U-Wash Center for Dialysis Innovation (CDI) – AKTIV Backpack Dialysis

Another of the six Phase 1 ($650,000) winner groups is hoping to change people’s lives with their backpack-size AKTIV dialysis device, which has been miniaturized like a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). Just one liter of dialysate will recirculate in a closed loop. Northwest Kidney Centers is also providing $15M in funding for novel dialysis devices.