US Kidney Research Corporation is an award winner of the KidneyX Phase 1 third round Artificial Kidney Contest for its novel development of a dialysate-free waterless portable and implantable artificial kidney technology. The $650,000 prize is the largest KidneyX prize to date. Companies from around the world competed in the contest. Six companies were selected… Read more »
US Kidney Research Corporation (USKRC) U.S. Application No. 15/732,169 was approved and a patent was granted by the US Patent Office on October 2, 2020. The patent was granted for their Dialysate Free Artificial Kidney Device, the company’s waterless renal replacement therapy technology. Founder/CEO Roland Ludlow said “We are very pleased to finally have our… Read more »
US Kidney Research Corporation (USKRC) is the first in the world to produce synthetic urine (urine produced synthetically from an artificial device) using a new blood purifying technology that involves filtration and ion transport processes similar to the native kidney. The ability to produce synthetic urine was demonstrated in animals (pigs) lacking kidney function using… Read more »
Communications Materials, one of the Nature family of journals, has published a scientific article entitled: Simulating nephron ion transport function using activated wafer electrodeionization by Dr. I. Kurtz and colleagues. The newly published article describes US Kidney Research Corporation’s new multiple mesh electrodeionization technology that simulates kidney nephron function. Nature is one of the world’s preeminent general science periodicals… Read more »
US Kidney Research Corporation (USKRC) received a personal invitation from the International Federation for Artificial Organs to speak at the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) conference in Chicago to be held in June, 2020. This “special session” at this year’s meeting of ASAIO is entitled “Implantable Artificial Kidneys: Current status and Challenges.” Dr. Jamie… Read more »
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