Near Infrared Therapy: A Non-invasive Device for Arteriovenous Fistula Patency in Dialysis Treatment

A novel, non-invasive device that provides simple method for arteriovenous fistula (AVF) maintenance. This device performs near infrared (NIR) therapy on dialysis patients with AVF created on them. The objective of this device is to improve the AVF patency by implementing light with combination of different NIR wavelengths. According to studies, this would be able to deliver energy to AVF, stimulate and activate cell activities that leads to higher AVF patency and maturation rate. Here we have designed a device that can be used in the experimental study to increase the flow rate across AVF.