Hemodialysis Machine

A hemodialysis machine is the device used to perform hemodialysis, a process that filters a person blood outside the body when their kidneys can no longer do so, removing waste products such as creatinine and urea that build up during kidney failure. The first artificial kidney device was built by Abel, Rountree, and Turner in 1913, the first hemodialysis treatment on a human being was performed by Georg Haas in 1924, and the apparatus was developed into a clinically useful machine by Willem Kolff between 1943 and 1945. Hemodialysis is one of three renal replacement therapies available to patients with kidney failure, and treatment can take place in outpatient dialysis centers, hospitals, or a patient own home, generally overseen by specialized nurses and technicians. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/