Dialysis Machines
Medical devices that filter blood or peritoneal fluid for kidney failure using membranes, pumps, sensors, and sterile workflows.
Core metadata
- ID: dialysis_machines
- Era: Modern
- First known date: 1943 (exact)
- Region: Netherlands; later global clinical use
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Filters & Membranes (Early) (filters_membranes_early)
- Clinical Medicine (medicine_clinical)
- Mechanical Pumps (pumps)
Dependents
- None.
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- The Development of Renal Hemodialysis (Nature Medicine / Lasker Foundation, 2002, review) • Supports: node, maturity
- Dialysis Machine Museum (Home Dialysis Central, 2026, review) • Supports: node, maturity
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 82%
- Prerequisite sources: 3
- review: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filters & Membranes (Early) (filters_membranes_early) | required | 91% | review | Hemodialysis machines require a semipermeable membrane; Kolff's rotating-drum artificial kidney used cellophane tubing immersed in dialyzing fluid. |
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| Mechanical Pumps (pumps) | commercial_or_scaling_dependency | 76% | review | Pumps and motorized flow became device-architecture and scaling dependencies for practical hemodialysis machines beyond the original gravity-fed drum. |
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| Clinical Medicine (medicine_clinical) | enabling | 78% | review | Dialysis machines are clinical renal-failure treatment devices; the 1943 artificial kidney was used to treat patients rather than as a diagnostic lab method. |
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