Who Invented The First Kidney Dialysis Machine?
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Jason
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Willem Johan Kolff was the man who invented the first kidney dialysis machine. Kolff was born in the Netherlands and attended Leiden University where he studied medicine. His father was doctor so as a child Kolff had a fear of watching his patients die. After graduating from Leiden University he experienced his fear and saw his own patient die due to kidney disease. It is believed that this is what led Kolff to begin focusing his time on developing artificial organs.
Kolff had little options to offer his patient who had passed. This frustrated him deeply and he sought out to find a solution to the problem. He began to experiment and create different artificial kidney machines. Due to lack of funding he moved to the United States where his ideas were more accepted. His work eventually led to the creation of the kidney dialysis machine which has saved the lives of thousands of people. Kolff passed away due to congestive heart failure on February 11, 2009. He was 97 years old.
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