The device according to claim 9, characterized in that the free ends of the wings (43, 44) with a latching closure (55) are connectable to each other.

11. The device according to claim 10, characterized in that the latching closure is designed as a push button (55).

12. Blood treatment device with an extracorporeal blood circuit, which has an arterial tubing (6) with an arterial puncture cannula (5) and a venous tubing (7) with a venous puncture cannula (8), and with a device (22) for monitoring the vascular access, the means (24) for monitoring the pressure in the arterial tubing and / or an air inlet, which are designed such that is closed to an improper vascular access, when the arterial pressure is not within predetermined limits and / or an air inlet occurs,

characterized in that

the arterial tubing (6) or the arterial puncture cannula (5) are connected to the venous tubing (7) or the venous puncture cannula (8) in a substantially parallel orientation of the patient leaflets such that upon slipping out of the venous puncture cannula (8) arterial puncture cannula (5) is pulled out.

13. The device according to claim 12, characterized in that the arterial tubing (6) or the arterial puncture cannula (5) with the venous tubing (7) or the venous puncture cannula (8) a device according to any one of claims 1 to 12 in a substantially parallel orientation of the patient terminals are connected to each other.

14. A method of monitoring access to a patient, wherein a fluid is removed from the patient via a first tubing having a first patient port and the fluid is returned to the patient via a second tubing having a second patient port; Pressure in the first tubing and / or an air inlet is monitored and is closed in a change in pressure within predetermined limits and / or at an air intake on an improper patient access, in particular for monitoring the vascular access in an extracorporeal blood treatment, the blood of a patient via an arterial tubing, which has an arterial patient connection with an arterial puncture cannula, taken from the patient and via a venous tubing, which has a venous patient connection with a venous puncture cannula, the patient w is fed back to

characterized in that

the first patient connection or the first tubing with the second patient connection or the second tubing in a substantially parallel orientation of the Patientenanschiüsse, in particular the puncture cannulas are releasably connected to each other, so that upon release of the second patient connection, in particular slipping out of venous puncture cannula, the first Patient connection, in particular the first puncture cannula is pulled out.