CAN YOU WEAR THE ARTIFICIAL WEARABLE                                                    KIDNEY?

The Artificial Wearable Kidney is expected to be worn around a Dialysis patient's waist and connected to a large vein in the body via a catheter. Users would have to remove the Artificial Kidney device from the catheter once a week "to replace the filter and add chemicals once per day to purify the water that is filtered out." Aside from those steps, the Artificial Wearable Kidney is expected to "take care of itself, running on 9-volt batteries." The Researchers suggested, "The Artificial Wearable Kidney can't be removed; it is intended to be permanent, and functioning 24/7, exactly like your natural kidney. You can take a shower, but not immerse in water." The big question is "Can you sleep in that heavy duty device?" Well, the Artificial Wearable Kidney Team is actively working to make the ten (10) pound device a lighter five (5) pound machine according to the kidneybuzz information. Also, "Participants in the current and previous trials were able to sleep with the devices, and should be able to take showers and carry out other normal activities," said Dr. Gura. As doctor Gura mentioned in an interview with CNN, the Artificial Wearable Kidney is expected to change traditional Dialysis and reduce many of the complications that make Chronic Kidney Disease patients sick in order to give them back their full quality of life.