Streamline®
Streamline is the new standard in blood tubing featuring a simple, airless system.
Discover the benefits of Streamline
How is Streamline different than a conventional blood tubing set?
Anatomy of Arterial Lines:
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Arterial pressure PODLearn More
Airless arterial pressure POD
- Streamline's POD technology replaces conventional bloodline drip chambers and transmits arterial pressure to the hemodialysis machine without blood-air contact
- Elimination of blood-air interface may reduce the risk of clotting1,2 which may
- lower heparin needs as compared to a conventional bloodline
- decrease the number of blood-side machine alarms
- No need for external transducer protectors
- Streamline eliminates the need for conventional transducer protectors because the POD isolates the patient’s blood from the hemodialysis machine
Locksite® needleless accessLearn More
LockSite® needleless access
- Needleless access port which provides ready access to the arterial line and saline line without the use of sharps
- Replaces conventional bloodline injection ports to help prevent accidental needlestick
Simplifed Tubing Design Learn More
Simplified tubing design
- Optimized tubing length reduces extracorporeal volume and saline requirements
- Reduces biohazard waste

1. Airless arterial pressure POD
- Streamline's POD technology replaces conventional bloodline drip chambers and transmits arterial pressure to the hemodialysis machine without blood-air contact
- Elimination of blood-air interface may reduce the risk of clotting1,2 which may
- lower heparin needs as compared to conventional bloodline
- decrease the number of blood-side machine alarm
- No need for external transducer protectors
- Streamline eliminates the need for conventional transducer protectors because the POD isolates the patient’s blood from the hemodialysis machine
2. LockSite® needleless access
- Needleless access port which provides ready access to the arterial line and saline line without the use of sharps
- Replace conventional bloodline injection ports to help prevent accidental needlestick
3. Simplified tubing design
- Optimized tubing length reduces extracorporeal volume and saline requirements
- Reduces biohazard waste
Anatomy of Venous Lines:
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Airless Venous Vortex Chamber Learn More
Venous vortex chamber
- Streamline's venous chamber is run without an air gap and is designed so that blood flows in a circular, "vortex" manner to reduce stagnation, foaming, splashing, and microbubble formation
Slim venous filter Learn More
Slim venous filter
- Designed to reduce clotting by reducing blood to surface contact
Venous Pressure POD Learn More
Airless venous pressure POD
- Streamline's POD technology replaces conventional bloodline drip chambers and transmits venous pressure to the hemodialysis machine without blood-air contact
- Elimination of blood-air interface may reduce the risk of clotting1,2 which may
- lower heparin needs as compared to a conventional bloodline
- decrease the number of blood-side machine alarms

1. Venous vortex chamber
- Streamline's venous chamber is run without an air gap and is designed so that blood flows in a circular, "vortex" manner to reduce stagnation, foaming, splashing, and microbubble formation
2. Slim Venous Filter
- Designed to reduce clotting by reducing blood to surface contact
3. Airless venous pressure POD
- Streamline's POD technology replaces conventional bloodline drip chambers and transmits venous pressure to the hemodialysis machine without blood-air contact
Streamline may provide the following treatment cost reductions:
Cost reduction category | Streamline |
Reduced heparin usage | Streamline is designed to eliminate blood-air interface, which may result in less clotting1,2 |
Reduced dialyzer size | Streamline is designed to lower bloodline arterial pressures, which may enable higher blood flow rates in comparison to conventional bloodlines, while maintaining or improving Kt/V. |
Reduced dialysate usage | Streamline is designed to lower bloodline arterial pressures, which may enable higher blood flow rates in comparison to conventional bloodlines, while maintaining or improving Kt/V. |
Reduced saline usage | Streamline has a lower set-volume |
Elimination of external transducer protectors | Streamline uses POD technology, which is designed to isolate the patient’s blood from the hemodialysis machine |
Facility-specific treatment cost reductions with Streamline
References:
- Kitamoto Y, Fukui H, Matsushita K, Sato T, Soejima H, Noguchi Y, Kasama T. Suppression of thrombin formation during hemodialysis with triglyceride. ASAIO J. 1993;39(3):M581-M583.
- Polaschegg HD. The extracorporeal circuit. Semin Dial. 1995;8(5):299-304.