Haemodialysis machine
device · 1943 · Electric age
An artificial kidney (Kolff).
Inventor: Willem Johan Kolff.
What it is made of
- Centrifugal pump — has part. A blood pump (peristaltic).
Principles and materials it uses
- Pressure — uses. Diffusion through a membrane.
- Cellophane — is made of. Kolff’s membrane was a cellophane tube.