Morphological Characterization of the Polyflux 210H Hemodialysis Filter Pores

Table 1

Characterization summary of Polyflux 210H and the results are presented as mean ± standard deviation.

Characteristic	Gambro’s Polyflux 210H; (Mean ± standard deviation)	Mean absolute percent; Error ± standard deviation
Open pore space (in contact with the blood)	5.45%±1.41
Open pore space (in contact with the dialysate)	36.81%±14.62
Outer diameter	294.58 μm ± 1.05	11.16%±0.40
Wall thickness	46.88 μm ± 1.65	6.22%±3.28
Inner surface pore width range	34 nm–45 nm; (40.11 nm ± 3.62)
Outer surface pore width range	0.45 μm–20.40 μm; (11.36 μm ± 7.80)