Pakistan develops first risk-free bloodless dialysis machine

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Pakistan develops first risk-free bloodless dialysis machine
Web Desk On Sep 3, 2020

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Information, Technology and Telecommunication in collaboration with Byonyks (medical devices company) has developed Pakistan’s first bloodless risk-free kidney dialysis machine.
Founder of Byonyks, Farrukh Usma, met with the Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque in Islamabad on Wednesday.
During the meeting, Farrukh apprised the IT minister that multiple patients have used the painless dialysis procedure under prescription and supervision of Pakistan’s leading nephrologists.

Syed Amin Ul Haque appreciated the spirit of Byonyks team for developing first of its kind electromedical equipment in Pakistan and putting the country among the leading comity of the world.

He said that this machine would be beneficial for the common man and kidney patients would get rid of expensive treatment.
Byonyks has developed a painless and risk-free dialysis machine with the support of Ignite SEED funding and angel investors.
Byonyks’ unique technology does not require extracting blood out of the human body to perform dialysis. Patients can perform bloodless dialysis at home without any supervision with protection from life-threatening infections.
Current Blood-based dialysis that is being used in Pakistan consumes one million liters of water for every 10 patients (per year).
Byonyks’ Bloodless TM Technology saves 97% of water in the process. Current Blood-based method leads to Hepatitis C and other blood-related infections. Transporting older parents to a dialysis center twice a day is another pain for both parents and working class people, the press release added.
Byonyks is preparing for industrial manufacturing of its bloodless dialysis machine. The company hopes to reduce the cost of dialysis significantly, according to a press release.
It must be noted that Pakistan will be the fifth country in the world to have its indigenously produced “Bloodless” Dialysis Technology after the US, Germany, Japan, France and China.

Pakistan develops first risk-free bloodless dialysis machine

The machine would be beneficial for the common man and kidney patients would get rid of expensive treatment

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Pakistan develops first bloodless, affordable dialysis machine for kidney disease treatment



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Islamabad: By the time people are diagnosed with advanced-stage kidney disease and recommended dialysis treatments, they have been through a lot of pain and agony. To make the treatment process bloodless, hassle-free and affordable, Pakistan’s first dialysis machine has been developed by biotechnology startup in Lahore led by experts of a US-based company called Byonyks Medical Devices with support from Pakistan’s Ignite, which funds innovative startups, and Angel investors.
“Robo-Kidney is an affordable and bloodless machine that will allow kidney patients to receive dialysis treatment from the comfort of their homes”, says founder and CEO of Byonyks, Farrukh Usman - a Pakistani-American innovator. The machine also protects them from diseases such as HIV or Hepatitis C infections – a risk posed by traditional dialysis practices. Designed in consultation with Pakistan’s leading nephrologists and medical expert, the machine has been developed to improve the quality of life of people suffering from kidney failure.
The company, founded by MIT and Harvard graduates and medical device experts, Farrukh Usman, Michael, Wollowitz, Eric Flachbart and Dr. Frank Rudolph, aims to offer low-cost, affordable and widely accessible state-of-the-art medical devices for the developing world to revolutionize healthcare therapy for millions across the world. They have also received a patent for their technology.
20 million sufferers
More than 20 million Pakistanis have kidney diseases. Two treatments for those with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are kidney transplants and dialysis. In Pakistan, only hemodialysis machines are available which removes a patient’s blood, run it through a dialysis machine to remove toxins and excess fluid and return cleaned blood to the body. Hemodialysis is performed at a dialysis center several times a month, each session lasting a few hours, making it a tiresome, arduous and expensive process. Another option now gaining popularity is at-home dialysis performed while the patients are asleep at night. Known as automated peritoneal dialysis (APD), this bloodless method of dialysis with the use of a special machine removes toxins and excess fluid from the body by instilling fluid in the belly and subsequently draining it.
Byonyks will be manufacturing these APD machines in Pakistan for both local and global markets. The innovative device “will improve the wellbeing of kidney dialysis patients, reduce Pakistan’s disease burden while improving the economy by enhancing national industrial production capability and export to global markets,” the company said.
At least 61 per cent of Pakistanis suffering from kidney failure do not have access to dialysis, the company shared, adding that the cost-effective and portable devices by Byonyks will improve health standards in Pakistan, offering patients a productive and active lifestyle irrespective of their financial status. Robo-Kidney is expected to undergo mass production within the next few months and the company has started signing up for the first batch of patients on its website.
Improving potential in biotechnology
Usman recently held a meeting Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin ul Haque and CEO of Ignite, Syed Junaid Imam, to discuss the potential of the device that has benefitted multiple patients under the supervision of Pakistan’s top nephrologists. Assuring the IT ministry’s support to the company, he appreciated the team’s effort to help kidney patients get rid of expensive treatment and for putting the country among the leading medical equipment developers of the world. Syed Junaid Imam added that Ignite’s SEED funding is actively looking out for innovative ideas that could be turned into a commercially viable product and serve the masses.

Pakistan develops first bloodless, affordable dialysis machine for kidney disease treatment

 

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Great to see developments like this particularly those centered on CKD which is a chronic problem regionally particularly nations like Pakistan and India.

I love the fact that they are focusing research on something as critical as this. Yes, there are other diseases and problems but CKD affects over 21% of Pakistani Adults.
https://bmcnephrol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12882-018-1072-5

Would love to see the government ban smoking, move people onto vaping and create local industries providing the public this cheap and valuable smoke cessation tool.