[5,6,7] Although the idea of a wearable artificial kidney (WAK) is not new, it is only the advent of nanotechnology and miniaturization that has made the vital qualities of efficiency and safety ...

The increasing prevalence of kidney failure and end-stage renal disease, along with a growing incidence of risk factors like ...

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The artificial kidney has been widely used when the natural organs are temporarily unable to do their work. Now several machines are being developed to replace the heart and lungs ...

Awak Technologies, an Asian Innovation Awards finalist, has created a portable device used for treatment of end-stage renal disease. It's "dialysis on the go," explains Chairman Gordon Ku.

In this procedure, patients are connected to a dialysis machine which acts as an artificial kidney to remove most of the urea and restore/maintain the water and ion balance of the blood.

And that 1 kidney was only 2% functional ... Dr. Butt said they understand that some people may be apprehensive about artificial intelligence in medicine. But, they also believe they should ...