Nils Alwall

Nils Alwall (* 1904 in Skåne County, † 1986) was a Swedish professor and pioneer of hemodialysis. He was the developer of the first commercial dialysis equipment for Gambro. He was a leader in the field of ultrafiltration and hemofiltration.

Work

The Willem Johan Kolff developed the first artificial kidney was unsuitable for clinical use because the excess fluid could not be found. Alwall developed a similar construction, but it was sealed in a stainless steel container. By negative pressure in the container, the liquid was removed. The first patient was treated on September 3, 1946.

From 1957, he held the newly created Chair of Nephrology at the University of Lund. Alwall works from 1964 for Gambro. The company was founded by Holger Crafoord, after Alwall had him by the economic possibilities of its development can convince.

Honors

In his memory, the Nils- Alwall Prize for pioneering work in the field of renal replacement therapy by the German Society of Nephrology will be awarded annually.

He received the following honors:

• Honorary doctorate from the University of Rostock in 1961
• Honorary doctorate from the University of Pécs ( Pécs ) / Hungary 1971
• Honorary Membership in the Society of Internal Medicine of the GDR 1965
• Honorary membership in the Nephrology Society of Czechoslovakia

Work

• Nils Alwall: "The current treatment of renal failure ." Part 1 German Medizinische Wochenschrift 83, 950-958 (1958). Part 2: DMW 83, 1008-1014 (1958 )
• Nils Alwall: " Therapeutic and Diagnostic Problems in Severe Renal Failure" ( monograph ), 1963
• Nils Alwall: " Konstgjord Njure - Babel Torn". Liber 1984