Peritoneal dialysis method
OwnerVito Piccirilloinventor
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Abstract
A portable dialysis system has a self-contained dialysis unit and a support for the dialysis unit to maintain the dialysis unit in an elevated position relative to a subjacent surface. The support has a length, a width, and a height, with the height of the support not exceeding four feet, the width of the support not exceeding three feet, and the length of the support not exceeding four feet. The unit is provided on a support, with there being structure on the support for facilitating movement of the support with the dialysis unit in the operative position thereon relative to the subjacent surface.
Claims4
A method of facilitating peritoneal dialysis on a patient, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a support comprising at least one shelf, at least one upright for maintaining the at least one shelf in an elevated position above a subjacent surface upon which the support is placed, and at least one wheel;
- placing a self-contained peritoneal dialysis unit on the at least one shelf;
- conducting peritoneal dialysis on the patient using the self-contained peritoneal dialysis unit with the self-contained peritoneal dialysis unit on the at least one shelf;
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- moving the support through the at least one wheel acting against a subjacent surface upon which the support is placed together with the patient from a first location to a second location as peritoneal dialysis is performed on the patient.
A method of having peritoneal dialysis performed using a self-contained peritoneal dialysis unit on a portable support which support comprises at least one wheel to be placed against a subjacent surface, said method comprising the step of:
- moving as a patient from a first location to a second location;
- and
- moving the set-contained peritoneal dialysis unit from the first location to the second location by movement of the at it one wheel against the subjacent surface while peritoneal dialysis is being performed on the patient is the patient moves from the first location to the second location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.