INTERVIEW: AWAK aims for first wearable artificial kidney approval in 2016; signs up dialysis leader Baxter
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
A wearable "artificial kidney" could be on the market as early as 2016, according to its developer AWAK Technologies. The device, which the company describes as "the most advanced [of its kind] in the world", could revolutionise dialysis treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease.
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