Patent ID: 8496606
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: A61M,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method for treating chronic renal disease of a patient comprising: (a) for a duration of at least 4 hours, performing an ultrafiltration process by using a portable treatment device having a membraneless microfluidic channel, said performing including: (b) repeating the performing an ultrafiltration process at least daily, the ultrafiltration process requiring no continuous consumption of exogenous fluid; and (c) at a frequency that is less than daily, using another treatment device to perform a renal replacement therapy in which blood components are exchanged between blood and a sorbent or between blood and a substantial supply of exogenous fluid across a second membrane, the blood contacting the second membrane or the sorbent of the another treatment device; the repeating either being done on days in which the performing a renal replacement therapy is done or being skipped on the days in which the performing a renal replacement therapy is done.