Industry's contribution to the development of renal care

In the early days of dialysis, the practitioner was required to use whatever componentry that was available in order to construct dialysis equipment. Sausage casing, industrial pumps, and other nonmedical components were used to construct the crude dialysis devices. As time passed, industry began to take an interest in this unique medical treatment and developed systems that were especially designed for dialysis. The collaboration of medicine and industry was critical in the development of dialysis as we know it today.