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Artificial Kidney Market – Overview
Artificial kidney is a state of art technology currently under development, which can replicate the work of
real kidney and potentially eliminate the need for dialysis. An artificial kidney would deliver continuous
blood filtration to the patients whose kidney is severely damaged and not in working condition. Artificial
kidney would reduce chronic kidney disease and increase the quality of life for patients. Developing an
artificial kidney would be revolutionary advancement in medical device industry and could fulfill a chronic
shortage of kidney donor required for transplant.
For instance, currently the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), the University of Vanderbilt,
and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) in collaboration are working
to develop implantable artificial kidney under project named the Kidney Project. The novel artificial
kidney under development uses microchip filters and living kidney cells powered by a patient’s own heart.