April 21, 2005 - Dialysis-related patents granted this week:

• 6,881,344 - Method for setting up a dialysis treatment in a dialysis machine
  
  
• 6,881,337 - Melt-spun polysulfone semipermeable membranes and methods for making the same
  
  
• 6,881,211 - Multilumen catheter assembly and methods for making and inserting the same
  
  
• 6,881,202 - Needle assembly
  
  
• 6,880,404 - System elements for measuring pressure in extracorporeal circuits
  
  

Dialysis-related patent applications filed this week:

• 20050085777 - Medical device having anti-microbial properties and a false lumen and method of making the same
  
  
• 20050085765 - Multi-lumen catheter
  
  
• 20050085760 - Medical fluid therapy flow balancing and synchronization system
  
  
• 20050082226 - Method and apparatus for determining access flow
  
  
• 20050082210 - Device for intracorporeal and and extracorporeal purification
  
  
• 20050085775 - Indwelling device
  
  
• 20050084476 - Preventives and/or remedies for hyperphosphatemia
  
  
• 20050082225 - Means for removing protein-bound substances