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HEMODIALYSIS VEIN PREPARATION APPARATUS AND METHODS

  • US 20090234261A1
  • Filed: 03/17/2008
  • Published: 09/17/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for dilating a target vein of a patient being treated for hemodialysis comprises securing a device to a limb of a patient being treating for hemodialysis, the limb being where the target vein, which is suitable for hemodialysis, resides and with the device applying an effective amount of pressure intermittently to the target vein while allowing the patient to be ambulatory and for an effective amount of time to dilate the vein to a size suitable to provide access for hemodialysis.

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