AI system used to improve dialysis
Scientists have used an
artificial intelligence (AI ) system to design a device that may ultimately improve dialysis for patients by optimising blood flow in veins.
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Researchers, including those from
Imperial College London in the UK, used computer modelling techniques - normally employed to simulate how unsteady air pockets flow over a plane - to model how unsteady currents in blood flows in the veins of patients undergoing dialysis.
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When the kidneys stop working properly, dialysis can be used to remove waste products and excess fluid from the blood by diverting it to a machine to be cleaned.
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To connect this machine to the patient a special junction must be formed between an artery and a vein in the patient's wrist or upper arm. This junction is called
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