Nils Alwall
Nils Alwall (born October 7, 1904 in Kiaby , Kristianstads län ; † 1986 ) was a Swedish professor and pioneer of hemodialysis . He was the developer of the first commercial dialysis machines for the Gambro company . He was a leader in the field of ultrafiltration and hemofiltration .
Act
The first artificial kidney developed by Willem Johan Kolff was unsuitable for clinical use because the excess fluid could not be removed. Alwall developed a similar construction, but it was enclosed in a stainless steel container. The liquid could be withdrawn by negative pressure in the container. The first patient was treated on September 3, 1946.
From 1957 he held the newly created chair of nephrology at Lund University . Alwall worked for Gambro from 1964. The company was founded by Holger Crafoord after Alwall had convinced him of the economic potential of his development.
Honors
In his memory, the Nils Alwall Prize is awarded annually by the German Society for Nephrology for pioneering work in the field of kidney replacement therapy .
He received the following honors:
- Honorary doctorate from the University of Rostock in 1961
- Honorary doctorate from the University of Pécs (Fünfkirchen) / Hungary 1971
- Honorary membership in the Society for Internal Medicine of the GDR in 1965
- Honorary membership in the Nephrological Society of Czechoslovakia
plant
- The current therapy for renal failure. Part 1. In: Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift 83, 1598, pp. 950-958. Part 2: pp. 1008-1014.
- Therapeutic and Diagnostic Problems in Severe Renal Failure. (Monograph), 1963.
- Konstgjord Njure - Babels Torn. Liber 1984.
literature
- Alwall, Nils . In: Ingeborg Burling, Elvan Sölvén (ed.): Vem är det. Svensk biografisk handbok 1957 . 23rd year PA Norstedt & Söners Förlag, 1956, ISSN 0347-3341 , p. 24 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- H. Westling: Konstgjord Njure. En bok om Nils Alwall. Atlantis Publishing House, Stockholm 2000.
- H. Klinkmann: The importance of Nils Alwall in the introduction of hemodialysis and ultrafiltration in Europe. In: Kidney and Hypertension Diseases. 34, 2005, pp. 305-308.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Nils Alwall Prize 2006 for scientists from the Medical University Hospital Heidelberg ( Memento from March 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Nordic Nephrology Days 1997
- ↑ Arvid Carlsson - The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2000 (English)
- ^ A b Nils Alwall, the artificial kidney and Gambro
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alwall, Nils |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Andersson, Nils |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish physician, professor and pioneer of hemodialysis |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiaby , Kristianstads Lan |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1986 |