Legal Opinion
In Re Mahurkar Double Lumen Hemodialysis Catheter Patent Litigation
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided August 18, 1993No. MDL 853PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge. *
Kidneys remove toxins from the blood. Kidney failure is fatal unless a way can be found to replace their function. Hemodialysis does this. Blood is removed from the body, toxins are removed from the blood, and the blood is then returned to the body. Sometimes a few days or weeks of hemodialysis is enough; in the interim the kidneys, having suffered an acute failure because of trauma or disease, return to normal functioning. Chronic kidney failure requires long-term hemodialysis, with the blood being cleansed several times a week. In either event, physicians…
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