Johns Hopkins spinoff designs a better vascular access port for kidney dialysis patients
For the more than 870,000 patients in the U.S. being treated for end-stage renal disease, hemodialysis treatments become part of a daily or multiple-times-a-week routine. In order to perform dialysis, clinicians must create long-term, high-flow access to a patient’s blood vessels. But current access options, like arteriovenous fistulas, arteriovenous grafts and central venous catheters, can […]
