AWAK Technologies

Receiving treatment for end stage kidney disease can be daunting - dialysis treatment is required three days a week and can take upto four hours a day. This can prevent patients from working, traveling, and living normal lives. Current treatment methods present a home based immobile system to which the patient is tethered and that requires external help for setup.  AWAK technologies (Singapore) has designed a portable dialysis system which uses peritoneal dialysis, a gentler option compared to hemodialysis. In addition to being operable by the patient, the product boasts of a closed system which does not require replacing the dystilate (enriched fluid that extracts toxins) after each run. Instead toxins are extracted and nutrients are added through an ion exchanger, which is replaced during regular doctor visits. By affording the patient mobility throughout the treatment, this new technology can change the lives of the more than 300,000 patients receiving dialysis in the United States.