A story in September detailed the work of Anya Pogharian on a new portable hemodialysis machine. The 18-year-old from Montreal is collaborating with Héma-Québec, which manages the blood ...

But after volunteering at a hospital, the Montreal-based 18-year-old turned her sights on inventing a cheap and portable dialysis machine, making it accessible to people in developing countries.

Medicare covers the cost of dialysis for many people, and it is a hefty expense: $82,000 or more annually per patient. A kidney transplant surgery runs $50,000 to $100,000.

They started rolling out a new dialysis machine known as the Tablo, designed to work something like a smart phone app, according to Leslie Trigg, CEO of Outset Medical in San Jose.

“The machines that we have are primarily designed for adults and so, we end up using those adult machines with modifications to work on children. We then end up with unintended consequences.” ...

The University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital now has new technology to provide dialysis to its smallest patients. Doctor Jennifer Jetton says the machine can provide dialysis for ...

Medicare covers the cost of dialysis for many people, and it is a hefty expense: $82,000 or more annually per patient. A kidney transplant surgery runs $50,000 to $100,000.