Home›Articles›Fifteen patients who died before the artificial kidney workedArticleFifteen patients who died before the artificial kidney workedArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnWillem Kolff, Engineers Well-attested SourcesWillem Kolff (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationNetherlands and United States sectionsQuote, Netherlands and United States sectionsOver a two-year span, Kolff had attempted to treat 15 people with his machine, but all had died.View the SourceAtlas Article Vocabularytier 1AtlasComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.