April 30, 2006
Artificial wearable kidney
I’ve only just found the following article on the development of an artificial kidney. While the original article has been published in September 2005 at Medical News Today I decided to link to it from here, as it is something very close to my heart due to kidney disease running in the family.
They write:
“The HNF [human nephron filter] is the first application in developing a renal replacement therapy (RRT) to potentially eliminate the need for dialysis or kidney transplantation in end-stage renal disease patients. The HNF utilizes a unique membrane system created through applied nanotechnology. In the ideal RRT device, this technology would be used to mimic the function of natural kidneys, continuously operating, and based on individual patient needs.”
According to the article, the HNF could be designed either as a wearable or an implanted solution and would have double the filtration rate of traditional dialysis performed 3 times a week.
name is doron korn and i am 48 years old and took part in the first tests of the wearable artificial kidney
i spent 8 hours at the royal free hospital on the 21st march 2007.
during hour 7 i walked around the hospital with the unit strapped on my body
it currently weighs 5 kg but now they have a working model,it will be bio engineered down to 2kg -
i have a photo