Dialysis material and method for removing uremic substances
AssigneePurdue Research Foundation
InventorStephen R. Ash
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Abstract
Compositions for removing uremic substances during hemodialysis comprising an aqueous slurry containing charcoal, a highly calcium-loaded zeolite cation exchanger, purified urease (which may be bound to a portion of the zeolite, a suspending agent, and optionally an aliphatic carboxylic acid resin in the H.sup.+ form, and a hemodialysis method employing such compositions.
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A composition for use in dialysis comprising a surface adsorptive substance capable of adsorption of uremic substances, water, a suspending agent, urease, a calcium-loaded cation exchanger, an aliphatic carboxylic acid resin in the H.sup.+ form, and a metabolizable organic acid buffer.
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