Inventors:
Yuan-Ping Li - Duluth GA, US
Sherri Jane Hall - Baltimore MD, US
Kelvin Hong - Woodstock MD, US
Shishira Nagesh - Baltimore MD, US
Mary Katherine O'Grady - Baltimore MD, US
Thomas Reifsnyder - Baltimore MD, US
Thora Thorgilsdottir - Baltimore MD, US
Clifford R. Weiss - Annapolis MD, US
Brandon Doan - Peoria AZ, US
Soumyadipta Acharya - Baltimore MD, US
Assignee:
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY - Baltimore MD
International Classification:
A61M 1/14
Abstract:
An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a device and method for hemodialysis including a needle access port having a housing defining a septum, wherein the septum is configured for needle access. Generally, the needle access port will have three septa for communication with valves configured to be anastomosed to a large-diameter blood vessel. The valves are in fluid communication with a flow of blood through the large-diameter blood vessel. The device also includes an elongate tube having a first and a second elongate lumen, wherein a first end of the tube is coupled to the needle access port and a second end of the tube is coupled to the valve. The device can be cleaned by injecting a cleaning fluid into a first septum of the needle access port and extracting it though the second septum of the needle access port.