One of the largest application areas for Solmed products is dialysis. There is a high diversity in the various types of haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, and the developments are progressing quickly. Solmed materials play an important role in virtually all possible dialysis related systems and devices.
For a haemodialysis treatment, the patient has to visit the clinic several times per week. For connecting to the dialysis machine, advanced tubing systems or “Blood Lines” are made from Solmed Medituub. Special Medituub grades are available for steam sterilized haemodialysis tubing sets. The specially developed non-blocking and non-kinking properties ensure reliable and trouble free use. For high efficiency and ultra-filtration treatments, sterile substitution solutions based on sodium bicarbonate are used often. Highly concentrated dialysis solutions can be stored in multicompartment bags with peelable seal. All these specialty bags can be manufactured from a range of Solmed films, depending on the customer’s choice: - Solmed Medipak: tubular PVC film for sterile solution packaging
- Solmed Medipak Alka: tubular PVC film for the packaging of sterile sodium bicarbonate solutions and other solutions with a pH > 7
- Solmed Mediflex and Infuflex®: tubular and cast polyolefin film, flexible and transparent
- Solmed Tubeflex: polyolefin tubing for use with Solmed Mediflex and Infuflex
The applications of Solmed products in peritoneal dialysis are even more diverse. In peritoneal dialysis treatments, the peritoneal cavity of the patient is being used to act as dialyzing membrane. Usually being applied as a home therapy, the patient can enjoy a relatively high freedom of movement without the need for frequent visits to the clinic or hospital. Complete CAPD single and double bag systems can be made from Solmed products, both in polyolefin and in PVC materials. Multicompartment bags can be made with frangible pin separation or steam sterilizable peelable seal. Solmed materials are suitable for the traditional lactate based CAPD solutions and also for the next generation sodium bicarbonate solutions and specialty glucose or amino acids solutions. Special drainage bags are available in PVC and polyolefin material suitable for CAPD systems as well as for automated PD applications. The high quality of Solmed products will help ensure reliable dialysis systems. |
