March 30, 2006 - Dialysis-related patents granted this week:

• 7,018,402 - Intravascular device and method for axially stretching blood vessels
  
• 7,018,401 - Woven intravascular devices and methods for making the same and apparatus for delivery of the same
  
• 7,018,374 - Splittable multilumen catheter assembly
  
• 7,018,362 - Dialysis catheter anchoring system
  
• 7,017,948 - Dialyzer connecting coupler
  

Dialysis-related patent applications filed this week:

• 20060069339 - Method and device for monitoring loss of body fluid and dislodgment of medical instrument from body
  
• 20060069068 - Methods and compositions for the treatment of diseases characterized by pathological calcification
  
• 20060069069 - Methods and compositions for the administration of calcium chelators, bisphosponates and/or citrate compounds and their pharmaceutical uses
  
• 20060067972 - Devices for renal-based heart failure treatment
  
• 20060067857 - Method of recovering blood from an extracorporeal circuit