Abstract
Monitoring and control systems for dialsis apparatus have been developed before. On the basis of our accumulated experience with such apparatus, we have newly developed a personal computer monitoring system for the dialysis unit, NCU-2.
A serial interface was used for communication, the PC-286V was used as the monitoring computer, and a 20MB hard disk and 4MB extension RAM were used as the auxiliary memory. By using the existing softwear, graphics are created for monitoring the dialysis unit so that equipment failure and system conditions may be easily understood.
By employ this system, information from the dialysis unit can be checked during dialysis, while a variety of information obtained during dialysis can be stored.
