👤 PersonWillem Johan Kolff1911–2009 · United StatesWikipediaWikipedia (es)Wikidata🌍 View on the globeInventions and discoveries · 31943–1945Artificial kidney (hemodialysis)Invention or technique · inventor1943-1960Chronic hemodialysis (Kolff kidney and Scribner shunt)Invention or technique · inventor1982Total artificial heart (Jarvik-7)Invention or technique · inventor