July 29, 2004 - Dialysis-related patents granted this week:

• 6,767,333 - Safety device for a blood treatment machine and a method of increasing the safety of a blood treatment machine

Dialysis-related patent applications filed this week:

• 20040148108 - User wearable device having sterile environment for connecting peritoneal dialysis tubes
  
  
  
• 20040147866 - Apparatus and methods for occluding an access tube anastomosed to sidewall of an anatomical vessel
  
  
  
• 20040146546 - Perivascular wraps
  
  
  
• 20040144724 - Method and device for non-intrusive measurement of blood pressure in a circuit of a dialysis machine