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Willem Kolff
(1911-2009)
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Willem Kolff was born on 14 February 1911 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was married to Janke Huidekoper. He died on 11 February 2009 in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Life with the Artificial Kidney
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1980
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Alternative name
Dr. Willem Kolff
Born
February 14
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1911
Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Died
February 11
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2009
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA
(congestive heart failure)
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Janke Huidekoper
1937 - 2000 (divorced, 5 children)
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Inventor of the modern kidney dialysis machine; chief designer of the first mechanical heart implanted in a person.
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Father of the Artificial Organ
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