While on dialysis I viewed this article on the local news,
it is this article that sent me looking for more.
I strongly encourage you to read this.
Contact info: at the end if you have extra questions
"The Implanted Artificial Kidney!"
Meet the man behind this lifesaving device.
Inventor of the Implantable Artificial Kidney
which may cure chronic kidney disease.
Shavo Ray, is an Associate Professor
Bio Engineering and Therapeutic Sciences at UCSF
School of Pharmacy
Here is the earliest article I found on, Shavo Ray,
A YOU TUBE of some over exuberant youths who also
are aware of the down side and seriousness of ESRD.
"World's FIRST Implantable Artificial Kidney"
device by an Indian, Shavo Ray
Feb. 2011 ABC NEWS Channel 7 L.A. California
Report on this latest medical rage. Clinical Trails with in the next five years!
The concept of an Artificial Kidney has been around for a bit.
"Wearable Artificial Kidney" Oh what a difference a year makes. From wearable to implanted in a year. Professor Claudio Ronco, was a day late but on the right track. Worth the viewing. Much is moving fast now a days.