Docs Say Lightweight Ultrafiltration Machine Can Be Worn Around Waist
Durgesh Nandan Jha | TNN
New Delhi: Kidney failure patients might soon be able to get their routine dialysis carried out even while driving or watching a film.Scientists have developed a new lightweight ultrafiltration device a scaled down version of the conventional dialysis machine which can be worn around the waist just like a belt.It offers hope of mobility even as the system works to clear toxins in the blood and remove extra fluid.Developed by a group of international experts,this device has been successfully tested on animal models and a small number of end-stage kidney failure patients.
According to Dr Andrew Davenport,a UK-based doctor who is a part of this international project and is currently in India to address the 4Congress of the International Society of Haemodialysis,large-scale trials are expected over the next three years after which the product can be made commercially available.The new technology,he said,will allow patients to go about their regular business while undergoing dialysis.
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