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AssigneeGambro Lundia AB
InventorsAngelito A. Bernardo, Angela Sofia Rivera Florez, Lars-Goran Nilsson, Rafael Mauricio Sanabria Arenas, Alfonso Bunch Barrera
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The present disclosure relates to a hemodialysis membrane for the treatment of restless leg syndrome (RLS), especially in severe and very severe cases and/or in patients which suffer from kidney failure and already receive hemodialysis. The present disclosure therefore also relates to methods of treating restless leg syndrome. The treatment and method encompasses using a hemodialysis membrane which is characterized in that it comprises at least one hydrophobic polymer and at least one hydrophilic polymer and in that it has a MWRO of between 8.5 and 14.0 kD and a MWCO of between 55 kD and 130 kD.
A method of treating restless leg syndrome (RLS) in a patient, said method comprising the steps of withdrawing and bypassing the blood of the patient in a continuous flow into contact with one face of a membrane, simultaneously passing dialysate solution in a continuous flow on the opposite face of the membrane, and returning the blood to the patient,
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