A wearable artificial kidney based upon orally diluting hemofiltration

Abstract

Orally diluting hemofiltration, in which blood is diluted and supplemented with orally administered electrolytes solution and filtrated, is feasible to maintain human chronic uremics.
Based upon this principle, a compact wearable artificial kidney, which is composed of a hemofiltrator, a new type of blood pump, a filtrate collecting bag, and a control box, but no dialysate delivery system, has been devised. The system functions satisfactorily in an intial clinical application.