Prize Winners

Redesign Dialysis Phase 1 Finalists

The following solutions were selected as the Finalists for KidneyX Redesign Dialysis Phase 1 and announced at the Inaugural KidneyX Summit, on April 29-30, 2019:

• An Air Removal System For a Wearable Renal Therapy Device
• A Non-Invasive, Wearable Telehealth Device To Detect Thrombosis And Monitor Vascular Access Health Of Arteriovenous Fistulas And Grafts In Hemodialysis Patients
• Atomically Precise Membranes (APM) for High-Flux and Selective Removal of Blood Toxins
• Building New Kidneys
• Development of a Dialysate-and Cell-Free Renal Replacement Technology
• Development of an Automated Multimodal Sensor to Improve Patient Outcomes in Hemodialysis
• Digitally-delivered Behavior Change Program To Help Patients Delay Dialysis
• Displacer-Enhanced Hemodialysis: Improving The Intradialytic Removal Of Protein-Bound Uremic Toxins Using Binding Competitors
• Drug-Eluting Electrospun Hemodialysis Graft
• Fluo Medical Fistula Monitoring Device
• Intracorporeal Hemodialysis System
• Nitric Oxide-Eluting, Disposable Hemodialysis Catheter Insert to Prevent Infection and Thrombosis
• Smart Sensor-enhanced Needle Guide Reduces Pain and Cost in Clinic
• The Ambulatory Kidney to Improve Vitality (AKTIV)
• Utilizing Optical Interrogation Methods for Early Diagnosis of Peritonitis in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Redesign Dialysis Phase 1 Honorable Mentions

The following proposed solutions were selected as Honorable Mentions for KidneyX Redesign Dialysis Phase I:

• An Electrospun Fistula Cuff To Treat High Flow Access (HFA) Issues
• Continuous Implantable Peritoneal Ultrafiltration Device for Inter-treatment Volume Control in Hemodialysis Treated Patients
• Development, Characterization and Functional Assessment of Mobile & Modular Microfluidic Dialysis Device Delivery (M3D3 Unit) Artificial Kidney
• Intelligent AV Grafts for Predicting Stenosis and Avoiding Thromboses
• Novaflux Outside-In Filtration (OIF)
• Novel Omniphobic Coating To Reduce Hemodialysis Catheter Related Infections And Thrombosis
• Preventing Microbubble Complications in Hemodialysis Patients
• Redesigning Catheter Vascular Access for Dialysis: Metagenomic DNA Sequencing to Characterize Microbial Communities in Dialysis Catheter Biofilms for Inhibitor Discovery and Materials Engineering

Submitted Abstracts from Applicants

All applicants for KidneyX Redesign Dialysis Phase I were asked to share an abstract providing an overview of their proposed solution. To view a bundle of the abstracts that we received, please click here.