In 2024, the FDA granted 510(k) clearance to a hemodialysis machine capable of delivering online high-volume hemodiafiltration. Since then, companies have started phased introduction of the system ...

Hemodialysis (HD) is a life-saving treatment for more than 1,700,000 patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage V. Every year the HD population becomes increasingly older (average age: 75 years) ...

Chicago medical device startup Simergent received federal clearance for a home dialysis machine that costs up to 70% less than competing devices and aims to reduce the complexity that has limited ...

Dialysis is typically performed in a hospital or clinical dialysis center, where a patient’s blood is drawn through an access point, filtered through a dialysis machine, and then returned to the body.