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Although the past two decades have seen substantial proportional growth of home hemodialysis (HD) in the United States, the absolute number of patients treated with home HD remains small. Currently available stationary hemodialysis devices for use in the home have inherent limitations that are represent barriers for more widespread adoption by a larger proportion of individuals with kidney failure. These limitations include device weight and bulk, ergonomics considerations, technical complexity, vascular access challenges, and limited remote patient monitoring. Recent years have witnessed a resurgence in research and development of prototype wearable kidney replacement devices incorporating innovations in miniaturization, new biomaterials, and new methods for toxin clearance and dialysate regeneration. Recent work has built on five decades of incremental innovation in wearable dialysis concepts and prototypes, starting from the work of Kolff in the 1970s. Wearable dialysis devices that successfully overcome key persistent barriers to successful development and adoption of these technologies will radically reshape the landscape of kidney replacement therapies and have the potential to dramatically improve the lives of individuals living with kidney failure.
Although the past two decades have seen substantial proportional growth of home hemodialysis (HD) in the United States, the absolute number of patients treated with home HD remains small. Currently available stationary hemodialysis devices for use in the home have inherent limitations that are represent barriers for more widespread adoption by a larger proportion of individuals with kidney failure. These limitations include device weight and bulk, ergonomics considerations, technical complexity, vascular access challenges, and limited remote patient monitoring. Recent years have witnessed a resurgence in research and development of prototype wearable kidney replacement devices incorporating innovations in miniaturization, new biomaterials, and new methods for toxin clearance and dialysate regeneration. Recent work has built on five decades of incremental innovation in wearable dialysis concepts and prototypes, starting from the work of Kolff in the 1970s. Wearable dialysis devices that successfully overcome key persistent barriers to successful development and adoption of these technologies will radically reshape the landscape of kidney replacement therapies and have the potential to dramatically improve the lives of individuals living with kidney failure.
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