April 15, 2004 - Dialysis-related patents granted this week:

• 6,719,907 - Dual-stage filtration cartridge
  
  
  
• 6,719,783 - PTFE vascular graft and method of manufacture
  
  
  
• 6,719,749 - Multilumen catheter assembly and methods for making and inserting the same
  
  
  
• 6,719,745 - Water purification pack
  
  
  
• 6,719,717 - Thrombectomy treatment system and method
  
  
  
• 6,719,731 - Protection device for medical needles

Dialysis-related patent applications filed this week:

• 20040073282 - Distally-narrowed vascular grafts and methods of using same for making artery-to-vein and artery-to-artery connections
  
  
  
• 20040073153 - Device and a method for determining blood recirculation in a vascular access
  
  
  
• 20040069718 - Waste liquid treatment apparatus for hemodialysers
  
  
  
• 20040069709 - Fluid circuits, systems, and processes for extracorporeal blood processing
  
  
  
• 20040069708 - System and method for treating whole blood