Dialysis Machines

Dialysis Machines for Hospitals, Dialysis Centres and Clinics

A dialysis machine is a medical device that removes waste products, excess fluid and excess salts from the blood when the kidneys can no longer do this on their own. It is used to treat patients with kidney failure, including end-stage kidney disease and acute kidney injury, under the supervision of a nephrologist.

The machines in this category are hemodialysis machines. They are used in hospital dialysis units, standalone dialysis centres, nephrology clinics and critical care settings, where a single machine may run several treatment sessions each day.

How Does a Hemodialysis Machine Work?

A hemodialysis machine pumps the patient's blood through a dialyzer, a filter that works as an artificial kidney, and then returns the cleaned blood to the body.

Inside the dialyzer, a semi-permeable membrane separates the blood from dialysate, a fluid prepared by the machine from...