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Method for the automatic semicontinuous peritoneal dialysis

  • US 4,498,900 A
  • Filed: 12/21/1982
  • Issued: 02/12/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for automatic semicontinuous peritoneal dialysis of a patient in need of such dialysis, wherein dialysing solution is introduced into the peritoneal cavity of the patient and then discharged therefrom, comprising forming a closed circuit between said peritoneal cavity and a supply of dialysing solution, said supply of dialysing solution being a predetermined amount of solution;

  • transferring the dialysing solution from said supply, in an amount predetermined consistently with the patient undergoing the treatment, to the peritoneal cavity of the patient in unchanged form from that in said supply;

    transferring at least a portion of said dialysing solution back from said cavity to said supply in unchanged form from that in which it is withdrawn from said cavity; and

    sequentially repeating said transfer of the dialysing solution to and from the said peritoneal cavity for a predetermined number of cycles, while maintaining the dialysing solution at a desired temperature.

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