HEMODIALYSIS SYSTEM WITH DIALYSATE RECYCLING

• Main Authors: ALQATTAN, SARAH MOHAMMED, ALQAHTANI, GHADI FARIS, ALBAHRANI, FATIMAH HASSAN, ALJAFFRI, MARWA ABDULLATIF, ALAWADH, ZAINAB AHMED, ALBUSHAIER, SHOUQ ABDULRAUF
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.07.2023
• Subjects: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

The hemodialysis system with dialysate recycling uses a urea-adsorbing zeolite to remove urea from used dialysate, thus allowing the dialysate to be recycled. The hemodialysis system includes a housing and a dialyzer mounted on the housing. Similar to a conventional hemodialysis dialyzer, the dialyzer has blood inlet and blood outlet ports and dialysate inlet and dialysate outlet ports. The blood inlet port is adapted for receiving blood from the patient to be cleaned, and the blood outlet port is adapted for outputting cleaned blood, which is returned to the patient. A dialysate container may be mounted on the exterior of the housing and is adapted for receiving dialysate and the urea-adsorbing zeolite. Clean dialysate is fed from the dialysate container to the dialysate inlet port of the dialyzer, and used dialysate is recirculated from the dialysate outlet port of the dialyzer through the dialysate container.