Demonstration of Wearable Artificial Kidney (1979)

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Title Demonstration of Wearable Artificial Kidney (1979)
Subject Kidneys, Artificial; Universities; Utah; History of Medicine
Description Wearable Artificial Kidney - In 1979, Dr. Willem Kolff's team of inventors, scientists, engineers and physicians worked together to improve his original artificial kidney and unveiled the Wearable Artificial Kidney (WAK) which didn't need washing machine connections and could literally be worn around the waist.
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Type Image
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Relation History of the Health Sciences Collection, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright © 2015, University of Utah, All Rights Reserved
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Relation is Part of How the West Won Medicine: Chapter 3
ARK ark:/87278/s6sn3k8z
Setname ehsl_hhs
ID 1036271
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sn3k8z
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