Millions of kidney patients face the same unchanging ritual four hours a day, three days a week hooked to a dialysis machine. A Bay Area startup believes it can streamline that experience.

The new mini-dialysis machine, meant for babies under 10 kilograms (22 pounds), was conceived by Dr. Claudio Ronco of the San Bortolo Hospital in Vicenza, Italy, and colleagues.

Professor Rajiv Jalan of University College London, who invented Dialive (pictured) - a dialysis machine that can cure liver failure - said it was the culmination of '50 years of failure'.

Medical researchers have developed a miniature dialysis machine that can be worn on the body to filter the blood of people whose kidneys have stopped working on the move. The Wearable Artificial ...

Form and function Tablo is a 150-pound, 3-foot-tall, largely automated dialysis machine designed for patients to use by themselves, with a simple step-by-step procedure that makes it easier to ...

Dialysis machines for adults can cause complications when used in very young children, the Lancet study says. The miniaturised machine has been tested on a newborn with multiple organ failure, ...

When he needed to start dialysis two years ago, he opted for a home system which, at the time, required 5 1/2 to 6 hours of his time three days per week. The Nx Stage machine , which he got ...

"We've set a target of $1,000 for a machine to be built that could perform dialysis in much the same way as the machines do today but that could use any water supply, rather than just requiring ...

A new dialysis machine could allow patients with kidney disease to have the treatment at home. The equipment has cost around £40m and is being trialled after 10 years of research.