The Pericycle™ was compact. Its base was not much larger than a full-sized typewriter. During the initial trials at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Westwood I had the rare pleasure of meeting our volunteer patient, a veteran soldier who did not care how much he hurt, as long as he was allowed to own the first commercial unit, so that he could at last be free of the hospital and be able to travel to Baja California. He was going to dialyze on the road!