Also referred to as the artificial kidney, the device containing the cellophane membrane through which blood passes during hemodialysis.
a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes
attached to the hemodialysis machine and is also called "artificial kidney". The dialyzer filters the blood during hemodialysis. The dialyzer has two sections separated by a membrane. One section holds the dialysis solution. The other holds the patient's blood.
The part of an artificial kidney machine which acts like a filter to remove wastes from the blood.
See “artificial kidneyâ€.
A plastic artificial kidney that contains thousands of very thin, hollow, tube-like membrane fibers. Blood flows through the inside of the hollow membranes. The fibers are surrounded by dialysate. Toxins from the blood move through the membranes and into the dialysate. The blood remains inside the hollow tubes and is returned to the body, once cleaned.
A machine for performing hemodialysis. It consists of a compartment for the blood, a compartment for the dialysate, and a semipermeable membrane separating the two.
Artificial kidney machine used in hemodialysis to filter waste from the blood.