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A biotechnological company developed a first dialysis machine, which can be used for treatments everywhere outside the hospital, including home. The device has been tested at a hospital in Britain, and is supposed to be on the market from 2016.

A biotechnological company has recently revealed its newest development, the home dialysis machine. The device will be used for dialysis just like the ones carried out in standard hospital dialysis units, but without the need to go to the hospital, reports ynetnews.

It is estimated that approximately two million people worldwide suffer from kidney failure and are in need of dialysis. Many of them are awaiting a kidney transplant and dialysis is the only option that can save their lives.

Dialysis machines tend to be of large dimensions and are used for removal of the blood outside the body, which filters out toxins, and returns the clean blood. This overrides the action of the kidneys.

However, dialysis is not an easy process: it requires getting to the hospital three times a week, and each time the treatment lasts four to six hours. The process involves a patient being connected to two bags. One of the bags injects fluid into the abdominal cavity and the second one drains back the waste. It may take many hours, and because it should be handled with certain skill, it potentially exposes the patient to risks, such as infections.

Moreover, dialysis leaves patients feeling weak. Many experience a feeling of fatigue and sometimes pain throughout the body right after the procedure. As such, it is fair to say that dialysis severely disrupts the quality of one’s life.

According to an Israeli medical source, the newly developed dialysis equipment is a portable and convenient machine for anything. Throughout the development process which took place over the past decade, scientists were able to significantly reduce the machine components and filters turning it into a mobile device, which can be placed at home and at work to make regular dialysis, just like those carried out at hospitals.

The past week marked the last testing stages of the new dialysis machine development. In all studies undertook in Britain, when several dozen patients were connected to dialysis machines daily, the device showed efficiency similar to that of an ordinary device.

Ynetnews reports that the company responsible for this new development anticipates that marketing of the device, which will cost millions of dollars, will commence over the next year. The cost of the device to the consumer and for the hospitals acquiring it has not yet been determined.

Dina Hoffmann

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