Computational assessment of the effects of a pulsatile pump on toxin removal in blood purification.docVIP

Lim and Shim BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2010, 9:31 /content/9/1/31 RESEARCH Open Access Computational assessment of the effects of a Research pulsatile pump on toxin removal in blood purification Ki Moo Lim and Eun Bo Shim* * Correspondence: Abstract ebshim@kangwon.ac.kr Background: For blood purification systems using a semipermeable membrane, the convective mass transfer by ultrafiltration plays an important role in toxin removal. The increase in the ultrafiltration rate can improve the toxin removal efficiency of the device, ultimately reducing treatment time and cost. In this stu