ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,452, issued on Jan. 27.
"Wearable and portable device for recirculating flow dialysis" was invented by Frank Simonis (RX Oirschot, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a dialysis device that provides recirculating flow dialysis in a wearable and portable format. It uses an exchangeable purification unit holding a volume of dialysate and/or a sorbent system for the in-situ regeneration of dialysate. The invented dialysis device comprises a carrier that is mounted on a replaceable cartridge. The carrier holds the electronics, user-interface, actuators and sensors. It actuates, controls and monitors the di...