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Nanodialysis is bringing innovative products into the market of blood purification and dialysis based on nanostructured materials. Nanomaterials offer a great potential for the detoxification of blood allowing miniaturization of blood treatment and dialysis devices. The focus is on the following product lines. Sorption materials and catalytic processes to improve blood purification in current dialysis systems Miniature portable artificial kidney for use as a handy home hemodialysis device Miniature wearable artificial kidney for continuous blood cleansing via the abdomen The miniature portable and wearable artificial kidney is an ideal solution for end stage renal diseased patients providing a significant improvement in their health status and quality of life. With many important features for both the patient as well as the healthcare system. Improved blood purification via adsorption filtering Improved health condition thanks to continuous or semi-continuous treatment Increased life expectancy Higher mobility and employability Less nursing and medical care needed, resulting in lower healthcare costs In current hemodialysis machines about 120 liter of dialysate is needed for blood cleansing. This is a major showstopper for miniaturization. Our miniature artificial kidney is using sorbents for continuous regeneration of dialysate. Herewith only 100 ml of dialysate is needed. Thanks to the efficiency of the nanosorbents, the sorbent system can be very small allowing a handy portable or wearable system. Concept of blood purification a high flux filter is used for purification of the blood by dialysis 100 ml dialysate is continuously purified with a sorption unit in this unit sorbents are combined with electrocatalytic oxidation no other dialysate fluid needed small and lightweight device (1-3 kg).  Features of the miniature artificial kidney Handy portable home hemodialysis device making dialysis easy at home/work/vacation, allowing use for longer periods or nocturnal, using traditional vascular access (fistula or shunt) Wearable artificial kidney for peritoneal dialysis, offering continuous and uniform blood cleansing 24/7 with exceptional performance (three times better as traditional PD). built-in sensors for automated control and safety measures remote monitoring via smartphone and webportal blood cleansing while being mobile, at home, at work, everywhere better blood clearance leading to a better health condition and life expectancy less nursing and medical care needed reduction in healthcare costs upto 40.000 €/year/patient



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