Wearable hemofiltration artificial kidney

An artificial kidney, comprising:

• a garment for supporting at least part of the artificial kidney;
• a blood inlet circuit;
• a 3-port, 2-position blood inlet stopcock connected to the blood inlet circuit and for connection to a patient inlet circuit;
• a saline circuit for providing saline and connected to the 3-port, 2-position blood inlet stopcock;
• a hemofilter connected to the blood inlet circuit;
• a blood outlet circuit connected to the hemofilter;
• a blood pump for circulating through the blood inlet circuit, the hemofilter, and the blood outlet circuit;
• a waste circuit for waste removal;
• a 3-port, 2-position blood outlet stopcock connected to the blood outlet circuit and to the waste circuit and for connection to a patient outlet circuit;
• a first actuator for controlling the 3-port, 2-position blood inlet stopcock;
• a second actuator for controlling the 3-port, 2-position blood outlet stopcock;
• and
• a controller for controlling operation of at least the first actuator, the second actuator, and the blood pump.