Willem Kolff inventer of the artificial kidney which evolved into the dialysis machine has died at the age of 97.
He was true genius and because of him I have been able to live.
Dr. Kolff was a Dutch -born. He was responsible for many other medical devices that saves lives including the Jarvik-7 artificial heart.
Dr.Kolff created the first kidney machine from laundry tubs, a wooden drum, semipermeable sausage casing, and an electric motor. We've come a long way. Things change daily.
Today more than 200,000 people are having dialysis because of the good Doctor.
He worked at the Cleveland Clinic for a time after he immigrated to the U.S. in 1950.
Dr. Kolff 's first patients only lived a few days on the machine, but in 1945 the artificial kidney allowed a woman to live for 7 more years.
Here I am 27 years and going strong. All my thanks to Dr. Kolff.
A hundred hugs and a thousand kisses,
Jodi
About Me
- The Machine & Me
- I'm a writer, a tutor, a fitness instructor, a dialysis patient with ESRD. I'm a daughter, a sister, an aunt. I'm an animal lover and a tree hugger. I am green. I'm a motivator, a dreamer, a believer, a lover of life and a friend to all. I'm 47 for the moment, and I've only got a hundred years to live.
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