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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2007
Conor Curtin, Westford, MA (US);
Benjamin J. Lipps, Boston, MA (US);
Norma J. Ofsthun, Lexington, MA (US);
Harold F. Sandford, Groton, MA (US);
Amanda Stennett, Waltham, MA (US);
David Updyke, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Conor Curtin, Westford, MA (US);
Benjamin J. Lipps, Boston, MA (US);
Norma J. Ofsthun, Lexington, MA (US);
Harold F. Sandford, Groton, MA (US);
Amanda Stennett, Waltham, MA (US);
David Updyke, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a wearable dialysis system and method for removing uremic waste metabolites and fluid from a patient suffering from renal disease. Uremic waste metabolites can be removed by a wearable peritoneal dialysis device that regenerates the peritoneal dialysis solution without removing positively charged, essential ions from the solution and, consequently, the patient. Fluids can be removed from the blood of the patient by an implantable fluid removing device. Fluids are delivered to the bladder and preferably removed from the body of the patient through urination. The wearable dialysis system may be operated continuously or semi-continuously and be comfortably adapted to the body of the patient while allowing the patient to perform normal activities.