METHOD FOR APPLYING ISOLATED SMALL INTESTINE LOOP AS ARTIFICIAL BIOLOGICAL KIDNEY Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC A61M1/14 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: method involves exposing and excising small intestine loop in length not exceeding 1/3 of the whole its length. Both isolated loop ends are brought out over the frontal abdominal wall surface. Dialysis is carried out through the isolated intestine loop. Dialyzing solution is forced into the central loop end. The dialyzing solution flows from peripheral loop end into reservoir containing dialyzing solution. Perfusion time is equal to 2-6 h in the specific case. Dialyzing composition is packaged in portions to be dissolved in 5, 10 or 20 l of water. A dialysis procedure being over, both fistulas are connected to each other with tube-plug. The isolated loop is fed with food additives having their composition close to chymus during pauses between sessions.

EFFECT: excluded patient dependence on patient care institution; accessibility to wide circle of patients at terminal hepatic insufficiency stage.

5 cl, 1 dwg