A patient line dislodgement detection device and method. An example device includes a body having an entrance and an exit. The entrance and the exit are each configured to receive a tubing line therethrough. Applying a force to a tubing line causes the body to restrict fluid flow through the tubing line, thereby indicating a dislodgement condition. An example method includes receiving a tubing line through a dislodgement device. The method also includes restricting fluid flow by the dislodgment device through the tubing line in response to application of a force on the tubing line. The method also includes detecting a dislodgment condition based on restricting the fluid flow through the tubing line.

An apparatus used in analyzing spent dialysate includes at least a first surface configured to accommodate a dialysate drain bag in a first predetermined position, and at least a second surface configured to accommodate a dialysate analysis device in a second predetermined position, such that when the dialysate drain bag is in the first predetermined position and the dialysate analysis device is in the second predetermined position, a light sensor of the dialysate analysis device is positioned to sense light passing through the dialysate drain bag.

Blood processing systems, devices, and methods including a durable hardware component, a single use fluid flow circuit, and a controller configured to estimate the concentration of platelets in a donor's circulating blood.

An endoscopic system includes an endoscopic imager configured to capture images of a target site within a living body and a processor configured to determine one or more image metrics for each one of a plurality of image frames captured over a time span, analyze changes in the image metrics over the time span, and determine a turbidity metric for the target site based on the analyzed changes in the image metrics.

A smart fluid discharge monitoring device can have a housing; a frame within the housing; a cartridge positioned within an upper shell of the housing, the cartridge having a window, through which a discharge fluid can flow; a door removably attached to the housing, the door delimiting an interior region of the housing below the upper shell; a tube connected to the cartridge; a plurality of tanks removably secured within the interior region, the tanks receiving the discharge fluid from the cartridge. The smart fluid discharge monitoring device can detect one or more optical characteristics of the discharge fluid through the window as the discharge fluid flows through the cartridge. The smart fluid discharge monitoring device can be a smart catheter or a smart chest tube.

Described are embodiments that include methods and devices for separating components from multi-component fluids. Embodiments may involve use of separation vessels and movement of components into and out of separation vessels through ports. Embodiments may involve the separation of plasma from whole blood. Also described are embodiments that include methods and devices for positioning portions, e.g., loops, of disposables in medical devices. Embodiments may involve use of surfaces for automatically guiding loops to position them into a predetermined position.

Described are embodiments that include methods and devices for separating components from multi-component fluids. Embodiments may involve use of separation vessels and movement of components into and out of separation vessels through ports. Embodiments may involve the separation of plasma from whole blood. Also described are embodiments that include methods and devices for positioning portions, e.g., loops, of disposables in medical devices. Embodiments may involve use of surfaces for automatically guiding loops to position them into a predetermined position.

Described are embodiments that include methods and devices for separating components from multi-component fluids. Embodiments may involve use of separation vessels and movement of components into and out of separation vessels through ports. Embodiments may involve the separation of plasma from whole blood. Also described are embodiments that include methods and devices for positioning portions, e.g., loops, of disposables in medical devices. Embodiments may involve use of surfaces for automatically guiding loops to position them into a predetermined position.

An endoscopic system includes an endoscopic imager configured to capture images of a target site within a living body and a processor configured to determine one or more image metrics for each one of a plurality of image frames captured over a time span, analyze changes in the image metrics over the time span, and determine a turbidity metric for the target site based on the analyzed changes in the image metrics.

A medication delivery system including a holding chamber having an input and an output end, a backpiece coupled to the input end of the holding chamber and having an electrical circuit and an opening. An MDI includes an insert portion moveable between an engaged position wherein the insert portion is received in the opening and a disengaged position wherein the insert portion is removed from the opening, and at least one contact that completes the electrical circuit when the insert portion is in the engaged position.