Fresenius Medical Care (FME) launched a new " Augmented Reality" (AR) application to make learning easier for nursing staff in Kidney Replacement Therapy in Intensive Care Units. The AR glasses, in combination with digital learning modules, allow nursing staff to learn how to use acute dialysis machines on site within the intensive care wards. The glasses stream visual and acoustic recordings as users interact with the dialysis machine, providing professionals with an immersive learning experience.

The AR glasses allow for self-guided, on-demand education for critical care professionals. For example, users train how to set up the machine, how to activate the citrate pump or how to handle several system components through the AR training. The AR glasses provide access to the Augmented Reality learning program Ready4 multiFiltratePRO AR, which Fresenius Medical Care presented at the International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM) in Brussels.

The AR training application, Ready4 multiFiltratePRO AR, will be launched in select markets as early as Second Quarter 2024 and subsequently made available to further countries in the company's Europe, Middle East and Africa as well as Asia Pacific regions. A limited launch of the multiFiltratePRO will take place in the United States later this year. Upon successful completion of the Safety of Regional Citrate Anticoagulation (SARCA) trial, a full launch of the multiFiltratePRO with the Ready4 multiFiltratePRO AR learning experience is planned for 2025.

Nursing shortages in the ICU, in particular high staff turnover rates and staff taking on new tasks at short notice, are a significant concern in hospitals and healthcare systems worldwide. This training approach aims to address the challenges the industry is currently facing and to support the increasing demand for flexible, high-quality ongoing education to reinforce basic training. Ready4 multiFiltratePRO AR has been specifically developed for use with the multiFiltratePRO, Fresenius Medical Care's Continuous Kidney Replacement Therapy system.

Today, the multiFiltratePRO is used in more than 40 countries globally.