Patent · US Expired

In vivo therapeutic apheresis using lipid vesicles

US4540401A · kind A · utility

45Cited by
7References
1Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateFeb 22, 1983
Grant dateSep 10, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 22, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2202/0456
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosure is made of a means and method for removing immunologically reactive compounds from the blood of living mammals. The method of the invention comprises reacting the compound with an immunological homolog of the compound, bound to the surface of a lipid vesicle and thereafter separating the resulting complex from the blood plasma of the mammal.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.