POSTS TAGGED AS dialysis

Artificial Organs

Bioartificial Kidney, which was successfully implanted in a preclinical model
“Researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) are currently [MORE]

Dialysis Machine Museum

Kolff Rotating Drum Dialysis Machine
“Chronic hemodialysis only dates back to the 1940s. Before there was dialysis, chronic kidney disease was [MORE]

Human Factors in Home Health

Moving dialysis to home health care
“When I [Dr. Marty Schreiber, with DaVita] published my first piece on home dialysis in [MORE]

A 30 Minute to 24 Hour Dialysis Machine

 
Portable dialysis machine
Outset Medical (San Jose, CA) has received private capital to commercialize its “Tablo” portable dialysis machine.  But this [MORE]

Monitoring Hemolysis

Monitoring hemolysis in dialysis
Mechanical and aerospace engineers at the University of Delaware have designed an instrument for measuring the damage [MORE]

AI in Predicting Kidney Disease

Kidney disease
“. . . Alphabet’s artificial intelligence lab DeepMind showed progress toward that kind of disease prediction, starting with a [MORE]

A Human Acellular Vessel (HAV)

Human Acellular Vessel
Here’s a fascinating new twist on engineered blood vessels.  Researchers at Humacyte, Inc. (Durham, NC), used a biodegradable [MORE]

New Material for Dialysis

Mxeme
MXene, a two dimensional compound only a few atoms thick, first reported in 2011, could be a practical material for [MORE]

Graphene Dialysis Membrane

Patient Receiving Dialysis
A typical dialysis session lasts four hours and has to be repeated three times a week. The reason [MORE]

Test Results for Lab-Grown Blood Vessels

Bioengineered Blood Vessels Duke
Bioengineers at Duke and Yale universities have created blood vessels in tissue culture by allowing human vascular [MORE]

Implantable Bio-Hybrid Device: An Artificial Kidney

Fissell Microchip for Artificial Kidney
In a soda-can sized container, engineers at Vanderbilt University have placed fifteen computer chips and a [MORE]

Advice from Dean Kamen

Dean Kamen Riding the iBOt Mobility System
It has been nine years since Dean Kamen spoke so inspiringly at our MedicalAutomation [MORE]

FDA Approves New Apheresis Device for Kidney Failure

Lixelle Beta 2-Microglobulin Apheresis Column
Some patients with progressive kidney failure present a buildup of beta2-microglobulins in their blood which damages [MORE]

Wearable Artificial Kidney

Wearable Artificial Kidney
It make take a willing suspension of disbelief to see this wearable artificial kidney allowing dialysis patients to [MORE]