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A regeneratable peritoneal dialysis bag having a hollow fiber filtration bundle affixed to flexible plastic sidewalls so as to regenerate peritoneal fluid within the bag. An orifice in the bag allows for fluid connection with a peritoneal cavity. A method for use of such bag to regenerate peritoneal

A regeneratable peritoneal dialysis bag having a hollow fiber filtration bundle affixed to flexible plastic sidewalls so as to regenerate peritoneal fluid within the bag. An orifice in the bag allows for fluid connection with a peritoneal cavity. A method for use of such bag to regenerate peritoneal dialysate is also disclosed.

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A method for continuous removal of toxic metabolites from the blood by peritoneal dialysis, in which a single connection is made from a patient\s peritoneal catheter to a dialysis bag for a series of successive dialysis exchanges, comprising the steps of: (a) infusing of peritoneal dialysate from a

A method for continuous removal of toxic metabolites from the blood by peritoneal dialysis, in which a single connection is made from a patient\s peritoneal catheter to a dialysis bag for a series of successive dialysis exchanges, comprising the steps of: (a) infusing of peritoneal dialysate from a regeneratable ambulatory dialysis bag having flexible sidewalls into the peritoneal cavity, (b) exchanging metabolities across the peritoneal membrane from the blood into said dialysate, (c) draining said dialysate from the peritoneal cavity into said dialysis bag, without mechanical pumping, (d) circulating make-up dialysis fluid through said hollow fibers located in said bag, (e) regenerating said dialysate in said bag by hollow fiber exchange of metabolites in said peritoneal dialysate with said make-up dialysis fluid in said fibers without removal of proteins from said peritoneal dialysate, (f) reinfusing the cleansed peritoneal dialysate from said bag into the peritoneal cavity for continued peritoneal dialysis, and (g) rolling up the emptied dialysis bag for carrying by the peritoneal dialysis patient until the next regeneration, while said bag remains attached to the peritoneal catheter of said patient.