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A computer-controlled medical care system for use in the treatment and diagnosis of patients provides for either automatic or manual control of a wide variety of medical procedures including diagnostic procedures. The system accepts modular vessel structures, each type of structure being adapted for

A computer-controlled medical care system for use in the treatment and diagnosis of patients provides for either automatic or manual control of a wide variety of medical procedures including diagnostic procedures. The system accepts modular vessel structures, each type of structure being adapted for carrying out a specific procedure and matching programs for carrying out the specific procedures. A microcomputer accepts a program which may be designed to fit the needs of a specific patient and which must watch the modular vessel structure. The microcomputer monitors the progress of the process and the physiological status of the patient and provides for the taking of appropriate steps should difficulties be encountered in carrying out the procedure. The system can also be programmed to analyze a fluid taken from an individual, to treat the fluid and return same to the individual and to schedule the infusion of appropriate medications. Embodiments of the system provide for carrying out only a limited group of procedures where a full-range system is undesirable either because unnecessary or uneconomic. Modular vessel structures are keyed to specific programs, thereby preventing operator errors and increasing the reliability of the system.

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Modular vessel structure, hereinafter termed “module”, arranged and constructed for carrying out a specific medical procedure in cooperation with an apparatus for use with said apparatus which includes fluid-transfer means, sensor and signalling means, valve means and computer means programmable for

Modular vessel structure, hereinafter termed “module”, arranged and constructed for carrying out a specific medical procedure in cooperation with an apparatus for use with said apparatus which includes fluid-transfer means, sensor and signalling means, valve means and computer means programmable for carrying out a plurality of medical procedures including said specific medical procedure, and indicator means for indicating appropriate adjustment to be made in said procedure, the term “medical procedure”being taken to include therapeutic and diagnostic procedures, said sensor means being arranged and constructed for sensing a variable relevant to a fluid within said module and relevant to the progress of said procedure, said signalling means connecting said sensor means with said computer means for communicating the value of said property thereto, said module comprising: a plurality of conduit means arranged in a pattern for cooperation with said apparatus, a sufficient portion of at least one conduit means being arranged and constructed to be accessible for cooperating with said fluid-transfer means for transfer of fluid therethrough at a controlled rate, and at least one portion of at least one conduit means being arranged and constructed to be accessible to said sensor and signalling means for the said sensing of said property, said module including designation means for indicating to said apparatus and thereby to said computer means the procedure for which said module is designed, thereby enabling said computer means to establish whether there is correspondence between said module and a selected program.