Ronco Claudio, Davenport Andrew, Gura Victor
Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation at St Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy.
Nat Clin Pract Nephrol. 2008 Nov;4(11):604-5. doi: 10.1038/ncpneph0929. Epub 2008 Sep 9.
The development of a wearable device that can replace conventional dialysis in patients needing chronic renal replacement therapy is not as far-fetched as it once was. Ronco et al. describe technological achievements, propose future research directions and discuss the clinical, technical and socioeconomic reasons for continuing the push to realize the wearable artificial kidney.
开发一种可替代传统透析,供需要慢性肾脏替代治疗的患者使用的可穿戴设备,已不再像过去那样遥不可及。龙科等人描述了技术成就,提出了未来的研究方向,并讨论了继续努力实现可穿戴人工肾的临床、技术和社会经济原因。