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A61M1/34
A61M1/342
A61M1/3441
A61M1/3448
A61M1/3448
Dialysis apparatus which ultra-filters blood and a related method
This invention relates to a dialysis apparatus which ultra-filters blood and to a related method of ultra-filtering blood ex-vivo. More preferably the invention relates to haemodiafiltration using protein-losing membranes and a secondary ultrafiltration and partial re-infusion of haemodiafiltrate for increasing extraction of middle molecules and protein bound uraemic toxins and reducing albumin loss.