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WAK Wearable Artificial Kidney

<p>April 21, 2019, 10:55 PM</p>

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<p>first dialyzer built in 1943 by Willem Johan Kolff.&nbsp; Victor Gura built the WAK.</p>

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<p>wear it 7 by 24.&nbsp; decade of resch and $30M&nbsp;. &nbsp;weighs &lt; 10 lbs operates on 9 volt batteries and uses &lt; 400 ml.&nbsp; &nbsp; WAKFI&nbsp;= WAK Fnd Inc.</p>

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<p>First trial in 2015...&nbsp; UCLA &nbsp;Cedars Sinai; &nbsp;proof of concept.</p>

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