Model of a Rotating Drum Artificial Kidney
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1943
name: label: maker
content: Kolff, Willem J.
notes: label: Description
content: Willem J. Kolff (1911-2009) was a Dutch physician whose rotating drum kidney (RDK) of 1943 is widely considered to be the first working artificial kidney. This is a 1/10 sized model of that device.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Willem J. Kolff, M.D., Ph.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1998.0035.226
label: catalog number
content: 1998.0035.226
label: accession number
content: 1998.0035
objectType: label: Object Name
content: kidney, artificial
label: Object Name
content: model, rotating drum
label: Object Name
content: Model, Rotating Drum Artificial Kidney
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 11 in x 5 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 27.94 cm x 13.97 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 3/4 in x 11 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 22.225 cm x 29.21 cm x 13.97 cm