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...Vivian Hutchisson...
...through the membrane and into the so-called dialysate or purifying fluid, which consists of a mixture of water and salts supplied from a large vat holding 25 gal. or more. Such a container was obviously too large for a portable system. So Friedman and his engineering collaborator, James Hutchisson, decided on a 5-gal. plastic container customarily used by campers and yachtsmen to carry water. Because the portable unit's pumps were smaller, they had to work faster; otherwise the dialysis would take longer than the usual five hours. Would this faster flow damage the blood...
Safe and Efficient. Half a year after they started, Friedman and Hutchisson had their answer. Tests on both animal and human blood indicated that the new machine was not only safe but efficient at cleansing the blood. After only four weeks of instruction, the plucky Mrs. Berman, who is president of the nonprofit National Association of Patients on Hemodialysis and Transplantation Inc. (N.A.P.H.T.), headed West with her 24-lb. suitcase kidney and 15 Ibs. of accessories (including container and dialyzing mix). The machine worked without a hitch. She dialyzed five times-in motel rooms and even on a friend...
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