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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]

UC San Francisco’s Implantable Artificial Kidney

Bioartificial prototype aces lab tests, could replace dialysis
“For UCSF’s Kidney Project, the team developed a bioartificial kidney that could be [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]

A Wearable Kidney

WAK- portable dialysis device
Dialysis patients typically go to treatment centers for four-hour sessions, three times a week.  They must carefully [MORE]

3-D Printing: The Nephron’s Proximal Tube

Kidney Nephron
With some 93,000 people now waiting—in some cases up to ten years—for a live kidney transplant, the need for [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]