title: Bellco Formula Domus Home Care System.
abstract: There are certain characteristics in a dialysis machine that would be desirable for use in home and limited care environments. These features relate to safety, ease of use, consideration of physical space, and reliability. The Bellco Formula Domus Home Care System was designed to meet all these requirements. Bellco's philosophy of patient treatment centers on global biocompatibility. This is evident in the design of the Formula Domus Home Care System. It has the smallest hydraulic fluid pathway of any dialysis machine on the market. Formula is capable of preparing ultrapure dialysate. The ultrafiltration measurement mechanism, the patented Coriolis flow meter, measures the mass of the dialysate, not the volume. For this reason it is the only dialysis machine that detects actual backfiltration, not just the theoretical possibility of it based on transmembrane pressure. The Coriolis flow meter also ensures that dialysate flow is a true single pass. The operator interface is a single window operating control. It is possible to select up to 14 different languages. There is an online help key to assist patients with troubleshooting. Programmable start-up and shutdown times save time for the patient. Formula is the only dialysis machine to offer a backup battery feature. Formula is capable of communicating with any software available. The focus on global biocompatibility ensures the best quality dialysis treatments for a population of patients who will likely remain on dialysis for a longer period of time than conventional dialysis patients.
authors.affiliation: Genpharm Renal Care, 385 Grenville Avenue, Orillia, Ontario, Canada L3V 7P5. wachtrew@sympatico.ca
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trewin
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D006437:Hemodialysis, Home / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction