BME has discovered that even though hemodialysis is a life-saving procedure, it is also a cause of illnesses which contributes to cause mortality and high cost of care.

BME discovered that hemodialysis causes illnesses because the blood circulates at high velocity and turbulence during dialysis and that this occurs because of the poor design of several devices used in dialysis, including needles, catheters, blood tubing, dialysis filters, and a blood pump.