The first ‘Scribner shunt’ was implanted in the arm of a Boeing machinist
On Mar. 9, 1960, Dr. Belding Scribner implanted the first Scribner Shunt in the arm of Clyde Shields a Boeing machinist in Seattle.
Scribner joined the UW faculty in 1951 and developed the prototype shunt for the U-shaped Teflon tube with Wayne Quinton, an instrument builder, that is now known as the ‘Scribner Shunt.’
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Source: American Society of Nephrology
Credit: Photo: Scribner Shunt. Courtesy: University of Washington Department of Medicine.
