A team of Japanese researchers has developed a briefcase-sized portable dialysis system for use by renal disease sufferers, hoping it may prove a life-saver during disasters when medical care is difficult to access.Measuring 30 centimeters tall, 18 cm wide and 12 cm deep, the apparatus weighs 3 to 4 kilograms, including batteries, making it far smaller than conventional portable dialysis machines that are about the size of a mini fridge, according to the team.The instrument is equipped with a hemofilter that is one-eighth the size of its standard equivalent, and a blood-drawing pump about t…READ FULL ARTICLE
