Ifilimu yezokwelapha ye-PVC isetshenziswa kabanzi: impahla ye-PVC yezokwelapha iyi-polymer ehambisana negazi. Ekusetshenzisweni okungokoqobo kwezinto ezibonakalayo ze-polymer PVC ngezinjongo zokwelapha, amadivaysi amaningi kufanele athintane negazi, njengalezi: Uhlobo oluhlukahlukene lohlelo lokujikeleza kwe-extracorporeal, uhlelo lokwelapha lokungenelela, njll.
Imikhiqizo esetshenziswayo yilena: izikhwama zokufakwa kwezokwelapha, izikhwama zoketshezi olulahlwayo, izikhwama ze-hemodialysis (amafasitela), imaski yokuphefumula, njll.