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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2006
Conor Curtin, Westford, MA (US);
Benjamin J. Lipps, Boston, MA (US);
Norma J. Ofsthun, Lexington, MA (US);
Harold F. Sandford, Groton, MA (US);
Conor Curtin, Westford, MA (US);
Benjamin J. Lipps, Boston, MA (US);
Norma J. Ofsthun, Lexington, MA (US);
Harold F. Sandford, Groton, MA (US);
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Lexington, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a wearable peritoneal dialysis system and a replaceable cartridge in the wearable peritoneal dialysis system that regenerates the peritoneal dialysis solution without removing essential ions from the solution and, consequently, the patient. The invention also relates to methods of removing uremic waste metabolites from a patient using the wearable peritoneal dialysis system. A source of one or more enzymes that degrades uremic waste metabolites can be administered orally in conjunction with use of the wearable peritoneal dialysis system such that the load of toxins needing to be eliminated by the wearable peritoneal dialysis system is reduced. The wearable peritoneal dialysis system is meant to operate continuously or semi-continuously, its components small and light enough that it can be comfortably worn by a patient constantly, without burden.