Title: Micro electro mechanical systems in nephrology

Authors: Niranjani Ravichandran; R. Subhashini

Addresses: Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai 600119, India ' Department of Information Technology, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology (Deemed to be University), Chennai 600119, India

Abstract: Micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) plays a major role in the clinical field and it is used to create new contrivance related to both biology and medicine and the contrivances saving people from mortal. MEMS have an ability to integrate several components into single device. In nephrology MEMS are used for haemodialysis. If kidney is not functioning properly then it leads to chronic kidney diseases (CKD). CKD treatment can ameliorate patient from end stage of kidney failure, which is sufficient to cause mortal without haemodialysis or a kidney transplant. In artificial filtering (haemodialysis), MEMS technology is a part of vascular access. MEMS based pressure sensors are implanted into a plastic tube or coil and are attached to arteries and veins of your arm and this is used to filter the blood of kidney failure patient. The paper briefs about haemodialysis, renal replacement system, acute renal failure and MEMS in nephrology.

Keywords: MEMS; micro electro mechanical systems; nephrology; haemodialysis; CKD chronic kidney diseases; pressure sensor; IRAD; implantable renal device.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBRA.2021.120198

International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications, 2021 Vol.17 No.5, pp.434 - 441

Received: 26 Jan 2019
Accepted: 18 Oct 2019
Published online: 11 Jan 2022 *

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